1981 – 2023 Words: Oliver Innocent. – Evil Dead is a franchise built on blood, sweat, tears and determination. Unusual in a series encompassing four (soon to be five) feature films and a three season TV series, the core creative group of director and… Continue Reading “The Evil Dead (franchise)”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1981, 1987, 1992, 2013, 2023, Ash, Bruce, Campbell, cinema, Cronin, Dead, Evil, feature, film, franchise, Homepage, horror, Lee, movie, Raimi, review, Sam, The
Posted on January 15, 2020
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1987 Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ronny Cox, Daniel O’Herlihy Words – Nathan Scatcherd In today’s increasingly terrifying, existentially crippling, corporate-controlled, bought and sold disaster of a world, Paul Verhoeven’s viscera-splattered satirical masterpiece feels like it could… Continue Reading “Robocop (1987)”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1987, action, cinema, classic, feature, film, movie, OCP, Paul, Peter, review, Robocop, sci-fi, thriller, Verhoeven, Weller
Posted on January 16, 2019
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1984 / 1987 Director: Wes Craven / Chuck Russell Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon Words – Oliver Innocent From its earliest antecedents in folklore and fairy tales, the fuel for scary stories has always been bad dreams. The demons that haunt Man’s… Continue Reading “A Nightmare On Elm Street / Dream Warriors”
Category: horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1984, 1987, cinema, Craven, Dream, Elm, Englund, feature, film, Freddy, Heather, horror, Krueger, Langenkamp, movie, Nancy, Nightmare, On, review, Robert, sequel, Street, Warriors, Wes
Posted on October 26, 2017
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1987 Director: John McTiernan Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Shane Black, Jesse Ventura, Kevin Peter Hall Words – Nathan Scatcherd “If it bleeds, we can kill it.” “I ain’t got time to bleed.” “GET TO THE… Continue Reading “Predator”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel Steel, sci-fiTags: 1987, 2018, action, Alien, anniversary, Arnold, Black, cinema, classic, cult, film, movie, Predator, review, Schwarzenegger, sci-fi, Shane, The
Posted on October 2, 2017
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1987 Director: Clive Barker Starring: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Andrew Robinson, Sean Chapman, Nicholas Vince Words – Oliver Innocent. Following in Stephen King’s footsteps and quickly rising to prominence in the mid-1980s, Clive Barker went on to become one of the most… Continue Reading “Hellraiser”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1987, Barker, Bradley, cinema, Clive, Doug, feature, film, Hellraiser, horror, movie, Pinhead, review
1987 – USA Director: Sam Raimi Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks Words: Oliver Innocent Sam Raimi’s follow-up to his breakout horror hit The Evil Dead is something of an anomaly in the horror genre; a sequel widely regarded as better than the… Continue Reading “Evil Dead II”
Category: Cult Corner, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1987, anniversary, Bruce Campbell, cult, Dead By Dawn, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Evil Dead II, film, horror, movie, review, Sam Raimi
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