American action, sci-fi, and horror trash from the 80s

[Sweet FA]

Does Repo Man count for this thread? It's too good somehow.

Yeh, too good; Repo Man isn't trash.

 

[May Kasahara]

 

[May Kasahara]

I personally rented 976-EVIL at least five times. And I own a DVD copy of this beauty:

...although somehow without the peeling plastic VHS cover it's not the same

 

[Sweet FA]

Caught by the ghoulies

 

[Sweet FA]

Is Fright Night too good?

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[May Kasahara]

This just sums up the joy of the 80s video shop to me

Your opening post brought me such nostalgia mwgdrwg - our local video shop was a total palace of wonders, I used to wander up and down gazing at spines and reading blurb and trying to spend my two quid or whatever in absolutely the best, most entertaining way...and that's before you even got to the trailers on whatever piece of crap you chose.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Lol? I remember that! Made me think of this...

 

[May Kasahara]

 

[May Kasahara]

Fucking hell, Creepozoids!

Sample review on IMDB: "The best movie I've ever seen about men running back and forth in corridors. As far as corridors and men running back and forth are concerned, it's a masterpiece. Thumbs up to David de Coteau for this running around extravaganza."

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Not american....but still counts I think

 

[Nanker Phelge]

 

[Nanker Phelge]

 

[May Kasahara]

I've found my next timewaster on the internet: http://80shorrorcentral.webs.com/

 

[Nanker Phelge]

 

[May Kasahara]

"Crabs"

 

[May Kasahara]

Of course, one of the best things about browsing the 80s video shop for cheap thrills was that every now and again you'd stumble on a genuinely excellent film, like this:

- which I rented assuming from the cover that it was another slash-by-numbers flick. It wasn't.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Of course, one of the best things about browsing the 80s video shop for cheap thrills was that every now and again you'd stumble on a genuinely excellent film, like this:

- which I rented assuming from the cover that it was another slash-by-numbers flick. It wasn't.

A seriously fucked up film

 

[Sweet FA]

Fuck. It's not like I watched them once. Over and over again. I must have seen Class of 1984, Razorback, From Beyond, Society, various Living Deads and loads more half a dozen times each at least. And that's not including other films on repeat; Scum, Warriors, Exterminator etc.

Then again at the age of 12, bar wanking, I didn't have a lot on to be fair.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Of course, one of the best things about browsing the 80s video shop for cheap thrills was that every now and again you'd stumble on a genuinely excellent film, like this:

- which I rented assuming from the cover that it was another slash-by-numbers flick. It wasn't.

Donald Cammell

 

[May Kasahara]

Back to the real 80s, just googling Mary Woronov brings up an impressive slew of 'classics':

(I actually really love that one ^^ )

 

[May Kasahara]

 

[not-bono-ever]

Utter shit.filmed in a disused hospital in hammersmith. the main character went out to NY for a weekend with the camerman to film outside walking up and down shots that were spliced into the appalling narrative

 

[May Kasahara]

But what a cast!

 

[DaveCinzano]

Utter shit.filmed in a disused hospital in hammersmith. the main character went out to NY for a weekend with the camerman to film outside walking up and down shots that were spliced into the appalling narrative

A film written and directed by the ex-boyfriend of famous Hollywood prostitute Heidi Fleiss, in which a psycho nut job slasher killer with a fondness for wearing his victims' fleshy pelts is relentlessly pursued by a vengeance-seeking prostitute called Heidi..?

 

[not-bono-ever]

^^ and that as well

 

[hot air baboon]

I'm sure that was a remake of a 50's film.

the original Blob was Steve McQueen's first lead role - billed as Steven McQueen

...did anyone ever see this...Blockbusters went bankrupt before I ever got round to renting it....good cast including Peter Wyngarde but I'm wondering if Winstone includes it in his filmography...

 

[hot air baboon]

Is Fright Night too good?

...YES.!!

...Fright Night 2 however is pretty much your copper bottomed waste of plastic tape...it was a popular theme though ....

..different film...

...as the U75 thread of record this needs to be posted ofcourse :

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Donald Pleasence maintained a career guesting in trash flicks....