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Subgenre Sampler

 
Cutting ClassCutting Class (1989)
Dir. Rospo Pallenberg
Feat. Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen
Late–80s, high–school set slasher that (semi–)parodies the genre is best known for featuring a young Brad Pitt. While mediocre as a…
Return of the Swamp Thing, TheReturn of the Swamp Thing, The (1989)
Feat. Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Dick Durock
Everyone's favourite muck–encrusted plant–man is back in a sequel so bad, it's better than the original! The campy…
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin
A deceased couple return as ghosts and discover their home has been occupied by an obnoxious family, so decide to enlist the services of…
Brain DamageBrain Damage (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry
Outrageous splatter comedy doubles as a drug–addiction parable about a parasitic monster that feeds off the acquaintances of its human host.…
Child's PlayChild's Play (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent
'Chucky', the possessed cabbage–patch kid, goes on a murderous rampage in this clever consumerist parable. Tightly scripted and imaginatively…
ElviraElvira (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) (1988)
Dir. James Signorelli
Feat. Cassandra Peterson, Jeff Conaway, Edie McClurg
High camp fun with real–life cult horror movie host Elvira, in her first acting role. Canny blend of tongue–in–cheek innuendo and…
Fright Night Part 2 Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Feat. Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind
William Ragsdale returns as Charley Brewster, now a college freshman who is tormented by the undead sister of the vampire from the first film. While…
Return of the Living Dead Part IIReturn of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Dir. Ken Wiederhorn
Feat. Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan
Yet another unnecessary sequel, this time to the popular spoof of Romero's Living Dead films.
Vampire's KissVampire's Kiss (1988) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
Nicolas Cage gives a wildly uninhibited performance as a psychotic yuppie who thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. From the pen that wrote the…
Bad TasteBad Taste (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson
New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…

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