# '80s cult movies appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877 "2007-09-20T16:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/41 "2007-09-21T17:10:52Z")
[QUOTE=delphica] My favorite underappreciated movie from the 80s was _Dogs In Space_, which I would argue had a cult following, if you consider teenage INXS fangirls to be a cult. [/QUOTE] _I Was a Teenage INXS Fangirl_! I was not only in the fan club, but I remember scouring the shelves at Tower Video to find their sole copy of _Dogs in Space_. I also had the soundtrack on cassette. _Saturday the 14th_ (1981) was something I enjoyed, but I don’t think I’ve seen it since. A friend of mine in grad school had a copy of the original, unedited _New Wave Hookers_, and it’s really worth a viewing. Chicks just dig that new wave music! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/42 "2007-09-21T17:36:43Z")
[QUOTE=Bridget Burke] (Isn’t it about time for skinny ties to come back in style?) [/QUOTE] They already are back in style. At least I see a lot of the gay hipster kids on the L train from Williamsburg wearing skinny ties, white belts, vests and other ‘Buckaroo Banzai’ approved urban wear. Anyway, other flicks I remembered that I haven’t seen mentioned:[the Hunger](http://imdb.com/title/tt0085701/), [Heathers](http://imdb.com/title/tt0097493/) and [Wings of Desire](http://imdb.com/title/tt0093191/). ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/43 "2007-09-21T20:43:16Z")
[Night of the Comet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/) [Sticky Fingers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096176/) [Looker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/) [Brainstorm](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/) and, my son’s favorite 80’s movie [Ghostbusters](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/) Maybe not all strictly defined as cult movies, but some of my favorites nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/44 "2007-09-21T20:49:22Z")
[QUOTE=Judith Prietht] _I Was a Teenage INXS Fangirl_! I was not only in the fan club, but I remember scouring the shelves at Tower Video to find their sole copy of _Dogs in Space_. I also had the soundtrack on cassette. [/QUOTE] Awesome! I have the soundtrack on vinyl (useless to me, because we no longer have a record player, but I’ll go to my grave with it I’m sure) and it is one of my greatest regrets that my VHS copy got lost at some point when it was circulating around in college. ---
**Author:** ![Vimp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vimp/32/4186_2.png) [@Vimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vimp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/45 "2007-09-21T21:36:13Z")
Some faves not yet mentioned [Angel Heart](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Heart) which I remember as being one of the scarier films of the day [Prick Up Your Ears](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears) a fascinating examination of mid '60s London gay life I have no idea why these films - especially Angel Heart - did not go mainstream ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/46 "2007-09-21T21:48:16Z")
Not sure if these are all '80’s, but I thought I’d contribute: Frankenhooker Flesh Eating Mothers (so ludicrous even the actors kept cracking up during their lines) Lair of the White Worm (_love_ this movie! It was on recently but was so edited down for TV I gave up and stopped recording it) ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/47 "2007-09-21T22:02:13Z")
Can I get approval on Roadhouse, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and They Live? ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/48 "2007-09-21T22:23:10Z")
First thing I thought of was Night of the Comet. Hmm, maybe that’s where my zombiphilia started. Re: Brainstorm - I’ve been in the house they used for the pool scenes; it belonged to one of my law professors! Also, having seen the movie, it’s a little weird to drive by the Glaxo building in RTP. It’s funny, it was obviously used because it looked “futuristic,” but now it looks like “what they thought of as futuristic in the 70s.” ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/49 "2007-09-22T00:56:56Z")
The Lair of the White Worm ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/50 "2007-09-22T01:35:50Z")
[QUOTE=Aholibah] Can I get approval on Roadhouse, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and They Live? [/QUOTE] AMEN! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/51 "2007-09-22T02:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Lethal Weapon was a huge mainstream hit in the US. Not a cult film at all here. As far as the Christmas theme, my brother and I have joked for years, that it is the second best Christmas film after Die Hard. I even saw a national comic strip run the same basic joke 5 or 6 years back. Jim [/QUOTE] As a matter of fact, we also watch \*Die Hard \* every Christmas. _Lethal Weapon_, \*Die Hard \* (always #1, but sometimes #2, also) and _It’s a Wonderful Life_ always get a viewing each December in our home. _Lethal Weapon_ was a big hit in the guesthouse circuit in Bangkok back then. Played forever. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/52 "2007-09-22T02:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=Aholibah] Can I get approval on Roadhouse, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and They Live? [/QUOTE] :dubious: **Not** [_Roadhouse._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_House_%281989_film%29) Fuckin’ _Hee-Haw_ with guns, or _Dukes of Hazzard_ with sex. Too **lame,** too mainstream, too much like something you might have caught in the Cineplex in the last 10 years. Coulda been made in the '90s, coulda been made in the '70s (remember [_Walking Tall_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_Tall)?), and Bruce Willis or Govnah Ahnold would have served in the starring role just as well as Patrick Swayze. [sniff] But [_They Live,_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live) definitely! 🙂 The pluperfect ultimate classic '80s updating of [_Invasion of the Body Snatchers!_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_body_snatchers) Not Commies from Mars, but **Capitalists** from Mars! They’re not trying to take over our beautiful idyllic Way of Life! They’re already **owning and running** our Way of Life! Nothing else can explain how fucked up it is! ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/53 "2007-09-22T09:32:43Z")
Highlander Conan The Last Starfighter All those Sho Kusugi Ninja flicks… Cool World (early brad pitt flick) The Thing ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/54 "2007-09-22T14:22:33Z")
I thought of another one, an understated classic. “Creator” staring Peter O’Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway, Virginia Madsen and David Ogden Stiers in a great supporting role. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/55 "2007-09-22T14:30:42Z")
Let’s not forget **The Terminator**! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/56 "2007-09-22T16:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Let’s not forget **The Terminator**! [/QUOTE] **Cult** movies, please! Not blockbusters! ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/57 "2007-09-23T00:34:49Z")
I just remembered one, [Over the Edge](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079688/), but I’m not sure whether I’d place it in the 70s or 80s as it was made in 79. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/58 "2007-09-23T01:11:23Z")
Oooh, young hot Matt Dillon! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/59 "2007-09-23T02:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] **Cult** movies, please! Not blockbusters! [/QUOTE] **The Terminator** is not a cult movie? 😕 I guess I’ll have to dismantle my Arnold Schwarzenegger shrine. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877/60 "2007-09-23T13:46:38Z")
[Strange Brew](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086373/) [Killer Klowns from Outer Space](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095444/) The whole of Chuck Norris _oeuvre_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-cult-movies-appreciation-thread/419877.md?page=2)