Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Still of the Night (1982)- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Meryl Streep, Roy Scheider - Hitchcock–style thriller about a psychiatrist who falls in love with a woman who may have brutally murdered one of his patients.
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) (1982- 1983)- Dir. Various
Feat. Peter Cushing, Brenda Blethyn, Liza Goddard… - Fondly remembered British television series of self–contained stories – each with a twist – inspired by the adult macabre of Roald…
Tenebrae (Unsane) (1982)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi - Compelling Argento thriller, with a typically contorted plot design – about a crime writer, whose books stimulate copycat killings – used…
Wrong is Right (1982)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad… - Patchy media satire with Connery as a newsman on the trail of two nuclear weapons that have fallen into terrorist hands. Some fine supporting turns…
Angel of Vengeance (Ms.45) (1981)- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Zoë Tamerlis, Jack Thibeau - Surreal drama about a deaf–mute who seeks revenge after two sexual assaults. Taut and disturbing, with minimal dialogue, it has the distinction…
Bad Blood (1981)- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill - A gripping drama based on the factual account of Stan Graham, who in 1941 murdered four policemen and sparked one of the greatest manhunts in New…
Bergerac (TV Series) (1981)- Feat. John Nettles, Terence Alexander
- Classic of its kind. Roguish Bergerac races around Jersey trying to thwart jewel thieves, terrorists, murderers and general no gooders. Great fun,…
Blow Out (1981)- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow - A seemingly ordinary car–crash is found by sound–recordist John Travolta to have sinister overtones when he rewinds his chance taping of…
Body Heat (1981)- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner - Loose remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a noir classic in itself. William Hurt and Kathleen Turner embark on a torrid affair and conspire to murder her…
Border, The (1981)- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine… - Rather underrated drama set along the Texas–Mexico borderlands, where a soiled but still–idealistic cop (Nicholson) becomes embroiled…
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