T he 1980s was a good time to be a fan of titles broadly definable as B-movies. The golden age for the humble B-movie ...

I t’s hard to single out one decade as being the best in the history of monster movies, but it’s probably not the 1980s. The 1990s had Jurassic Park, the 1970s had Jaws, the 1950s had the ...

Ask most horror fans about the genre’s best decade, and the overwhelming majority will likely agree that it’s the 1980s. With the VHS boom raising the demand for low-budget scary fare and the ...

James Egan James Egan has been with Whatculture for five years and prominently works on Horror, Film, and Video Games. He's written over 80 books including 1000 Facts about Horror Movies Vol. 1-3 ...

Cinephiles love to debate their favorite cinematic decades and will find plenty of evidence to back up their claims. But when it comes to the weirdest ten-year run in movies, the 1980s are the ...

I can’t share my full review until tomorrow due to an embargo, but Cocaine Bear is a strong throwback to the era of bloody 80s monster movies. Obviously not for the kiddos or squeamish, but for ...

"Our monster is a puppet. This is a tiny-budget movie." The creators do use some digital effects though, for other aspects of the film. "We shot this in nine days during COVID, and we hired four ...

The movie bombed when released in 1982, but it’s now rightfully hailed as the moment that affirmed John Carpenter as the master of horror, and remains, to many, his magnum opus. 1. The Shining ...

With the ongoing success of monster movies at the box office, ... Ghostbusters is a true monster flick disguised as a going-into-business comedy set in 1980s New York City. ...

A quirky, pitch-dark teen comedy in the tradition of Heathers, Zelda Williams and Diablo Cody’s 1980s monster mash Lisa Frankenstein stars Kathryn Newton as a high school outcast who finds an ...

Altered States (1980) This genuinely trippy movie was directed by Ken Russell, the British provocateur known for films like The Devils, Tommy, and Lair of the White Worm, and it is based on a ...