Bad '80s movies you LOVE! [Archive] - Comic Book Resources Forums

GremlinClr

03-12-2005, 06:36 AM

Ok, we all have 'em. Hiding in our subconcious just waiting to jump out at the wrong time. And now is that time. So here's the rules.

To be eligible the movie must have been released between 1980 and 1989, honorable mention can go to '79 and '90.

Give a linky to the IMDb page so we can all witness your depravity and laugh, LAUGH at your foolishness. Or, ummm, you know agree with you or something.

I'll go first.

Midnight Madness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081159/) is a classic college movie that drips pure '80s schlok like a boil drips pus.

Night of the Comet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/) is a bad, Bad, BAD '80s horror movie that is so unbelievably bad, when it comes on channels like USA or TNT I am rendered powerless to resist and must sit and watch the entire thing.

Scavenger Hunt (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079858/) was made in '79 so it gets honorable mention. Why? It's hilarious, that's why. Great ensemble cast, good premise makes for a really good, bad movie.

Your turn. :D

Sheldon

03-12-2005, 06:39 AM

Summer School - Mark Harmon rules

License to Drive - The two coreys at the height of their powers! + Heather Graham!

comicartfan

03-12-2005, 07:39 AM

I love Midnight Madness! -"fagabeefee"
2.The Sword and the Sorcerer-over the top gore and a Conan rip-off, but damn, that Sword though impractical, was awesome!
3.Pandemonium. Hilarious, Pee -Wee Herman at his funniest

EZMOHR

03-12-2005, 09:44 AM

Here are my top 5:

5. The Pink Chiquitas--- Nymphos, A Pink Meteor, Ertha Kitt like purrs from said meteor...and Frank Stallone. You can't go wrong. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093741/

4. House II: The Second Story--- Perhaps one of the greatest sequels ever. It has monsters, old cowboys, and Cliff Claven. Awesome. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093220/

3. This one needs no explination. It is so awful, I will watch it any time it is on...no questions asked. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/
So he does he have to give his Oscar back for being in this? And can you take this man's political views serious after watching this movie?

2. Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Horrible. Utterly useless. One actually loses IQ points watching it. Yet, I can never stop once it is on.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095444/

1. The Mosquito Coast. A lot of people like it. A lot of people also thought shag carpetig was nice. Folks this isthe worst movie ever made. EVER. I mean a giant f**kin' ice machine. Harrison Ford says this is his favorie movie. I hand my head in shame thinking of it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091557/

ZombieHavoc

03-12-2005, 09:52 AM

summer school, license to drive, and house 2 fall under the banner of ultimate classics. not bad movies by any means.

i'm gonna go with the wraith.

DDM

03-12-2005, 10:03 AM

Weird Science
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Rock-N-Roll High School
Saturday the 14th
Love At First Bite
Airplane 2
Seems Like Old Times
Blood Beach

Karl J. Barnes

03-12-2005, 10:05 AM

One of the Boys

Beachballs

Summer School

The Last Starfighter

The Batman

03-12-2005, 10:18 AM

Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lungdren, Frank Langella, a pre-Friends pre-Arguette Courtney Cox and a pre-Tom Paris Robert Duncan McNeill.

that and Purple Rain.

Arrjay

03-12-2005, 10:24 AM

The Goonies.
Planes, trains and automobiles.
The Neverending Story.
The Last Unicorn.
The Dark Crystal.

Dr. Banner

03-12-2005, 10:30 AM

The Goonies.
Planes, trains and automobiles.
The Neverending Story.
The Last Unicorn.
The Dark Crystal.

The list is supposed to be "bad".

The Dark Crystal is brilliant and full of imagination, Planes, Trains and Automobies is hilarious, and as a kid's movie, you can't go wrong with Goonies OR the Neverending Story.

Nothing wrong with those picks at all.

I'll have to 2nd "Masters of the Universe". Horrible acting (except for Langella, who's fantastic), but fun.

Steve

03-12-2005, 10:48 AM

Road House

Greg Hatcher

03-12-2005, 10:53 AM

A classic tale of a warrior's quest for redemption and his battles with an evil king to free the downtrodden peasants, with help from his aging mentor and a beautiful princess...

...except it's in a bar.

http://www.dvd.thefunnyfarm.co.uk/images/5971f.jpg

It's embarrassing how much I love this movie. It's just so weird. It really is a warrior quest story, except it's about the code of honor needed for, well, being a tavern bouncer. Seriously.

Here (http://www.dvd.thefunnyfarm.co.uk/details/5971.html) are more details.

Greg Hatcher

03-12-2005, 10:54 AM

Road House

Jinx!

.

ragnarok_2012

03-12-2005, 10:55 AM

Ladyhawke

Remo Williams, the Adventure Begins

Buckaroo Banzai

Steve

03-12-2005, 10:59 AM

Along with Road House, I also like Dirty Dancing.

Man, that's 2 for 2 with Patrick Swayze. lol

ragnarok_2012

03-12-2005, 04:01 PM

How about 3 for 3?

Red Dawn

Wolveriiiiiiiiines!!!!

