Sentences with phrase «1980s slasher»

«Like Father, Like Daughter» played like a 1980s slasher film at quarter speed.

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But can he transcend the conservative thematics of the 1980s slasher?

The movie centers on Max (Taissa Farmiga), a young woman desperate for a deeper connection with her mother (Malin Akerman), a failed actress best known for her role as the «shy girl with guitar and clipboard» in a 1980s slasher classic.

Another interesting fact, Friday the 13th icon Ari Lehan, who played the very first Jason Voorhees in the 1980 slasher film, has been made a partner on the project.

On the other half of the double bill is the 1980 slasher Schizoid.

Not exact matches

Mother's Day is one of the better Slasher gems of the 1980's and genre fans owe it to themselves to hunt this one down.

Combining elements of Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity with the cliches of 1980s teen slasher movies,...

This Halloween, the seasonal offerings include some big - ticket gift sets, like «Chucky: The Complete Collection,» an anthology of all six films in the «Child's Play» series (Universal; Blu - ray, $ 84.98; DVD, $ 59.88; not rated), and «Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection,» which offers Blu - ray editions of 12 films in that slasher franchise, from the original 1980 «Friday the 13th» directed by Sean S. Cunningham to its 2009 remake - reboot directed by Marcus Nispel — in effect, closing the circle (Warner Home Video; $ 129.95; R).

The daddy of all slasher movies, its formula has been mercilessly preyed upon by countless 1980s slice - and - dice imitations («Friday the 13th», «A Nightmare on Elm Street» etc.), fondly dissected by 1990 postmodern spoofs («Scream», «Scary Movie»)-- and of course its franchise of (largely inferior) sequels shows that that the bogeyman is still very real, with «Halloween 9» due for release next year.

Being dull as dishwater is only the first crime of Ulli Lommel's The Boogeyman (1980), a pass by a Fassbinder protégé at American slasher flicks of the late»70s (Halloween especially, but also The Amityville Horror, Carrie, and The Omen) that produces predictably pretentious results without the pang of brilliance accompanying many of the films of Lommel's betters.

European films have a long tradition of full frontal male nudity even in movies you least expected it; like in the classic 1980's slasher «Pieces»

Still, in the slasher - film driven 1980s, Hellraiser at least offered something different, and despite all that it had going against it, it did have Barker's name, and a ringing endorsement by horror maestro Stephen King, who hyped up Barker as the «future of horror fiction.»

Roday did not set out to make a homage slasher film from the 1980s.

If you grew up as a horror film fanatic in the 1980s, you may have run through most of the American slasher flicks and occult thrillers — and then you rented Lucio Fulci's 1980 cult favourite Zombie, which hopefully led you to all sorts of gore - laden apocalyptic mayhem from Italian splatter - slingers like Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare -LRB-1980s, you may have run through most of the American slasher flicks and occult thrillers — and then you rented Lucio Fulci's 1980 cult favourite Zombie, which hopefully led you to all sorts of gore - laden apocalyptic mayhem from Italian splatter - slingers like Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare -LRB-...)

Unlike his slasher «brothers» Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th, 1980, dir.

This lack of verdict and incomplete closure would become an unfailing slasher staple, as evidenced in films like Friday the 13th (1980), Candyman (1992), Scream (1996), and It Follows (2014), to name a few.

The Drownsman (Blu - ray) Details: 2014, Anchor Bay Entertainment Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A thriller that is a throwback to the slasher films of 1980s centers on a young woman who almost drowned in a lake accident and, in its wake, develops a fear of water.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead becomes a parallel to «the good girl» in the slasher flicks from the 1980s.

In lieu of taking in this weekend's Prom Night, or other dreck at the theater, one might be advised to simply enjoy an analytical look back at the story of the original, very Canadian slasher film, from 1980, and its desperate stabs at Americanization.

Slasher: BLACK CHRISTMAS (although there are literally dozens of these in the early 1980s due to some Canadian Tax Shelter loophole)

Fruet would carve out a career of memorable Canadian genre works, including Search and Destroy (1979), the Genie - nominated Funeral Home (1980, aka Cries in The Night), the hillbilly horror of Baker County USA (1982, with Henry Silva) and the monster - snake creature feature, Spasms (1983, with Peter Fonda and Oliver Reed); one his most popular works was Killer Party (1986), one of the Canadian sector's better entries in the «sorority slasher» genre of the day.

Screenwriters Andy Stock and Rick Stempson must have been inspired by John Landis's documentary Slasher (2004), and a rivalry with another dealership recalls the old Robert Zemeckis classic Used Cars (1980).

Friday The 13th is a slasher film series that has become an immediately recognisable pop culture icon since the original film's release in 1980.