Virginia Madsen

Zombie High (1987)

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Zombie High (1987)

When Is a Zombie Movie Not a Zombie Movie? Zombie High (1987) has no flesh-rotting or brain-munching in the traditional sense, but one can easily forgive the ironic misnomer. These so-called so-cal Zombies are actually an excuse for some aggressive subtext about obedience, conformity, and having your sense of self slowly Stepforded by institutions pretending … Read more

Slam Dance (1987)

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Slam Dance

Slam Dance landed on home video back in march of 1988, after an October 2, 1987 theatrical release. I use to live for these shelf warmers. Erstwhile Amadeus Tom Hulce plays an artist dragged into a noir-tinged spiral of murder, paranoia, and 80s hedonism malaise. Hulce always had this soft, twitchy intensity that can make … Read more