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Weren't they really good? Cheesy, maybe, some of them-- but good. Such as:

Fright Night
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Comet
Poltergeist
Star Trek 4 + 5
Aliens
The Terminator
Halloween 4
Friday the 13th in 3-D
Friday the 13th Part 6
The Last Starfighter
Cocoon
Nightmare on Elm Street

Those were excellent films, I enjoyed them all. There were some really dumb ones too though like "Boogens" and "Motel Hell".

"Fright Night" was my favorite of the bunch. They left it open for a sequal at the end but no sequal based on the situation it ended with; Evil being revived since the stake was pulled out of his heart.

"Fright Night 2" was just plain stupid, but the straight guys got some vampire eye candy.

As much as I enjoy horror and especially vampire flicks, nothing beats the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing vampire movies.

Yah! Another excuse to post this:

LittleDudeWithMuscles saidWeren't they really good? Cheesy, maybe, some of them-- but good. Such as:

Fright Night
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Comet
Poltergeist
Star Trek 4 + 5
Aliens
The Terminator
Halloween 4
Friday the 13th in 3-D
Friday the 13th Part 6
The Last Starfighter
Cocoon
Nightmare on Elm Street

Loved them all and have seen each multiple times!! (except star trek 5, blah.) Every weekend as a kid i'd go to the video store and browse the horror section for cheezy ones like Basket Case and Sleepaway Camp (best ending ever). But Aliens is a masterpiece and shouldn't be on this list, IMO.

John43620 said

As much as I enjoy horror and especially vampire flicks, nothing beats the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing vampire movies.

I saw "Count Yorga: Vampire" back in middle school, @ school. It freaked my out. Does anyone remember the "kitten scene?"

John43620 saidAs much as I enjoy horror and especially vampire flicks, nothing beats the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing vampire movies.

Even though those movies were from the 70's you are right. I was a big fan of Hammer Films from the 70's/60's. Christopher Lee certainly has been a big star in the sci-fi/horror Genre. Even as of late the star wars prequels and Lord of the Rings. He plays villains very well. He should get some kind of award for a life time of the stuff.

What is really interesting (yes I know it is not the 80's) was all the Hammer Films re-interpretation of the Edgar Allen Poe Stuff with Vincent Price in the 60's and 70's. (actually these were Roger Corman films, not Hammer Films - see below) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roger_Corman_films

Aquanerd said I saw "Count Yorga: Vampire" back in middle school, @ school. It freaked my out. Does anyone remember the "kitten scene?"

That scene was apparently deleted in some versions of the movie ..

WikipediaThe most obvious excision was the scene wherein a woman, having succumbed to bloodlust after having been bitten by Yorga, is discovered with her dead pet cat in her hands. In the theatrical version, the scene is so brief that it was hard to tell what was happening. Complete prints of the film show the bloody cat quite clearly.

Hello? Spaceballs anyone? A classic.

dont for get fright night...

GobB saiddont for get fright night...

That was first on littledude's list!

I'll add April Fool's Day to my horror faves. For cheezy sci-fi/com, I could probably recite Weird Science by heart.

So much cheesy fun!!!!

Okay, now we're talking my language. For me, the 80's will always be associated with a misspent youth at the Avon Theater here in Stamford. I saw some of the all time classics at that theater, including Re-Animator, The Gates of Hell, Dawn of the Dead (I know it came out in the late 70's, but I saw it there in the early 80's on a double feature with Mother's Day), The Toxic Avenger, all the original Friday the 13th's, the first Nightmare on Elm Street, C.H.U.D., The Howling,and many, many more. I really loved that place, and, after getting closed down in the 90's, they reopened it a few years back as an indie/art house, and on Thursdays they show cult classics from a wide variety of genres. Just this past week I saw Vigilante, which was hosted by William Lustig, the man who actually directed the movie, and which I had the pleasure of seeing for the first time at the Avon way back in '83. This coming week, they're showing Re-Animator. Oh, to be able to see these movies on a big screen again, the way they were meant to be seen. Thanks for the great topic.

LittleDudeWithMuscles saidWeren't they really good? Cheesy, maybe, some of them-- but good. Such as:

Fright Night
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Comet
Poltergeist
Star Trek 4 + 5
Aliens
The Terminator
Halloween 4
Friday the 13th in 3-D
Friday the 13th Part 6
The Last Starfighter
Cocoon
Nightmare on Elm Street

No offense, but Star Trek 5? Are you mother effin kidding me? That movie is a steaming pile of poo. You sure you have the right one? That's the one with Spock's laughing brother, and they fly to the center of the galaxy (uhhh, that would take forever even with warp speed), and the special effects were done on a dime. And it ended with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy singing, "Row, row, row your boat." Directed by William Shatner says it all. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan from '83, different story. Arguably the best Trek movie of them all.

Not much into horror movies, but kudos on Fright Night and Poltergeist, and the sci-fi movies you list. But what about Empire Strikes Back? How can you forget that one? I still can't tell you whether I liked Star Wars (A New Hope) or Empire more.

Don't forget John Carpenter's The Thing, which was a remake of a great in its own right 50's movie with James Arness as the creature.

I remember watching this back in mid and late 80's...

Poltergeist was a scary movie... I used to like the War Game. Have you guys watch that one?

Sooooo many great movies, I used to spend many weekends in my early teens at the corner video store wandering the sci-fi / horror aisle.
Also loved watching the old movies on TV.. didn't pretty much every town have a cheesy horror movie show on a local TV station, We had Sir Graves Ghastly and Count Scary on saturday afternoons... the really/cheesy bad movies were later at night with the Ghoul.

