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Brain DeadBrain Dead (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort
Long unreleased in New Zealand (which possibly explains why Peter Jackson also claimed the title), this arrives a bit of a lost gem from the halcyon…
Monkey ShinesMonkey Shines (1988) Recommended
Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil
A first–rate thriller about an invalid who loses control over his pet monkey that has been subjected to cerebral experiments. Intelligent…
Fly, TheFly, The (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
Cronenberg's most accessible work is an ingenious re–working of the 1958 film that works as well for its contemporary audience as the original…
From BeyondFrom Beyond (1986)
Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree
The director of RE–ANIMATOR interprets another great H.P. Lovecraft story as a kinky, effects–laden romp about monsters unleashed from a…
Day of the DeadDay of the Dead (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato
Apocalyptic paranoia looms in an underground shelter for a few survivors in a world overrun with zombies. Conclusion to the 'Dead' trilogy builds a…
Re-AnimatorRe-Animator (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
Stuff, TheStuff, The (1985)
Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris
Witty consumerist parable from low–budget maestro Larry Cohen about a new dessert product, which turns out to be lethal. Call it…
Dead Zone, TheDead Zone, The (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams
A dynamite thriller based on one of Stephen King's best stories. Christopher Walken plays a clairvoyant, who after helping police with homicide…
Death Warmed UpDeath Warmed Up (1983)
Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Michael Hurst
Hell–bent on exacting revenge on a loony scientist, Michael Hurst leads his friends to a secret island where toxic abominations run riot. This…
Hand, TheHand, The (1981)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Caine
Michael Caine stars in this early Oliver Stone mess (still suffering from shell–shock?) as a cartoonist whose severed hand goes about murdering…

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