Becoming a movie freak...

I became a movie freak back in 1981 when I first saw the poster of Escape from New York at the local cinema. That guy with an eye-patch and the head of Lady Liberty in the middle of the streets was by far the coolest visual I had ever seen. But the movie was 16+ and I was only 13 and very short, so now way I would get past the usher. But I had become a film freak. Before that I had not seen many movies. The Dutch TV only had two (black and white) channels and my parent only took us to the cinema once or twice a year at birthday parties. The biggest thing I had seen was Grease, which I liked a lot, who didn't at that time. But like I said, till that moment cinema was hardly a topic in my life. But it would be from that moment on.

Another great poster from that time, that I liked a lot was Scanners, especially the tag line:
10 seconds: The Pain Begins 

15 seconds: You Can't Breath

20 seconds: You Explode

Wow, I had to see that, but again, no way I would get in.

Luckily VHS came along and it would only take 2 more years of waiting before I could finally see what they were all about. And I was not disappointed. Escape Form New York is still one of my all time favorites and I'm a big fan of the works of Cronenberg & Carpenter. 

A third poster that really got me exited was Death Ship. It took over 25 years to finally see it and even though it was a low buget movie and not to well made I really liked it. I still love the atmosphere of those 80's horrorflicks.

In 1981 I went to the cinema 12 times and saw:

Alligator

Blood Beach

Body Heat

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind

Flash Gordon

For Your Eyes Only

Night Hawks (2x)

Outland

Le Professional

Raiders of the Lost Ark

S.O.B.

Victory

Alligator completely blow me away, I was sure 16+ rated pictures would be my favorites. I loved the horror, suspense and violence. 

Well, I guess that is how it happened....