JUDD NELSON IS 'RELENTLESS' WITH LEO ROSSI & ROBERT LOGGIA

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvkXIJmOu6Ar1krsooooS46LJsy8mrJ1btppf9LhwopkEnAJWlslcKgHQ4jTWdKq3R-olhKY2KF0Y4LqlRQ1IrSojONKVqVBzl_tKYDQaFo8wDYQMOnDgYnRv0JBABZXDh8llID7NNfBcbnBhxR_UHw6Q7dyQP69IRjb2WhCR6yMHmVmOiczFpmmmyJAK9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvkXIJmOu6Ar1krsooooS46LJsy8mrJ1btppf9LhwopkEnAJWlslcKgHQ4jTWdKq3R-olhKY2KF0Y4LqlRQ1IrSojONKVqVBzl_tKYDQaFo8wDYQMOnDgYnRv0JBABZXDh8llID7NNfBcbnBhxR_UHw6Q7dyQP69IRjb2WhCR6yMHmVmOiczFpmmmyJAK9=s1600"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the mid-1980's, starting out with famously low-budget Cannon Films in MAKING THE GRADE before breaking into Universal stardom for THE BREAKFAST CLUB, by 1989, Judd Nelson was back in the little leagues...</p><p>Getting first-billed in exploitation drive-in maestro William Lustig's RELENTLESS, a kind of revamp of WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS involving Nelson as a man-child serial killer, motivated by the media's goading perception of his ultra-violent actions based on lonely loser motivations... <br></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

angel tompkins, body count, cop, eddie bunker, eighties, frank pesce, judd nelson, leo rossi, meg foster, neo noir, robert loggia, william lustig

JUDD NELSON IS 'RELENTLESS' WITH LEO ROSSI & ROBERT LOGGIA

Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2 In the mid-1980's, starting out with famously low-budget Cannon Films in MAKING THE GRADE before breaking into...

JUDD NELSON RULES THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC 'THE BREAKFAST CLUB'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9axfbyFw3ghrUUEM1I-atl_DiE_yzy95PdK6GDNo4iR1Spq6uSdVb7djvuBbpFNn9jM2PaU746meD37uDjQ_ouKfqWqFxnATbJrAOWm0UYJD5qJYvw0ZYQX_cQbKOgK283dxAT-bdFgO7nwCNgjWo_6EhO380cF4aS8oahqPSxftkWa-hzSvB6OBoFeD0/s1600/unnamed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9axfbyFw3ghrUUEM1I-atl_DiE_yzy95PdK6GDNo4iR1Spq6uSdVb7djvuBbpFNn9jM2PaU746meD37uDjQ_ouKfqWqFxnATbJrAOWm0UYJD5qJYvw0ZYQX_cQbKOgK283dxAT-bdFgO7nwCNgjWo_6EhO380cF4aS8oahqPSxftkWa-hzSvB6OBoFeD0/s1600/unnamed.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1985 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1985, a year after swaggering onto the big screen in the nearly forgotten con-man caper <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/05/judd-nelson-MTG.html">MAKING THE GRADE,</a> Judd Nelson played the biggest post-collegiate geek ever for Kevin Costner's indie breakthrough F<a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/07/fandango.html">ANDANGO</a>... before ironically poking fun at high school geek Anthony Michael Hall in John Hughes's THE BREAKFAST CLUB...<br><br>As Nelson's criminal character John Bender isn't anything like the typical BLACKBOARD JUNGLE teen rebel... his <i>cause</i> is basically being a demonic Phil Donahue within an 8-hour Saturday detention, also goading pretty popular Molly Ringwald, handsome jock Emilio Estevez, and neurotic pre-goth Ally Sheedy into eventually seeking their true feelings about topics ranging from homelife parentals to high school popularity...</p><p><span></span></p>

ally sheedy, brat pack, comedy, eighties, emilio estevez, john hughes, judd nelson, molly ringwald, paul gleason

JUDD NELSON RULES THE BRAT PACK CLASSIC 'THE BREAKFAST CLUB'

Year: 1985 Rating: ****1/2 In 1985, a year after swaggering onto the big screen in the nearly forgotten con-man caper MAKING THE GRADE, Jud...

JUDD NELSON IN THE BRAT PACK MELODRAMA 'ST. ELMO'S FIRE'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nN79QoycBGnUFvwjkqwRPDRl-bZ6N_C7Y5v8_iQUadkTzgmI9xpz_OSrAjSVKl0GS6u9S-6XNBccL-X9juDjzxX69CrGXjz-w5ZIQFiZjVOpcnxOuY9BIrd8m2k7E6u5yBgtgghEiOTKa9s8RdZp9-ehZyN42EnxX4AtbCgMM9DgsKBCeQ1BEnuMA7PB/s1644/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-31%20at%2012.06.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nN79QoycBGnUFvwjkqwRPDRl-bZ6N_C7Y5v8_iQUadkTzgmI9xpz_OSrAjSVKl0GS6u9S-6XNBccL-X9juDjzxX69CrGXjz-w5ZIQFiZjVOpcnxOuY9BIrd8m2k7E6u5yBgtgghEiOTKa9s8RdZp9-ehZyN42EnxX4AtbCgMM9DgsKBCeQ1BEnuMA7PB/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-31%20at%2012.06.42%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1985 Rating; ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A group of college graduates, a few months after leaving the cozy nest of dorm life, wind up on their own in the big city yet still have each other to depend on<span style="font-family: inherit;">... </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thus in 1985, when the so-called “Brat Pack” was in full form, ST. ELMO’S FIRE was the navel-gazing follow-up to THE BREAKFAST CLUB just as CLUB has graduated past SIXTEEN CANDLES (only this has nothing to do with John Hughes, amazingly enough)...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></p></div>

ally sheedy, andie macdowell, andrew mccarthy, brat pack, eighties, emilio estevez, joel schumaker, judd nelson, mare winningham, melodrama, romance