Karl J. Barnes

03-12-2005, 05:26 PM

Ladyhawke

Remo Williams, the Adventure Begins

Buckaroo Banzai

I love Ladyhawke. I didn't find it cheesy or anything. I felt that it was a well told fantasy story. And Mathew Brodrick was fantastic as Mouse!

Stormy

03-12-2005, 05:47 PM

Just One Of The Guys
Neverending Story
Sleepaway Camp
Friday the 13th Part 5 & 6

Stormy

03-12-2005, 06:02 PM

oh and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Love that movie.

hugh45

03-12-2005, 06:16 PM

The Punisher
Commando
Those Dawn of Dead movies

DDM

03-12-2005, 06:34 PM

The Punisher
Commando
Those Dawn of Dead movies

Dawn of the Dead was released in 1979; it was made in 1978. Day of the Dead was released in 1985. Return of the Living Dead was released in 1984. There were a bunch of other zombie movies released in the 70's & early to mid 80's...

Blink85

03-12-2005, 08:05 PM

12 little indians the agatha christie verson with frank stallone

Karl J. Barnes

03-12-2005, 08:07 PM

oh and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Love that movie.

I remember seeing that opening night. The theater was PACKED! And though the movie as a whole was a mess, it was charming enough and goofy enough to make me feel that wacthing it was time well spent.

Toreador

03-12-2005, 08:49 PM

Bad movies that nobody loves (but I watch every time their on): Xanadu and The Pirate Movie. I can't help myself, it's a sickness.

Blink85

03-12-2005, 09:03 PM

Bad movies that nobody loves (but I watch every time their on): Xanadu and The Pirate Movie. I can't help myself, it's a sickness.

Xanadu was an awesome film, I have yet to run across anyone who says otherwise!

Karl J. Barnes

03-12-2005, 09:08 PM

Xanadu was an awesome film, I have yet to run across anyone who says otherwise!

I saw it when it first came out and my buddies and I were sorely disappointed at the music. We wanted to see ELO! It truely is a movie of its time though.

Bruceleehulk

03-12-2005, 11:50 PM

1 Return of the Living Dead

2 Killer Klowns

3 Return of the Living Dead 2

4 The House

5 Dead Alive

6 Tremors

7 An American Werewolf in London

8 IT

9 Critters

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000099T3P.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

10 Critters 2: The Main Course

11 Critters 3

12 Candyman 2

13 Candyman 3

14 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

15 Children of the Corn

16 The Lost Boys

17 Carrie

18 The Swarm

19 Big Trouble in Little China

29 the puppet master movies

30 Doll man vs. the demonic toys

31 The Blob (1978)

32 drunken master

33 MEET THE FEEBLES

34 Army of Darkness

35 Dawn of the Dead

36 The Evil Dead

37 Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

38 Night of the Living Dead

39 Prophecy

40 Day of the Dead

41 SPACED INVADERS

42 They Live

SteelTownr

03-12-2005, 11:56 PM

Steve

03-13-2005, 12:09 AM

Critters was awesome, especially the first one.

Adrian Tullberg

03-13-2005, 02:14 AM

You might like this site. (http://badmovies.org/movies/index.html)

StoneGold

03-13-2005, 02:15 AM

marshal99

03-13-2005, 03:14 AM

Sleepaway Camp

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Night of the demons

Troll 1

Moptormouse

03-13-2005, 04:10 AM

1) Ice Pirates
2) Can't buy me love
3)My science project

Toreador

03-13-2005, 12:52 PM

Blink 85 said:

Xanadu was an awesome film, I have yet to run across anyone who says otherwise!

Well, at least I now know I won't be alone in the crazy ward. :D

Here's another bad movie I like: Megaforce. Flying Motocycles!!

Karl J. Barnes

03-13-2005, 01:54 PM

I just remembered this cheesy B Movie with Mary Stewart and Robert Beltran called The Night of the Comet. It alos had Geoffry Lewis in it about the end of humanity and how a few survivors survive. They battle zombies and of course, there is a super secret government science group. Pure cheese! Loved it!

Sheldon

03-13-2005, 02:36 PM

Two words: American Ninja.

Two more words: Delta Force. Although that one hasn't aged nearly as well.

And just for kicks, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, where Joe, the American Ninja and his wacky black sidekick Jackson take on the evil-clone-cyborg-mutant-ninja-marines.

My dream movie would have Joe, the American Ninja and his wacky black sidekick Jackson, team up with Sho Kosugi from Ninja III: The Domination against that sexy aerobics instructor who is possessed by an vengeful ninja.

Chou Blaster

03-13-2005, 03:00 PM

The Adventures of Buckao Banzai!

Damnit!

That was a movie of cheese. But the cheese was *good.*

dougputhoff

03-13-2005, 04:28 PM

Three Words: "Who's That Girl". For some darn reason, I actually like this movie, even if it has Madonna is it.

"In God We Trust"--I think this came out in the 80's. It featured Marty Feldman as a monk, Andy Kaufman as a televangelist, and Richard Pryor as God.

"Amerithon"--This was actually from 1979, but i still have to put it here. This movie takes place in the late 1990s and stars John Ritter as the producer of a telethon trying to raise money to bail out America after a major financial crunch. Maybe George Bush ought to try that.

