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Subgenre Sampler

 
Awakening, The (1980)
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Charlton Heston, Susannah York
Based on Bram Stoker's "The Jewel of Seven Stars", this large budget horror film fails to capitalise on a great cast and authentic Egyptian locations…
Bad TimingBad Timing (1980)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel, Nicolas Roeg
After his wife attempts suicide, a guilt–ridden Art Garfunkel engages in a tense battle of wits with investigator Harvey Keitel. Nic Roeg goes…
Battle Beyond the StarsBattle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Dir. Jimmy T. Murakami
Feat. John Saxon, Richard Thomas
A campy space–set reworking of THE SEVEN SAMURAI/MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, produced by Roger Corman and scripted by John Sayles. The effects shine…
Battle Creek BrawlBattle Creek Brawl (Big Brawl, The) (1980)
Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Jackie Chan, Jose Ferrer
Jackie Chan goes up against a merciless giant man named Kiss when he finds himself caught up in the middle of a giant small town brawl in Battle…
Being ThereBeing There (1980) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Peter Sellers
A middle–aged gardner, reared in solitude and exclusively educated through his television, is mistaken for a political genius. Profound and…
Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Series)Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Series) (1980) Recommended
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Elisabeth Trissenaar
This monolithic tome set in Weimar–era Germany represented the peak of dir. Fassbinder's filmmaking career. Across 15 hours, it details the…
Beulah Land (TV Mini-series)Beulah Land (TV Mini-series) (1980)
Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin, Eddie Albert
There are plenty of well–known faces in the support cast of this old–fashioned, three–part mini–series dramatizing the lives…
Beyond Reasonable DoubtBeyond Reasonable Doubt (1980) Recommended
Dir. John Laing
Feat. David Hemmings, John Hargreaves
Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…
Big Red One, TheBig Red One, The (1980) Recommended
Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Lee Marvin
The best role in years for Lee Marvin, who plays the intrepid squadron leader of director Sam Fuller's WWII memoirs. Distinctive war film is…
Black Cat, TheBlack Cat, The (1980)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Patrick Magee
Village crank Patrick Magee is suspected in a gruesome series of killings, linked by the presence of the black puss. Dodgy (dubbed) acting aside,…

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