WE ARE LOSING THE SLASHER-HORROR FILMS OF THE 1980'S

I love the horror films of the 1980's.  What most people don't know is that we are in danger of losing many of them.  Now most of the best known titles were not made by the major Hollywood Studios!  They were made in Canada.  Now since these films are not owned by the majors the negatives are owned by people that don't really take care of them.  If you look at the film "Prom Night" the DVD transfer is bad.  A new print needs to come off of a negative however that cost money!  The negative however is now 33 years old and most likely not kept in the best condition and most likely needs to be restored.  If that doesn't happen soon the negative will be gone forever!



This is also true of "Terror Train"  "The PRowler"  "silent Scream" "House"  "The Hills have Eyes" "Torso" "The Boogeyman" "toolbox Murders" "The Godsend" "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead things" and even "Day of the Dead".  Yes some these were made by American Companies however not by film studios.  The negatives to these films are not kept in a proper storage facility.


Now these are not critical darlings however the fans of these films are very devoted and are most likely to buy these films.  Fans of "Out of Africa" are not movie buyers!

These films need to find a safe place to be stored.  It would be a shame if the negatives are not preserved!

Think about this  "Prom Night" will still have still have fans in 2043 but I doubt most people by then will ever watch "Argo" "The Artist" "Crash" "The Last Emperor" "Rainman" "Gandhi" "The BEst years of our Lives".

Yes the above are all best picture winners however in another 10 years most of these films will be forgotten if there not already!  Horror fans always love anything and they will watch older films to get a good scare.  Even today "Frankenstein" "The Wolf-man" the Vincent Price Films still get new fans daily.   We still can watch those films today because they were made by the major studios.  This is not the case for the slasher films of the 1980's.

The same can not be said for the Horror/Slasher Films of the 1980's..  they need to be protective.    If we don't preserve them they will be lost.  That would be a shame.