This 2016 portmanteau follows that curious modern trend of having lots of stories. At nine stories deep, Minutes Past Midnight is one of the more packed ones that we’ve covered. At 1hr 39, it’s not too long though and the stories come thick and fast. Especially the film’s opener.
We’re stretching the rules for this one. Yes, The Ambulance was released in 1990 which puts it outside of our remit but it had a March release which means that it was filmed in the late ’80s. Good enough for us! It’s one of those films that we’ve been aware […]
Well, Student Bodies has been a real surprise. As much as T8MC is about going back and celebrating our favourite movies from the ’80s, we do love being surprised by a film we’ve never seen before. Student Bodies has been on my ‘to watch’ list for a while now and […]
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 UK horror anthology that features four tales and one wraparound story and it will certainly polarise audiences. Most people will struggle to get past the dreadful acting and the ‘oh look how shocking we are’ teenage death metal fan pandering cheap shocks. Fans of […]
XX is a four part horror anthology is a fairly standard mix of horror tales linked with some creepy stop-motion and a gimmick that all the stories are seen from a female perspective (as well as written and directed by women).
House is a 1986 horror comedy and, like all good horror comedies, it doesn’t cheap out on either aspect (the horror or the comedy). Directed by Steve Miner (of Friday the 13th fame), this cult classic has some very obvious influences but is also relatively unique considering it is, at […]
We need a category on this site called ‘films we really should have seen by now’ and until now that would have been headlined by Dead and Buried. So why is this low-key horror effort from 1981 so apparently essential? It’s not so much the film itself which a relatively […]
Q, also known as Q: The Winged Serpent, is a schizophrenic kind of a movie. On the one hand, as the title suggests, it’s a creature feature that occasionally focuses on Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god that’s also a flying lizard. The story here is that Q (hey, if the title […]
Four years before taking the title role in RoboCop, Peter Weller found himself starring in Of Unknown Origin, a 1983 man versus rat thriller. He plays Bart Hughes, a banking executive who has a good job, a family he loves and his dream house, renovated by himself in New York […]
Oh man, Near Dark is so good. This 1987 vampire road movie did particularly badly in the cinema but has since established itself as a VHS and DVD classic thanks mainly to being unbelievably ace and for having a mini Aliens cast reunion. It’s full of memorable moments and great […]
So, we watch a lot of portmanteau/horror anthology films. I mean A LOT of them. The Horror Network caught our attention and as you can’t stream it anywhere I decided to pick up the DVD. I checked the user reviews on IMDB. Three 10s. Oh my. Don’t trust anyone on […]
Despite being around for ages, and actually quite celebrated, we’ve taken our time getting around to Trick ‘r Treat. This horror anthology movie is based around one Halloween night and features five stories. That puts it in straight competition with the excellent Tales of Halloween and means that this well-regarded […]