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1980: The Year in Bedlam

In this Year in Bedlam overview, highlighting 30 lesser-known and/or underappreciated film releases, I’ll be exploring 1980

A stand-out graphic novel from Eibon Press and the team of scripter Stephen Romano and artist Pat Carbajal

Said to be the most outrageous film ever made by the 42nd Street legend Doris Wishman

Here we have the fictional equivalent of those Nazi-sploitation movies prevalent in the 1970s

There’s something about a multi-part crime movie, particularly a Shaw Brothers crime movie, that compels

Undoubtedly the most inventive and unorthodox film to emerge from the 1960s Mondo movie cycle

Just what the title says.

What follows are the type of little-known films that tend to comprise my “Look Back in Bedlam” listings, of which this is the 1982 entry

Continuing with my Year in Bedlam year-end overviews, we arrive at 1984

This hefty 527 page book is either a standout example of gonzo scholarship or an extended manifestation of unfiltered insanity