1984
With holiday season underway, Charles E. Sellier’s Silent Night, Deadly Night was the perfect way to usher in the spirit on this Horrific Inquiry.
Where Michael Myers was the boogie man of the late 1970s, Freddie Krueger was for the 80s.
Nothing seemed more fitting for the fall equinox than Fritz Kiersch’s adaptation of Stephen King’s classic Children of the Corn.
A mash-up of sci-fi, humor, and peculiarities, Repo Man is, if nothing else, one of a kind and a cult classic worthy of it’s following.
William Hopson create the perfect double feature with Hamilton and Amadeus through the shared focus of their antagonized protagonists.
Look past the frilly costumes and posh accents of The Bostonians, you’ll find a battle of the sexes that remains relevant into the 21 century.
Wim Wenders’ 1984 cult classic Paris, Texas creates a convincing and melancholic pastiche of the frenetic nature of nostalgia.
Prince Rogers Nelson never fell prey to the novelty trap. His theatrical mystique—the leather and…
Paris, Texas readily evokes a bit of the ruggedness of the Old West, reflecting the degradation of this vast country as much as the austere beauty.
Where Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Oddysey was visionary and original, 2010: The Year We Make Contact failed to compete with the monolith that casts quite a shadow.
Gremlins, an ’80s holiday classic, comes mainly from two influences: old-fashioned sci-fi/horror and the Looney Tunes.
Premiering back in 1984, Buckaroo Banzai has long been a prized cult classic, though perhaps one that is lesser-known in the wider world.
Old Enough is an affectionately accurate depiction of how it feels to grow into an age when the opinions of friends are all that matters.