JUDD NELSON IN THE BRAT PACK MELODRAMA 'ST. ELMO'S FIRE'

Year: 1985 Rating; ***1/2 A group of college graduates, a few months after leaving the cozy nest of dorm life, wind up on their own in the...

JUDD NELSON, DANA OLSEN AND JONNA LEE IN 'MAKING THE GRADE'

<p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2WcRpkqfKLrPmomPi3eb9DJ57D-kJkhyoqUjyQFYRRQHYevkDiBRpB5q6Qjev8h8B5m8HtrjqxaeF7Qlpa7Gn7-cUqeGhEEUzj9EQ4vVbTLp5tJRsE3-IY63Iku2ak7UGd7PTbK8D2ccGzVirB4ML7iw8-foI7qQ09p6lJ1ndRyCPTePknseUMpCYhPx/s1600/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2WcRpkqfKLrPmomPi3eb9DJ57D-kJkhyoqUjyQFYRRQHYevkDiBRpB5q6Qjev8h8B5m8HtrjqxaeF7Qlpa7Gn7-cUqeGhEEUzj9EQ4vVbTLp5tJRsE3-IY63Iku2ak7UGd7PTbK8D2ccGzVirB4ML7iw8-foI7qQ09p6lJ1ndRyCPTePknseUMpCYhPx/s1600/unnamed.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: MAKING THE GRADE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A year before <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/08/bclub.html">THE BREAKFAST CLUB</a> made Judd Nelson a star, turning his energetic acting style into a focused study of teenage angst and rebellion, he played a similar character – only his MAKING THE GRADE hero Eddie Keaton break-dances instead of jamming an air guitar Cream riff; in other words, his rebellion is catered strictly for humor. Wild on the streets, he owes a bookie, Dice Man, played by Andrew Clay, and winds up taking the place of a spoiled rich kid: attending a prep school whilst hiding from mobsters. <br> <br> That’s the plot in a nutshell, and GRADE, within this framework, packs a lot of hit and miss humor as well as likable or fitfully unlikable side-characters, throwing everything into the pot: from pratfalls to one-liners to stereotypes to action scenes, and beyond... No surprise Nelson plays the part with gusto – though sometimes too much. Yet where Eddie’s urban-hip con artist stuck in the fledgling Preparatory academy tries stealing every scene on board, he’s given an ultimately thankless lead to people like Dana Olsen as, technically, the most important person herein...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

andrew dice clay, cannon, comedy, dana olsen, eighties, gordon jump, jonna lee, judd nelson, ronald lacey, teen, walter olkewicz

JUDD NELSON, DANA OLSEN AND JONNA LEE IN 'MAKING THE GRADE'

Title: MAKING THE GRADE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 A year before THE BREAKFAST CLUB made Judd Nelson a star, turning his energetic acting s...

JUDD NELSON BEING DRIVEN BY KEVIN COSTNER IN 'FANDANGO'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxmKpqZkFu4L7hw9_qCG0892H62n83aRtdcSLwgznrh6LoTCWndFUZ2eXWviJalJodmgpbRW2fU6QvGr4VsQmg7DlQk8vcBWrRIe0K8h66aa15-eWVZ1_T8TODBkJ3b425gYJ37PIEXuytEEL5BgTzjmXgSDDEg0AuXYvbE8KJv8htOYqLAL99jfnY4kT/s2282/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-30%20at%2011.45.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxmKpqZkFu4L7hw9_qCG0892H62n83aRtdcSLwgznrh6LoTCWndFUZ2eXWviJalJodmgpbRW2fU6QvGr4VsQmg7DlQk8vcBWrRIe0K8h66aa15-eWVZ1_T8TODBkJ3b425gYJ37PIEXuytEEL5BgTzjmXgSDDEg0AuXYvbE8KJv8htOYqLAL99jfnY4kT/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-30%20at%2011.45.27%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1985 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Director Kevin Reynolds didn't know who was in the room when his student film PROOF screened... and it was none other than Steven Spielberg, who'd later hire him to enhance the story about a group of early-1970's Vietnam War-era college students, one a coward forced to prove his worth by parachuting in a rural Texas stopover where the instructor's a burnout hippie, played by scene-stealing Marvin J. McIntyre...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Who's the only actor returning for the feature-length version FANDANGO starring newcomer Kevin Costner (in the kind of zesty youthfulness liken to SILVERADO) as the best looking and most confident instigating leader while Judd Nelson... the same year he'd portray an extremely cool high-school student in THE BREAKFAST CLUB... proves his versatility here as the complete opposite...<br></p><p><span></span></p>

eighties, elizabeth daily, judd nelson, kevin costner, kevin reynolds, marvin j. mcintyre, road movie, sam robards, steven spielberg, suzy amis

JUDD NELSON BEING DRIVEN BY KEVIN COSTNER IN 'FANDANGO'

Year: 1985 Rating: **** Director Kevin Reynolds didn't know who was in the room when his student film PROOF screened... and it was none ...

