Eighties cult movies and exploitation films on Exploitflix. All about obscure movies from the flashy Eighties. Slashers, bad hair and creatures from space.
Treasure of the Four Crowns is a 1983 action -adventure film by Ferdinando Baldi. The film is a Raiders of the Lost Ark ripoff. It delivers a treasure-hunting quest filled with over-the-top stunts, elaborate set pieces, and 3D objects flying directly at the audience. While it didn’t achieve the blockbuster status of its inspiration, the […]
Terror Squad is a low-budget action thriller directed by Peter Maris from 1987. The film follows a group of Libyan terrorists who launch an attack on a small American town. Though largely overlooked in mainstream cinema, Terror Squad has gained a cult following due to its over-the-top action, unique setting, and campy yet entertaining execution. […]
The Hostage Tower is an American Crime film directed by Claudio Guzmán. Starring starring Peter Fonda, Keir Dulles, Billy Dee Williams and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Plot the Hostage Tower Mr. Smith (Keir Dullea) is a criminal mastermind Smith draws together a team for a heist including weapons expert Mike Graham (ex-CIA) and Thieles Sabrina and […]
Scarab is an American occult film from 1983 directed by Steven-Charles Jaffe, and starring Robert Ginty and Rip Thorn. Plot A former Nazi scientist awakens an Egyptian entity. The scientist becomes the evil guru of a sect of killer fanatics who’s goal is to eliminate the most powerful men in the world. A reporter(Robert Ginty) […]
Dreamscape is an American dark science-fiction adventure film from 1984 directed by Joseph Ruben. Starring Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max von Sydow, and Christopher Plummer. Plot Alex Gardner a 26 year old has strong psychic abilities. He was once in a psychic abilities scientific study under the leadership of Dr. Paul Novotny, but left the […]
T..The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (Italian: I Cacciatori del Cobra d’Oro) is an Italian action film directed by Antonio Margheriti. Starring David Warbeck. It is one of several Italian imitations of Raiders of the Lost Ark Plot An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the […]
My Bloody Valentine is a 1981 Canadian slasher film directed by George Mihalka and written by John Beaird. It stars Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, and Neil Affleck. Plot Valentine’s Day is coming around and the young people of the small mining town of Valentine’s BLuffs are organising a party. A few decades earlier an explosion […]
Krull is a science fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Peter Yates and written by Stanford Sherman. Starring Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony and Music by James Horner. Plot In the face of total annihilation by the omnipotent Beast’s unstoppable hordes of Slayers, the young aristocrats of two hostile neighbouring nations–the brave Prince Colwyn and the fair […]
Private Lessons is an American sex comedy film from 1981 directed by Alani Myerson. Starring Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, and Ed Begley Jr. Plot Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip’s […]
Rest in Pieces (Spanish: Descanse en piezas) is a horror film from 1987 directed by José Ramón Larraz who was also responsible for Vampyres. Starring Scott Thompson Baker, Lorin Jean Vail, and Dorothy Malone. Plot Helen Hewitt inherits a sprawling Pennsylvania estate from her wealthy, eccentric aunt Catherine Boyle, who commits suicide by ingesting strychnine, […]
