80s horror movies – Page 40 – Really Awful Movies

The Intruder Within

The theory of “peak oil” has been bandied about since the 70s. And as The Intruder Within (1985) points out, a full decade after the concept had been the cause of many a sleepless night: “There’s no such thing as easy oil anymore…” Since then, drillers have had to go further and further afield to find blackContinue reading “The Intruder Within”

The Prowler

The Prowler has all the conceits of an 80s slasher: a prologue, a grudge, a flash-forward, a ludicrous proposition*, a masked killer, unique weaponry, college students, a lack of ambient light. And usually if a film’s title is said in a film, that counts as a strike against it. In The Prowler (listen to our podcast discussion thereof),Continue reading “The Prowler”