Results tagged “80s”

First we had “Let the Right One In” last weekend — and now we have “Splinter.” It took a while for 2008 to get its horror movie groove on, but better late than never! “Splinter” is definitely one of the great surprises of the year.

Getting a limited edition release today (on Halloween, natch) and sporting an impressive “fresh” 70% rating on RottenTomatoes.com, “Splinter” is a very-low-budget throwback to early ’80s horror that is lean, mean, and genuinely scary.

Picture “The Evil Dead” with sprinkles of “The Thing” and “The Blob” and you’ll have an idea of what you’re in for.

More info (no spoilers though) and the trailer after the jump….

While the fanboy in me is hitting max capacity this summer with The Dark Knight and Hellboy II, I had to make a little extra room when I stumbled across a video on YouTube from the 80s for one of my favorite albums of all time.

Yup — this is “Behind the Barrier” from Planet P Project’s mindscrewing SF/horror concept double album “Pink World” from 1984. In a nutshell — little kid is born with incredible powers, humanity worships him, kid destroys 99% of Earth, and the ones he keeps alive end up in worse shape than those that died. Picture “Firestarter” meets John Wyndham’s “The Midwich Cuckoos” tossed into a blender with Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” with a “1984’ chaser. Got that?