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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It’s… inconceivable no one has said Princess Bride yet.
You best me to it. And while we’re on Cary Elwes, we should probably mention Robin Hood: Men in Tights as well.
Willow
To answer the second question, Willow hit different because in the 80s they were totally fine with making fantasy movies that were meant to be watched by families but also had no problem traumatizing children. Willow had those creepy rat dog things straight out of a nightmare. Same way The Neverending Story has the horse/swamp scene and Gremlins turned fluffy cute animals into scary wicked creatures. Honestly, it’s a miracle any of us millennials survived without a serious case of PTSD every time we went to Blockbuster.
The 80s were a great time to be a kid but, yeah, no one cared if we got terrified to the point of not being able to sleep on a regular basis. :)
The threat of nuclear war wasn’t awesome either but we had punk rock, D&D, and it still made sense to buy comic books.
And don’t forget those weird muppets in Labyrinth that pulled their heads off while singing.
Labyrinth and The Last Unicorn were two that came to mind
Dragonslayer was pretty good.
This along with Legend. Excalibur was really good too.
The Dark Crystal
Have you watched it as an adult? I loved that movie growing up and watched it a few years ago. Good lord, is it messed up…
Hell yeah
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Big Trouble in Little China
Nausicaa is so good
Ladyhawke, Conan…
Tie between Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen…well dammit, Robin Williams as King of the Moon wins, Munchausen re-watch time!
“Hello! I’m Hood!”
Concentrated evil. There should be a lot of stuff. Some way to bridge now and then.
Clash of the Titans
Krull
Can’t forget Krull!
Not sure if it quite counts as fantasy but…
Everything about Blade Runner was perfect.
The sequel somehow managed to not drop the ball as well.
There can be only one!
Legend
The Secret of Nimh
Xanadu (Modern Fantasy)
LadyhawkeOh, and Return to Oz.
