Fantasy Movies
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals — amongst them, her sinister…
Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (1988)
In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the…
Cellar Dweller (1988)
In the 1950s, a horror-comic artist’s creations come alive and kill him. Years later a new cartoonist revives the creatures in his house, now part of an artist’s colony.
Paperhouse (1988)
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in…
Mac and Me (1988)
A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC’s family from whom he has…
Alice (1988)
A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and…
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988)
An English nanny and one of two brothers fall down a Hawaiian cave, all the way to Atlantis.
Mutant War (1988)
The sequel to ‘Galaxy Destroyer’ which finds our hero Harry Trent wandering Earth’s post-apocalyptic landscape full of mutants, monsters, and fragmented human tribes. Harry’s attempt to help a young girl…
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
‘Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are…
Pumpkinhead (1988)
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988)
A young girl leaves for Nepal with her parents and brother. She is unhappy to leave her home at first, but soon isn’t when she meets a handome young man….
Big (1988)
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has…
Puss in Boots (1988)
A cat belonging to a poor miller’s son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using…
Willow (1988)
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and…
Hanussen (1988)
A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy…
Slime City (1988)
A student moves into a run-down building in New York City. His bizarre neighbors make a concoction in their apartment they call wine, but when he takes some of it,…
18 Again! (1988)
81-year-old millionaire Jack Watson switches bodies with his 18-year-old grandson David, leading the two to experience life on opposite ends of the age spectrum. But when David, trapped in Jack’s…
Beetlejuice (1988)
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined…
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
After her father’s ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence…
Vice Versa (1988)
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
The Pied Piper (1988)
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia’s most ambitious animation projects of…
Hellbent (1988)
A bandleader whose career is nosediving makes a deal with the owner of a bar to sell his soul for success.
In the Aftermath (1988)
In a radiation-soaked wasteland, two surviving soldiers, Frank and Goose, search for essential supplies amid the rubble. After a violent confrontation, Frank is haunted by visions of an angelic young…
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)
The third thrilling saga of Deathstalker pits him against the evil wizard and ruler of the Southland, Troxartes, and his band of undead warriors. Dashing Deathstalker is entrusted by the…
*batteries not included (1987)
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper….
Gandahar (1987)
On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is…
Date with an Angel (1987)
Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool….
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he’s paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose should he not fare well in an…
Hello Again (1987)
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.
Made in Heaven (1987)
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follows.
The Video Dead (1987)
On a quiet, tree-lined street, an old television set receives a single channel that repeats the same horror film over and over, freeing zombies from the grave to kill.