Around the World in 80s Movies

Around the World in 80s Movies


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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) | Brian Gibson
April 13, 2021

Poltergeist II: The Other Side seeks to give more back story to the events of the first film, why the youngest child in the Freeling family had been wanted by the spirits, and the nature of the cult from which the spirits culminated,

Poltergeist (1982) | Tobe Hooper
April 02, 2021

In the film, a family of five known as the Freelings lives in idyllic suburbia – or so they think.  Strange things begin to occur in the house shortly after their cherubic 5-year-old daughter (Heather O'Rourke) begins receiving communication from someo...

Beetlejuice (1988) | Tim Burton
March 16, 2021

Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) love the little home in the country they've built for themselves, but after they are killed in a freak accident and come back as ghosts, they are appalled to find that their house has been sold to ...

Ghostbusters II (1989) | Ivan Reitman
February 25, 2021

Five years after the events of Ghostbusters,  the heroes are zeroes again, bankrupt after getting sued by the city for the destructive aftermath of clearing out the city of spooks. There’s also a Federal restraining order prohibiting them from continue...

Ghostbusters (1984) | Ivan Reitman
February 11, 2021

Ghostbusters centers on three university researchers (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis) of paranormal activity who go into business of their own once they get into trouble for their uncouth antics, and their grant money runs out.

Prince of Darkness (1987) | John Carpenter
January 28, 2021

The diary of a reclusive priest named Father Carlton reveals a centuries-old secret sect in the Church called the Brotherhood of Sleep.  Carlton was on the verge of revealing their existence to the Archbishop that Brotherhood is guarding an ancient cyl...

The Stuff (1985) | Larry Cohen
January 17, 2021

Larry Cohen concocts this comedic horror-thriller involving an ex-FBI agent turned industrial spy hired by a desperate ice cream industry, trying to steal the secret formula from a corporation pushing a newly marketed yogurt-like food substance called ...

The Blob (1988) | Chuck Russell
January 08, 2021

The Blob suddenly appears after crashlanding in a rural area outside of the fictional ski resort town of Arborville, CA. It attaches itself to the hand of a vagrant, Star high school wide receiver Paul Taylor (Donovan Leitch) and his cheerleader crush ...

The Thing (1982) | John Carpenter
January 01, 2021

The story starts out in Antarctica, where a group of scientists is bunkered until one day they are disturbed by the sounds of gunshots coming from a Norwegian helicopter, apparently trying to kill a runaway dog.  They miss their quarry,

The Hidden (1987) | Jack Sholder
December 25, 2020

Michael Nouri stars as LAPD detective Tom Beck, who takes down a bank robber gone berserk in one of the bloodiest shootouts in department history.  What Beck doesn't know is that the culprit is actually being controlled by a parasite within his body th...