80s Cult
The movies of the 1980's. Makes you think of all those films filled with psychopathic-serial killers, demonic possessions, blood-splattering action and murderous children doesn't it? Well, that is what we think of so we thought we would give you a place to relive some 80's classics.
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Vice Academy
1989 ・ United States ・ Directed by Rick Sloane
Students at the police vice academy go out on the streets of L.A. and accumulate graduation points by trying to make small arrests. -
Purgatory
1988 • South Africa • Directed by Ami Artzi
Carly is happily spreading goodness and light as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa when she and her pal Melanie run afoul of the local, highly corrupt, justice system. Despite numerous bribes by her mother Ruth, the two girls receive an eleven-year sen...
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Hide and Go Shriek
1988 • United States • Directed by Skip Schoolnik
A group of teens decide to spend the night at a furniture store the father of one of them owns. A homeless ex-con security guard is staying the night too. During the night, someone with a taste for cross-dressing breaks in and begins to pick off ...
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Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage
1989 • Japan • Directed by Shundō Ōkawa
Fast-paced and action-packed, Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage sees detective Joe Kawamura out for revenge against the men who gunned down his partner. Along the way he teams up with Lily, a gun-toting nun looking to get back five million dollars that was sto...
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Jungle Raiders
1985 • Italy • Directed by Antonio Margheriti
In the heart of the tropical rainforest lies a world of endless danger, mysterious romance, and wild adventure. Captain Yankee (Christopher Connelly) takes a Colombian curator (Marina Costa) on a search for the Ruby of Doom in 1938 Malaya. Lee van Cl...
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Warrior from Shaolin
1980 • Hong Kong • Directed by Chia-Yung Liu
Gordon Liu portrays a Buddhist monk who abandons his post at a Buddhist temple when the temple is attacked by Japanese troops
during World War II. After he leaves the temple, he takes on two misfit apprentices portrayed by Eric Tsang and Liu Chia-yun... -
Abbot White
1981 • Taiwan • Directed by Wei-Lan Wang
A supernatural tale of demonic possession and martial arts mayhem.
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The Church
1989 • Italy • Directed by Michele Soavi
For his second feature film - and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento - writer/director Michele Soavi unleashes a "mind-blowing" (Bloody Disgusting) "masterwork" (DVD Drive-In): In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass gra...
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Curtains
1983 • Canada • Directed by Richard Ciupka
John Vernon (CHAINED HEAT, National Lampoon's ANIMAL HOUSE) and Samantha Eggar (THE BROOD, THE EXTERMINATOR) star in this horror classic from the golden age of the slasher genre. A group of women gather for a weekend casting call at the secluded mansion...
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Zombie Holocaust
1980 • Italy • Directed by Marino Girolami
It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS and forever set an insane standard for Italian zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide: Ian McCulloch (ZOMBIE), Alexandra Delli Colli (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Sherry Buchanan (TENTACLES)...
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Terror at Tenkiller
1986 • United States • Directed by Ken Meyer
Leslie and Jana are a couple of attractive young ladies, who take off on a vacation and strange things start to happen at their remote cabin in the woods.
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Jailhouse Wardress
1981 • France • Directed by Jesús Franco
Lina Romay (Female Vampire) stars as Maria da Guerra, who's sentenced to life after killing her father, who had attempted to assault her. While behind bars, Maria encounters a sadistic female warden and hatches an escape plan involving the seduction of a ...
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Glitch!
1988 • United States • Directed by Nico Mastorakis
Glitch! See's two bumbling burglars whose attempt to throw the house party of the century in the luxury home of a Hollywood producer, is foiled by a group of mobsters determined to collect what the producer owes them - no matter what.
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Terminal Exposure
1987 • United States • Directed by Nico Mastorakis
Featuring an early score from the great Hans Zimmer, Terminal Exposure focuses on two carefree beach photographers, who accidentally photograph a murder and immediately set after the assassin: a tall, gorgeous blonde with a rose tattoo on her be...
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The Time Traveller
1984 • United States • Directed by Nico Mastorakis
Nico Mastorakis shows a more thoughtful side in The Time Traveller, where the widow (Adrienne Barbeau, The Fog) of an astronaut and her young son come across a mysterious man (Kier Dullea, 2001: A Space Odyssey) with uncanny powers on a beach in...
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The Leg Fighters
1980 • Taiwan • Directed by Lee Tso-Nam
Tan, a Northern Chinese kung fu expert, kills a man using his lethal boot work in self defence. He's then hired to train a bratty princess and her servant in kung fu. While, the brother of the man Tan killed is out for revenge and he'll get him at any cost.
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Five Fighters from Shaolin
1984 • Taiwan • Directed by Shih Hao Ko
Five disciples, each a grand master in a particular style of kung fu, are banded together by a wise old drunken monk. He leads the band of fighters on a mission to catch a group of evil martial arts experts and white-haired wizards from China.
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Ninja Hunter
1984 • Taiwan • Directed by James Wu Kuo-Ren
Wu Tang villain, Abbot White, wants to destroy the Shaolin monks and become a supreme martial artist. In order to do so, he teams up with a clan of Ninjas, led by three masters – gold lamé ninja, white mustachioed ninja and black ninja – and succeeds ...
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Alien From The Abyss
1989 • Italy • Directed by Antonio Margheriti
For one of the final films of his legendary career, director Antonio Margheriti headed to the Philippines to deliver "the perfect '80s Italian popcorn flick" (Mondo Digital): When environmental activists attempt to expose an evil corporation dumping ...
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The Prodigal Son (Theatrical Release - Cantonese audio)
1981 • Hong Kong • Directed by Sammo Hung
In 1978, actor/director Sammo Hung gave Hong Kong audiences the Wing Chun crash course of Warriors Two, while his next directorial effort, 1979’s Knockabout, gave Yuen Biao the chance to shine as its lead star. But it would be in 1981 that he would combi...
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Buddha's Palm (English version)
1982 • Hong Kong • Directed by Taylor Wong
In the arsenal of classic martial arts secret weapons, there is none more lethal than the Buddha’s Palm, a technique by which an ordinary hand is transformed into a formidable force. Koo, a blind recluse living in a cave, knows its secret, which proves ...
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Killer Constable (English version)
1980 • Hong Kong • Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung
Kuei Chih-hung was famous for his modern day crime thrillers, his horror flicks, and even his comedies. But even though the only wuxia film he ever made was this one, he is still spoken of with respect by even the most ardent martial arts movie fan. ...