What happened to horror movies? The only modern ones I can thing of are the saw films, not counting the japanese 'I'm scared of a dead schoolgirl' films. The 80s were definately a high.

Can pretty much say the same thing for sci-fi.

What is the world coming to.

Ohhh yeah, the "Howling" Series and "American Werewolf in London" were good. It was an interesting take on the transformation process. One of them even starred Christopher Lee (as the Van Helsing) type.

"Brahm Stoker's Dracula" was also a great nuance in vampire films and I really enjoyed Mel Brooks adaptation with "Dracula, Dead and Loving It".

Eric LA said No offense, but Star Trek 5? Are you mother effin kidding me? That movie is a steaming pile of poo. You sure you have the right one? That's the one with Spock's laughing brother, and they fly to the center of the galaxy (uhhh, that would take forever even with warp speed), and the special effects were done on a dime. And it ended with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy singing, "Row, row, row your boat." Directed by William Shatner says it all. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan from '83, different story. Arguably the best Trek movie of them all.

LOL. . . I may be the ONLY ONE, but I really liked Star Trek V. (But I've yet to meet anyone else who did.) But yes, I thought it was a fine film.

Some of the others mentioned throughout this thread were excellent too:

Reanimator
An American Werewolf in London (loved that one!)
The Thing (remake)
The Howling
War Games
Terror Train (ridiculous, but fun)
Weird Science (great)

Hah...I'll bet NO ONE remembers this one from about 1980: it was called "Q".

Q, the Aztec dragon. How about "The Lost Boys"? Wasn't that hot? Lots of cute guys in that one.

Not sure if this was the 80's or 90's,but does anyone remember the Subspecies movies with the Vampire Radu?

There was maybe 5 of them by Full Moon Productions. They revolved around the Vampire Radu and the Bloodstone. Can't find them out in circulation, but I miss them!

I remember 'Q'! A prehistoric bird attacks New York. Great movie. Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, Richard Roundtree.

And yeah, how could I have forgotten "The Lost Boys"?? One of the classics. Love that movie. (I still have it in my now-moribund VHS collection.)

[Quote]all the Hammer Films re-interpretation of the Edgar Allen Poe Stuff with Vincent Price in the 60's and 70's.[/quote]

Corman. Roger Corman.

Behold, F. W. Murnau brings us the vampire film genre in 1922.

http://www.mahalo.com/Nosferatu

In 2000, Willem Defoe and John Malkovich starred in a film based on the filming of Nosferatu called "Shadow of the Vampire". I'm always impressed by the minds that come up with this stuff.

Hammer, Roger Corman, F.W. Murnau. . .

YES, YES, YES!!!

Another thing about "Q" . . . Roger Ebert gave it a very good review

There is a 'Lost Boys 2' coming out, but I think it's going straight to DVD

Some 'Fright Night' trivia. . . several of the leads were gay (Roddy MacDowall, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys)

They've been trying to do a re-make of "Night of the Comet" for a while. . . don't know if that's happening yet. . . whatever happened to the lead in that. . . Mary Stuart Something. . . she was hot

LittleDudeWithMuscles saidEric LA said No offense, but Star Trek 5? Are you mother effin kidding me? That movie is a steaming pile of poo. You sure you have the right one? That's the one with Spock's laughing brother, and they fly to the center of the galaxy (uhhh, that would take forever even with warp speed), and the special effects were done on a dime. And it ended with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy singing, "Row, row, row your boat." Directed by William Shatner says it all. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan from '83, different story. Arguably the best Trek movie of them all.

LOL. . . I may be the ONLY ONE, but I really liked Star Trek V. (But I've yet to meet anyone else who did.) But yes, I thought it was a fine film.

Some of the others mentioned throughout this thread were excellent too:

Reanimator
An American Werewolf in London (loved that one!)
The Thing (remake)
The Howling
War Games
Terror Train (ridiculous, but fun)
Weird Science (great)

Haha, yes, I think there may be one other person who liked ST V. Go figure.

Yes, I was going through the list I wondered if War Games qualified. Just saw that again recently. Still a fun movie. An American in London was great. I didn't really like Weird Science on the whole, but it had many great moments: "Did you spit in this?" -- Bill Paxton was a great foil, as he was in Aliens and True Lies, among others.

Yes, I am certain that William Shatner liked Star Trek V very much LOL

By the way. . . I once did an interview with Shatner. . . and I had the pleasure of telling him HOW MUCH I ENJOYED STAR TREK V ! I think he was pleased

Really, it was a good film

Had a great message

A great commentary on religion and its uselessness

Lots of humor

I didn't like the villain at first, but then he grew on me

Laurence Luckinbill is a fine actor

LittleDudeWithMuscles saidYes, I am certain that William Shatner liked Star Trek V very much LOL

By the way. . . I once did an interview with Shatner. . . and I had the pleasure of telling him HOW MUCH I ENJOYED STAR TREK V ! I think he was pleased

Really, it was a good film

Had a great message

A great commentary on religion and its uselessness

Lots of humor

I didn't like the villain at first, but then he grew on me

Laurence Luckinbill is a fine actor

I'm not going to go as far as to say it was a good film, but that's not to say that I didn't enjoy the hell out of it. Trek V was a lot of fun.

QUOTE AUTHOR GOES HERE"all the Hammer Films re-interpretation of the Edgar Allen Poe Stuff with Vincent Price in the 60's and 70's."

Corman. Roger Corman.

You are right. I don't why I mistook those for Hammer Films. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Films vs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corman. Well I guess I like them both. I will have to see if some of the older films are available on DVD.