[4] After a comet wipes out most of Earth’s population, a valley girl and her sister roam the empty streets of Los Angeles fighting zombies and entangling with a shady group of scientists who want to harvest their blood. Night of the Comet sounds like it could be a fun genre romp, but writer/director Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron, Gross Anatomy) never finds the right tone …
[7] In the wake of Star Wars, all the Hollywood studios were scrambling to replicate its success with similar big-budget sci-fi/fantasy epics. Krull was Columbia Pictures’ effort, released the same summer as Return of the Jedi, and destined to box office failure in the formidable match-up. I think Krull is actually a pretty good movie in its own right, though — much more than a …
[6] Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in his only Conan sequel, a less serious and more family-friendly adventure to help a princess (Olivia d’Abo) find a legendary horn for her aunt, Queen Taramis (Superman II‘s Sarah Douglas), who promises Conan she’ll bring his lover from the previous film back to life once he completes this quest. Mako returns as Conan’s wizard companion, along with a motley collection …
[7] Director John Milius (Big Wednesday, Red Dawn) brings Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian to the big screen with Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role. The film is an origin story, opening with young Conan witnessing the murder of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (a well-cast James Earl Jones), a religious cult leader with a propensity for pillaging and …
[6] Prior to Tron, computer animation appeared in a scene here and there, in films like Star Wars and The Black Hole, but Tron marked the first extensive use of it. So it’s something of a cinematic milestone, the great-grandfather of modern CGI fests like Avatar. Tron looks and sounds like no other movie with its austere digitally-rendered landscapes, the characters in glowing tights, and a …
[6] Michael Caine stars as a reporter who takes his young son (Jeffrey Frank) to the Bermuda Triangle to investigate the disappearance of many ships and travelers. After a plane crash strands them on an island, the father and son are kidnapped by a band of modern-day pirates who have eluded discovery and prey on passers-through. The pirates, led by actor David Warner (Time After …
[6] Steve Railsback and Peter Firth star in this film by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist) that revolves around an invasion of London by, well… space vampires. Railsback heads the space exploration team that finds the humanoid creatures on an alien ship, but once the creatures arrive on Earth they begin sucking the lifeforce out of everyone who crosses their path. Hooper said …
[8] The Earthling is an odd, disconcerting sort of film that nevertheless casts a spell and is a bit hard to shake when it’s over. It stars William Holden (Sunset Boulevard) in his penultimate film performance, playing a terminally ill man who returns home to his native Australia to die alone in the vast wilderness. Once there, he lives off the land, sleeping in makeshift …
[5] A young boy’s family is marked for death after the father is caught embezzling money from the mob. Before they are all killed, a tough-as-nails neighbor named Gloria, played by Gena Rowlands, reluctantly agrees to take custody of the boy. Gloria then becomes a cat and mouse chase movie throughout New York City as the mob attempts to find and kill both Gloria and …
[6] John Candy and Dan Aykroyd costar as prickly brothers-in-law who try their best to get along after Aykroyd unceremoniously crashes Candy’s planned family vacation. The Great Outdoors was spawned from the ever-prolific pen of John Hughes, coming off a string of hits that included Planes Trains and Automobiles, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Weird Science, and The Breakfast Club. (The man was truly a force …
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