Directed by James Cameron The Terminator is a lot more silly than I remembered. It’s fun but not quite as exciting as I imagined, though I think I have a much stronger memory of the sequel, Terminator II: Judgment Day. You can see the seams of this movie, as with most of the best 80’s … Continue reading The Terminator (1984)
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Altered States (1980)
Directed by Ken Russell Altered States will remind you of other 80's movies like The Fly and An American Werewolf in London. It's one of those stories that builds to a particularly gruesome, practical effects-laden transformation which marks the protagonist's irreversible shift from an everyman into something monstrous. William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with finding … Continue reading Altered States (1980)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
Directed by Terence Fisher The Man Who Could Cheat Death is pure, delightful pulp outside of a long conversation on the morality of immortality. It's actually quite a good movie, one whose selling points indicate none of the real quality of the film. This is a horror movie that is never quite horrifying, a drama … Continue reading The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
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