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Great Forgotten Supernatural Horror Movies from the 1980s

June 6, 2025 by admin

Casey Chong presents seven forgotten supernatural horror movies from the 1980s…. The 1980s saw a barrage of horror movies vying to make a lasting impression. Some succeed, while others failed or underappreciated. Take supernatural horrors, for instance; movies like The Shining, Angel Heart and Prince of Darkness have earned their places in most genre fans’ […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Casey Chong, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Black Rainbow, Killer Party, Nomads, Sole Survivor, The Appointment, The Entity, The Survivor

Fantastical, Flawed and Madcap: 80s British Horror Cinema

March 9, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look back at the curious case of 80s British Horror – an era of odd fusions, oddities, indulgent auteurs and flawed cult favourites… Think of those iconic periods in horror around the world. German expressionist horror of the 1920s and 30s, the Giallo boom of the 60s and 70s, British hammer horror […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alien, An American Werewolf in London, Annabelle Lanyon, Black Rainbow, dream demon, Hellraiser, inseminoid, Lifeforce, Maryam d'Abo, the company of wolves, The Hunger, The Lair of the White Worm, xtro

Movie Review – Black Rainbow (1989)

July 15, 2020 by admin

Black Rainbow, 1989. Directed by Mike Hodges. Starring Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy, Ron Rosenthal, and Helen Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: A touring medium has a vision about a murder before it happens. Directed by Mike Hodges (Get Carter/Flash Gordon), Black Rainbow is a slightly more low-key affair that sees Rosanna Arquette (Desperately Seeking […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Black Rainbow, Helen Baldwin, Jason Robards, Mark Joy, Mike Hodges, Ron Rosenthal, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Hulce

Mike Hodges’ Black Rainbow receiving newly-restored Blu-ray release

June 2, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Arrow Video has announced that Mike Hodges’ 1989 supernatural chiller Black Rainbow is coming to Blu-ray in the UK this July with a brand new director-approved restoration. Martha Travis (Rosanna Arquette, Pulp Fiction, Crash) is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father (Jason Robards, Once Upon a Time in the West, Magnolia). During a […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Black Rainbow, Jason Robards, Mike Hodges, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Hulce

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