THE RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING doesn't measure up to Wes Craven's original or the comic source material. You might enjoy ...

FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM is an anthology featuring Vincent Price in the wraparound and a heckuva cast. The graphic vio...

SCREAMERS (aka The Island of the Fishmen) feels like an old-fashioned adventure with wildly inappropriate gore tacked on...

WARLOCK (1989) features Julian Sands, Richard Grant, and a kicking fog machine alongside some cheesy visual special effe...

Join the Grue Crew for the skinny on MADMAN (1981). Madman Marz, that is! Some of the worst music on this side of THE LE...

DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981) is a made-for-TV horror movie that, in the Grue Crew's opinion, just might rival the ...

THE RIPPER has special effects superstar Tom Savini in the title role. After that, the pickings are slim. But sometimes,...

With an absolutely bonkers title, a creature, and interesting characters, THE DEADLY SPAWN is a crazy romp. The Grue Cre...

The 80s Grue-Crew revisits the sequel to Cronenberg's THE FLY (1986). What happened to THE FLY II (1989), OR, is it much...

Join the 80s Grue-Crew as they head back to 1983 to revisit the classic or, not so classic, sci-fi/fantasy/horror/action...

With its bevy of alternate titles, it's hard to know if you've watched Cannibal Apocalypse or not. Regardless, the 80s G...

The 80s Grue Crew travel to upstate New York on Halloween for this quirky independent ghost story combined with family d...

Cat's Eye is an anthology film containing three segments, two from King short stories and one original to this film, all...

The subject for this episode of Decades of Horror: The 1980s is SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983). Anybody remember this shocking li...

Join the Grue-Crew as they revisit one of the, if not THE, best anime films of all time, AKIRA (1988). The cyberpunk cla...

David Cronenberg's Scanners is not only a classic of the decades but an iconic horror film of the ages, fully establishi...

Before Game of Thrones, before House of Dragons, there was Dragonslayer. That's Peter MacNicol in his theatrical debut a...

The Decades of Horror 1980s Grue-Crew dives into a fan favorite, Stephen King's Pet Sematary. With direction from by Mar...

Dream Warriors, a Grue-Crew favorite, features special effects by Greg Cannom, Doug Beswick, Mark Shostrom, Kevin Yagher...

The Grue-Crew settle in to tackle a slickand criminally overlooked haunted house feature from 1980, The Changeing. The f...

An entirely different kind of werewolf movie, The Company of Wolves is definitely one you should consider for your must-...

Witness Nicolas Cage go full-batty with VAMPIRE'S KISS (1988). The film was a critical and commercial flop when it first...

Horror films from the 1980s continues with the Canadian feature ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE (1987) from director Jack Bravman. The ...

C.H.U.D.: Cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers. Campy 80s gold! John Heard, Daniel Stern, Kim Greist, and Christo...

Wicked City (1987), a dark fantasy action horror anime, is based on the first novel of Hideyuki Kikuchi's Wicked City se...

Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) may be more remembered for the "Green Goblin" killer truck and the AC/DC soundtr...

NOMADS (1986) features Pierce Brosnan, Lesslie-Anne Down, Mary Woronov, and Adam Ant in this flick from John McTiernan [...

It's time to revisit D. Joe Dante's GREMLINS, and this time, the Grue Crew is joined by special FX artist Ralph Miller, ...

This tagline is "Buddy Has an Axe to Grind. A Big Axee" may give you an idea of what you're in for with this low-budget ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Robert E. Howard's iconic Cimmerian? Add in James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, and Sandahl Bergma...

Ralph Miller III joins the Grue Crew for a look back at PIN (1988), starring David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Qui...

Influencing modern Indonesian filmmakers Kimo Stamboel and Joko Anwar, The Queen of Black Magicis a classic about fickle...

Guest Renee St. Aubin joins the Grue Crew as they go talkabout with this sword and sorcery favorite from Phantasm direct...

With 80s TV icons such as William Katt (The Greatest American Hero, 1981-1983), George Wendt (Cheers, 1982-1993), Richa...

With production seized early in post-production and half the film reshot with a new cast and crew, who knows what could'...