JUDD NELSON & ALLY SHEEDY IN THE BRAT PACK NOIR 'BLUE CITY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDbAPERKVEZzhNEVzh-2CtuEF1TYM-YWsbudtjdLIH4pFXH2Wfz8vC2AlWkkrQULSHcOzsOZMGjknUJ6spVjSXqGTPXRDwL3Dx3IUCJ_Q4q-qwnYiTeKb4UyH0_YabbOcfrTUyk0lbUK1BAGNTzq47g_z8JBzFOr8dT3oiv8a4LyySr3xEcx86kbYlM_7/s1162/image1788044637.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDbAPERKVEZzhNEVzh-2CtuEF1TYM-YWsbudtjdLIH4pFXH2Wfz8vC2AlWkkrQULSHcOzsOZMGjknUJ6spVjSXqGTPXRDwL3Dx3IUCJ_Q4q-qwnYiTeKb4UyH0_YabbOcfrTUyk0lbUK1BAGNTzq47g_z8JBzFOr8dT3oiv8a4LyySr3xEcx86kbYlM_7/s1600/image1788044637.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a decent action/thriller about the son of a beloved slain mayor returning to a Florida town, Blue City, now run (from inside a roadhouse bar) by seedy Scott Wilson...<br> <br> Seeking clues, Nelson gets back in touch with his old drinking buddy David Caruso, who is sober, paranoid, and running a fishing boat. And what makes this Brat a Pack in our love interest: Caruso's pretty sister, Ally Sheedy, who becomes smitten with Judd... a former crush resurfaced. She works at the local jail he was thrown into after a brawling bar fight...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

action, ally sheedy, anita morris, brat pack, david caruso, eighties, judd nelson, neo noir, scott wilson, walter hill

JUDD NELSON & ALLY SHEEDY IN THE BRAT PACK NOIR 'BLUE CITY'

Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2 This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a d...

DOLLY PARTON, JANE FONDA AND LILY TOMLIN WORKING '9 TO 5'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC4PC0Tw3o56IRa-31BqYHd-1pAlHcK6pMbgLIDTQQJioF3yluG3PQvgPi2LpZUCYOBGhjkbqnUiaYww1rEeiig8ONiF1owZ1WHPNj5VjLI3dB9VpZL6QfWxHg8ttm1z6-UNWQwPSekSS-k9VAgbIQt0nygJqwWH6dsSocK8NZL7Bl5fD_8fp_YSGIVhT/s1400/image1787817043.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC4PC0Tw3o56IRa-31BqYHd-1pAlHcK6pMbgLIDTQQJioF3yluG3PQvgPi2LpZUCYOBGhjkbqnUiaYww1rEeiig8ONiF1owZ1WHPNj5VjLI3dB9VpZL6QfWxHg8ttm1z6-UNWQwPSekSS-k9VAgbIQt0nygJqwWH6dsSocK8NZL7Bl5fD_8fp_YSGIVhT/s1600/image1787817043.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: 9 TO 5 Year: 1980 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Even though country crooning queen Dolly Parton sang the incredibly popular title song 9 TO 5 (a working girl's take on Paul McCartney's alarm-clock section of John Lennon's Beatles opus <i>A Day In The Life</i>), it could have easily seemed like novelty casting, having the blonde bombshell — equally known for her large bosom as her music — in the role as the sexy personal secretary of the most evil of evil movie bosses...<br><br>But she's an absolute natural/scene-stealer alongside professionally-trained actresses Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin... and the literally hands-on employer Dabney Coleman, who for decades, without that sinister mustache, blended into the background of episodic television and b-movies... <br></p><span></span>

dabney coleman, dolly parton, eighties, henry jones, jane fonda, lawrence pressman, lily tomlin, renn woods, roxanna bonilla-giannini, sterling hayden

DOLLY PARTON, JANE FONDA AND LILY TOMLIN WORKING '9 TO 5'

Title: 9 TO 5 Year: 1980 Rating: *** Even though country crooning queen Dolly Parton sang the incredibly popular title song 9 TO 5 (a workin...

