Subgenre Sampler
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Never Say Die (1988)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Temuera Morrison
- Geoff Murphy re–applies his GOODBYE PORK PIE formula for this good–natured action yarn which posits Temuera Morrison as an unwitting…
Ngati (1988)
- Dir. Barry Barclay
Feat. Tuta Ngarimu Tamati, Iranui Haig, Tawai Moana…
- A moving and powerful drama about an Australian immigrant who encounters the spiritual home of the local 'Ngati' or tribe, which triggers his own…
Nico: Above the Law (1988)
- Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone…
- Former bodyguard Seagal makes his debut as a short–fused cop who employs martial artistry to teach hoodlums that crime doesn't pay for hospital…
Night of the Demons (1988)
- Dir. Kevin S. Tenney
Feat. Linnea Quigley, William Gallo
- Shlocky 80's horror based around a group of high school seniors partying inside an isolated funeral parlour where they unknowingly release a demon or…
Nightmare On Elm Street 4: Dream Master, A (1988)
- Dir. Renny Harlin
Feat. Robert Englund
- The franchise, now in full commercial flight, but bereft of new ideas, resorts to self–parody with Freddy Pizza Face Krueger having a riot…
Noble House (Mini-Series) (1988)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters…
- Improbably entertaining thriller with Brosnan smarming his way through business deals in Asia, only to find his reign as Tai–Pan (supreme…
Oliver and Company (1988)
- Dir. George Scribner
- Walt has a stab at Charles Dicken's 'Oliver Twist', with orphan kitten Oliver set adrift in big bad New York City.
Grittier, and less fairytale…
Paperhouse (1988)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill
- Beautifully photographed English spook story about a schoolgirl who can enter a netherworld by simply drawing it on paper. A thinking person's…
Pascali's Island (1988)
- Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance
- Polished thriller in which frustrated Turkish spy Ben Kingsley discovers little honour among thieves after he steals a Greek treasure with mysterious…
Pathfinder (Ofelas) (1988)
- Dir. Nils Gaup
Feat. Mikkel Gaup
- Over icy, unforgiving terrain, a 16–year–old boy diverts a group of marauders who have raided his village.
Powerful adventure film…