Category: Classic Movies
The man who would be king
he story is set in the 1880s, starting off in India. Christopher Plummer plays Kipling, who narrates the story as it unfolds. But he remains in India and does not partake in the adventure, which takes it’s main characters, two scoundrels with great ambition cross the lands, beyond the Khyber
Corvette Summer
coming of age movie about a gear-head who falls in love while chasing down a stolen Corvette that he helped restore. This movie captures the 70s, fashion, freedoms, easy-living.
Carrie
The first cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Carrie’s naivety becomes apparent when at 16 she is panicked by her first menstrual flow. Her menarche is also the awakening of telekinetic powers, which manifest initially with her exploding the light bulbs to avoid prying eyes in the school locker area.
Halloween
This is perhaps the best of all the suspense Halloween horror/slasher films one could hope to see. Although there were… read more Halloween
The AmityVille Horror
Based on a best seller novel of the same name,The AmityVille Horror, this 1979 movie stars Margot Kidder (Superman) and James Brolin. The story follows a family who purchased the home of an extreme crime scene 13 months after Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. killed both his parents, two brother and two sisters with a shot gun in the house.
The Serpent and the rainbow
This is another Wes Craven film, but the Serpent and the rainbow is shot with such surprising realism that you can forget at times you are watching a film and think you are watching a documentary or recreation of real life story
When a stranger calls
The movie begins with Jill Johnson played by Carol Kane babysitting for a local Dr. and his wife. After the kids are asleep and she is waiting for the parents to return, she starts to get phone calls asking her if she has checked on the children. She has heard nothing from them and figured that it is just a prank call. But the calls continue and increase in frequency so she calls the police, who discover that the calls are originating from within the home. The children were murdered shortly after Jill arrived to babysit.
Young Frankenstein
This is the story of a lecturing Dr. Frankenstein, named Frederick who is grandson to the infamous lunatic Dr. Frankenstein. (Part of the reason for making this film in black in white is to capture another epoch more realistically for 1970s audiences). Frederick, changes his name’s pronunciation in order to distance himself from his infamous relative.
Friday the 13th
The story premise is pretty simple. The hereditary owner of the summer camp decides to reopen the long closed location after years of neglect. It’s 1980 and he has advertised for some summer counselors who are willing to help him with a few repairs and set up to get the camp going
Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven brought the world a Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. Drawing from newspaper reports of tortured refuges who died in their sleep,
The Cheerleaders
The Cheerleaders was a mainstream movie which hit theaters in 1973. Watching it, I am reminded of a Playboy channel… read more The Cheerleaders
Crossroads
Crossroads is a 1986 movie named after a famous Robert Johnson song. The film sought to cash in on Ralph… read more Crossroads
The Blue Lagoon
In 1980 Randal Kleiser brought to life the romantic teen survival drama of the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by… read more The Blue Lagoon
Murder on the orient express
Murder on the Orient Express was written by Agatha Christie in 1934. In 1974, British director SIdney Lumet put together… read more Murder on the orient express
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a low budget horror film from 1981 that is surprizingly good because of quality… read more Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Summer Lovers
Summer Lovers is a romantic comedy unlike any other. It explores open relationships and the complications they present on the… read more Summer Lovers