LARA WENDEL AND MALISA LONGO HAUNTING 'THE RED MONKS'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fpfwc2Gufp5LRfymdVDQdEAAMJA15rqHuAgyk0lG0bihx9uavn3kAKv6dIDKaRm1NHUKg0JVWilcpJHhDqXZx9GD6IaGsXs-vWSC-t1XkvnbQAEuh0TrcME3jajM_oF_JzyTuC9oKJjYfiXpFyjkGFKqUQyvTkzYcL6_CsBU7HKcBV-yncsZViDydAYD/s1902/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-20%20at%2012.09.07%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1902" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fpfwc2Gufp5LRfymdVDQdEAAMJA15rqHuAgyk0lG0bihx9uavn3kAKv6dIDKaRm1NHUKg0JVWilcpJHhDqXZx9GD6IaGsXs-vWSC-t1XkvnbQAEuh0TrcME3jajM_oF_JzyTuC9oKJjYfiXpFyjkGFKqUQyvTkzYcL6_CsBU7HKcBV-yncsZViDydAYD/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-08-20%20at%2012.09.07%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lara Wendel in THE RED MONKS Year: 1988 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since low-budget horror movies began, there's always been certain locations where it's obvious the entire script was based around — find the place first and write the script later... </p><p></p><p>Which has never been as impressive as the otherwise mostly unimpressive Gothic horror THE RED MONKS, where two generations of dark-haired men inherit a castle where the interior is an almost endless maze of Medieval corridors... </p><p><span></span></p>

body count, eighties, gothic, horror, italian, lara wendel, malisa longo

LARA WENDEL AND MALISA LONGO HAUNTING 'THE RED MONKS'

Lara Wendel in THE RED MONKS Year: 1988 Rating: *** Since low-budget horror movies began, there's always been certain locations where it...

LARA WENDEL & STEFANIA SANDRELLI 'DESIDERIA: LA VITA INTERIORE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s90weqzsIH2OYkIqZnkdW-PsQItWaLIfnEDVbY9RL5Htlgmz0QgreDN1q_mA96lPy04-PV24GiWgJ8ZWy4T8t0WQNNZ9Q90mR8cuUFBHnr4K_9RoTguSlLI7lYUhRyInf_FHAjDLw7N_INPWNuY1inMRweHEdLAX7g3Ym4t58v9nUiHsDChuRJufntXJ/s1328/unnamed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s90weqzsIH2OYkIqZnkdW-PsQItWaLIfnEDVbY9RL5Htlgmz0QgreDN1q_mA96lPy04-PV24GiWgJ8ZWy4T8t0WQNNZ9Q90mR8cuUFBHnr4K_9RoTguSlLI7lYUhRyInf_FHAjDLw7N_INPWNuY1inMRweHEdLAX7g3Ym4t58v9nUiHsDChuRJufntXJ/s1600/unnamed.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lara Wendel in DESIDERIA aka DESIDERIA: LA VITA INTERIORE Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Three years after playing a knife-wielding child-wraith in the giallo horror THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK, and when German-born/Italian-cinema scream-queen Lisa Wendel was a pretty preteen, she appeared in two extremely controversial exploitation films... <br><br>The first, PLAYING WITH LOVE, was almost instantly banned worldwide, and LITTLE GIRL IN BLUE VELVET was another take on Stanley Kubrick's LOLITA (including Wendel getting her toenails painted by a middle-aged man)... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

eighties, italian, klaus löwitsch, lara wendel, neo noir, orso maria guerrini, stefania sandrelli, vittorio mezzogiorno

LARA WENDEL & STEFANIA SANDRELLI 'DESIDERIA: LA VITA INTERIORE'

Lara Wendel in DESIDERIA aka DESIDERIA: LA VITA INTERIORE Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2 Three years after playing a knife-wielding child-wraith ...

LARA WENDEL WINGING THROUGH 'ZOMBIE 5: KILLING BIRDS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVxC-xOzkvG1ApzImRQWz41CexzSBUPGmRcKoX-SL5_NVvbdZVqmM-sCyB3fZwN9QAg7BClQefYew7Jt3VyyD0mNpnEFjWksqE3WyGkmwqNB6oXScBFmC35etY2NfrKNhkZTLWzu-2I_jA36s2k_8qE6WCJLdPzAHDhTvg8Bp7c_hW6cxdhdD6PIo6VO7/s1600/image1786949103.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVxC-xOzkvG1ApzImRQWz41CexzSBUPGmRcKoX-SL5_NVvbdZVqmM-sCyB3fZwN9QAg7BClQefYew7Jt3VyyD0mNpnEFjWksqE3WyGkmwqNB6oXScBFmC35etY2NfrKNhkZTLWzu-2I_jA36s2k_8qE6WCJLdPzAHDhTvg8Bp7c_hW6cxdhdD6PIo6VO7/s1600/image1786949103.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lara Wendel in ZOMBIE 5: KILLING BIRDS Year: 1988 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Jeff Goldbum's JURASSIC PARK scene-stealer Ian Malcolm would have noted, had he watched ZOMBIE 5: KILLING BIRDS for over thirty-minutes, "You DO plan to have zombies in your zombie movie?" <br><br>But right at the <i>King Kong Mark</i> of exactly 45-minutes, a sinewy menace finally appears within one of two central-interior manors, where the usual group of young victims are unwisely camped out... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

eighties, exploitation, haunted house, horror, italian, joe d'amato, lara wendel, robert vaughn, slasher, zombie

LARA WENDEL WINGING THROUGH 'ZOMBIE 5: KILLING BIRDS'

Lara Wendel in ZOMBIE 5: KILLING BIRDS Year: 1988 Rating: *** Jeff Goldbum's JURASSIC PARK scene-stealer Ian Malcolm would have noted, h...