Directed by Jeff Lieberman with George Kennedy and a machete-wielding psychopath in the Oregon woods, is it an underappr...

The Gure Crew welcomes guest Scott Wells to review this "avant-garde, psychological, surrealistic, horror film" from Ale...

The title resides in every child’s nightmares, but does this low-budget supernatural slasher directed by the famous, or ...

With the exception of Beatrice Pons as Mother and DP Joseph Manigine, the cast and crew were relative novices who succee...

It’s Ozploitation time again! This go around, the crew discusses Richard Franklin’s ROADGAMES, starring Stacy Keach and ...

Evilspeak answers the question of what happens when a bullied military school cadet finds a Satanic tome in the academy ...

With Randy Quaid in Bob Balaban’s PARENTS, 1989, you might be expecting some crazy hijinx. Instead, you get some very da...

The 80s GrueCrew go to St. Mary’s College, an all-girl school in Boston, not really Boston, but hey, it’s a movie, for L...

XTRO, 1982, is one of those films, love it or say, WTF? or both. The GrueCrew are joined by guest host, fx artist, suit ...

What a poster! What a cast! A WW2 Nazi ghost ship used for toroture rams and sinks a modern-day cruise ship! The ingredi...

PROM NIGHT, 1980, is one of the 6-pack of horror films for Jamie Lee Curtis 1978-1981. It's not the best, but is it the ...

Based on Peter Straub’s outstanding novel, GHOST STORY’s cast and crew sports eight Oscar winners plus several nominees,...

In this supersized episode, the Grue Crew are joined by Jeff Farley and Ralph Miller, effects artists who worked on THE ...

Umberto Lenzi’s CANNIBAL FEROX, 1981, was an answer to Deodato's CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, 1980! 31 countries banned the film ...

If you are looking for an entry-level 80s horror film, the 80s Grue-Crew thinks THE GATE (1987) might be just the ticket...

What a fun movie! FX by Rick Baker and Greg Cannom. Cinematographical stylings of the great Dean Cundy. Effective scener...

TERRORVISION! What an incredibly fun and outrageous flick! It's delightfully over-the-top in every aspect, featuring som...

The Crew returns to Italy for a Dario Argento-style Giallo! Set during a Macbeth production, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera is f...

Dead and Buried, 1981, is truly special! The Grue-Crew, joined by Gregory Crosby, admire Stan Winston’s incredible FX. W...

The 80s Grue-Crew and guest Ralph Miller III visit a Canadian hospital, facing an epidemic, wild laser antics, heaps of ...

Horror film or not? Jeff doesn’t really care as long as it has Rory Calhoun in the cast. Add Donna Wilkes, Dick Shawn, S...

The 2nd in Dario Argento’s The Three Mothers trilogy, is almost as beautiful as the legendary SUSPIRIA, the first of The...

Inspired by Rod Serling’s landmark TV series, this film includes 3 remakes, 1 new piece, and a loose wraparound directed...

The Grue-Crew are in awe of the effects created by the legendary Tom Savini and team in the 3rd of George A. Romero's De...

Underappreciated at its release, this film has risen to become a fan favorite over the years. With fx by the Stan Winsto...

The 1980s Grue Crew tackle this franchise-starting film with special critters FX by the Chiodo Bros, featuring Dee Walla...

Last ep was on CRITTERS, so this one must be on CRITTERS 2, 1988. We're joined by Ralph Miller III, an FX artist who wor...

Hometown buddies Scott Spiegel, Sam and Ted Raimi, and Bruce Campbell, fx by Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, and Howard ...

Susan Tyrrell chews scenery magnificently and the rest of the cast performs admirably in this whacked-out, underapprecia...

Surprise! Chuck Norris made a science fiction-horror movie and we decided to cover it. None of them are Chuck Norris fan...

This infamous, no budget film attempts to be transgressive while not even trying to be artful. The goal was to rebel aga...

The 80s Grue-Crew's 3rd venture into anime horror is based on Hideyuki Kikuchi’s 1983 novel illustration by Yoshitaka Am...

This 1st US found footage horror film set many of the tropes that became standard in the as yet unnamed found footage su...