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Dark Star (1974): John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon's Science Fiction Comedy

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The Mist (2007): Two Problems With the Ending [Side Reels]

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Hard Boiled (1992): Action Madness On and Off Camera

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Night of the Creeps (1986): Fred Dekker's Cult Classic Horror Comedy

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Sid and Nancy (1986): The Punk Rock Love Story Gone Wrong

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Brandon Lee Before The Crow: Legacy of Rage, Laser Mission, and Rapid Fire [Side Reels]

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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980): Seven Samurai in Space, Silly Retro Fun

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The Long Riders (1980): The "Green Western" of Dreamlike Violence and Flat History

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Near Dark (1987): Kathryn Bigelow's Neo-Noir Vampire Western

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Maniac Cop (1988): Tom Atkins and Bruce Campbell in a VHS-era Slasher

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Dredd (2012): Could a Reboot Shake Off the 1995 Megadud?

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Versus (2000): A Must-See Cult Action Classic From Japan

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The Hitcher (1986): How this Road Horror Still Hooks Fans

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Thief (1981): Michael Mann's Hyper-realistic Crime Thriller

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The Driver (1978): American Action Meets European Minimalism

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Atomic Blonde (2017): Cold War Spy Thrills and Devastating Action

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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991): A Video-Store Era Cult Action Pick

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Knightriders (1981): George A. Romero Does a Drama

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Babe: Pig in the City (1998): George Miller's Too-Dark Sequel

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The Hobbit (1977): The Rankin/Bass Animated Classic

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Southern Comfort (1981): Walter Hill's Often-Overlooked Action Thriller

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The Blob (1988): Mushy Special Effects and 1980s Kickass

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Hard Times (1975): Walter Hill's Breezy Action Debut

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Scanners (1981): A Cult Classic of Psychic Powers and Conspiracy

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Dragged Across Concrete (2018): S. Craig Zahler Oh-So-Slowly Strikes Again

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An Intermission

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Vampires (1998): John Carpenter's Sun-Burned, Bloodsucking Western

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Bullet in the Head (1990): Is this John Woo's Melancholic Masterpiece?

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Prince of Darkness (1987): John Carpenter Pits God vs. Anti-God

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In the Mouth of Madness (1994): John Carpenter Does H.P. Lovecraft

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Christine (1983): John Carpenter Adapts Stephen King

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Flesh and Blood (1985): Paul Verhoeven's Erotic, Disgusting, Historical Adventure

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Assault On Precinct 13 (1976): John Carpenter's High Energy, Low-Budget Thriller

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Escape From New York (1981): Snake Plissken, the Anti-hero for the Authoritarian Future

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The Fog (1980): John Carpenter's Small-Town Ghost Story

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King of New York (1990) vs. New Jack City (1991): A Battle of Two Early 90s Gangster Films

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Subway (1985): Cinema of the Look, Breathless Underground

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Silverado (1985): The Breezy Gunslinger Film that Defied the End of the Western

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The Shooting (1966): The Criterion Classic Acid Western From Nowhere

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Fortress (1992): Christopher Lambert Will Stop Your Baby Theft

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Rolling Thunder (1977): The Revenge Film that Sent Test Audiences Away Screaming

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Runaway Train (1985): When the Cannon Group Financed a Lost Kurosawa Film

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Living in Oblivion (1995): Making Movies is Awful (and Hilarious)

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Dog Soldiers (2002): Troopers Vs. Werewolves

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Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017): Vince Vaughn is Actually 6'5" and Does Fight Scenes

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The Killer (1989): Explosive Gun-Fu and Compelling Melodrama

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Year of the Dragon (1985): Michael Cimino's Controversial Chinatown Gangster Tale

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The Love Witch (2016): Technicolor Horror Comedy in the 2010s

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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979): Miyazaki's Gentleman Thief Adventure

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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): William Friedkin's Scuzzy Neo-Noir

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Leviathan (1989): Alien On a Ship

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The Raid 2: Now We Fight Inside, Outside, and on the Road

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Heathers (1989): the Dark Teen Comedy for Adults

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The Green Knight (2021): Old Poem, New Cinema Magic

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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984): Weird, Wild, and...Wonderful?

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Trancers (1984): the Cult Classic Not Serious Noir Detective Sci-Fi Time Travel Comedy

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Fright Night (1985): The Horror/Comedy About the Vampire Next Door

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Phantasm (1979): The Tall Man Cometh

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The Hidden (1987): An Alien Goes Grand Theft Auto

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The Last Dragon (1985): Martial Arts and Motown Music Collide

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A Better Tomorrow (1986): the Birth of John Woo's Gun-Fu and Heroic Bloodshed

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Blood In, Blood Out (1993): the Mexican-American Cult Classic Crime Drama

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Lifeforce (1985): Tobe Hooper's Space Vampire Science Fiction Cult Classic

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Arena (1989): Let's Punch Monsters in the Face

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Robot Jox (1990): Post-Apocalyptic Mecha Science Fiction

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The Raid (2011): When a Whole Building Comes After You

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): Balancing the Darkness of the Comic and the Lightness of the Kids' Show

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The Company of Wolves (1984): a Gothic Fairytale for Adults

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1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982): the Italian Dystopian Sci-Fi Ripoff

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Westworld (1973): Michael Crichton's Warning About AI

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Batman Returns (1992): The Sequel So Dark it Angered Parents and McDonald's

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Outland (1981): the Space Western With Sean Connery

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Lady Snowblood (1973): the OG Flower of Carnage

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Repo Man (1984): Punk Rock Sci-Fi Comedy

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Streets of Fire (1984): the Only Action Musical Teen Drama Ever Made

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Night of the Comet (1984): Girls Against the Laidback Zombie Apocalypse