One of the most memorable #80s #movies for my young self was Robert Harmon's twisted cat and mouse road thriller #TheHitcher starring a deliriously creepy Rutger Hauer Panned for lack of motive, the film works on an almost supernatural level Any fans? vhsrevival.com/2019/02/07/on…

Robert Englund on how he was influenced by the performances of Klaus Kinski & James Cagney for his role as Freddy Kruger in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984): "I saw the Klaus Kinski version of "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, Herzog) with Isabelle Adjani, and I was so blown away by his work and I'm a big fan of Klaus Kinski's and so his freedom, his physical freedom in that film also influenced me to be freer and not be afraid to dance a little bit; to dance to Freddy a little bit or, as we say in the theatre, to wear the scenery a little bit. And sort of find my composition because so much of the scenery that Freddy is involved with is larger than life, it's surreal, it's the boiler-room, it's exaggerated, the set is mutating for whatever reasons and so Freddy, to kind of fill that frame, that rectangle, that picture frame, I wanted Freddy to be able to do that and kind of wear that scenery as if he was almost manifesting it himself in the imagination of whichever victim was hallucinating or dreaming it or having a nightmare in that landscape, so to speak. Yeah and that influenced me a lot and I would also use the hat a lot. I liked to use the hat to reveal the bald head - I liked to use the hat as silhouette and shadow and I liked to use the hat to hide behind. I could like literally hide my eyes from the light under the brim, and then at other times I could just barely lift my head and let the light in under the brim to catch my own eyes. So that was really informed part of Freddy, and then I think there was a little bit of Jimmy Cagney in there. There was a kind of a plant your legs wide, almost a little bit of Jimmy Cagney gangster thing. These are all like images that actors used, almost like having a bulletin board with scraps on them and they kind of inform you in your imagination and then they kind of manifest. I don't think anybody watching me would say Klaus Kinski or say Jimmy Cagney or say Bob Fosse or any of those things. But they did inform me a little bit. Because Freddy knows you're dreaming him, so it's almost like he's on stage. Freddy knows you're dreaming him and you're experiencing him as a spectre so I thought he would exploit that a little bit and milk it a little bit, you know." (Robert Englund's interview with Kwenton Bellette, Screenanarchy, 2012) P.S: Happy 79th birthday, Robert Englund!

Come on you Gunners!

"Rambo III" was released on this day in 1988. Gargantuan action sequel (based on characters created by David Morrell) from director Peter MacDonald and screenwriters Sylvester Stallone and Sheldon Lettich. Highlights: Explosive stunts (many of them performed by Stallone) from legendary coordinator Vic Armstrong; Oscar-worthy production design by Bill Kinney; incredible Jerry Goldsmith score. With a budget of $63 million (over $200 million in today's dollars), "Rambo III" was the most expensive film in history at the time of its release. Although the film wasn't as well received by audiences or critics as the second film (partially due to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan ending prior to the movie's release), it was a global box office success that grossed four times its production budget. Sylvester Stallone's original draft of "Rambo III" (the one David Morrell based his superb novelization on) is vastly superior to the shooting script. Richer with subplots and characterization (Griggs accompanies Rambo to try and rescue Trautman), and with a wholly different final battle that takes place in the mountains. As it stands, "Rambo III" is an epic, rip-roaring action picture. It memorably takes Rambo to a different locale, and has the unique factor of Colonel Trautman fighting alongside of him for much of the film. Among my ten favorite movies of 1988.

Happy 40th anniversary to the horror film #PoltergeistIITheOtherSide starring JoBeth Williams which was released #OTD 23/5/86. Directed by Brian Gibson.

A happy birthday to the late #BillPaxton, a super talented & versatile actor who blessed us with many iconic performances, but my favourite will always be the insufferable, belching windbag Chet from #WeirdScience Pure comedy gold "I’m even considering making up some shit!"

