Subgenre Sampler
Full Moon High (1981)- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Elizabeth Hartman… - Wry horror–comedy with Adam Arkin as a jocular teen whose good time in Transylvannia is marred by his transformation into a werewolf. Change of…
Funhouse, The (1981)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Sylvia Miles… - A seedy carnival plays host to four teenagers, who against their best judgement, decide to spend the night in an ominous–looking funhouse. Dir.…
Gallipoli (1981)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Mark Lee - Well–crafted, intoxicating depiction of the Gallipoli landings in WWI with a boyish Mel Gibson and Mark Lee as youthful idealists who enlist as…
Game of Death 2 (1981)- Dir. Ng See Yuan
Feat. Bruce Lee - Posthumous reworking of Bruce Lee's uncompleted final film utilises a lookalike and found footage to pad out the fight sequences already…
Genocide (1981)
- Dir. Arnold Schwartzman
- A harrowing recount of the atrocities enacted by Hitler's regime during WW2 as told by the survivors of his infamous death camps. Narrated by…
Gods Must Be Crazy, The (1981)- Dir. James Uys
Feat. Jamie Uys - The infamous African cult fave about a jolly bush–man who ventures across country to dispose of an 'evil' coke–bottle. The sequel is more…
Going Gently (1981)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Norman Wisdom, Fulton MacKay - Quality BBC television drama about a group of terminally ill patients on a cancer ward.
Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould (1981)- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- Carefully prepared filming of Glenn Gould's second version of Bach's 'Goldberg Variations', pieced together over 5 years.
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman… - This little beauty was the first Kiwi film to make international inroads. An amoral tale about a gang of misfits who travel the length of the country…
Great Muppet Caper, The (1981)- Dir. Jim Henson
Feat. Jim Henson, Frank Oz - Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo become amateur sleuths when Miss Piggy is framed for a jewel heist. MUPPET MOVIE sequel is at least as good as the first.
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