LARA WENDEL SPOOKED THROUGH UMBERTO LENZI'S 'GHOSTHOUSE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSQb9Xy4hX8SSdiChtaXYTeodOfJiej4EXg8suK8kcaYGTtXuXNFtoIPJwvYkSkQ6lXoFNSmc2e-XHjirUvxQOgNISgV7p_zqoGlYdcHdyeTZmuLTShsbZjHlW96db58tY2gXEJ5ls87K8TwY528BnsLJ3P4JjkRU80T1nxjtwGvbKq6Qpo8y8vC7LP6o/s1400/image1786921192.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSQb9Xy4hX8SSdiChtaXYTeodOfJiej4EXg8suK8kcaYGTtXuXNFtoIPJwvYkSkQ6lXoFNSmc2e-XHjirUvxQOgNISgV7p_zqoGlYdcHdyeTZmuLTShsbZjHlW96db58tY2gXEJ5ls87K8TwY528BnsLJ3P4JjkRU80T1nxjtwGvbKq6Qpo8y8vC7LP6o/s1600/image1786921192.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lara Wendel in GHOSTHOUSE AKA LA CASA 3 Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At nine-years-old, German scream-queen Lara Wendel played the young ghostly version of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/mimsy%20farmer">Mimsy Farmer</a> in giallo Italian director Francesco Barilli's <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/08/perfume.html">THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK</a>, wielding a knife and creepy to the hilt... <br><br>Over a decade later, as a cute teenager, she's one of several slain ingenues in Dario Argento's body count classic <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/08/10ebrae.html">TENEBRAE</a>... eventually leading to a starring role in Umberto Lenzi's GHOSTHOUSE, ironically running into another creepy little demonic child with a deadly weapon of her own...  <br></p><span></span>

body count, eighties, haunted house, horror, italian, lara wendel, slasher, thriller

LARA WENDEL SPOOKED THROUGH UMBERTO LENZI'S 'GHOSTHOUSE'

Lara Wendel in GHOSTHOUSE AKA LA CASA 3 Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2 At nine-years-old, German scream-queen Lara Wendel played the young ghostl...

MIMSY FARMER AND LEE VAN CLEEF IN 'CODE NAME: WILD GEESE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXj_BTIyvouzHqyDe6MQ1WuXM7GiKL5_7ibj13zoCUMrftSde0ZrrjKhJHPAz64ux2XO72fATIRY93lUtnCr2M5IQwwCAblN1emyjpzlEL_I5U1diCYsQLkxIdhQQDHA47kI29jtiMQ32lg1pzOu5kPst2OsINaZnCBHF1Bn8NDt7vD-EqI2-jTD3JPQlw/s1375/image1786607560.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXj_BTIyvouzHqyDe6MQ1WuXM7GiKL5_7ibj13zoCUMrftSde0ZrrjKhJHPAz64ux2XO72fATIRY93lUtnCr2M5IQwwCAblN1emyjpzlEL_I5U1diCYsQLkxIdhQQDHA47kI29jtiMQ32lg1pzOu5kPst2OsINaZnCBHF1Bn8NDt7vD-EqI2-jTD3JPQlw/s1600/image1786607560.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mimsy Farmer in Code Name: Wild Geese (Geheimcode Wildgänse) Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There's a pivotal sequence in Antonio Margheriti's CODE NAME: WILD GEESE where a group of mercenaries... including British tough guy Lewis Collins, German tough guy Manfred Lehmann and Spaghetti Western legend Lee Van Cleef... are inside of a helicopter, and pilot Van Cleef says it will take a few minutes for the copter to lift...<br><br>Occurring after having already taken over an outpost, and, while waiting to take off, there's no impending enemy gunfire... making WILD GEESE the kind of Italian war-flick with tons of flying bullets but very little urgency or suspense... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, antonio margheriti, eighties, ernest borgnine, klaus kinski, lee van cleef, lewis collins, mimsy farmer, war

MIMSY FARMER AND LEE VAN CLEEF IN 'CODE NAME: WILD GEESE'

Mimsy Farmer in Code Name: Wild Geese (Geheimcode Wildgänse) Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 There's a pivotal sequence in Antonio Margheriti...

MIMSY FARMER MOTHERING RUGGERO DEODATO'S 'BODY COUNT'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucXnLwLx14FIS3ZFQKmBjLnTdF_XybzV9CH8N8YG1zrM2HRW0cNAKGCOBxMb2I-ZHw7l1P-Yvids4XTiaBa40Ohv9AJSkNhTeKAqqXSfHVPa4t57_jDngRt0wl6zOJxGDpN3fAWQd_elqjDSvSr2mSGROq7t3qApjXBEKulh0kz6ngdIDmYvyhuJtfqJg/s1600/image1786329455.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucXnLwLx14FIS3ZFQKmBjLnTdF_XybzV9CH8N8YG1zrM2HRW0cNAKGCOBxMb2I-ZHw7l1P-Yvids4XTiaBa40Ohv9AJSkNhTeKAqqXSfHVPa4t57_jDngRt0wl6zOJxGDpN3fAWQd_elqjDSvSr2mSGROq7t3qApjXBEKulh0kz6ngdIDmYvyhuJtfqJg/s1600/image1786329455.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mimsy Farmer in BODY COUNT Year: 1988 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>With CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, groundbreaking Italian auteur Ruggero Deodato invented the found-footage horror sub-genre that THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT reinvented decades later, so it's no real sin that he ripped off American slasher franchise FRIDAY THE 13TH: which already had about six films by 1988...<br><br>Both involving teenagers who get picked off in the woods by a masked menace... the supposed spirit of an Indian Shaman from long ago... making this a genuine BODY COUNT horror, built right into the title...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, body count, charles narpier, david hess, eighties, horror, john steiner, luisa maneri, mimsy farmer, ruggero deodato, slasher

