80’s Movie Greatness

The 1980’s were home to some great movies, like Ghostbusters, the Back to the Future trilogy, and more. But these are some more obscure movies that people might not know about.

The Princess Bride is a movie about “Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants. monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles.” It was released on September 25, 1987.

It’s based on the book of the same name. It stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn and more. It is a overall funny take on the normal fairy tale movie.

Labyrinth, released June 27, 1986, and stars David Bowie as the main villain. This movie is about goblins stealing a girl’s little brother, and her adventures through traps and puzzles to get him back.

It uses puppetry for the majority of the characters, and some of them look either really silly or even a little bit terrifying. This movie is worth watching just for David Bowie’s performance. If you enjoy weird movies, this is a must watch.

The Never Ending Story was released July 20, 1984. This movie also uses puppets, a common theme in 80’s movies because of the popularity of Jim Henson.

It is also based off of a book of the same name about a boy getting into a fantasy world and trying to save it from being eaten by The Nothing, an unknown dark threat to the world of Fantasia.

These are just some of the movies one can find, If you are more about special effects these won’t be for you, but if you want a ridiculous and fun story, you will like these kinds of movies.