Tag Archives: 1988

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Cherry Writers: B. Kline and Ed Turner (Story by Ed Turner)

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy | Tagged 1988, airport, animal control, b. kline, ballard sartain, billie bird, christmas, comedy, Doug Claybourne, douglas seale, ed turner, ernest, ernest saves christmas, family, fantasy, holidays, jail, jim varney, john cherry, john r. cherry III, mark snow, noelle parker, oliver clark, peter stein, presents, reindeer, robert lesser, sack, santa claus, sharyn l. ross, sled, snow, stacy williams, toys, tree | Leave a comment

Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Bierman Writer: Joseph Minion

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1988, angus newton, barbara zitwer, barry shils, bat, bite, bitten, blood, cockroach, colin towns, comedy, david hyde pierce, derek gibson, elizabeth ashley, fantasy, horror, jennifer beals, john daly, john michael higgins, joseph minion, kasi lemmons, maria conchita alonso, mental illness, neck, new york, new york city, nicolas cage, nyc, psychiatrist, robert bierman, stefan czapsky, vampire, vampire's kiss | Leave a comment

Phantasm II (1988)

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Don Coscarelli Writer: Don Coscarelli

Posted in Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1988, action, angus scrimm, casket, christopher l. stone, coffin, daryn okada, don coscarelli, dreams, drill, dwarf, fantasy, Fred Myrow, funeral, grave robber, horror, hospital, james le gros, kenneth tigar, paula irvine, peter teschner, phantasm, phantasm 2, phantasm II, priest, psychiatric hospital, Reggie Bannister, roberto a. quezada, samantha phillips, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, sphere, tall man, thriller | Leave a comment

The Blob (1988)

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Chuck Russell Writers: Chuck Russell & Frank Darabont (Story by Irvine H. Millgate) (Based on a screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker)

Posted in Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1988, alien, bill moseley, blob, candy clark, chuck russell, del cose, donovan litchi jr, elliott kastner, frank darabont, goo, horror, irvine h. millgate, jack h. harris, jeffrey demunn, joe seneca, kate phillips, kay linaker, kevin dillon, mark irwin, meteor, michael hoenig, motorcycle, paul mccrane, preacher, remake, sci-fi, science fiction, shawnee smith, slime, small town, space, terry stokes, the blob, theodore simonson, tod feuerman | Leave a comment

The Brain (1988)

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ed Hunt Writer: Barry Pearson

Posted in Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 1988, alien, aliens, anthony kramreither, barry pearson, brain, brainwashed, brainwashing, christine kossak, christmas, cynthia preston, david gale, david nicholson, ed hunt, experiment, george buza, gilles corbeil, hallucinate, hallucination, high school, holidays, horror, paul zaza, prank, psychologist, psychology, sci-fi, science fiction, self-help, show, sodium, television, the brain, tom bresnahan, tv, tv show | Leave a comment

Beetlejuice (1988)

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tim Burton Writers: Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren (Story by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson) Keaton should have won an Oscar.

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1988, afterlife, alec baldwin, annie mcenroe, beetlejuice, betelgeuse, catherine o'hara, comedy, danny elfman, dead, death, deceased, desert, dick cavett, fantasy, geena davis, ghost, glenn shadix, goth, haunt, haunted, haunted house, haunting, horror, jane kurson, jeffrey jones, larry wilson, michael bender, michael keaton, michael mcdowell, model, richard hasimoto, robert goulet, sand, seance, small town, spirit, teenager, thomas ackerman, thomas e. ackerman, tim burton, tony cox, warren skaaren, winona ryder, worm | Leave a comment

Die Hard (1988)

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John McTiernan Writers: Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza (Based on the novel “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp)

Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 1988, action, adaptation, al leong, alan rickman, alexander godunov, bomb, bonnie bedelia, bruce willis, california, christmas party, cop, crime, de'voreaux white, die hard, fbi, frank j. urioste, hart bochner, heist, helicopter, hostage, james shigeta, jan de bont, jeb stuart, joel silver, john f. link, john mctiernan, lapd, lawrence gordon, limo, los angeles, michael kamen, nothing lasts forever, nypd, office, party, paul gleason, police, ransom, reginald veljohnson, robert davi, roderick thorp, steven e. de souza, terrorism, terrorist, thriller, vacation, william atherton | Leave a comment

They Live (1988)

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: John Carpenter (Based on the short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson)

Posted in Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1988, action, adaptation, al leong, alan howarth, alien, aliens, brainwashing, conspiracy, construction, eight o'clock in the morning, frank armitage, frank e. jimenez, gary b. kibbe, george flower, ghoul, john carpenter, keith david, larry franco, meg foster, news, obey, ray nelson, roddy piper, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sunglasses, television, they live, thriller, tv | Leave a comment

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stan Winston Writers: Mark Patrick Carducci and Gary Gerani (Story by Mark Patrick Carducci and Stan Winston & Richard C. Weinman) (Based on the poem by Ed Justice)

Posted in Fantasy, Horror | Tagged 1988, accident, bill blake, bojan bazelli, creature, demon, fantasy, farm, gary gerani, horror, lance henriksen, mark patrick carducci, monster, pumpkin, revenge, richard c. weinman, richard weinman, stan winston, teenagers, tom woodruff jr., vengeance | Leave a comment

Coming to America (1988)

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Landis Writers: David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein (Story by Eddie Murphy)

Posted in Comedy, Romance | Tagged 1988, african, arsenio hall, barry w. blaustein, comedy, coming to america, cuba gooding jr., david sheffield, eddie murphy, eriq la salle, f. gary fray, fast food, frankie faison, george folsey jr., james earl jones, john landis, king, louie anderson, madge sinclair, malcolm campbell, new york, new york city, nile rodgers, nyc, paul bates, prince, queen, queens, restaurant, robert d. wachs, romance, romantic comedy, samuel l. jackson, tobe hooper | Leave a comment

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