The '80s Movie Club

29/12/2022

There aren't nearly enough good Christmas-themed anthologies. Thankfully, All The Creatures Were Stirring is a great one!

We’re basking in the afterglow of Christmas 2022 as we write this and we’re always happy to check out a holiday-themed anthology. However, having just watched an absolute stinker in Tales from the Other Side and being so full of chocolate that we fear our feet might fall off, we weren’t expect...

28/12/2022

Another day, another horror anthology. Tales from the Other Side (2022) actually has the worst portmanteau segment we've ever seen. It's really THAT bad.

Tales from the Other Side is a 2022 horror anthology that pulls together six separate ‘scary’ stories as well as providing a substantial wraparound tale too. That’s good news as at least it gives this portmanteau a little consistency which it’d otherwise lack as this does have the feel of ju...

15/12/2022

Look. We know it's the dullest topic in cinema and we don't really care if it's a Christmas film or not. But we love it and want to big it up.

Die Hard is a special film for me. It was the first 18-rated movie I ever saw in the cinema (I was 13 and entirely blown away by the action). Since then, the series has had its ups and downs. Die Hard 2 is okay but a little forgettable, Die Hard With a Vengeance is […]

25/06/2022

The greatest horror film of all time is 40 today. All those years and it's still never been topped. And to honour it, here's our favourite line from the movie. :)

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/quote-of-the-day-the-thing/

18/06/2022

Come on grab her legs and help me throw her over the stall! Come on what you waiting for?

18/06/2022

Who doesn't love The Thing? ISIS probably. Anyway, it's the best horror film ever.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-why-the-thing-is-the-best-film-ever-made/

17/06/2022

17/06/2022

It's basically The Thing meets Alien but underwater. Robocop, Ernie Hudson and Amanda Pays are in it. It's been around for 33 years and it's way better than The Abyss.

So why the hell did we take so long to watch Leviathan?!

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/leviathan-1989

06/06/2022

We've updated our Ultimate Guide to Horror Anthologies. Now split into five tiers to tell you what to seek out and what to avoid. Monster Club. Avoid Monster Club.

We'll be adding more to the list but what ones do you want to see on there?

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/t8mc-guide-portmanteau-films/

You may have noticed that occasionally we like to break our Eighties remit here at T8MC and usually that’ll be when there’s a portmanteau film that needs to be watched. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, a portmanteau film is one of those movies that is comprised of individual stories or segm...

15/04/2022

Bio readouts are all in the green. We've updated our Aliens article for no good reason. It's been a while since T8MC posted but maybe we bloody should.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-why-aliens-is-the-best-film-ever-made/

Despite owning Aliens multiple times (ex-rental VHS, retail VHS, DVD boxsets, Blu-ray Anthology), I ended up watching it over the weekend because it was on television. The the thing is that, much like Big Trouble in Little China, when it starts you can’t look away. Even if it means enduring E4’s...

20/08/2021

We're all about those '80s hitters but we can spare a little bit of love for '70s cinema. Here is our top ten. We expect conflict.

Yes, we know we left out Jaws.

What are your '70s favourites though?

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/t8mcs-favourite-70s-films/

While all the cool kids know that the ’80s is the best decade for movies, it would be remiss of us to not throw some love at the ’70s. Sure, it was the worst decade. Full of prog and glam rock, racist TV sitcoms, shamed radio DJs and it was the decade where we lost […]

09/08/2020

We've been quiet for a while but we're back with ten reasons to watch Best of the Best (1989). It's one of the best fight flicks of the '80s and it features Eric Roberts at the peak of his powers.

We love it and you should too.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-why-you-need-to-watch-best-of-the-best-1989/

The ’80s has to be the golden age for fight flicks. Sure, the hardcore will go on about the kung fu films of the ’70s (and to be fair Enter The Dragon will always be the greatest fighting film of all time) and they still make all those post-Crouching Tiger wire-work films which are still …

15/12/2019

We checked out a modern portmanteau. The Field Guide to Evil (terrible title) is a 2018 eight-part horror anthology that focuses on folklore and urban legends from around the world. Five of the stories are absolute bobbins, two are good and one is legitimately great.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-35-the-field-guide-to-evil-2018/

This curious compilation of global horror shorts features eight stories each from different directors but produced by Tim League and Ant Timpson, the producers of The ABCs of Death. While there is no linking story on offer here but, unusually for a horror anthology, the stories are thematically link...

