LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Desert Hearts (1985)

Films have formulas and cliches, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Setting in Reno in 1959, Desert Hearts (1985) is a film about a uptight respectable academic in Nevada for a quickie divorce who meets and falls in love with a wild young artist.

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DESERT HEARTS (1985)

ZOMBIE FILM RULES - The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Every genre has cliches, but how well do Living Dead sequels follow the Zombie film rules?

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is film about a zombie outbreak after cannisters containing zombies from the events that  allegedly inspired Night of the Living Dead (1968).

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THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)

ZOMBIE FILM RULES - Warning Sign (1985)

Every genre has cliches, but how well do films with a "rage virus" follow the Zombie film rules?

Warning Sign (1985) is about an outbreak of a man-made virus in a secret government lab that seems to cause the death of its victims, followed by rage-based attacking the uninfected.

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WARNING SIGN (1985)

SLASHER FILM RULES - Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Are the slasher film rules true?

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) the fourth Friday the 13th film.  Does it follow the rules?

SLASHER RULES - A Nightmare on Elm St 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Are the slasher film rules true?

"Fred Krueger! He's inside me, and he wants to take me again!" ~ Jesse Walsh, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.  

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 - Freddy's Revenge (1985) is a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm  Street (the title is a give away) but is it, too, going to follow the slasher film rules?