Category: 1980s movies

Running Scared hit the theaters in 1986 Running Scared is an action packed comedy starring Billy Crystal as Danny Costanzo… read more Running Scared

Vision Quest was also titled Crazy for You Vision Quest is a coming of age film is a little different… read more Vision Quest

Iron Eagle was the US Air force’s response to the Navy’s Top Gun Iron Eagle is a family oriented military… read more Iron Eagle

Called Mad Max 2 it’s obviously the second movie in the franchise, was really the first to be seen by… read more Mad Max 2 – The Road Warrior

Das Boot means the boat in German This foreign made film took the world by storm with it’s vivid portrayal… read more Das Boot

Willow starting Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis Willow is a delightful adventure fantasy written by George Lucas and directed by… read more Willow

Romancing the Stone is a true 1980s action-romance movie Romancing the Stone is one of the movies that made 1984… read more Romancing the Stone

The movie The Twilight Zone hit theaters in 1983 Produced by Steven Spielberg, working in collaboration with 3 other directors… read more Twilight Zone The Movie

As Thanksgiving approaches I think that this movie is wholly appropriate. A hilarious comedy directed by John Hughes that pairs… read more Planes Trains and Automobiles

This is another Wes Craven film, but the Serpent and the rainbow is shot with such surprising realism that you can forget at times you are watching a film and think you are watching a documentary or recreation of real life story

The story premise is pretty simple. The hereditary owner of the summer camp decides to reopen the long closed location after years of neglect. It’s 1980 and he has advertised for some summer counselors who are willing to help him with a few repairs and set up to get the camp going

Wes Craven brought the world a Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. Drawing from newspaper reports of tortured refuges who died in their sleep,

Crossroads is a 1986 movie named after a famous Robert Johnson song. The film sought to cash in on Ralph… read more Crossroads

In 1980 Randal Kleiser brought to life the romantic teen survival drama of the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by… read more The Blue Lagoon

Dark Night of the Scarecrow is a low budget horror film from 1981 that is surprizingly good because of quality… read more Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Summer Lovers is a romantic comedy unlike any other. It explores open relationships and the complications they present on the… read more Summer Lovers