Here at T8MC, we consider Stir Crazy to be one of the greatest films of all time. A large part of that is the on-screen chemistry of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. So, presenting a buddy comedy but replacing Gene Wilder with the far less good John Candy (sorry, but […]
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We live in a strange time. The internet has connected us all together and we’ve learned anything about this planet, at this time at least, it’s that everyone is really easily offended. These days you literally cannot say anything without a swarm of social justice warriors setting fire to your […]
*Spoiler heavy* Between healthy obsessions with cagefighting, gaming and baking (yes, really), it’s hard to keep up with all the ’80s movies we’ve missed. So sometimes you need to set aside some time to catch up and on Sunday, that’s what we did. We’d see Phantasm before, most recently just […]
We’re not sure what criteria Arrow Films use to pick their releases but they’ve truly outdone themselves with The Mutilator. This by-the-numbers slasher is pretty much a study in the genre, adhering to all the templates and genre conventions you’d expect. Despite this, it managed to truly surprise us. The […]
After a few insistent recommendations, I decided it was time to check out Society, a 1989 horror flick from Brian Yuzna who was a first-time director but had writing and production credits on various ‘80s horror gems such as From Beyond and Re-Animator. The direct Lovecraft influence may not have […]
As far as little-known, B-movie horrors from the ’80s go, Mausoleum has a bit more about it than the usual straight to VHS efforts that peppered the shelves of my local video rental store. Not that I remembered it at all. Having seen the film a couple of times when […]
After hearing the sad news that Wes Craven had died, it seemed only appropriate to watch one of his ’80s classics. Of course, most people would have picked out A Nightmare on Elm Street which is a stone-cold classic but I decided to return to Deadly Friend, one of his […]
Videodrome is the latest cult classic to receive the deluxe treatment from Arrow and this limited edition represents an essential package for fans of the film, the director and anyone with a love of essential 80s horror. David Cronenberg’s outlandish and unsettling body horror masterpiece retains all of its controversial […]
It’s not all good times here at T8MC. As fun as it is to watch old favourites that you may not have seen in a couple of decades, or discover a classic that you might have missed, sometimes you end up watching stuff that is clearly not going to be […]
The funny thing about ’80s fight flicks like American Ninja is that, with the greatest of respect, none of these moves work. I’ve been watching UFC for years now and guess what? All the funny little throws and joint locks that you see in this kind of thing don’t work. Also, […]
One of our motivations when setting up The ’80s Movie Club was to find out about cult classics that we hadn’t seen before. The list of those is building up quicker than we can watch them but, for the most part, they tend to be films we’ve heard of but just […]
The whole reason for starting The ’80s Movie Club was to discover all the films we’d missed back in the day and, back then, we didn’t have the internet or even any really comprehensive video rental stores. Invariably you a local off license with a small wall […]