MIMSY FARMER MOTHERING RUGGERO DEODATO'S 'BODY COUNT'

Mimsy Farmer in BODY COUNT Year: 1988 Rating: *** With CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, groundbreaking Italian auteur Ruggero Deodato invented the found-...

TIM BURTON DIRECTING MICHAEL KEATON AS 'BEETLEJUICE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhg_PPdn9Uyk0DzgKlsWSG_xh-JoE00jtRKD4jn2h58xnnDmLST62IwzuxDyGA8rY1OPl5OPrYDjGJrPGLmGJIqu1qY0bFRT7HOgBqIRzgjphxb0rhfRna_HiKNxONDLbVCUqZmsDVHGkRokvV4_qt0w7NAmDDh_01cDExsPgAeBcPBQ50UgD5EQ83pHP/s2104/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-27%20at%201.19.38%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhg_PPdn9Uyk0DzgKlsWSG_xh-JoE00jtRKD4jn2h58xnnDmLST62IwzuxDyGA8rY1OPl5OPrYDjGJrPGLmGJIqu1qY0bFRT7HOgBqIRzgjphxb0rhfRna_HiKNxONDLbVCUqZmsDVHGkRokvV4_qt0w7NAmDDh_01cDExsPgAeBcPBQ50UgD5EQ83pHP/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-27%20at%201.19.38%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BEETLEJUICE Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE, the King King Mark... that point when the titular creature finally shows up, in both cases exactly after forty-five minutes... provides an equal anticipation for the leading characters and the audience... <br><br>The audience is waiting for comic actor Michael Keaton to steal the movie, and the young married couple... who died and have become ghosts... needs him to save their perfect dream house... <br><span></span></p>

alec baldwin, annie mcenroe, catherine o'hara, cindy daly, comedy, dick cavett, eighties, geena davis, horror, jeffrey jones, michael keaton, simmy bow, sylvia sidney, tim burton, winona ryder

TIM BURTON DIRECTING MICHAEL KEATON AS 'BEETLEJUICE'

Title: BEETLEJUICE Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2 In Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE, the King King Mark... that point when the titular creature fi...

TIM BURTON DIRECTS PAUL REUBENS IN 'PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2HgqgjBzxCbR_DUtxABBSIAEXx8Byb3Ewse2Y7HRznNBI2Ki8H4m4m1ZLFQmagfoa1za_wfBFRr2IAWypt047sfFu8GtNfBvXPTtJlYieuPnl-Kojhyphenhyphen8Dzivw5dMDg1S1D7CO7-AdT6nOdHm_0DcMWxoiS8rIkhIqXoahHZA13cH_muYAg_x9oVzT_DJ/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-27%20at%201.06.12%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2HgqgjBzxCbR_DUtxABBSIAEXx8Byb3Ewse2Y7HRznNBI2Ki8H4m4m1ZLFQmagfoa1za_wfBFRr2IAWypt047sfFu8GtNfBvXPTtJlYieuPnl-Kojhyphenhyphen8Dzivw5dMDg1S1D7CO7-AdT6nOdHm_0DcMWxoiS8rIkhIqXoahHZA13cH_muYAg_x9oVzT_DJ/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-27%20at%201.06.12%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE Director: Tim Burton Year: 1985 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Tim Burton's first feature-length movie is a perfect comedy since every part of PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE is like its very own vignette with a beginning, middle and end...<br><br>Beginning with a French bicycle-race dream sequence, introducing not only comedian/actor Paul Reuben's overly-optimistic, spastic man-child, but having him wake up in a prop-laden house that's more like a dream than a dream...</p><p><span></span></p>

comedy, diane salinger, eighties, elizabeth daily, judd omen, paul reubens, road movie, tim burton

TIM BURTON DIRECTS PAUL REUBENS IN 'PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE'

Title: PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE Director: Tim Burton Year: 1985 Rating: ***** Tim Burton's first feature-length movie is a perfect co...

