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Post by moviemouth on Aug 30, 2022 2:57:46 GMT
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Post by alpha128 on Aug 30, 2022 3:00:46 GMT
Sorry, I misread the subject as "worst movies of 1980s" - plural
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Post by movielover on Aug 30, 2022 3:09:06 GMT
I gave up on Humanoids from the Deep after about 15 minutes.
I thought Prom Night was okay, it’s mildly entertaining, even though it’s crappily made.
I remember liking Bronco Billy, but I haven’t seen it since I was a kid, so I don’t know what I would think of it now.
Inferno is my worst movie of 1980. It’s also the worst Dario Argento movie I’ve seen. Interesting trivia: Argento was reportedly so ill while making Inferno that Mario Bava was directing most of the scenes. (This explains so much for me.)
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 30, 2022 3:12:48 GMT
Popeye
City Of The Living Dead
Windows
The Hollywood Knights
Without Warning
The Exterminator
He Knows You're Alone
The Children
The Island
Phobia
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 30, 2022 3:16:09 GMT
I gave up on Humanoids from the Deep after about 15 minutes. I thought Prom Night was okay, it’s mildly entertaining, even though it’s crappily made. I remember liking Bronco Billy, but I haven’t seen it since I was a kid, so I don’t know what I would think of it now. Inferno is my worst movie of 1980. It’s also the worst Dario Argento movie I’ve seen. Interesting trivia: Argento was reportedly so ill while making Inferno that Mario Bava was directing most of the scenes. (This explains so much for me.) I struggled through Humanoids from the Deep. Prom Night is one of the dumbest, most uninteresting slasher movies I have seen.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 30, 2022 3:17:00 GMT
Popeye City Of The Living Dead Windows The Hollywood Knights Without WarningThe Exterminator He Knows You're AloneThe Children The Island Phobia Those weren't bad enough for me to list, but they definitely aren't good movies.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 30, 2022 3:17:21 GMT
When Time Ran Out 2/10
Prom Night 3/10
Raise the Titanic! 4/10
The Final Countdown 4/10
The Mirror Crack'd 4/10
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Post by movielover on Aug 30, 2022 3:20:10 GMT
I gave up on Humanoids from the Deep after about 15 minutes. I thought Prom Night was okay, it’s mildly entertaining, even though it’s crappily made. I remember liking Bronco Billy, but I haven’t seen it since I was a kid, so I don’t know what I would think of it now. Inferno is my worst movie of 1980. It’s also the worst Dario Argento movie I’ve seen. Interesting trivia: Argento was reportedly so ill while making Inferno that Mario Bava was directing most of the scenes. (This explains so much for me.) I struggled through Humanoids from the Deep. Prom Night is one of the dumbest, most uninteresting slasher movies I have seen. Did you not at least like the opening scene (of Prom Night) with the children playing in the old abandoned house? I thought that was the best part of the movie.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Aug 30, 2022 3:25:26 GMT
The Apple
Loose Shoes
Gamera super monster
The Hearse
Raise the Titanic
When Time Ran Out
Beyond Evil
Cannibal Terror
Devil Hunter
Night of the Zombies
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Aug 30, 2022 3:25:42 GMT
Lol your list has 2 of my favorite movies of the 80s.
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Post by movielover on Aug 30, 2022 3:31:10 GMT
Lol your list has 2 of my favorite movies of the 80s. Which two?
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Aug 30, 2022 3:32:04 GMT
Lol your list has 2 of my favorite movies of the 80s. Which two? Cannibal Holocaust and City of the Living Dead/Gates of Hell.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 30, 2022 3:37:30 GMT
Cannibal Holocaust and City of the Living Dead/Gates of Hell. Cannibal Holocaust is one of my least favorite movies ever made. A pretentious and disgusting movie. The only movie I have seen from Lucio Fulci that I even remotely like is Don't Torture a Duckling.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 30, 2022 3:47:43 GMT
10. Saturn 3
9. Oh Heavenly Dog
8. The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
7. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death
6. Schizoid
5. Popeye
4. Hawk the Slayer
3. The Children
2. Last Rites
1. The Pumaman
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Post by rudeboy on Aug 30, 2022 4:30:02 GMT
The only one of yours I’ve seen is Popeye, which I did kind of enjoy as a colossal folly. It’s ambitious and well-cast (Duvall was perfection) but too flawed to really be ‘good’.
I do remember as a kid being terrified by the ‘Death Ship’ poster at my local cinema. A truly horrifying image for an eight-year-old.
