Well, further clues can be found as you venture inside. The building’s double doors and distinctive archway appear to have been taken directly from Kindergarten Cop’s Astoria Elementary School. Early on in the game, Harry stumbles on a school- Midwich Elementary School, to be precise-which might spark a hint of déjà vu as soon as you approach its stone steps. Needless to say, the things Mason uncovers are strange and very, very gruesome. In Silent Hill, you control Harry Mason, a father hunting for his daughter Cheryl in the eerily deserted town of the title. Yet eagle-eyed players may have noticed a strange hidden link between the video game and the goofy family comedy. At the decade’s end came Silent Hill, Konami’s best-selling survival horror game that sent shivers down PlayStation owners’ spines.Īs pop culture artifacts go, they’re as different as oil and water. At the beginning of the decade came Kindergarten Cop, the hit comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and starring larger-than-life action star Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kitty and the Bagman (1983) A notorious Australian flop set in Sydney during the Roaring 20s.At first glance, Kindergarten Cop and Silent Hill don't seem to have much in common-aside from both being products of the 1990s.Days of Thunder (1990) Take a star - here it's top gun Tom Cruise - and mix in fast planes, bikes, cars or anything….Killer Shrews, The (1959) This cut-price poppycock begins with husky seaman Thorne Sherman (James Best) arriving with supplies for Doctor Craigis (Baruch Lumet), a….Awakenings (1990) This true story is adapted from a 1973 book by Dr Oliver Sacks, a clinical neurologist who in a New….Frankenstein Unbound (1990) 21st Century scientist Dr Joseph Buchanan (John Hurt) is an idealistic man of conscience who nevertheless is working on a….Hunt For Red October, The (1990) This Cold War thriller marks the first screen appearance of Jack Ryan, the US agent subsequently played by Harrison Ford in….King of Marvin Gardens, The (1972) The introverted host of a late-night radio chat show becomes embroiled in his younger brother's get-rich-quick schemes in Atlantic City….Scott (Patton) at his gravelly-voiced best.
Exorcist III, The (1990) This third instalment in The Exorcist franchise features Oscar winner George C.Richard Tyson and Carroll Baker make almost pantomime baddies, but this isn’t really a children’s film and parents should keep the channel-changer handy for the more violent bits. Surprisingly few of the kids went on to become major child stars though director Ivan Reitman found a minor part for his teenage son, Jason, who went on to direct Juno. He plays tough Los Angeles cop John Kimble, who is forced to teach toddlers while searching undercover for a crook’s ex-wife and son in the hope that her testimony will put him away.Īrnie is actually at his best jousting with the little tykes, while the romance with Penelope Ann Miller is less convincing, but not overly intrusive. This undemanding picture proves that Arnold Schwarzenegger can do comedy, provided he doesn’t try too hard.
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