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Subgenre Sampler

 
Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors (1986) Recommended
Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia
Excellent film version of the off–Broadway musical based on the 1960 horror/comedy of the same name. The story of the man–eating plant is…
LucasLucas (1986)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen
Genuinely sympathetic account of the teenage love of 'dweeb' Corey Haim for an older schoolmate (Green), through infatuation, rejection and...…
MalcolmMalcolm (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Colin Friels, John Hargreaves
A simple young man with a genius for things mechanical is coerced into criminal activity by his dodgy new flatmate. Deserved winner of 8 Australian…
MatadorMatador (1986)
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martinez
Almodovar breaks a few more screen taboos with this erotic black comedy about a bull–fighter and a smart female lawyer who share a morbid…
Max Mon AmourMax Mon Amour (1986)
Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling does her stuff... with a chimpanzee called Max? A very dry comedy with some decidedly dicey morality about Man and his closest…
Millionaire's ExpressMillionaire's Express (Foo gwai lit che) (1986)
Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Rosamund Kwan
Camp and hysterical genre mash–up, has Samo Hung as a bumbling brothel–owner who entraps a group of millionaire's in his hometown (by…
Money Pit, TheMoney Pit, The (1986)
Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Tom Hanks, Shelley Long
An often very funny 80s comedy about couple Tom Hanks’ and Shelley Long’s disastrous purchase of a home in Long Island that conceals a host of…
Night of the CreepsNight of the Creeps (1986)
Dir. Fred Dekker
Feat. Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Tom Atkins
Good–humored horror about alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, and turning their hosts into rampaging zombies.
Nothing in CommonNothing in Common (1986)
Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint
Tom Hanks stars as a precocious ad exec who's forced to deal with his aging, unloving father (Jackie Gleason) after his parents separate. The…
Off BeatOff Beat (1986)
Dir. Michael Dinner
Feat. Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Harvey Keitel
Comedy about a likeable librarian who impersonates a police officer at a charity function as a favour to a friend, but then finds himself in the…

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