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Subgenre Sampler

 
CamorraCamorra (1986)
Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Angela Molina, Harvey Keitel
Complicated but well–judged thriller about the Naples underworld and specifically the use of children in the drug trade. More conventional than…
CassandraCassandra (1986)
Dir. Colin Eggleston
Feat. Tegan Charles, Tessa Humphries, Dylan O'Neill
Quite watchable Aussie horror is set around a young woman's visions of her brother stabbing somebody to death during her childhood years. Using a…
CrawlspaceCrawlspace (1986)
Dir. David Schmoeller
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery
Horror thriller with the always charismatic Klaus Kinski playing a psychopathic son of a Nazi doctor who is obsessed with torturing young women to…
Dead End Drive-InDead End Drive-In (1986)
Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Low–budget Ozploitation thriller set in a post–apocalyptic world where an unwitting young couple get themselves interned with fellow…
Edge of Darkness (TV Mini-series)Edge of Darkness (TV Mini-series) (1986) Recommended
Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley
Multi award–winning suspense drama journeys into the secret, high–stakes world of the nuclear state. This is television at its most…
Fantasist, TheFantasist, The (1986)
Dir. Robin Hardy
Feat. Moira Harris, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Bottoms
Belated and little known second film from the director of “The Wicker Man” about a rural Irishwoman whose teaching stint in Dublin finds…
FXFX (F/X) (1986) Recommended
Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy
Some ingenious set pieces and explosive effects highlight this superior action–suspenser. An FX expert is employed to fake the death of a VIP,…
Gladiator, TheGladiator, The (1986)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Ken Wahl, Robert Culp, Nancy Allen
Telemovie excursion for Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT), pummeling viewers with a patented and occasionally intriguing exercise in petrolhead…
Half Moon StreetHalf Moon Street (1986)
Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Michael Caine, Sigourney Weaver
Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver play British diplomat and call–girl who become locked in escalating political intrigue.
Hitcher, TheHitcher, The (1986) Aro Favourite
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…

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