GIRLS NITE OUT is an utterly forgettable foray into ‘80s slasher territory. That said, the ladies are certainly cute and well, it’s always a pity to see loveliness murdered by some steak-knife wielding psycho in a bear costume. Always.

We ARE watching an early-1980s slasher right? Nearly an hour into THE BURNING, and the body count hasn’t even started. But when the excrement finally hits the oscillating ventilator, it’s well worth the wait.

TENEMENT is a fairly nifty urban warfare flick, that is if you have the stomach to endure some fairly sick stuff. It’s a skanky, sordid piece of celluloid. Consequently, it’s probably director Roberta Findlay’s best work of the 80s.

We last left Paul Kersey in Chicago looking down the barrel of his finger at a gang of hoodlums tormenting an innocent bystander. But he didn’t remain in the Windy City long.

When rapper Snoop Dogg sang about seeing demons in his 1993 song “Murder Was the Case” he might have been paying homage to the 1986 Italian classic, DEMONI.

Imagine my delight to find a Father Merrin tested, demon approved Linda Blair starring opposite Michael Knight himself, David Hasselhoff. What cinematic brilliance lay before me? None really. But talk about a recipe for laughs.