"Summer School"--I actually liked this movie, too. My favorite are the two character who review everything and give it a Siskel-Ebertian "Thumbs Up" or "Thumbs Down".

Sheldon

03-13-2005, 05:18 PM

"Summer School"--I actually liked this movie, too. My favorite are the two character who review everything and give it a Siskel-Ebertian "Thumbs Up" or "Thumbs Down".

One of my favorite parts is when we find out why the student is always sleeping in class is so tired!

Bruceleehulk

03-13-2005, 05:25 PM

The Invasion of the B movie remakes has begun.

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/remakes.html

Matt

03-13-2005, 05:26 PM

Transformers: The Movie

Sub-par animation quality, not a great script, plot holes bigger than Galvatron's ego, shockingly bad 80's music, etc etc

But I still love it.

Karl J. Barnes

03-13-2005, 06:32 PM

The Invasion of the B movie remakes has begun.

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/remakes.html

There are alot of remakes of remakes in that list. Another The Fly?? Why remake The Fog? Has horror movies really run out of new ideas?

hugh45

03-13-2005, 08:23 PM

The Invasion of the B movie remakes has begun.

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/remakes.html

You mean,they can't think of anymore horror stories?
Don't remake those cheesy classics that's why I love 'em. :)

Tien Long

03-13-2005, 08:31 PM

Road House is now a TNT classic, awesome cast and fight scenes. Though it's in a bar, Dalton reminds me of that Shaolin monk vibe. Loved his "Be Nice" speech.

"Then I'll tell you when NOT to be nice."

Hey, was Terry Funk in that movie too?

Beastmaster, the single greatest Conan the Barbarian rip-off ever.

And last but now least, the GREATEST Dolph Lundren movie ever by virtue of the single GREATEST exchange of one-liners ever:

"I COME IN PEACE!"
"AND YOU'RE GOING...IN PIECES!"

Steve

03-13-2005, 09:01 PM

"Then I'll tell you when NOT to be nice."

Hey, was Terry Funk in that movie too?
My favorite one has to be..

Steve:"What if somebody calls my mama a whore?"

Dalton:"Is she?"

Hey, was Terry Funk in that movie too?

Yep.

Beastmaster, the single greatest Conan the Barbarian rip-off ever.

Man, how could I forget this one. True 80's classic.

leg end

03-13-2005, 09:07 PM

They Live with wrestling leg end Rowdy Roddy Piper. Absolutely awful yet still watchable in a lovingly-laughing sorta way. For those who don't know, Roddy drifts into town as an out of work construction guy, makes a friend, finds some special sunglasses, realises aliens are subliminally controlling us and then says stuff like 'I've come to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta gum!' and then he does kick ass but never finds any gum. great film

For those who know it, the ending is the best part-'Whatsa matter baby?'

It's an awful film, but it is cool that one of my lecturers showed it on my histroy of mass communication and culture course as an example of hegemony.

Mike Pothier

03-13-2005, 11:08 PM

Commando is like the defining 80s action movie for me. Over the top, overly violent, and dripping with homoerotica.

billdo75

03-14-2005, 07:14 AM

Ninja III: The Domination (1984) (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087805/combined)

That opening sequence where the ninja goes on the killing spree at the golf course...ninjas are sooooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants!

Phoney Bone

03-14-2005, 05:24 PM

Disorderlies

Willow

another vote for Who's That Girl

Against All Odds

and a movie even WORSE than Roadhouse that rocks like no other...

http://hem.bredband.net/trash/posters/next-of-kin.gif

DDM

03-14-2005, 06:19 PM

Disorderlies

Willow

another vote for Who's That Girl

Against All Odds

and a movie even WORSE than Roadhouse that rocks like no other...

http://hem.bredband.net/trash/posters/next-of-kin.gif

Patrick Swayze's only really good movies are 1987's Dirty Dancing & 1990's Ghost. The rest of his filmography are stinkers. I wonder if he regrets being a drag queen in the 1993 film, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar?

Phoney Bone

03-14-2005, 09:40 PM

Look at him!!!

Look at him and WORSHIP, dammit!!

http://1.im.cz/n/photo/02/17/38kknwk-topsirka.jpg

pirulaso

03-14-2005, 09:44 PM

Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Horrible. Utterly useless. One actually loses IQ points watching it. Yet, I can never stop once it is on.

lol i have the opposite effect cause i am traumatized form it. i turn it off as soon as possible.

wasnt big trouble in little china the 80's? i love that one

Bruceleehulk

03-14-2005, 10:50 PM

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/killers.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/supernatural.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/zombies.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/demons.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/vampires.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/werewolves.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/sequels.html

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/misc.html

Grant

03-15-2005, 01:53 AM

Going to have to say Tango and Cash.

Grant

03-15-2005, 02:03 AM

dougputhoff

03-15-2005, 02:29 AM

Patrick Swayze's existence is justified by "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas This Year", from the "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. THE funniest Christmas song ever. (The previous champ, Weird Al Yankovic's "Merry Christmas from Ground Zero", lost the title after 9-11.)

