Movies of the 80s
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We love the 1980s. Everything on this page is all about movies of the 1980s. Starting in 1980 and working our way the decade, we are preserving the stories and movies of the greatest decade, the 80s. https://www.youtube.com/@Moviesofthe80s
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The Protest That Wasn’t: How Early 80s Horror Movies Turned Outrage Into Advertising
They Tried to Ban It! (Or So the Poster Said) It’s a line horror fans know by heart: “The movie they tried to stop.” In the early 1980s, it seemed every horror movie promised that someone, somewhere, was outraged about it. If protesters weren’t real, they’d be invented. If bans didn’t happen, distributors whispered that they almost did. Outrage wasn’t bad for business — it was the business.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Horror
Debunking the Feminist Outrage Myth: The Real Story Behind Norman J. Warren’s Inseminoid (1981)
Investigating the Legend of Feminist Outrage over Norman J. Warren’s Inseminoid Directed by: Norman J. Warren Starring: Judy Geeson, Robin Clarke, Stephanie Beacham
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Horror
From Conspiracy Thriller to Comedy Misfire: How Dirty Tricks Butchered The Glendower Legacy
The Book: A Patriot’s Secret, a Nation’s Betrayal When Thomas Gifford published The Glendower Legacy in 1978, he imagined a cerebral, page-turning thriller built on an irresistible “what if?” premise: what if George Washington—the most sacred figure in American history—had been a traitor? The novel follows a Harvard professor who uncovers documents suggesting just that, plunging him into a deadly web of espionage, political cover-ups, and Cold War paranoia.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
When the Postman Rang Twice: How Two Hollywood Eras Told the Same Story Differently
Two Versions, One Dangerous Obsession When a story is strong enough, Hollywood will find a way to tell it again. Few tales prove that better than The Postman Always Rings Twice, James M. Cain’s 1934 novel of lust, greed, and guilt.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) — When the Antichrist Went Corporate
By 1981, Even the Devil Needed a Day Job By 1981, Damien Thorn had traded his tricycle for a three-piece suit — and Omen III: The Final Conflict asked a wild question: what if the Antichrist became a world leader… and a bit of a bore?
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Horror
When Jeff Bridges’ Dog Helped Him Land Cutter’s Way
The Role That Bit Back Sometimes fate — or in this case, a dog — decides your next role. When producer Paul Gurian and director Ivan Passer drove out to Jeff Bridges’ Malibu home to convince him to star in Cutter’s Way, they probably didn’t expect the meeting to end in a trip to the hospital. As Bridges later recalled, one of his dogs took an instant dislike to Gurian and bit him — hard enough that the producer needed medical treatment.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
Amy (1981): Disney’s Surprising Grown-Up Drama About Teaching the Deaf
Amy (1981) sits in a peculiar corner of Disney history. Most people think of the studio as a purveyor of cartoons, fairy tales, and family comedies, but here’s a twist: Disney took a quiet, earnest television drama about a woman teaching speech to deaf children and released it in theaters. Originally titled Amy on the Lips, the movie caught the attention of Walt Disney Productions executives, who felt the story was “so powerful” it deserved a wider audience. That decision alone makes the film a fascinating footnote in the studio’s output — a grown-up story in a catalog better known for child-friendly fare.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
The Funhouse (1981): How Dean Koontz and Tobe Hooper Told Two Very Different Carnival Nightmares
Two siblings of the same horror story Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse (1981) and the paperback novel published one year earlier under the pseudonym Owen West (later revealed to be Dean Koontz) are linked by title, setting, and a carnival of terrors—but they are not mirror images. The novel and the film share DNA, yet they grow into two very different beasts.
By Movies of the 80s5 months ago in Horror
The Back Roads That Went Nowhere: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, and the Lost Ending of a Troubled 1981 Film
A Road Movie with Bumps Along the Way Martin Ritt’s Back Roads (1981) was meant to be a gentle Southern road movie, the story of two broken people trying to find something like redemption. Sally Field plays Amy Post, a small-town sex worker with dreams of California sunshine. Tommy Lee Jones is Elmore Pratt, a down-and-out ex-boxer drifting through life. Together, they hitchhike westward, bonding through shared hardship and a flicker of hope.
By Movies of the 80s5 months ago in Geeks
The Screenwriter with No Hands: The Strange Disappearance — and Solved Mystery — of Gary DeVore
The Writer Who Vanished Gary DeVore wrote about men making desperate choices. Then, one night in 1997, he made one himself — and paid the ultimate price. Driving home from New Mexico after finishing a screenplay, DeVore disappeared somewhere on the dark highway between Santa Fe and California. For a year, no one knew what happened.
By Movies of the 80s5 months ago in Geeks
