All Films

Squeal of Death

1985 • 16 min • United States of America

Absurd slapstick cartoon-like comedy about Howie, a scrawny kid pushed around by his slob dad and everyone else. He loves cinema and becomes obsessed with a gangster film. This pushes him over the edge into the life of crime. Or does it?

Where Did I Come From?

1985 • 27 min • United States of America

An animated sex education video for children based on the best-selling book of the same title. It tells the story of conception through birth in a humorous, sensitive way, answering all the awkward questions parents have found difficult to respond to in an informative and entertaining way

The GLO Friends Save Christmas

1985 • 24 min • United States of America

Blanche, the Wicked Witch of the North Pole, is jealous of Santa Claus. She imprisons him and his reindeer in an icy cage on a raging river, so they can't deliver their presents on Christmas Eve. Her timid sidekick, Moose the unimaginatively-named moose, tries to stop her, but she zaps him far away with her magic. The Glo Friends find out what she's done, and they set out to try and save Santa. They rescue Moose from a tree along the way, and Blanche tries to imprison them in ice flowers. But her schemes fail, as they reach Santa anyway, and face her in a final showdown to rescue him.

PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome

1985 • 6 min • United States of America

Short film for David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival in 1985 produced by Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara.

A Still Small Shout

1985 • 55 min

'I always wanted to be what you brought me up to be, what you called a grain of sand in the eye of the world. I wanted to be it so I could feel terror; the terror you feel on a big dipper; the terror you feel when you are starting an affair.'

INXS: Living INXS

1985 • 47 min

"Rockin' the Royals" – a Royal Command performance for the Prince and Princess of Wales, recorded live on the 4th November 1985 at Melbourne Concert Hall, Australia. Setlist as follows: Burn For You, Kiss The Dirt, Dancing On The Jetty, The One Thing, This Time, Shine Like It Does, Listen Like Thieves, What You Need, One By One, Original Sin, Don't Change.

Pas encore Elvis Gratton !

1985 • 28 min • Canada

Elvis Gratton is back from Santa Banana. Now it's time to get ready for the holiday season. Our man is very busy. At the mayor's reception, he performs his greatest hits.But then tragedy strikes.Elvis dies.Will it all end on such a sad note?

The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf

1985 • 41 min

Adolescent werewolf Walt Cribbens finds himself transforming into a wolf-boy form for two minutes at a time. He has no idea why he is a werewolf, so he decides to seek answers with the help of his best friend Cindy, who witnessed his very first transformation. This quest is complicated by a series of local robberies that throw suspicion on Walt.

Joe Bob Briggs: Dead In Concert

1985 • 60 min

A filmed version of drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs' one man show, "An Evening With Joe Bob Briggs," featuring stories, comedy and music, performed in front of a live audience.

I Hate You Now

1985 • 10 min

“I Hate You Now” is about when you’re in a relationship, and the person you’re in a relationship with starts doing everything you do. So in the film the guy has a burned up face, and his girlfriend burns her face so she can be like him. — Richard Kern

California Images

1985 • 54 min

Hi-fi for the eyes

Canada Vignettes: St. Laurent Pilgrimage

1985 • 2 min • Canada

This very short film from the Canada Vignettes series documents the annual pilgrimage that members of Saskatchewan’s Métis Catholic community make to St. Laurent, a village in the Duck Lake area that became the Métis nation’s spiritual centre at the time of the 1885 Northwest Rebellion.

Canada Vignettes: Mussel Mud

1985 • 1 min • Canada

A vignette using animation and live action to depict mussel farmers digging in the mud through the ice on bays and estuaries in Prince Edward Island.

The Emperor's New Clothes

1985 • 49 min • United States of America

Two con men take advantage of an emperor's vanity.

A Chipmunk Reunion

1985 • 30 min • United States of America

The Chipmunks are discussing when they were born and began to argue. They wanted to go and find their mother but Dave doesn't let them. The Chipettes are invited round while the Chipmunks go and look for their mother but Dave finds out and gets worried...

The Bridge Under the Castle

1985 • 40 min • Albania

War film written and directed by Rikard Ljarja.

Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz

1985 • 31 min

An MTV special featuring new wave band Oingo Boingo performing live at the Ritz rock club in New York City.

Spirit of the Kata

1985 • 28 min • Canada

Five women are black belts in karate, which to them is more than self-defense, it's a philosophy for life.

The Making of 'The Goonies'

1985 • 7 min • United States of America

TV documentary about the making of 'The Goonies'

B.B. King: Into the Night

1985 • 27 min • United States of America

A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the Night" starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer.

The Great Buffalo Saga

1985 • 56 min • Canada

By the late 1800s the free-ranging buffalo of the western plains of North America were almost extinct. This documentary is the story of the buffalo's revival. Live action, eye-witness accounts and archival photos document our fascination with this ancient and legendary animal.

The Berenstain Bears in Giant Bat Cave

1985 • 30 min

The Bear Family find a bat cave.

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

1985 • 45 min • Germany

Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some of the most difficult peaks to be conquered, and they'll do it without the use of oxygen tanks. Herzog also takes some time to hear about their past experiences with other mountains, their personal tragedies and the reasons why they are so involved with such activity.

Youth Probe Presents: The Fantasy Explosion

1985 • 38 min • United States of America

How you and your family are being exploited by: pornography & teenage sex films, music videos, occult films, toys, soap operas & romantic novels, role-playing games, and comic books. This book answers by examining our growing fascination with dangerous forms of fantasy and escape.