Grant

03-15-2005, 04:27 PM

ViviSecVi

03-15-2005, 09:58 PM

I would have to go with The Warriors. How many movies can you say were banned at theatres because they thought it would create too much gang violence

Grant

03-15-2005, 10:08 PM

I would have to go with The Warriors. How many movies can you say were banned at theatres because they thought it would create too much gang violence

They had a Warriors party in Brooklyn last Halloween where everyone dressed like the gang members. I wish I went.

dougputhoff

03-16-2005, 01:35 AM

I would have to go with The Warriors. How many movies can you say were banned at theatres because they thought it would create too much gang violence

I remember when the flick first came out. I wanted to go see so badly. But it didn't play in my hometown (not to mention the fact I was only 16 at the time). Has that ever been released on DVD?

SteelTownr

03-16-2005, 01:58 AM

Remember back in 1987 or 1988 when Big came out we had all those movies where kids switched bodies with adults. You had Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage in Vice Versa or Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore is the awful Like Father, Like Son. My personal fave 18 Again starring Charles Schlatter switching bodies with George Burns.

Yeah, that was a terrible shame, wasn't it?

Mark B.

Bruceleehulk

03-16-2005, 05:24 AM

1 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ( damn I forgot to put this movie on my list)

http://www.impawards.com/1988/im_gonna_git_you_sucka.html

I Must Break U

03-17-2005, 03:06 PM

Masters of the Universe
Weird Science

JoeLikesComics

03-17-2005, 03:47 PM

I like the Breakfast Club and all of the Rocky movies.WAIT!! those movies dont suck

DDM

03-17-2005, 03:57 PM

Remember back in 1987 or 1988 when Big came out we had all those movies where kids switched bodies with adults. You had Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage in Vice Versa or Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore is the awful Like Father, Like Son. My personal fave 18 Again starring Charles Schlatter switching bodies with George Burns.

But Disney's successful Freaky Friday, starring a teenage Jodie Foster, also made 70's era switch-a-roo films too. However, the 80's also had their share of switch-a-roo films because of the successful film, Big.

Grant

03-17-2005, 05:42 PM

But Disney's successful Freaky Friday, starring a teenage Jodie Foster, also made 70's era switch-a-roo films too. However, the 80's also had their share of switch-a-roo films because of the successful film, Big.

Can't recall anyother switch movies in the 70 other then Freak Friday. I just remember that one 18 month period there were a ton of them.

Dennis K

03-17-2005, 08:28 PM

When was the movie Mobsters released. It starred Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey and one of the guys from 21 Jump Street (I think) as the young Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. If that did come out in the 80s it gets my vote as a cheesy 80s classic.

Steve

03-17-2005, 08:40 PM

Dennis K

03-17-2005, 08:45 PM

Mobsters came out in '91. 21 Jump Street star was Richard Grieco.

Okay, thanks for the info. I guess my second nomination would have to be Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. You just can't beat Ricardo Mountaban wearing a fake chest along with Shatner's wig over-emoting to the hilt. "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan"

estee

03-18-2005, 08:47 AM

Anything made by Golan-Globus...they were 80's hack-action movie masters.

Also...

Running Scared--under-rated cop-buddy movie

Krull--A B-movie classic

Night

03-20-2005, 06:40 PM

Lot's of good memories on this list...... Especailly some of the Dolf Lungren movies

But for really cheesy bad
The Last Dragon - with Bruce Leroy

Karl J. Barnes

03-20-2005, 07:33 PM

Anything made by Golan-Globus...they were 80's hack-action movie masters.

Also...

Running Scared--under-rated cop-buddy movie

Krull--A B-movie classic

Loved Just LOVED Running Scared. The two most unlikely action buddies ever!!

Karl J. Barnes

03-20-2005, 07:35 PM

Okay, thanks for the info. I guess my second nomination would have to be Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. You just can't beat Ricardo Mountaban wearing a fake chest along with Shatner's wig over-emoting to the hilt. "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan"

Saw that movie on my birthday. The first time and the last that we will see such a sweet vulcan like Kristie Alley's Savak.

shades of eternity

03-20-2005, 09:42 PM

surprised nobody's mentioned short circuit and short circuit 2

Johnny 5 was fun :)

Bruceleehulk

04-20-2005, 09:57 PM

Braindead

Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Romance

The Return of the Living Dead

Sci-Fi / Comedy / Horror

Return of the living dead part 2

Comedy / Horror

The Evil Dead

Genre: Horror / Fantasy

Evil Dead 2

Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror

Army of Darkness

Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Action / Comedy / Horror

GozertheGozarian

04-20-2005, 11:41 PM

UHF, so awsomely bad, it's cult.

Wargames

saintjon

04-21-2005, 04:54 AM

Man UHF was golden though lol.

Any flick that will give me Conan the Librarian is quality as far as I'm concerned :D.

My vote goes to Strange Brew lol.

Michael P

04-21-2005, 07:42 AM

Has anyone said "The Monster Squad" yet? I must have seen that movie about 20 times on HBO.

Dreadstar

04-21-2005, 08:42 AM

Caveman with Ringo and the Tooz and Barbara Bach.

