Tag Archives: 80’s

Heavy Metal (1981)

Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Heavy Metal magazine debuted in the U.S. in the spring of 1977 with the image of a pointy-breasted robot bashing to pieces another robot with a wrench. The publishers of the National Lampoon had compiled this “adult illustrated fantasy magazine” … Continue reading →

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Night of the Comet (1984)

Posted on September 8, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Last year, on a trip to Pennsylvania, I stopped by the Monroeville Mall (just outside Pittsburgh), where Dawn of the Dead (1978) was filmed. I’d nearly given up hope on finding anything George Romero-related when I discovered Monroeville Zombies, a … Continue reading →

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Re-Animator (1985)

Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Until Guillermo del Toro finally convinces the studio suits to finance his dream project At the Mountains of Madness, cinema’s most reliably excellent adapter of the works of H.P. Lovecraft will remain Stuart Gordon. Gordon, a writer and director for … Continue reading →

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