1988

Child’s Play
6.6

Child’s Play

Nov. 08, 1988

Child’s Play

A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
3.5

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare

An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She ...
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
5.7

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

Angela Baker, a psychotic transsexual, escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage ...
Moonwalker
6.1

Moonwalker

Oct. 29, 1988

Moonwalker

A movie that starts out with the “Man in the Mirror” music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael’s ...
Feds
5.5

Feds

Oct. 28, 1988

Feds

Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with ...
The Vanishing
7.7

The Vanishing

Oct. 27, 1988

The Vanishing

Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, ...
Demon City Shinjuku
6.4

Demon City Shinjuku

Oct. 23, 1988

Demon City Shinjuku

Kyoya’s father was a great warrior, killed at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rebi Ra, who has now opened a portal to hell in the city ...
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
5.9

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This ...
Tapeheads
5.7

Tapeheads

Oct. 21, 1988

Tapeheads

The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video ...
The Bear
7.7

The Bear

Oct. 21, 1988

The Bear

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Ariel
7.5

Ariel

Oct. 21, 1988

Ariel

Taisto Kasurinen is a Finnish coal miner whose father has just committed suicide and who is framed for a crime he did not commit. In jail, he ...
Night of the Demons
6.2

Night of the Demons

Oct. 14, 1988

Night of the Demons

While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.
Mystic Pizza
6.3

Mystic Pizza

Oct. 13, 1988

Mystic Pizza

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
Imagine: John Lennon
7.9

Imagine: John Lennon

Oct. 07, 1988

Imagine: John Lennon

The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono’s personal collection, ...
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted ...
Distant Voices, Still Lives
7.4

Distant Voices, Still Lives

The second film in Terence Davies’s autobiographical series (along with “Trilogy” and “The Long Day Closes”) is an ...
Scarecrows
5.4

Scarecrows

Sep. 28, 1988

Scarecrows

Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has ...
The Lair of the White Worm
5.9

The Lair of the White Worm

In a remote corner of England’s Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for ...
The Beast of War
7.3

The Beast of War

Sep. 14, 1988

The Beast of War

During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of ...
Story of Women
7.5

Story of Women

Sep. 14, 1988

Story of Women

France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room ...
Landscape in the Mist
8

Landscape in the Mist

Sep. 10, 1988

Landscape in the Mist

Two children search for their father who is supposed to live in Germany. Their obsession for this father figure will take them to the boundaries ...
Paperhouse
6.7

Paperhouse

Sep. 10, 1988

Paperhouse

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 ...
Drowning by Numbers
7.2

Drowning by Numbers

Sep. 10, 1988

Drowning by Numbers

An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts ...
Some Girls
5.8

Some Girls

Sep. 09, 1988

Some Girls

While on Christmas break, college student Michael journeys to Quebec City to spend time with his attractive girlfriend, Gabriella. Not long after ...
Running on Empty
7.7

Running on Empty

Sep. 09, 1988

Running on Empty

The Popes are a family who haven’t been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire ...
Moon Over Parador
6

Moon Over Parador

Sep. 09, 1988

Moon Over Parador

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator’s right ...