I love the impromptu campfire jam in the middle of it.

cable guy

04-21-2005, 07:30 PM

Big Trouble in Little China
Hardbodies

cable guy

04-21-2005, 07:31 PM

surprised nobody's mentioned short circuit and short circuit 2

Johnny 5 was fun :)

Allie Sheedy and Mathew Broderick.

Short Circuit was a good bad flick.

Evo Schandor

04-21-2005, 07:58 PM

The Wild Life
Night of the Comet
1941
My Science Project
Modern Problems
Neighbors

Deathstroke

04-21-2005, 08:05 PM

Summer School - Mark Harmon rules

And it was my first introduction to Fabiana Udenio who later played the love of Londo Mollari's life on Babylon 5, Adira.

Deathstroke

04-21-2005, 08:07 PM

The Last Starfighter

I love this movie, but man watching it now, you sit there and say "The special effects kind of suck.

Deathstroke

04-21-2005, 08:08 PM

Allie Sheedy and Mathew Broderick.

Short Circuit was a good bad flick.

The first one was really good I thought. The second one was a soul killing bad film no ifs ands or buts.

Karl J. Barnes

04-22-2005, 07:20 AM

Two other "bad" films of the 80s: Gremlins and Krull. I loved them when they came out, but watching them now they do come off as being sincerely corny.

Evo Schandor

05-07-2005, 10:17 PM

... and "D.C CAB"! How could I ever forget that? Definitely one of the best worst movies ever...

comic

04-26-2008, 11:04 AM

Everyone Needs to Watch "DEF-CON 4" really bad 80's nuclear, end of the world sci-fi Mess.. A Must See!

ultramandingo

04-26-2008, 11:19 AM

.......speaking of nostalgia
- weird seeing all those posts and posters from 3 years ago - like some kinda ghosts from the nerdy past

- plus 1941 rules - christopher lee , toshiro mifune and slim pickins in the same scean !

Christopher Cross Is God

04-26-2008, 02:17 PM

My dream movie would have Joe, the American Ninja and his wacky black sidekick Jackson, team up with Sho Kosugi from Ninja III: The Domination against that sexy aerobics instructor who is possessed by an vengeful ninja.

That sexy aerobics instructor was the lead actress in both Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo!

My picks for this thread are:

Can't Buy Me Love
License To Drive

Don't necessarily love them, but they're bad films from the 80's which I like.

Michael P

04-26-2008, 02:28 PM

Allie Sheedy and Mathew Broderick.

Short Circuit was a good bad flick.

Don't you mean Steve Guttenberg?

tangentman

04-26-2008, 03:37 PM

Polyester
Reform School Girls
Basket Case
Battle Beyond The Stars
Lust For Freedom
Eat The Rich
The Burbs
The New Kids (I think that's the title--it's this really BAD, pseudo-martial arts film pitting Anthony Edwards & Lori Loughlin against a pack of redneck bullies. Atrocious, guilty pleasure viewing!)
Rainbow
Lust in The Dust

Toreador

04-26-2008, 04:23 PM

Allie Sheedy and Mathew Broderick.

Short Circuit was a good bad flick.

Well, then you'd be happy to know (or maybe sad) that Short Circuit is being remade by Dimension Films. Possibly with a CGI robot.

1WEBHEAD

04-26-2008, 04:37 PM

Teen Wolf. . .

The Zapper

04-26-2008, 04:48 PM

One Crazy Summer and Better Off Dead.

Christopher Cross Is God

04-26-2008, 07:02 PM

I forgot, although I don't know whether it's considered a bad film or not (I consider it a bit cheesy):

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

rick

04-26-2008, 07:22 PM

This is actually a pretty easy thread to pick films for since there were by far more really cheesy, terrible movies made during the 1980's than any other time in film history.

Maybe it was because the VCR was first becoming popular and they needed filler, I don't know, but oh man were there some real stinkers during that rancid little decade.

Still, I have to admit it, I'll still watch the Night Breed, Rambo and The Lost Boys when they come on, no matter how much like week old cheese they actually are.

mgs

04-26-2008, 09:01 PM

My Choices:

Three O'Clock High
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094138/

Don't know what it is about this movie that makes me like it. It centers around one thing for the whole movie that seems to take forever to get to. It's intriguing and unrealistic, but it's kinda fun, at times.

Top Secret!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088286/

An all around crappy movie that makes me lol at many times throughout. The boring parts put me to sleep, but things like the underwater fight and the parachute love scene are not to be missed!

Trust
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103130/

Yeah, one of Shelley's movies, too bad she's gone now. :(. This was not all that bad, but it was very, 'independent' and not very slick in it's production. I empathized with it even though the ending is bad and the camera work is horrible.

The Terminator
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/

Whoa! 'The Terminator'! you say? Yes. For me, this was always a low end sci-fi movie with a great idea and immersing backstory, but cheesy in the outcome. A b-movie with low grade effects and dated, irl. T2 picked up on the ideas and moved them into the general populace's conscious with amazing f/x and using the original story.

Secret Admirer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089981/

Thomas Howell is no leading man, but Kelly Preston was hot and this movie is kinda funny, to see the 'stud' go down in flames, even though he wins at the end. I can't relate to this movie, but it has a certain, 'charm' that I cannot explain.

