Tag Archives: Future Kill

June is Slasher-Hybrid Month at Retro Slashers!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Dusk

Not to be confused with quasi-slashers, which are movies with vague slasher elements (in which case, I’m pretty sure every single horror movie and serial killer thriller would be valid), slasher-hybrids are films that specifically combine the slasher film with … Continue reading →

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Future Kill Composer Robert Renfrow Passes Away

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Dusk

I have been informed by a close friend of Future Kill composer and true Texan Robert Renfrow that he passed away on December 9th 2010 after a short illness. He was only 49. It feels like a major blow to … Continue reading →

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Future-Kill (1985) Review

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Dusk

It’s the near future and young adults are divided into two factions: the ‘Frats’, the privileged college upperclass, and the poverty-stricken ‘Mutants’, a society of punk protestors. We start out with each group separately but in mirrored situations – a … Continue reading →

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A Synthesized Future: The Robert Renfrow Interview (2006)

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Dusk

Ronald D. Moore’s FUTURE-KILL (1985) faced illustrating a large story with a limited budget. A big part of its success in demonstrating a bleak, near-future vision was not what you see, but what you hear. Film composer Robert Renfrow’s electronic … Continue reading →

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