CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 1981

by Toby

[re-upload from the now defunct thewanderingimage.tumblr.com]

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 1981 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 1981” list, but at least had incredible segments that stayed with me since first viewing. Scenes that I’m sure I’ll want to re-visit again and again.

+ = was actually featured on Toby's 1981 "Best of"

Fidgit discovers a portal out of the present through Kevin’s bedroom wall.. Pursued by Evil’s floating head

 - TIME BANDITS (Gilliam)

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1st attempt to slay the dragon within her cave

- DRAGONSLAYER (Robbins)

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Dealing sequence in the punk club. 

**cue the Sex Pistols’ "Pretty Vacant"**

   - AMERICAN POP (Bakshi)

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the final wave from the trenches..

    - GALLIPOLI (Weir)

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Jones accidentally trips every booby-trap in the Peruvian temple. Poison arrows, giant sphere boulder, etc. 

  **Opening tomb raid** -

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 

                                   (Spielberg)

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Caught up in detective work, Terri doesn’t notice a werewolf has entered the file room... Until it’s too late of course

- THE HOWLING (Dante)

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sudden massacre of rafting campers. 

    **storyboarded by the great Tom Savini**

- THE BURNING (Maylam)

title sword thrown back to Lady of the Lake

 - EXCALIBUR (Boorman)

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novelty Frankenstein monster mask finally removed from Gunther 😱¡Muy aterrador!

  - THE FUNHOUSE (Hooper)

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ConSec host's head explodes during live demonstration

    - SCANNERS (Cronenberg)

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first full moon transformation -

AN AMERICAN 

        WEREWOLF IN LONDON 

                                        (Landis)

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Snake lands the stealth glider craft atop the World Trade center

- ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

                           (Carpenter)

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Deadites splatter & melt all over the cabin.. **Stop-motion climax**

  - THE EVIL DEAD (Raimi)

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Massacre at the Halloween party

     - MS. 45 (Ferrara)

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Anna's demonic convulsing in the subway

  - POSSESSION (Zulawski)

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the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant.. Old testament wrath unleashed -

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 

                               (Spielberg)

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Jack is too late.. Fireworks light up the sky

   - BLOW OUT (De Palma)

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also;

Mel Brooks presents The Inquisition

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

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