Rad
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091817/

Really? Rad? Well, it may have been rad, but it is no longer. But for past riders of the dirt, it's the kinda movie to think back on the past. Plus, young hottie Lori was in it.

Mischief
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089601/

Again, with Preston. Maybe I was fascinated by her blatant sexuality in the 80's, but this movie had that same charm as Secret Admirer that I cannot explain.

Blue Thunder
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085255/

Like the Terminator, I thought this was a very cool idea, but it was cheesy as hell, and all that tech was dismissable in about 1 year after the movie came out. My uncle and cousins are pilots, so I was able to look through all their flying mags, military and civie, and I realized that this 'technologically advanced' helicopter was not that too forward looking. Too bad, they couldn't make this any cooler, like the Terminator, but then, it was hard enough writing a script for this first movie.

Megaforce
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084316/

Yes, Megaforce!! It has to be seen to be believed! Rockets on jeeps and motorcycles and lazers and all sorts of things! I even still have some of the die cast toys they made of this movie. It's all sorts of cheesy, but if you want your boy to grow up an alpha-dog (hate that term) then make them watch this movie and know how the cheesy hero succeeds!

kmeyers

04-26-2008, 09:22 PM

From,

"Ferris Bueller, you're my hero..."
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/stefaniafm/cameron.jpg

To,

Freddy Krueger, "Welcome to prime time, BITCH!"

]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/freddy3tvnbku0.gif

marshal99

04-26-2008, 09:48 PM

Again. Not truly bad by any means but a gulty pleasure of mine.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttvGz7rnjRE

Waxwork
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ4FlHowFOc

Waxwork II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui8cEqqtwR8

Warlock II : The Armageddon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YANiBuBzpDA

Lifeforce (for the simple fact that a hot naked chick walks around naked for almost the entire movie) - hey , every teenagers wet dream. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPCRLBUA0M

Ontir

04-26-2008, 10:29 PM

Battle Beyond the Stars (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080421/) is NOT a bad movie. It was written by John Sayles, for crying out loud, directed by Jimmy Murakami (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090315/), it had models designed and built by James Cameron, who oversaw all the SFX, it was co-produced by Gale Ann Hurd, and it still holds up.

Forbidden Zone (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080752/) would have to be my entry. From the warped mind of Richard Elfman, with music from his brother's band, Oingo Boingo, and featuring Hervé Villechaize and his then girlfriend, Susan Tyrell, it's just an amazing new wave, pseudo-German Expressionist, acid-trip cartoon come to life.

Another, without a doubt, would be the Apple (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080380/). This is, I'm quite certain, THE WORST-EVER, glitter-disco, Biblical, epic. The story goes, that the first audience was handed complimentary copies of the soundtrack album on the way in. The film is so gawdawful that they flung them like frisbees, shredding the screen, necessitating a late start for the second showing. After the screen was replaced, they waited to give the second audience their albums on the way out - no one accepted it.

mgs

04-26-2008, 11:38 PM

with music from his brother's band, Oingo Boingo,

they were awesome in, Back to School! :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090685/

Michael P

04-27-2008, 08:56 AM

Well, then you'd be happy to know (or maybe sad) that Short Circuit is being remade by Dimension Films. Possibly with a CGI robot.

How's angry? Does angry work for you?

ultramandingo

04-27-2008, 09:29 AM

...........as long as the bring back Fisher Stevens to play that nutty indian guy " I am sporting a tremendous woody. " - im fine with it - ahh pre pc hollyood

DDM

04-27-2008, 10:44 AM

Heartbeeps (http://youtube.com/watch?v=L6EE5vpY7Kw) (Andy Kaufman & Bernadette Peters):

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeVideoArt/Large/04/249904.jpg

Jared

04-27-2008, 04:09 PM

Still, I have to admit it, I'll still watch the Night Breed, Rambo and The Lost Boys when they come on, no matter how much like week old cheese they actually are.

Rambo First Blood Part II= great 80s action flick. Commando= Bad, bad, hilarious bad 80s action flick. I love 'em both.

The Lost Boys was my favorite vampire movie until the Blade I and II. It's still more enjoyable than any episodes of Buffy or Angel (and I really liked Angel). Plus it had Sax Man!

My favorite bad movies would be...

Rocky IV, The Musical In Disguise. Seriously, how many freakin' scenes in that movie are built around a song? There's not one, but two training montages! And WTF was going on with Paulie and the robot?!

Masters of the Universe. Favorite moment: a cynical cop near retirement going ballistic on Stormtrooper clones with a shotgun. What always bugged me, even as a kid, is how the climax makes no sense. Skeletor was already He-Man's arch enemy, and then he succeeds in acquiring the power of the universe and becoming a god...then He-Man just straight up beats him. Huh?

Howard the Duck. Did Leah Thompson's career ever recover from her beastial tryst in this movie?

Little Monsters. Fred Savage and Howie Mandel as a friendly monster, sort of a Beetlejuice for kids. Thinking about it now, I doubt there was a single funny moment in the entire thing. But back then, I loved it, maybe just for the premise of having a secret boogyman buddy.

