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I've been catching up on and rewatching some lately. Legend, Highlander, The Never ending Story. What are some others that are similar? And why do 80s movies seem to hit different than other decades?

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[โ€“] dmrzl 5 points 1 year ago

Star Wars Episodes 5 and 6

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Legend, the princess bride, labrynth. Never ending story. Last unicorn. Lady hawk. Excalibur. Dark crystal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ladyhawke, Excalibur (this one is much more R rated than most, it features an on-screen rape in the first 5 minutes), Legend, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Krull, Conan.

The 80's were really a heyday for fantasy movies, weren't they?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The Sword and the Sorcerer.

3 bladed sword FTW.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well if you don't mind some science fiction in your fantasy, try Ice Pirates.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Return to oz is decent enough!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The dark crystal is the greatest fantasy movie of all time.

One of the reasons I think they hit different is because of the technology used to film them and the practical effects.

To me horror films from the 70s and before seem more real and scary than modern ones that are full of CGI and weird pallete swaps like when they film night scenes during the day and then darken them after. It just gives off this whole 'this is a fake movie' thing to me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
  • Hawk the Slayer, with Jack Palance (!) playing the bad guy
  • Dragonslayer, astounding dragon models and cinematography
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you also want so-bad-it's-good then you must not miss Yor: The Hunter from the Future from 1983, see video review here: https://youtu.be/doS-sxtlNfU

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[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

Well ... Stranger Things ... I know, I know. But it gives me so good 80's vibes, especially due to the great synthie soundtrack. Can not not mention it.

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