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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) | Brian Gibson

April 13, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

Poltergeist II: The Other Side seeks to give more back story to the events of the first film, why the youngest child in the Freeling family had been wanted by the spirits, and the nature of the cult from which the spirits culminated, headed by Reverend Henry Kane (Julian Beck). Kane manifests himself in human form […]

Poltergeist (1982) | Tobe Hooper

April 2, 2021April 8, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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In the film, a family of five known as the Freelings lives in idyllic suburbia – or so they think. Strange things begin to occur in the house shortly after their cherubic 5-year-old daughter (Heather O’Rourke) begins receiving communication from someone she refers to as the “TV people” through the static on their television set. […]

Beetlejuice (1988) | Tim Burton

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) love the little home in the country they’ve built for themselves, but after they are killed in a freak accident and come back as ghosts, they are appalled to find that their house has been sold to a tasteless and unpleasant family, who plan one tearing down all they’ve […]

Ghostbusters II (1989) | Ivan Reitman

February 25, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Five years after the events of Ghostbusters, the heroes are zeroes again, bankrupt after getting sued by the city for the destructive aftermath of clearing out the city of spooks. There’s also a Federal restraining order prohibiting them from continued ghostbusting. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) is now the host of a cheesy local cable talk show […]

Ghostbusters (1984) | Ivan Reitman

February 11, 2021February 14, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Ghostbusters centers on three university researchers (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis) of paranormal activity who go into business of their own once they get into trouble for their uncouth antics, and their grant money runs out. They emerge on the scene as the “Ghostbusters”, a trio of exterminators (of sorts), willing to investigate […]

Prince of Darkness (1987) | John Carpenter

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The diary of a reclusive priest named Father Carlton reveals a centuries-old secret sect in the Church called the Brotherhood of Sleep. Carlton was on the verge of revealing their existence to the Archbishop that Brotherhood is guarding an ancient cylinder filled green fluid hidden in the basement of an abandoned 16th Century-built chapel in […]

The Stuff (1985) | Larry Cohen

January 17, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Larry Cohen concocts this comedic horror-thriller involving an ex-FBI agent turned industrial spy hired by a desperate ice cream industry, trying to steal the secret formula from a corporation pushing a newly marketed yogurt-like food substance called The Stuff. He discovers the substance, which is found bubbling up from seemingly unlimited deposits underground, is deadly […]

The Blob (1988) | Chuck Russell

January 8, 2021January 7, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The Blob suddenly appears after crashlanding in a rural area outside of the fictional ski resort town of Arborville, CA. It attaches itself to the hand of a vagrant, Star high school wide receiver Paul Taylor (Donovan Leitch) and his cheerleader crush Meg Penny (Shawnee Smith) are out on their first date when they come […]

The Thing (1982) | John Carpenter

January 1, 2021December 31, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The story starts out in Antarctica, where a group of scientists is bunkered until one day they are disturbed by the sounds of gunshots coming from a Norwegian helicopter, apparently trying to kill a runaway dog. They miss their quarry, and the Norwegians end up getting offed, with no explanation as to what their problem […]

The Hidden (1987) | Jack Sholder

December 25, 2020December 23, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Michael Nouri stars as LAPD detective Tom Beck, who takes down a bank robber gone berserk in one of the bloodiest shootouts in department history. What Beck doesn’t know is that the culprit is actually being controlled by a parasite within his body that loves danger, money, speeding, and good ol’ rock-n-roll, and it can’t […]

Night of the Creeps (1986) | Fred Dekker

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Jason Lively and Steve Marshall are the primary stars as Chris and J.C., a couple of nerdy college freshmen fraternity pledges who must steal a corpse as part of their initiation. They accidentally end up releasing a small army of leeches, jettisoned from an alien spacecraft, dormant in the cryogenic cadaver they find in the […]

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Revenge of the Nerds II begins with the nerds who formed Lambda Lambda Lambda at Adams College, leaders from an inclusive fraternity that overcame prejudice to become heroes, as witnessed in the first film. Now they must take their mission national at the United Fraternity Conference in Fort Lauderdale. There, they hope to increase the […]

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) | Jeff Kanew

December 4, 2020December 3, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Best friends Louis (Robert Carradine and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) head off to Adams College together only to find that the jocks that belong to the fraternity called Alpha Beta have taken over the dorms after they burn down their own frat house. In order to stop having to live in the gym, the former dorm residents must […]

Real Genius (1985) | Martha Coolidge

November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Real Genius centers on several students at Pac Tech, an institution esteemed for its technological breakthroughs. They’re currently working on a project to build a high-powered laser. The project is led by an egotistical professor and TV science show host named Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton), who has been employed by a clandestine group within the […]

Weird Science (1985) | John Hughes

November 20, 2020November 19, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are a pair of best friend suburban Chicago high school geeks tired of being everyone else’s doormat and wanting to have girlfriends of their own. When the traditional methods prove to be of no avail, the duo decides to use Wyatt’s computer skills to work by creating […]