Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn… - A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) (1981)
- Dir. Alan J.W. Bell
Feat. Peter Jones, Simon Jones, David Dixon… - The excellent BBC TV adaptation of Douglas Adams' extraordinary books provides a wealth of brain–candy for cybernerds, techno–buffs and…
Hoodwink (1981)- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush… - Devious bank robber Hargreaves eludes the law by pretending to be blind in this low–key Aussie caper–romance. Geoffrey Rush’s first…
House By the Cemetery (1981)- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezza, Catriona MacColl… - One of the most notable from the filmography of director Lucio Fulci is this haunted house movie in which the guests at a New England home are…
Howling, The (1981)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan - A well–regarded werewolf movie that gets funnier and scarier as it progresses. Rob Bottin's bone–crunching werewolf transformation scenes…
Incredible Shrinking Woman, The (1981)- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty… - Fitfully amusing comedy mines the considerable talents of Lily Tomlin in the role of a housewife accidentally shrunk by her husband. Considerably…
Inseminoid (Horror Planet) (1981)- Dir. Norman J. Warren
Feat. Judy Geeson - An interplanetry archaelogical team unleash a female vampire (Geeson) into their spaceship, in this super–trashy ALIEN knockoff. Unconvincing…
Jean Michel Jarre - Concerts in China (1981)- Feat. Jean Michel Jarre
- The French synthesizerist was innocuous enough to be the first Western musical act to perform in the People's Republic. The contrast of ancient and…
Kessler (TV Mini-series) (1981)- Feat. Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie
- Six–part sequel to the terrific WW2 series SECRET ARMY sees former SS member Ludwig Kessler (Rose) living in 'present day' and on the run from…
Knightriders (1981)- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Ed Harris, Tom Savini - One–of–a–kind event follows the bizarre exploits of a travelling motor–cycle show who engage in medieval–style combat…
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