This Month In Retro: April 1980
This Month In Retro is a monthly article where we look back on the current month as it happened during […]
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This Month In Retro: March 1980
This Month In Retro is a monthly article where we look back on the current month as it happened during the 1980’s. Learn, reminisce, and stay retro.
John Carpenter: Dark Myth Weaver of the 1980s
Many of John Carpenter’s films have common threads that stitch them gently together. For instance, the majority of the visuals (camerawork, exposures, etc.) create a mood that is not only nightmarishly dark but also thrown into stark, bold contrast. It creates the effect of a spooky slap in the face. Carpenter is also known for scoring many of his own movies, and doing a superb job of it.
Wasteland is Coming
“The film is a short derived from a feature-length film script. The short will be used to raise further investment money to produce the feature.”
For all the retro producers out there. We need your submissions to make this soundtrack a success. Specifically the darkwave and cyberpunk specialists.
This Month In Retro: February 1980
February saw the release of two movies that have been panned for years that have nonetheless maintained something resembling a cult status. Don’t Answer the Phone is a movie about an amateur body-building adult photographer (stop me if you’ve heard this before) who sexually assaults and murders young women.
Just When You Thought It Was Safe, This Video Appears!
We have shared some of our picks of the funniest and cheesiest 80’s music videos online. We may have found another contender o top the lot of them!! Watch at your own risk!!
New Arcades Give a Solid LIVE Performance!
This is the official music video by New Arcades performing Wherever You Are. (C) 2014 Dean Canty and Adam Sullivan. Directed and Edited by Tom Wright. Shot by Electric Sheep.
An EPIC Find! Presenting: Turbo Kid (2015)
This is an official selection at Sundance 2015. In a post-apocalyptic future a young solitary scavenger obsessed with comic books must face his fears and become a reluctant hero when he meets a mysterious girl. From horror masterminds Ant Timpson (The ABCs Of Death 1 & 2, Housebound) and Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun). Directed by RKSS.
GUNSHIP Drops an EPIC New Video For The Scene!
The music has a theatrical quality, as with most music associated with members Alex Westaway and Dan Haigh. That’s all I’m going to say about their previous musical endeavors.