Original #DieHard director #JohnMcTiernan returned for what many consider to be the best sequel in the series #DieHardWithaVengence, which premiered #OTD Samuel L Jackson freshened things as the series took on a more buddy cop approach Here's a deep dive vhsrevival.com/2018/01/31/sa…

Released #OTD, #MichaelDugan's mafia funded exercise in creative dementia, #Mausoleum, is a schlocky sex demon #horror that has to be seen to be believed @VHSRevival brings you the lowdown 👇 #80s #movies #80smovies #horrormovies vhsrevival.com/2021/06/04/ma…

Directly influenced by #RobReiner's #StandbyMe, #JohnSingleton’s immensely powerful coming of age drama #BoyzntheHood exposed the self-perpetuating violence of inner city #LosAngeles with a reality that was both shocking & vital Here's a deep dive 👇 vhsrevival.com/2021/07/14/on…

The #Fridaythe13th series reached a new nadir #OTD with the release of The New Blood, a soapy, bloodless affair with a cheap gimmick, but if it were not for executive meddling & the MPAA, it may have been quite different 👇 #horror #slasher #80s #movies vhsrevival.com/2020/04/15/th…

Delete one #JamesBond film forever… 💎 Diamonds Are Forever 🧬 Die Another Day 💔 No Time To Die 🎣 A View To A Kill Which one are you sacrificing? 🍸

A happy 89th birthday to the legendary #JackNicholson One of #cinema's greatest, absolutely unique to the bone, & one of the coolest cats to ever walk the face of the planet They don't make them like him #movies

Meet Max, #TheRoadWarrior Max, in #GeorgeMiller’s hugely innovative action sequel, a #movie which set the bar for not only #dystopian #cinema, but action #movies in general Here's a deep dive 👇 #MadMax #80s #80smovies #scifi vhsrevival.com/2021/01/11/th…

With his action #movie output growing stale, #SylvesterStallone looked to reinvent himself as a token sheriff on the path to retribution in #90s #thriller #Copland Up against some of Hollywood's finest, he rediscovered his acting chops & then some 👇 vhsrevival.com/2021/03/31/co…

After an age in commercial limbo, the #MastersoftheUniverse reboot is just around the corner, but almost 40 years ago #CannonFilms killed a readymade franchise with a misguided attempt at forging the next #StarWars Here's the story 👇 #80s #movies vhsrevival.com/2018/04/25/ma…

#PaulThomasAnderson’s dazzling depiction of the porn industry’s golden age #BoogieNights, which rides a tenuous, powdered line between hilarity & devastation, is one of the finest #movies of the #90s Here's a deep dive 👇 #90smovies vhsrevival.com/2021/12/26/th…

#TomBerenger stars in B-grade #DangerousMinds cash-in #TheSubstitute, which turns 30 today Ethically patronising & remorselessly stupid, this franchise -spinning VHS smash is a goldmine for #badmovie nuts Here's the lowdown, homies 👇 #90s #90smovies vhsrevival.com/2020/08/04/th…

Badass babes, blind samurai & the legendary #LarryCohen… @VHSRevival brings you all the #retro #movie news from #March 1990 Cowabunga dudes! #90s #movies #90smovies #tmnt vhsrevival.com/2020/03/10/th…

Struggling to stay to true to its internal logic, #horror sequel #FreddysRevenge almost put the ANOES series on the shelf But it's difficult to not be fascinated by it both on & offscreen Here's why 👇 #80s #movies #80smovies #FreddyKrueger #slasher vhsrevival.com/2020/03/27/dr…

#Terminator 2: Judgement Day recently topped a poll as the greatest action #movie spectacular of all time It's difficult to argue In 1992, one of the greatest sequels ever commited to celluloid was a monumental event that surpassed all expectations 👇 vhsrevival.com/2020/02/26/ma…

1982's long-forgotten #thriller #MurderbyPhone taps into the era's #Poltergeist led #horror through appliances sub-genre with spectacularly bad consequences Next time the killer may consider simply whacking them over the head with it 👇 #80s #movies vhsrevival.com/2023/03/03/mu…