Tag: 1980

A Lifetime of Film: Ashe’s Top Ten from 1981

A Lifetime of Film covers one specific year of a Cinefessions’ writers existence, from birth to now, and goes over their top ten films from that year. It stems from a meme on Letterboxd, and is simply being expanded upon here. This week, Ashe covers 1981. While I’ve admittedly seen a lot of films in my…


Movie Review – Prom Night (1980)

Title: Prom Night (1980) Runtime: 89 minutes Director: Paul Lynch — How in the world was Prom Night (2008) a remake of this film? They are entirely different. In fact, the only similarity between the films – that I can see – is that they both take place on the night of prom. In Prom…


Movie Review – Friday the 13th (1980)

Movie Number– 65 Title– Friday the 13th (1980) Running Time– 95 minutes (“R”) Director– Sean S. Cunningham Writer– Victor Miller Starring– Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, and Peter Brouwer — If anyone cared to look hard enough, I’m sure one could find a quote on The Movie Files…


Movie #29 – The Thing (1982)

Movie Number- 29 Title- The Thing (1982) Genre- Sci-Fi Horror Branden’s Rating- 8 out of 10 Bridgette’s Rating- 7 out of 10 Average Rating- 7.5 Netflix Rating- 4 Stars Comments– The more I see these older horror movies, the more I dislike all the CGI bullshit we have today.  The Thing is a great movie,…