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The Unseen
The Unseen (1980) on 1 september 1981
, 1h34
Directed by Danny Steinmann
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Stephen Furst, Sydney Lassick, Barbara Bach, Douglas Barr, Lelia Goldoni
Rating52% 2.6016252.6016252.6016252.6016252.601625
After a hotel reservation mix up, two sisters Karen and Jennifer, and their friend Vicki Thompson, meet a friendly, but shady character named Ernest Keller who is the owner of a small town museum. Ernest convinces the three women into accepting an invitation for cheap room and board at his large farmhouse outside of town where his wife Virginia also lives. Once there, Jennifer and Karen leave for the holiday parade fair which Jennifer, a news reporter, is reporting on. At the festival, Jennifer is met by her soon to be ex-boyfriend, Tony, who gets her to stay behind to talk about their relationship.
St. Helens
St. Helens (1981) on 1 september 1981
, 1h30
Directed by Ernest Pintoff
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Art Carney, David Huffman, Albert Salmi, Ron O'Neal, Tim Thomerson, Bill McKinney
Rating60% 3.049973.049973.049973.049973.04997
The film opens up with an image of Central Oregon's Mount Bachelor and the Central Oregon Cascades, which is the fictional setting for Mount St. Helens itself. On March 20, 1980 an earthquake of 4.1 on the Richter Scale strikes Mount St. Helens, signalling the first signs of volcanic activity in 123 years.
Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons
Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981) on 5 september 1981
, 8minutes
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Hal Smith, Will Ryan, Ray Erlenborn, John Fiedler, Jim Cummings, Ron Feinberg
Rating59% 2.96532.96532.96532.96532.9653
Christopher Robin presents Pooh with an interesting new gift—a calendar. Pooh has never seen one before, and Christopher Robin explains that it's a way of keeping track of the days, weeks, months and seasons. The calendar stops at each season, as we watch Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit and Owl in the Hundred Acre Wood exploring the world around them and noticing the changes. Among them: the water in the pond becomes hard and slick when it gets cold.
The Woman Inside
The Woman Inside (1981) on 1 september 1981
, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gloria Manon, Dane Clark, Joan Blondell, Joe E. Ross, Jackie Vernon
Rating59% 2.9557352.9557352.9557352.9557352.955735
Lunch Wagon
Lunch Wagon (1981) on 1 september 1981
, 1h28
Directed by Ernest Pintoff
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Rosanne Katon, Chuck McCann, James Van Patten, Rose Marie, Michael Tucci, Louisa Moritz
Rating47% 2.379192.379192.379192.379192.37919
Three women start a lunch wagon business, but run into resistance from their competitor Mr. Schmeckler (Rick Podell) when their business starts interfering with illegal activity that Schmeckler is involved in. While Schmeckler busies himself trying to sabotage their wagon, the women are busy falling in love with construction workers and rock stars. Meanwhile, two bumbling diamond thieves create complications for both sides. It is most notable for being the first major exposure for the band Missing Persons, credited here as "U.S. Drag", with their songs "Mental Hopscotch" and "I Like Boys" featuring prominently on the soundtrack.
Don't Go in the Woods
Don't Go in the Woods (1981) on 5 september 1981
, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Rating38% 1.908931.908931.908931.908931.90893
As something kills a hysterical woman, and a bird watcher, four friends (Peter, Joanne, Ingrid and Craig) trek through the wilderness. A tourist is thrown over a waterfall (landing near some oblivious frolickers) and his mother is wounded, and dragged away. The four backpackers set up camp for the night, and elsewhere a pair of honeymooners are attacked in their van and murdered. The next day, the two couples continue their hike, while an artist is stabbed to death, and her young daughter is taken.
Dead & Buried
Dead & Buried (1981) on 4 september 1981
, 1h32
Directed by Gary Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Robert Englund, Lisa Blount, Michael Currie
Rating64% 3.2488853.2488853.2488853.2488853.248885
James Farentino stars as Dan Gillis, sheriff of the small New England coastal town of Potter's Bluff. In the film's opening scene, a mob of townspeople attempt to kill a visiting photographer. He is beaten, tied to a post then set on fire. He survives and is taken to a hospital, where he is murdered just out of sight of the sheriff and the doctor.
Don't Go Near the Park
Don't Go Near the Park (1981) on 1 september 1981
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Aldo Ray, Tamara Taylor, Meeno Peluce, Linnea Quigley, Barbara Bain
Rating35% 1.779251.779251.779251.779251.77925
After being cursed by their mother, a caveman brother and sister are forced to live their lives by preying on young people in a park and devouring their entrails in order to stay young. After 12,000 years of killing they attempt to lift the curse and become immortal by finding a virgin's soul they can sacrifice, with the brother fathering a daughter for that purpose.
Savage Man Savage Beast
Savage Man Savage Beast (1975) on 31 august 1981
, 1h34
Genres Documentary, Horror
Actors Alberto Moravia
Rating54% 2.7191852.7191852.7191852.7191852.719185
The film is a depiction of various scenes, usually violent or bizarre, that somehow relate to hunting. Each scenario is presented one after the other with little regard for narrative continuity. The opening scene introduces a Patagonian hunter who hunts stags to survive. The opening credits play over as he chases after a stag, which he ultimately shoots, kills, and beheads. Afterwards, one of the numerous scenes of anti-hunting gatherings is shown, this one in Cape Cod. The attention quickly shifts to wildlife hunting, where a monkey is killed by a leopard, and then a squirrel monkey by an anaconda. The theme changes again to the social hunt of wild game in Australia and Africa. Aborigines hunt kangaroos and other large marsupials with spears and giant bats with boomerangs. Indigenous tribes of Africa hunt large game, including antelope, buffalo, and elephants, in the savanna. Religious ceremonies are also shown, where the African hunters proceed to suck fresh blood from the entrails of an antelope, and the Australian aborigines symbolically bury their prey in dust to placate the spirits of the animals. Lastly, two brothers are arrested after partaking in a form of ritual post-mortem cannibalism of three of their relatives to acquire the hunting skills of the dead.