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Subgenre Sampler
Highlander, The (1986)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown… - Visually splendid action–fantasy with Christopher Lambert as a 16th Century immortal, destined to battle his arch enemy through the ages. This…
Hitcher, The (1986)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh… - One of the best and most terrifying thrillers to be made in the '80s. A superbly controlled, often shocking account of a young motorist who is…
Hoosiers (1986)- Dir. David Anspaugh
Feat. Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey - Superior sports drama, with Hackman coaching a high–school basketball team out of their slump. Feelgood message is combined with a bit of…
Horse Thief, The (Dao ma zei) (1986)- Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
Feat. Daiba, Rigzin Tseshang, Jiji Dan - Chinese drama from director director Tian Zhuangzhuang (THE BLUE KITE), once again bravely describing the struggles of Chinese ethnic minorities.…
House (1986)- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. William Katt - Expedient, tongue–in–cheek frightfest about a horror novelist who inherits a haunted mansion.
Howard the Duck (1986)- Dir. Willard Huyck
Feat. Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones - An H–Bomb of interstellar proportions, this George Lucus produced quack–job starred a dwarf–sized humanoid duck, sent to earth to…
Insurance Man, The (1986)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert Hines, Geoffrey Palmer… - A fascinating BBC production of Alan Bennett's screenplay about the one–and–only Franz Kafka, who is trapped in his own infernal…
Invaders from Mars (1986)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Karen Black, Louise Fletcher, Bud Cort - Madeover by Tobe 'Texas Chainsaw' Hooper, this version of 50s paranoia classic is patchy but above–average. Same basic story with an…
Island of the Alive (It's Alive 3) (1986)- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Karen Black - Eschewing the subtle creepiness of the first ALIVE movies, this goes for a more blackly comical tale of mutant babies, placed out of harm's way on a…
It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990)- Feat. Garry Shandling
- Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
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