Roadhouse. Nothing to add here, really, except the immortal words: "Pain Don't Hurt." A friend of mine is a bouncer, and I got him a T-shirt with that line emblazoned on it for Christmas. Nearly brought a manly tear to his eye.

Conan the Destroyer. I will defend to the death the first Conan as actually being a really good film. It had thematic depth, it had brutal action, a fantastic score, a good story, memorable characters, and made perfect use of Arnold's abilities. But this one...it's like somebody just took the plot from a Dungeons and Dragons game he played in college and slapped a dumbed down Conan and the old wizard into it. There's a lame wrasslin'-style confrontation between Conan and a monstrous ape-man-phantom in a lousy costume. But the sword fights are impressive, and there's the amazing sight of Wilt Chamberlin being tasked with protecting a girl's virginity.

Top Gun. The Be All, End All of cheesy 80s fun.
This football article (http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/030904) covers it perfectly.

DDM

04-27-2008, 04:21 PM

Rocky IV, The Musical In Disguise. Seriously, how many freakin' scenes in that movie are built around a song? There's not one, but two training montages! And WTF was going on with Paulie and the robot?!

Did you ever watch Dolly Parton & Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-1WSPAvT7qE)? Dolly & Sly do not make beautiful music together...It's just a downright weird movie.

david r

04-27-2008, 06:15 PM

Jaws 3
Bachelor Party
The Cannonball Run
Conan the Destroyer
Friday the 13th I, II and 3
The Gate
In Country
Neighbors
Popeye
The Private Eyes (Conway & Knotts, great unsung comedy duo)
Psycho II
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Witchboard

Michael P

04-27-2008, 09:50 PM

Howard the Duck. Did Leah Thompson's career ever recover from her beastial tryst in this movie?

She had the designated between-friends-and-Seinfeld sitcom for a few years.

I'd totally watch a Howard the Duck Rifftrax, though.

mgs

04-27-2008, 10:13 PM

Howard the Duck. Did Leah Thompson's career ever recover from her beastial tryst in this movie?

O.O how did I forget this one??!!!! while love is a strong word, in the beginning, I think I must've paused on lea's butt more times than i can remember. *embarassment*

Optimus

04-28-2008, 12:02 AM

I watched Warlock for the first time two weeks ago. It was terrible but I enjoyed it and watched every minute.

Gaastra

04-28-2008, 06:13 AM

Eliminators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b7pqVejETI

house 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ouvkZzJ-Nc

robotech the movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0JK963xfo

garbage pail kids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lXmuXVGidY

elvira http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXN4dlmwtU

peanut butter solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Cm4Cy3rxs

teen wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbIerQkXm_k

The wraith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlt05VbspAQ

mgs

04-28-2008, 08:37 PM

The wraith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlt05VbspAQ

ah, the wraith. truly cheesetacular, yet fascinating! ;)

Ontir

04-28-2008, 08:42 PM

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095088/) is a fantastic movie. It's Footloose meets the Munsters!

Memorable line: "Hey boys, grab a tool and start banging!"

A truly bad it's so good movie, is the sequel: Elvira's Haunted Hills (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265171/)!

Memorable lines: "Mistess, the village people say the castle is haunted..."
"Well yeah, but who listens to the Village People anymore?"

OMFG! the Wraith (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlt05VbspAQ) is AMAZING!

Well... @ least the trailer is. Nick Cassavettes, Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, AND CLINT HOWARD WITH BIG 80'S HAIR!!!

I'm sure this is where Tarantino got the idea for "Death Proof!"

LtMarvel

04-29-2008, 04:35 AM

Weird Science
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Rock-N-Roll High School
Saturday the 14th
Love At First Bite
Airplane 2
Seems Like Old Times
Blood Beach
I'm shocked! Shocked!

Someone actually likes Saturday the 14th!

Did you have a cousin in it or something?

Because, in my mind, nothing worse than a parody that tries to be funny but fails at every attempt.

jessecuster3

04-29-2008, 06:24 AM

Vision Quest (http://imdb.com/title/tt0090270/) comes to mind, for some reason.

My Friend's Mother said "That movie really sucked pussy" to him when they were leaving the theater.

I thought it was great.

Mark B.

I LOVE that movie, I used to watch before every wrestling tournament in high school

Still, I have to admit it, I'll still watch the Night Breed, Rambo and The Lost Boys when they come on, no matter how much like week old cheese they actually are.

You mean the Clive Barker one with Craig Sheffer? That's a great movie.

My Choices:

Three O'Clock High
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094138/

Don't know what it is about this movie that makes me like it. It centers around one thing for the whole movie that seems to take forever to get to. It's intriguing and unrealistic, but it's kinda fun, at times.

Top Secret!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088286/

An all around crappy movie that makes me lol at many times throughout. The boring parts put me to sleep, but things like the underwater fight and the parachute love scene are not to be missed!

Trust
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103130/

Yeah, one of Shelley's movies, too bad she's gone now. :(. This was not all that bad, but it was very, 'independent' and not very slick in it's production. I empathized with it even though the ending is bad and the camera work is horrible.

