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)

SLASHER FILM RULES - Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)

Every genre has cliches, but how well do the Friday the Thirteenth films follow the Slasher film rules?

Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) Tommy Jarvis accidentally brings Jason Vorhees back from the dead, leading to the usual fun and games.

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JASON LIVES: FRIDAY THE 13TH PART IV (1986)

SLASHER FILM RULES - April Fool's Day (1986)

Every genre has cliches, but how well does an April's Day film follow the Slasher film rules?

April Fool's Day (1986) a group of friends celebrate April Fool's Day weekend in the traditional way, going to an island mansion to play pranks on - and kill off one-by-one - their friends.

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APRIL FOOL'S DAY (1986)

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)

SLASHER FILM RULES - Leprechaun 2 (1994)

Every genre has rules, but how well does a St Patrick's Day film follow the Slasher film rules?

Leprechaun 2 (1994) is, as should be obvious, the sequel to the previous year's Leprechaun.

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LEPRECHAUN 2 (1994)

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)

ZOMBIE FILM RULES - Zombie (1979)

Every genre has cliches, but how well do films with zombies follow the Zombie film rules?

Zombie (1979) [aka Zombi 2 and Zombie Flesh Eaters] is Lucio Fulci's unauthorised in-name-only "sequel" to Dawn of the Dead (1978) [aka Zombi].

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ZOMBI 2/ZOMBIE (1979)