Directed by Slava Tsukerman • 1982 • United States
Starring Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas
One of the coolest and most outrageously stylish oddities to emanate from the 1980s indie underground is a postpunk science-fiction fantasia set in New York’s zonked-out bohemian demimonde. It’s there that Margaret (Anne Carlisle), a disaffected bisexual model and performance artist living in a neon-lit New Wave penthouse, pursues the highs of heroin and sex with hedonistic abandon. Unbeknownst to her, a pair of tiny, shapeless aliens have landed their saucer on her rooftop to feast off the dopamine-charged neurochemical fruits of her fellow scensters’ narcotic and sexual ecstasy.
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Manhunter
Directed by Michael Mann • 1986 • United States
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Delta Space Mission
Directed by Mircea Toia and Călin Cazan • 1984 • Romania
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Next of Kin
Directed by Tony Williams • 1982 • Austrlia, New Zealand
Starring Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex ScottWhen a young woman (Jacki Kerin) inherits a creaky retirement home, she finds herself plunged into a waking nightmare of murder, madness, and a legacy of evil that may be inescapable. Awash in...