The Terminator
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/

Whoa! 'The Terminator'! you say? Yes. For me, this was always a low end sci-fi movie with a great idea and immersing backstory, but cheesy in the outcome. A b-movie with low grade effects and dated, irl. T2 picked up on the ideas and moved them into the general populace's conscious with amazing f/x and using the original story.

None of these are crappy movies by any stretch of the imagination. Plus as far as Trust, it is a Hal Hartley movie, that's the way all of his movies go.

I also forgot my own:

The Money Pit, this movie is hilarious.
War of the Roses, such a great dark, dark comedy.

And then there are Michael Keaton's pre-Batman movies, remember Gung Ho, Touch and Go, and The Squeeze?

Huh?

04-29-2008, 07:53 AM

2 of my favorites:

Tango & Cash

This movie is awesome. I can watch it from beginning to end without ever getting bored. Whenever it is on TV, I immediately stop what I am doing and watch.

Cherry 2000

This was never a "popular" movie, but it is definitely great. It is essentially a post apocolyptic western with some really terrible acting and writing - good stuff.

pariah-1972

04-29-2008, 08:20 AM

I haven't seen anyone mention Road House (pain doesn't hurt !:biggrin: )
or Fm by Weird Al (which i didn't honestly think was bad at all )

those are the only ones i can think of at the top of my head tho lord knows i've seen a ton cheesy 80s movies.
:redface:

frankiedetroit

04-29-2008, 10:26 AM

pariah-1972

04-29-2008, 10:50 AM

I should have figured i wouldn't be the only one to pick Road House :redface:

why am i the only one to mention Fm? that was a great cheesy movie , of course maybe it was intentionally cheesy, but still !

mgs

04-29-2008, 04:52 PM

The Money Pit, this movie is hilarious.

another one forgotten, yet loved.

while not hilarious for me, enjoyable just the same.

DDM

04-29-2008, 05:33 PM

I'm shocked! Shocked!

Someone actually likes Saturday the 14th!

Did you have a cousin in it or something?

Because, in my mind, nothing worse than a parody that tries to be funny but fails at every attempt.

No, I just love the movie, Saturday the 14th; I used to watch it on HBO all the time in 1983 or so. I wish the DVD would come back in print.

I got all the spoofs from the classic horror monsters. Paul Prentiss & Richard Benjamin are great. I forgot who played the vampires who were trying to help their new neighbors & the weird exorcist guy.

Mac Danny

04-30-2008, 11:42 AM

TAG The Assassination Game (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084756/)and Gotcha (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/)

I remember those fondly

kalorama

04-30-2008, 01:22 PM

Purple Rain.

Tobias March

04-30-2008, 02:54 PM

Tango and Cash. The 'Conan' scene is always funny - remember the back and forth there used to be between Stallone and Arnie? Remember Sly as the Terminator in Last Action Hero?

Also just happened to catch this right before I saw Grindhouse. Kurt Russel is just fun on camera.

maraxus60

05-07-2008, 09:44 AM

Treasure of the Four Crowns Here (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19830426%2FREVIEWS%2F304260301%2F10 23&AID1=%2F19830426%2FREVIEWS%2F304260301%2F1023&AID2=)

Black Atom

05-07-2008, 11:31 AM

It should be on everyone's list: Top Gun

dupersuper

05-08-2008, 07:28 AM

Patrick Swayze's only really good movies are 1987's Dirty Dancing & 1990's Ghost. The rest of his filmography are stinkers. I wonder if he regrets being a drag queen in the 1993 film, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar?

But...he was in Donnie Darko.

dupersuper

05-08-2008, 07:55 AM

pariah-1972

05-08-2008, 08:29 AM

Road House has been mentioned a dozen times, and the Weird Al movie is UHF.My bad i think i got the name mixed up c with that one movie where Adam Sandler and a bunch of other dudes take over a radio station (which is pretty cheesy but was in the 90s)
still love that Weird Al movie i can't believe it wasn't a hit.

artemisboy

05-08-2008, 10:01 AM

Angel and the sequel Avenging Angel - high school honor student by day, Hollywood hooker by night. (I hate parts 3 and 4)

Ninja 3: The Domination - evil male ninja possesses the body of a female fitness instructor.

Night of the Comet - Haley's comet kills most of the planet, leaving either zombies or a handful of normal survivors to fight them.

Friday the 13th: Part 7 - Jason versus a telekinetic girl.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3 & 4 - teenagers fight back against Freddy

Supergirl - Supergirl versus Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest - child abuse in Hollywood

The Last Dragon - black Bruce Lee set in the 80s.

Adventures in Baby Sitting - baby sitting gone horribly wrong

Problem Child 2 - Problem child meets an even worse problem child

Sooner or Later - 12 year old girl puts on make-up and tells a 17 year old guy she's 16.

Silver Bullet - boy in wheelchair versus a werewolf.

The Legend of Billie Jean - Supergirl cuts her hair in South Texas.

Fright Night - vampire moves in next door.

Warlock - time traveling male witch

Elvira - TOO funny!!!

Scanners - telepathic villains blowing up heads

Girls Just Want to Have Fun - 80s fun.

Troop Beverly Hills - Girl scouts with money.

- Peter