24/07/2019

RIP to the ULTIMATE LEGEND that is Rutger Hauer. 7:20 on this video. We'll always remember that look he gives. John Ryder: the best villain of all time. Roy Batty: the best dying android thing of all time scene ever too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUnXsEsJGtQ

20/09/2018

We updated our review of Annihilator, a 1986 sci-fi horror that is better than at least three of the Terminator films combined. If you love robots, Catherine Mary Stewart and robots tearing off their arms and flinging them at people then this is the movie for you. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/the-annihilator-1986-full-movie/

This one is a real treat for fans of horror, sci-fi and the most B of movies. Annihilator was a TV movie that showed up in 1986 to very little acclaim. This might be because it shamelessly ripped off The Terminator (it even includes Earl Boen who played Dr Silberman in that film) but if …

14/07/2018

That moment when you realise the same actor is in two films you've watched dozens of times. MIND. BLOWN.

14/07/2018

In honour of the fantastic Cobra Kai TV show, we've gone back to revisit our favourite film in the series and it's not Karate Kid 1. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/karate-kid-3-is-better-than-the-first-one/

“Karate Kid 3 is better than the first one? Shut the hell up, The ’80s Movie Club!” We’re not kidding. Karate Kid 3 is amazing and until recently was the best thing in the series. The wonderful, magnificent and utterly perfect Cobra Kai TV series has since taken the prize and if you’ve not...

13/07/2018

Happy Friday the 13th! What's your favourite Friday? We're suckers for Jason X but Part 6 is great too. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/friday-the-13th-part-6-review/

Friday the 13th Part 6 (1986) review

03/06/2018

Time to revisit an oldie. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-why-the-terminator-is-the-best-film-ever-made/

Like most things that were ever good, the Terminator franchise has been kind of ruined. Firstly by awful people calling it a ‘franchise’ and secondly by some shoddy treatment by people who shouldn’t be let near it. For me, the decline started with T2. Yeah, yeah I know. You all love Terminator...

03/06/2018

Tim Capello is even more badass now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LAP6-J2Zho

Mad Monster Party and Monsterpalooza presented a great Saturday night party at Son of Monsterpalooza 2016 at the Burbank Marriott Convention Center. Hit sing...

29/04/2018

That's right, we are making up for lost time with another horror anthology review. This one is All Hallow's Eve (2013) which would be terrible if you were just looking at the short stories in it but is elevated by a decent linking story.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-31-all-hallows-eve/

All Hallow’s Eve is a 2013 anthology that is quite unusual in that all of it was written and directed by one person, Damien Leone, and while it is still a collection of shorts, having it one man behind it does give the film a little more consistency than the typical portmanteau. This is partly …

29/04/2018

We've covered a lot of horror anthologies (thirty in fact) but the second tale in this one is the scariest one ever.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-30-a-night-of-horror-volume-1/

This collection of Australian horror tales is very much a modern portmanteau in that it has wildly varying themes and a lot of stories to tell. Each tale has a different director who were all tasked with submitting a short that had a ‘blood’ theme. That’s not a very narrow remit, so A Night of...

16/04/2018

Just finished watching an old favourite. Genuinely scary film with a brilliant cast. Ending is completely mental.

16/04/2018

SIR! Rest in peace! SIR!

13/01/2018

We've updated our guide to portmanteau/horror anthology flicks. More films! More formatting! More opinions! More of the raw!

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/t8mc-guide-portmanteau-films/

You may have noticed that occasionally we like to break our Eighties remit here at T8MC and usually that’ll be when there’s a portmanteau film that needs to be watched. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, a portmanteau film is one of those movies that is comprised of individual stories or segm...

14/12/2017

It is important to remember the true meaning of Christmas. And that is that you must watch Trading Places.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-trading-places-best-film-ever-made/

The early ’80s truly belonged to Eddie Murphy, an on-fire stand-up comedian who transferred from the stage to Hollywood and starred in several successful films that were obvious vehicles for him. Trading Places is a 1983 comedy that sees Murphy teaming up with fellow Saturday Night Live star Dan A...

