Supernatural
That which cannot be explained by science - psychic powers, other-worldly phenomena, things that go bump in the night and hide under the bed. Filmmakers have been tapping people's fascination for the supernatural since they first started cranking out celluloid. And who doesn't love a good ghost story? Below are Alice's films that touch on the paranormal, some in a nice way ('What Dreams May Come', 'Phenomenon'), some in a not-so-nice way, ('The Exorcist', 'The Grudge'). A little something for everyone...
Angel Heart ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.3/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lisa Bonet, Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro
Mickey Rourke is thrown into a head-bending world of violence and voodoo that moves from the streets of New York to the swamps of Louisiana. Lisa Bone... Read more
Creepshow 2 (1987)
6/10
Director: Michael Gornick
Starring: Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini
George A Romero and Stephen King team once more for a new terrifying trilogy of tales! A wooden Indian out for vengeance, a man-eating slime rising fr... Read more
Angel Heart (1987)
7.3/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Mickey Rourke is thrown into a head-bending world of violence and voodoo that moves from the streets of New York to the swamps of Louisiana. Lisa Bone... Read more
The Believers (1987)
6.1/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Robert Loggia
Suspenseful occult thriller with Sheen as a New York therapist whose counselling of a disturbed policeman leads him into a series of bizarre and gory... Read more
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
7.6/10
Director: Tony Ching Siu-Tung
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joi Wang, Liu Zhaoming, Wu Ma
This delirious supernatural fantasy focuses on the relationship between a young tax collector (Leslie Cheung) and a seductive female ghost he meets in... Read more
The New Twilight Zone: Season 2 (1986)
Director: Bruce Malmuth, Curtis Hanson, Martha Coolidge, Noel Black, Paul Lynch, Wes Craven, Thomas J Wright, etc
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Fred Savage, Tom Skerritt, Lukas Haas, David Faustino, Jeffrey T...
Wes Craven and Curtis Hanson were just two of the directors who got on board for Season Two. Despite this, the show was cancelled midway through the... Read more
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
5.7/10
Director: Brian Gibson
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Julian Beck, Z...
The Freeling family may have settled into a new home, but the spirits of the dead have not given up their desire to possess Carol Anne. Led by a demon... Read more
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
5.4/10
Director: Stephen King
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Yeardley Smith
Author Stephen King stepped behind the camera for the first time to direct his story of rampaging trucks - and it is so bad it may be some time before... Read more
The New Twilight Zone: Season 1 (1985)
Director: Martha Coolidge, Peter Medak, Rick Friedberg, Robert Downey, Tommy Lee Wallace, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, etc
Starring: Bruce Willis, Terry O'Quinn, Annie Potts, Arliss Howard, Dee Wallace, James Crom...
Making its television debut in 1989, the New Twilight Zone followed the same format as its ground-breaking predecessor (minus Rod Serling), with stori... Read more
Robin of Sherwood: Series 2 (1985)
Director: Robert Young
Starring: Nickolas Grace, Michael Praed, Ray Winstone, Peter Llewellyn Williams, Clive Man...
Following the second season, actor Michael Praed was lured away to a role in US soap, 'Dynasty'. Series creator Richard Carpenter attempted to solve... Read more