SAM NEILL, NICOLE KIDMAN & BILLY ZANE STORMING 'DEAD CALM'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeYQ1ek-nfdTPnHyoap3IQSiyfg97kdqcWwUwoeYgwh285qDMIb3anFzJYYPOCUnKbedKqe_piOYxj6FOEVy7LUjtgz0dEsxROYte6lexhXe7NeVcwTPLA3ZJ7zDuy9slB3ELwKqRyjaM8lO7oaPHmILcPU_KZgT5D-pcniE_wzliexzw3sKzJA6VWVdD/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-18%20at%2011.46.49%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeYQ1ek-nfdTPnHyoap3IQSiyfg97kdqcWwUwoeYgwh285qDMIb3anFzJYYPOCUnKbedKqe_piOYxj6FOEVy7LUjtgz0dEsxROYte6lexhXe7NeVcwTPLA3ZJ7zDuy9slB3ELwKqRyjaM8lO7oaPHmILcPU_KZgT5D-pcniE_wzliexzw3sKzJA6VWVdD/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-18%20at%2011.46.49%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sam Neill in DEAD CALM Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Something about the deep ocean makes Billy Zane quite a villain: as DEAD CALM was a decade before being more antagonistic than the iceberg in TITANIC... but he has a lot more menacing fun here in what's basically an oceanic home-invasion thriller following a rather rushed, melodramatic (and somewhat disconnected) set-up where Navy lifer Sam Neill returns home, only to find his wife in the hospital after a car accident killed their child, and his reactions are surprisingly aloof... </p><p>Even when Billy Zane eventually rows over to the couple's literal dream-boat... but Sam has his very own separated Jack London-esque survival tale (directed by producer George Miller instead of Philip Noyce) on the slowly sinking, corpse-filled ghost ship that Zane had abandoned... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

billy zane, eighties, george miller, horror, nicole kidman, philip noyce, sam neill, thriller

SAM NEILL, NICOLE KIDMAN & BILLY ZANE STORMING 'DEAD CALM'

Sam Neill in DEAD CALM Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2 Something about the deep ocean makes Billy Zane quite a villain: as DEAD CALM was a decade ...

SAM NEILL REPOSSESSES DAMIEN THORN IN 'THE FINAL CONFLICT'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNp-76CyGBLuViRcxOz89z4ZVuTJ2YHNCqKIc4wKK_Pq_F745cKpXEP80qZDE7LayhztA_Dxhq-Y36FS1UNGN-YRoNGvCTU0DiN-i0cIZKT8Fhcy0thODeWUmLLSp6tWdXtT5LVu0V5YAERLGKtxP-oo1EnNZCipBKy6-NR46gxBPw8OlSFYDtXO9MVCw/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-13%20at%204.20.56%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNp-76CyGBLuViRcxOz89z4ZVuTJ2YHNCqKIc4wKK_Pq_F745cKpXEP80qZDE7LayhztA_Dxhq-Y36FS1UNGN-YRoNGvCTU0DiN-i0cIZKT8Fhcy0thODeWUmLLSp6tWdXtT5LVu0V5YAERLGKtxP-oo1EnNZCipBKy6-NR46gxBPw8OlSFYDtXO9MVCw/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-13%20at%204.20.56%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sam Neill in THE FINAL CONFLICT Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ultimately more of a science-fiction thriller than what began <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/07/omen.html">THE OMEN</a> franchise with an EXORCIST-style chiller, THE FINAL CONFLICT is connected tighter with the arguably superior <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/07/Omen2.html">OMEN 2</a>, providing murky, ominously-shot, widescreen body-count deaths beyond the rudimentary feature's formidable lurking horror...<br><br>Particularly effective here because of the superior casting of Sam Neill as an older, more experienced, wealthier and deeply possessed Damian Thorn, who... with a haircut hybrid of Adolf Hitler and a Satanic mannequin... runs his titular industry while having meetings with the literal President of the United States... </p><span></span>

body count, don gordon, eighties, franchise, horror, leueen willoughby, lisa harrow, robert arden, sam neill, thriller

SAM NEILL REPOSSESSES DAMIEN THORN IN 'THE FINAL CONFLICT'

Sam Neill in THE FINAL CONFLICT Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Ultimately more of a science-fiction thriller than what began THE OMEN franchise ...

CHUCK NORRIS, ART HINDLE & LEE VAN CLEEF IN 'THE OCTAGON'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lqA4BnZIWwZenTBH_Z0XrFhvZuDbOqgvVIZRPG4TJEyCEX070SgGEt5pm5rTk0RhFJqixTJjWKO7zHdoRHhet4BeOdXXzVw7FrQhINeMjaEL9M0KqiaRn1x9fHbnjhuTkN6ycfQ5ks0qnwctoMGc4bbPj1ykbk9WlxG6pS2YeNdlCf09MYIxDoHCkqi4/s1500/When%20are%20you%20gonna%20stop%20sniffing%20around%20and%20make%20some%20serious%20moves.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lqA4BnZIWwZenTBH_Z0XrFhvZuDbOqgvVIZRPG4TJEyCEX070SgGEt5pm5rTk0RhFJqixTJjWKO7zHdoRHhet4BeOdXXzVw7FrQhINeMjaEL9M0KqiaRn1x9fHbnjhuTkN6ycfQ5ks0qnwctoMGc4bbPj1ykbk9WlxG6pS2YeNdlCf09MYIxDoHCkqi4/s16000/When%20are%20you%20gonna%20stop%20sniffing%20around%20and%20make%20some%20serious%20moves.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE OCTAGON Year: 1980 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Over an hour into the 1980 Chuck Norris action vehicle THE OCTAGON, Spaghetti Western legend Lee Van Cleef turns to the iconic karate fighter and says, "When are you gonna stop sniffing around and make some serious moves?" <br><br>Which is fitting since most of the picture's a location-hopping investigation into what foreshadows the series COBRA KAI by decades (and the movie it's based on by four years): a dangerous group of martial artists, deemed ninjas, are teaching people how to become lethal fighters, and in this case, outright terrorists...</p><p><span></span></p>

art hindle, carol bagdasarian, chuck norris, eighties, ernie hudson, karate, karen carlson, kim lankford, lee van cleef, tadashi yamashita

