Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 924 Films to Buy & Rent
Campfire Tales (1996)
- Dir. David Semel, Martin Kunert, Matt Cooper
Feat. Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor, Christopher Masterson…
- Urban legends pervade a trilogy of spook stories that emanate from a roadside breakdown. Some competent storytelling is undone by an irritatingly…
Craft, The (1996)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell…
- The director of THREESOME conjures a fast–paced and slick tale of teenage outcasts who prefer to look pretty in black than pink. It's a dark…
Enid Blyton - Island of Adventure (TV Series) (1996)
- Dir. Peter Rose
- Volume 1) A fearless foursome of intrepid kids and a parrot, fossick around in a seaside setting, uncovering old smuggling caves and a…
Fear (1996)
- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano…
- Thriller from the Hollywood cookie–cutter about a chaste Daddy's girl who gets involved with creep Mark Wahlberg, who just gets creepier by…
High School High (1996)
- Dir. Hart Bochner
Feat. Jon Lovitz, Louise Fletcher
- THE NAKED GUN parody–squad punish the college delinquent genre (DANGEROUS MINDS, HIGHER LEARNING etc). Jokes mainly aim below the belt, and…
Loaded (1996)
- Dir. Anna Campion
Feat. Oliver Milburn, Dearbhla Molloy, Danny Cunningham…
- Fans of Trainspotting will connect with this compelling snapshot of the E–generation – an acid–inflected psychodrama that unfolds…
Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
- Dir. Emma-Kate Croghan
Feat. Frances O’Connor, Alice Garner, Radha Mitchell…
- The indie success story of '96 was made by 23–year–old Croghan on a shoestring with her Melbourne film school buddies.
Love is a…
Scream (1996)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich…
- The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
Size of Watermelons, The (1996)
- Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Paul Rudd, Ione Skye
- Bored college geek Paul Rudd rivals his peers' lofty ambitions to be rock stars by deciding on a whim to become a film–maker.
Essentially a…
Small Faces (1996)
- Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Iain Robertson, Joseph McFadden
- An anti–nostalgic hark back to the mean streets of late '60s Glasgow into which a wee spotty lad becomes unwittingly drawn. Eschewing the…