If the 1980s can’t be summarised by two slasher films set inside yuppie gymnasiums, it can’t be summarised at all. It’s Killer Workout from 1987 versus Death Spa from 1989. While you’re here, check out these boulders.

Robert Redford versus Jonny Lee Miller. Ben Kingsley versus Fisher Stevens. Mary McDonnell versus Angelina Jolie. Cut through the nostalgia, and which of these paranoid 90s techno thrillers has the upper hand? It’s Phil Alden Robinson’s Sneakers versus Iain Softley’s Hackers.

Before he ever set foot in the US, maestro John Woo had redefined the action film with two utterly distinctive thrillers released just three years apart. But which film has the upper hand today? It’s 1989’s The Killer versus Hard Boiled from 1992.

Two of the most successful Saturday Night Live spinoffs of all time. One victor. GAME ON.

After history was rewritten by two guys who couldn't spell, it was time for a few games of Twister in hell. Who’s in charge here, royal ugly dudes?

This episode, two extremely strange low-budget martial arts thrillers are on the slate; one passionately beloved, the other almost completely forgotten. Have Florida’s illustrious Dragon Sound got what it takes to smoke the incomparable MC Kung Fu?

THE quintessential cult film of 1979 squares up to the surprisingly similar movie that trounced it critically and commercially that very same year. It’s Walter Hill versus Philip Kaufman. Can you dig it?

Then: Two of the most memorable and recognisable sights at your local VHS emporium. Now: Two of the most widely forgotten horror hits of that era. Which of them, if any, truly deserves that fate?

John Woo, Jean-Claude Van Damme and a sucker-punched rattle snake. Ernest Dickerson, Ice-T and Gary Busey’s canine soliloquy. How’s it feel to be hunted?

In times of tyrants, sorcery and swordplay, one must hold decisiveness in high regard. This chariot is headed straight for Decision Town. Get on, or get out of the way, peck!