1. Smokey and the Bandit II
2. Hawk the Slayer
3. Permanent Vacation
4. The Blue Lagoon
5. Raise the Titanic
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Post by darksidebeadle on Aug 30, 2022 5:11:58 GMT
Any which way you can
The big brawl
Can’t stop the music
Check and Chong’s next movie
The last flight of Noah’s ark
Out of the blue
Permanent vacation
Popeye
Smokey and the bandit 2
Xanadu
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 30, 2022 11:52:04 GMT
Humanoids from the Deep (1980), directed by Barbara Peeters Ok, what's cutting the fishing nets, blowing up boats, tipping over garbage cans and killing dogs? It's just the beginning for a new race of mutant frog-salmon things: they need human women for mating!This low-budget Roger Corman mashup of Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Jaws (1975) and Alien (1979) is a perfect drive-in movie: action, violence, explosions, boobage and even more nudity, only 79m long. It turns into a gore-fest at the end. I am never more deeply into the movie magic world than when watching an exploitation film. In a more serious work I'd critique the acting and wonder "What does the director intend here?" In this sort of thing you relax and stop worrying. Is it a bad film? Oh, hell yes. Were you expecting something else? A bit more humor would have helped. But oddly enough "cheap" can help a horror film seem more real: those rusty fishing boats, for example. This type of fun-horror film is fun partly because it makes us uncomfortable: we're embarrassed to be laughing at the gore. I found the titillating aspect of this one extra disturbing: some of the sexiest bits are women stripped, savaged, thrown in the mud and raped by monsters. Am I enjoying this? I guess I am: I keep watching. I didn't think I was a bad person... On the other hand the women are pretty strong. The beauty queen ("Miss Salmon"!) has her bikini top ripped off and responds by bashing the creature bloody with a rock and escaping. They introduce some probably unnecessary plot: pro- vs anti-cannery factions and Indians vs hostile white fisherman, lead by the great Vic Morrow. He and Doug McClure are the only "names". Maybe cold science-babe Ann Turkel? I've seen her in a few things. In the final battle at the harbor festival the creatures on land are defeated by setting the water on fire. I'm trying not to puzzle over that. The nudity, rape and gore were added by a second unit after initial filming and the director and Turkel wanted their names taken off. One of James Horner's early scores, far better than the movie deserves. It reminds me of his vivid, lush music for Star Trek 2 & 3. Available on Blu-ray from Shout Factory with a surprisingly good image in certain scenes, not all. 
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 30, 2022 11:52:38 GMT
Bronco Billy (1980), directed by Clint Eastwood. A minor Eastwood film, but said to be one of his favorites. It's mostly a romantic comedy and a combination of two styles: the plot is pure 1930s screwball comedy (runaway heiress hides out in a moth-eaten Wild West show) but the setting is the hard-luck small town real West. We have the eccentric but warm hearted dirt-kickers (they entertain orphans and mental patients) vs the snotty rich city folk. It has an unusual moment: a sheriff humiliates Billy but there is no revenge or payback. A cowboy does what he must and moves down the trail. In this case he has to take the abuse to get his man out of jail. I know a lot of Eastwood fans enjoy hating Sondra Locke, but she's well suited to the role of obnoxiously posh spoiled rich girl with a made up accent. It could have been a specialty. 
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Post by Raimo47 on Aug 30, 2022 14:56:25 GMT
Cannibal Holocaust
Friday the 13th
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 30, 2022 15:32:48 GMT
Humanoids from the Deep (1980), directed by Barbara Peeters Ok, what's cutting the fishing nets, blowing up boats, tipping over garbage cans and killing dogs? It's just the beginning for a new race of mutant frog-salmon things: they need human women for mating!This low-budget Roger Corman mashup of Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Jaws (1975) and Alien (1979) is a perfect drive-in movie: action, violence, explosions, boobage and even more nudity, only 79m long. It turns into a gore-fest at the end. I am never more deeply into the movie magic world than when watching an exploitation film. In a more serious work I'd critique the acting and wonder "What does the director intend here?" In this sort of thing you relax and stop worrying. Is it a bad film? Oh, hell yes. Were you expecting something else? A bit more humor would have helped. But oddly enough "cheap" can help a horror film seem more real: those rusty fishing boats, for example. This type of fun-horror film is fun partly because it makes us uncomfortable: we're embarrassed to be laughing at the gore. I found the titillating aspect of this one extra disturbing: some of the sexiest bits are women stripped, savaged, thrown in the mud and raped by monsters. Am I enjoying this? I guess I am: I keep watching. I didn't think I was a bad person... On the other hand the women are pretty strong. The beauty queen ("Miss Salmon"!) has her bikini top ripped off and responds by bashing the creature bloody with a rock and escaping. They introduce some probably unnecessary plot: pro- vs anti-cannery factions and Indians vs hostile white fisherman, lead by the great Vic Morrow. He and Doug McClure are the only "names". Maybe cold science-babe Ann Turkel? I've seen her in a few things. In the final battle at the harbor festival the creatures on land are defeated by setting the water on fire. I'm trying not to puzzle over that. The nudity, rape and gore were added by a second unit after initial filming and the director and Turkel wanted their names taken off. One of James Horner's early scores, far better than the movie deserves. It reminds me of his vivid, lush music for Star Trek 2 & 3. Available on Blu-ray from Shout Factory with a surprisingly good image in certain scenes, not all. I just think the movie is incredibly dull. It is one thing to be knowingly bad and entertaining, it is another to be knowingly bad and boring.
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