CHUCK NORRIS, ART HINDLE & LEE VAN CLEEF IN 'THE OCTAGON'

Title: THE OCTAGON Year: 1980 Rating: *** Over an hour into the 1980 Chuck Norris action vehicle THE OCTAGON, Spaghetti Western legend Lee V...

CHUCK NORRIS, CLU GULAGER & JENNIFER O'NEILL 'A FORCE OF ONE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk5U0hMtMDklqmx4zyJ4kWwddONmM-k4smSGuWiDpN13HcPa2zPH_9YeOrPo9gmNVMRAuo2Zrk1JqZAZ4Aeu0V3Mc3HhB5FJbPJ1Wg56Q429l0AAfx2o1yXF_1Bd4FijGcskSCsQ5h8P-I4Tef7_BcCUsgB3tYrYEOkvl0l_ejMnywcdsRrp9eaZclJ3Y/s1364/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-21%20at%202.40.28%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk5U0hMtMDklqmx4zyJ4kWwddONmM-k4smSGuWiDpN13HcPa2zPH_9YeOrPo9gmNVMRAuo2Zrk1JqZAZ4Aeu0V3Mc3HhB5FJbPJ1Wg56Q429l0AAfx2o1yXF_1Bd4FijGcskSCsQ5h8P-I4Tef7_BcCUsgB3tYrYEOkvl0l_ejMnywcdsRrp9eaZclJ3Y/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-21%20at%202.40.28%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For John Wayne it was Claire Trevor proceeding his own not-yet-famous name in STAGECOACH, Ida Lupino billed before Humphrey Bogart in HIGH SIERRA, and model/actress Jennifer O'Neill (herein a mix of social-worker and would-be love-interest) in A FORCE OF ONE: somewhat referring to Norris's karate-champ character who has to teach a group of detectives how to defend themselves from, well...<br><br>The lethal karate-chopping/cop-killing villain's mostly unseen and far too ambiguous, taking out random street cops in-between what's mostly investigative dialogue involving a town overly saturated by drug dealers...  <br></p><p><span></span></p>

bill wallace, chuck norris, clu gulager, cop, eighties, eric laneuville, james whitemore jr., jennifer o'neill, karate, lisa james, pepe serna, ray vitte, ron o'neal, taylor lacher

CHUCK NORRIS, CLU GULAGER & JENNIFER O'NEILL 'A FORCE OF ONE'

Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2 For John Wayne it was Claire Trevor proceeding his own not-yet-famous name in STAGECOACH, Ida Lupino billed before...

CHUCK NORRIS IN 'LONE WOLF MCQUADE' WITH DAVID CARRADINE

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUz3MQzwgVXIovMHkAKqqC49IlWlpPnn_EdCJm4dlVhv0brH3QJ5v_1CoqSBuueYETN7KyX6SkTfGrclt98fF349yVMiRgZm1KIHUf8YwqEyS4FZaRbslK19KcAGYsnrU_kpnMn10qBBAuQ9peBvwUjPLJZVlVW8eYEu_sT_7dBmYwvi521bGP-hvX5qW/s2040/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-23%20at%2010.32.09%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="2040" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUz3MQzwgVXIovMHkAKqqC49IlWlpPnn_EdCJm4dlVhv0brH3QJ5v_1CoqSBuueYETN7KyX6SkTfGrclt98fF349yVMiRgZm1KIHUf8YwqEyS4FZaRbslK19KcAGYsnrU_kpnMn10qBBAuQ9peBvwUjPLJZVlVW8eYEu_sT_7dBmYwvi521bGP-hvX5qW/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-03-23%20at%2010.32.09%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: LONE WOLF MCQUADE Year: 1984 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The reason for Chuck Norris's eventual laurel-resting television series WALKER TEXAS RANGER is the fact his best, most solid, well-crafted and outright entertaining peak-1980's feature featured a titular Texas Ranger, herein deemed LONE WOLF MCCQUADE, backed by a Spaghetti Western theme so familiar in its tension-filled guitar-picking build-up and lonesome whistling, you'd think Ennio Morricone was composer... <br><br>Or that by the time you see the face of the mountain-top, gun-in-hand ranger up close... with director Steve Carver intentionally emulating Italian Western auteur Sergio Leone... that it would be Clint Eastwood himself... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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CHUCK NORRIS IN 'LONE WOLF MCQUADE' WITH DAVID CARRADINE

Title: LONE WOLF MCQUADE Year: 1984 Rating: **** The reason for Chuck Norris's eventual laurel-resting television series WALKER TEXAS RA...