Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 809 Films to Buy & Rent
Goonies, The (1985)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton
- Junior edition of 'Indiana Jones', from a Steven Speilberg story, has seven bored kids on the Oregon coast hunting for pirate booty after they…
Ladyhawke (1985)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Enjoyable sword–and–sorcery yarn filmed in the Dolomites pits Matthew Broderick as a Medieval tyke who must unlock the evil spell cast on…
Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A (1985)
- Dir. Jack Sholder
Feat. Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Clu Gulager…
- More of the same special f/x–assisted mayhem from Freddy Krueger and the helpless adolescent residents of Elm Street. Just ask Mom and Dad to…
Red Sonja (1985)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman…
- Unremarkable except for its silliness, this excursion into CONAN territory pits uber–bimbo Nielsen against various diehard villains.…
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley…
- Fred Ward plays a tough NYC cop whose death is faked and a new identity of "Remo Williams" is bestowed by a secret organization known as CURE who…
Return to Oz (1985)
- Dir. Walter Murch
Feat. Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh
- This unusually–conceived sequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ is almost too scary for kids, with a disturbed Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) blown by a storm from…
Company of Wolves (1984)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea
- This modest, dream–like horror fantasy was liked so much by author Anne Rice, it led to the Irish director calling the shots on INTERVIEW WITH…
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones
- Semi–nude Arnie grunts through his second Conan adventure.
Dream One (Nemo) (1984)
- Dir. Arnaud Sélignac
Feat. Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May
- Very strange, tonally confused but often fascinating fantasia, a very loose adaptation of Winsor McKay's 1920s comic strip Little Nemo – itself…
Dreamscape (1984)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
- Psychic Dennis Quaid treks through the dreams and nightmares of others, ultimately confronting the nihilistic visions of the President. Works well…