Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians, The (Tajemstvi hradu v Karpatech) (1981)- Dir. Oldrich Lipsky
Feat. Michal Docolomansky, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Vlastimil Brodsky… - Cult oddity based on the Jules Verne novel The Carpathian Castle, a sci–fi horror story about a campy count who haunts a house overlooking a…
Pacific Banana (1981)- Dir. John D. Lamond
- One of the last Australian sexploitation–ers is set around a madcap airline and a pilot with an 'undercarriage problem'. Randy humour abounds…
Polyester (1981)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey - Divine gives suburban neurosis a new meaning as a wife and mother of a whacked–out family living in Baltimore. The director's first…
Porky's (1981)- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier - ANIMAL HOUSE retread with juvenile male high–jinx on college campus. Massive hit is testament to the adage that no–one ever went broke…
Shock Treatment (1981)- Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Patricia Quinn… - Richard O'Brien and co. camp through the Rocky Horror premise again without the magic, but not without charm. Brad and Janet return as a…
Shogun Assassin (1981)- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masahiro Tomikawa - Samurai classic is a composite of two Japanese features in which a formidable warrior violently defends his honour with his young son in a…
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)- Dir. Charles B Griffith
Feat. Jimmy McNichol, Janet Julian, Walter Barnes - Not in any way related to SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, this cheapie from Roger Corman factory is enjoyable on its own terms. Charting the rivalry between a…
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)- Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Ben Gazzara - A whiskey–swilling, anarchist poet (Ben Gazzara) searches in vain for redemptive power and inspiration through his self–destructive…
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)- Dir. John Derek
Feat. Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keefe - Famously atrocious 1980s retelling of the Tarzan story, with the lone distinction of featuring a semi–clothed Bo Derek. Playing the apeman,…
They Call Her...Cleopatra Wong (1981)- Dir. Bobby A. Suarez
Feat. Marrie Lee - Singapore's top policewoman, the deadly Miss Cleopatra Wong, teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit operation in this…
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