1980 • Italy • Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Robert Kerman (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Janet Agren (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), Ivan Rassimov (THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER) and Me Me Lai (JUNGLE HOLOCAUST), along with Hollywood legend Mel Ferrer (WAR AND PEACE), star in this insane assemblage of flesh-ripping mayhem, depraved sexual brutality, and even the Jonestown massacre.
1989 • United States • Directed by Richard Friedman
With numerous interpretations of Gaston Leroux’s classic novel The Phantom of the Opera having been turned out over the years, it was only a matter of time before the slasher genre decided to take a stab at the tale – step forward 1989’s Phant...
1981 • Japan • Directed by Shinji Sômai
A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and ‘idol movie’, inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa's popular novel by director Shinji Somai (Typhoo...
1984 • United Kingdom • Directed by Mick Jackson
In 1984, it was aired on the BBC and shocked tens of millions of UK viewers. Four months later, it was broadcast in America and became the most-watched basic cable program in history. It remains one of the most acclaimed made-for-television movie...