10/12/2017

Been a while since we reviewed anything and Zombthology made us wonder why we bother. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-29-zombthology/

Zombthology is a three part horror anthology that was dumped into the genre back in 2008 and has somehow ended up on Amazon Instant Video. As the name suggests, the focus here is squarely on zombies but also on veteran scream queen Tiffany Shepis who features heavily in the film’s linking story. T...

29/11/2017

'Tis the season. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-why-die-hard-is-the-best-christmas-movie-ever-made/

Die Hard is a special film for me. It was the first 18-rated movie I ever saw in the cinema (I was 13 and entirely blown away by the action). Since then, the series has had its ups and downs. Die Hard 2 is okay but a little forgettable, Die Hard With a Vengeance is …

20/11/2017

Some classic Peter Vincent in today's Quote of the Day.

It’s not easy being someone who grew up in the ’80s having to see all the stuff that the kids are into these days, so we know exactly how Peter Vincent must have felt when he said this line during his meeting with Charlie Brewster in Fright Night 1985 (the best vampire movie ever). There …

08/10/2017

Another horror anthology. Three of the most English stories ever and a wraparound tale set in America for some reason. It's mostly trash. And yes, that's David Van Day. Bloody hell.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-28-screamtime/

Screamtime is a 1983 horror anthology that combines three English shorts with an American wraparound story. It’s a bizarre combination that feels tacked on at first but there’s a little more to this portmanteau than you might initially think. I’ve actually got some history with this film. In 1984 I…

24/09/2017

We took a look at the 2017 horror anthology Galaxy of Horrors. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-27-galaxy-of-horrors/

Galaxy of Horrors is a 2017 horror anthology and is another portmanteau package curated from short movies previously presented as part of the Little Terrors Festival. It follows on from the subject of our previous Portmanteau-a-go-go, Minutes Past Midnight. Seemingly inspired heavily by Black Mirror...

16/09/2017

Ten reasons why Repo Man is the best movie ever. And it truly is. Harry was always number one. The greatest of all time. Always intense.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/ten-reasons-why-repo-man-is-the-best-film-ever-made/

So, we’ve ran quite a few of these ‘best movie’ articles and in our hearts, they are all the best movie ever. Why pick when they are all equally strong and wonderful? It’s films like these that make us want to write about ‘80s movies in general. But if you put a gun to my …

08/09/2017

We watched the 2016 horror anthology movie Minutes Past Midnight and it was quite something. Nine tales in less than ninety minutes and we liked most of them. That's a win in our book.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/portmanteau-a-go-go-26-minutes-past-midnight/

24/08/2017

Released in 1990 but filmed in the '80s, The Ambulance is a okay horror film that features Eric Roberts in absolutely spectacular form.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/the-ambulance-1990/

We’re stretching the rules for this one. Yes, The Ambulance was released in 1990 which puts it outside of our remit but it had a March release which means that it was filmed in the late ’80s. Good enough for us! It’s one of those films that we’ve been aware of but had never seen. …

18/08/2017

RIP to Sonny Landham. In a cast of legit badasses he was the baddest of them all.

18/08/2017

We watched Student Bodies, a fun horror parody that was much better than we expected.

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/student-bodies-1981/

Well, Student Bodies has been a real surprise. As much as T8MC is about going back and celebrating our favourite movies from the ’80s, we do love being surprised by a film we’ve never seen before. Student Bodies has been on my ‘to watch’ list for a while now and it is a horror comedy …

06/08/2017

Any love for Lifeforce?

http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/lifeforce-1985/

The problem with using absolutely top drawer sci-fi/horror talent is that sometimes the vision can outstrip the practicality. Lifeforce is a great example of this. Written by Dan O’Bannon (the man you can thank for creating Alien) and directed by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), the film com...

01/08/2017

Our second favourite Friday (after Jason X) was released today in 1986. http://www.the80smovieclub.co.uk/friday-the-13th-part-6-review/

Friday the 13th Part 6 (1986) review

31/07/2017

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of The Lost Boys. One of the greatest movies ever. We still believe!

18/07/2017

Our buddy Paul got to speak to his horror hero. Give this a read.

Whenever a great creative talent passes, there’s a tendency to lean on hyperbole when reflecting on their body of work. In the case of someone like George A. Romero, it’s virtually impossible to overstate their impact. Put simply, without Romero, the horror landscape we know and love today simply…