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by Peter Nielsen ”Hi. Ed Ramsey from Delos. If there’s anyone who doesn’t know what Delos is, well, as we’ve always said: Delos is the vacation of the future, today. At Delos, you get your choice of the vacation you want. There’s Medieval World, Roman World and, of course, Westworld.” Wouldn’t you want to . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Westworld (1973) Share
by Peter Nielsen We’re aboard a large cruise-ship, it’s night-time and there’s a party going on. It’s apparently a dress-up party because everyone is wearing costumes. The trip is nearing its end, so everybody is having a good time, except for the captain. It is also his last trip, because the company has seen . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Death Ship (1980) Share
by Peter Nielsen Welcome to Con-Am 27, a small mining colony on the surface of Io, Jupiter’s third moon. The conditions are harsh with only one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and no atmosphere. The work is hard but the miners are paid good money for their hardship. As is said in the movie… they work . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Outland (1981) Share
by Peter Nielsen Sam Quint is a thief! A professional thief, no less! A thief for hire! The movie opens with him breaking into the Lucky Dollar Corporation. He’s hired by the FBI to steal a data-tape from this company, a tape that contains incriminating evidence, which is needed as proof in an upcoming . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Black Moon Rising (1986) Share
by Peter Nielsen ”It was a cold, snowy day in early December. Lack of funds had forced my old school to close. I was being sent to a new one in the middle of term. I was accustomed to the opened, relaxed expanse of the country, and now, I was in the heart of . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) Share
by Peter Nielsen We’ve come to the point when it’s time to dip into the classics again, don’t you think? And this week I thought we’d take a look at The Incredible Shrinking Man directed by Jack Arnold. He’s responsible for such gems as The Creature from the Black Lagoon (a personal favorite of . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Share
by Peter Nielsen Let’s get one thing straight right away. There’s nothing I don’t like about this movie. I used to watch it so many times I almost wore out my VHS-tape. I love the dialogue, I love the slap-stick comedy in it and I love the characters. All of them! Yes, even Greg! . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: Skin Deep (1989) Share
by Peter Nielsen Know you now of days long past, the time when the world was young, when sorcery thrived and wild adventure was forever in the offing. And of this epoch little is known, save that which is veiled in the mists of legendry… It is within these mists that our tale begins, . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) Share
by Peter Nielsen I’m not sure when I first saw this one, but I think it was in my mid-teens. We rented a lot of movies in those days, my best friend Michael and I, you know, the one who now lives in England. Some of the first ones we rented were actually on . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Octagon (1980) Share
by Peter Nielsen Earthquakes, tornadoes, vulcanic eruptions, red-hot hail? The Earth is struck by one disaster after another and no-one seems to know why. No-one except Dr. Hans Zarkov that is! The slightly mad and obsessive scientist, who claims that Earth is under attack from an alien force. Unfortunately for Earth, he’s absolutely correct . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Movies Review: Flash Gordon (1980) Share
by Peter Nielsen Welcome to Hell Night! A night devoted to booze, drugs and sex, at least for the members of the fraternity Alpha Sigma Rho and the members of its sister sorority. It is also the night when four college students go from being pledges to fully fledged members. But first… they have . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Hell Night (1981) Share
by Peter Nielsen ”That house is not fit to live in. No one’s been able to live in it. It doesn’t want people.” Composer John Russell is on a family vacation together with his wife and daughter! When we first meet them, they’re pushing their car along the road since it has apparently died . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Changeling (1980) Share
by Peter Nielsen This week I’ll be taking a look at an overlooked horror classic from 1986. It’s one I hadn’t seen since the late ‘80s – early ‘90s I think, but still had vivid memories of. What I had forgotten though, was how creepy and atmospheric it really is. The movie starts at . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: Witchboard (1986) Share
The Fog (1980) movie poster by Peter Nielsen Let’s start this review by stating a fact! I am a HUGE John Carpenter fan and have been all my life. I remember watching bits and pieces of Halloween as a kid and being absolutely terrified, but the first one I actually watched was Escape . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Fog (1980) Share
by Peter Nielsen ”The year is 1962. The place is Willowpoint Falls. Nobody talks about what happened in the school cloakroom 10 years ago. Now, in the dead of night, Frankie Scarlatti is going to find out.” It’s confession-time again! Prior to watching Lady in White for this review, I hadn’t seen it before! . . . → Read More: Peter’s Retro Reviews: Lady in White (1988) Share |
 
 
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