MFB: October 1982

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1982

Vol. 49 No. 585

36 Chowringhee Lane

India - 1981 - 122m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Aparna Sen

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

USA - 1982 - 114m - col / scope

UIP (AA)

D: Colin Higgins
4-channel stereo

Bloody Birthday

Canada - 1980 - 85m - col

Miracle (X)

D: Ed Hunt

Burden of Dreams

USA - 1982 - 95m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Les Blank

Crystal Gazing

UK - 1982 - 92m - col

BFI

D: Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen

Home Movies

(aka: The Maestro)

USA - 1980 - 93m - col

V: Guild (pre-VRA)

D: Brian De Palma

If You Could See What I Hear

Canada - 1982 - 103m - col

Sunn Classic (A)

D: Eric Till
Dolby Stereo

Silent Rage: Sep 1982

Inferno dei morti-viventi

[see: Zombie Creeping Flesh]

Just Before Dawn

USA - 1980 - 90m - col

Rank (X) (cut)

D: Jeff Lieberman

The Last Movie

USA - 1971 - 108m - col

ICA (X)

D: Dennis Hopper

Let Me Die a Woman

USA - 1977 - 78m - col

Supreme (X) (cut)

D: Doris Wishman
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with heavy cuts. However, the uncut version was released on VHS in 1982 (pre-VRA).

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy

USA - 1982 - 88m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Woody Allen

The Nest

El nido

Spain/Argentina - 1980 - 97m - col

Premier (AA)

D: Jaime de Armiñán

Pictures

New Zealand - 1981 - 87m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Michael Black

Piranha II: Flying Killers
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning

USA/Italy - 1982 - 95m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)
D: James Cameron
Series: Piranha (1978, Nov/1978).

The Plague Dogs

USA - 1982 - 103m - col

UIP (A)

D: Martin Rosen
Dolby Stereo

Race for the Yankee Zephyr

(USA: Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr)

Australia/New Zealand - 1981 - 108m - col / scope

Enterprise (A)

D: David Hemmings

The Scarecrow

New Zealand - 1981 - 88m - col

Blue Dolphin (AA)

D: Sam Pillsbury

Shoot

Canada - 1976 - 99m - col

V: Home Video Merchandisers (pre-VRA)

D: Harvey Hart

Stone

Australia - 1974 - 103m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Sandy Harbutt

The Sword and the Sorcerer

USA - 1982 - 99m - col

Rank (AA)

D: Albert Pyun
Dolby Stereo

Tron

USA - 1982 - 96m - col / Super Panavision 70

Walt Disney (A)

D: Steven Lisberger
Followed by: Tron (2010, Feb/2011).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Zombie Child
The Child

USA - 1977 - 82m - col
Childs Associates (X)
D: Robert Voskanian
Released on VHS by VRO under its original title in 1981, before being screened in UK cinemas the following year as Zombie Child.

Zombie Creeping Flesh

Virus: L’inferno dei morti viventi

(USA: Night of the Zombies)

(aka: Hell of the Living Dead)

Italy/Spain - 1980 - 99m - col

Miracle (X)

D: Bruno Mattei [as: Vincent Dawn]
The version screened in UK cinemas was significantly shortened by the distributors to remove violence and 'extraneous' material, but the complete version was subsequently 'approved' for video.