- Re-Animator- Stuart Gordon- Released Oct. 18, 1985- End of story. Mic drop. Door slammed. Phone disconnected. Loosely based on the H.P. Lovecraft masterpiece, Herbert West- Reanimator. The greatest sci fi, horror, comedy of all time. It is unsurpassed in its delicate balance of humor, romance, and vomit-inducing gore. Yet another example of visionary schlock done with limited resources and backing. I've got a soft spot for underdogs, like Jeffery Combs, who played Herbert West with such scene-mauling panache, it's hard not to fall in love with him. I love him! I put him right up there with Bruce Campbell as best B-movie actors ever. I just said that. Come at me. This movie is definitely top five all time. I'm still deciding the final order of that, so you'll just have to wait.
- Weird Science- John Hughes- Released Aug. 2, 1985- By far, the best John Hughes film. Another hilariously offbeat Sci Fi flick. I still think it's severely underrated. Look past the goofy exterior, and there's some pretty subversive shtuff underneath...not really. I just remember the night I saw this and 'Return of the Living Dead' as a double feature...at two different theaters. That night changed my life...or maybe it was just the weed and 10 oz. Olys. Still, pretty Bad Ass twin bill! Plus, Bill Paxton as Chet? Are you kidding me? He's the greatest, and, ' It doesn't take a genius to figure that out, monkey dick.'
- Lifeforce- Tobe Hooper- Released June 21, 1985- Probably, no definitely, no absolutely the greatest British science fiction/naked cosmic vampire movie of all time and the most underrated movie on my list. This movie has everything; naked cosmic vampires, alien comets, exploding zombies, hammy Yankee astronauts and even hammier Brit doctors, and really hot, naked cosmic vampires. Again, I saw most of these movies for the first time in high school, so gimmie a friggin break!
- Brazil- Terry Gilliam- Released Dec. 18, 1985 (US)- The height of Terry Gilliam's genius; the second in the 'Trilogy of Imagination' films which include 'Time Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen', and the first in the dystopian satire trilogy which includes '12 Monkeys' and 'Zero Theorem'. Suffice to say, this is his best work, and the touchstone upon which all dystopian, bureaucracy run amok, juxtaposed technological evolution satire celluloid or digital vision is based. A Gilliamesque sentence if I do say so myself. It's influenced everything from Batman to Steampunk. Pretty Bad Ass.
- Back to the Future- Robert Zemeckis- Released July 3, 1985- What can I say about this movie that hasn't already been said. I mostly wanted to see it for Huey Lewis' cameo as one of the talent show judges. There. This is a great movie! It captured the 80's and the 50's perfectly. Also, Crispin Glover, as George McFly, steals the movie for me. 'I'm your density.' Classic.
- Real Genius- Martha Coolidge- Released Aug. 7, 1985- Animal House meets Big Bang Theory meets Ghostbusters meets Goonies. Very cool film and Val Kilmer's finest work. Highly quotable and always good for multiple viewings. The best brains over brawn sci fi flick around. Plus, William Atherton (Peck from Ghostbusters) as the evil college professor!
- As if that wasn't enough to convince you that I'm right, here's more!
- Explorers- Ethan Hawk and River Phoenix. Really good movie. Really crappy ending.
- Enemy Mine- Dennis Quaid and Louis Gosset Jr.- Really cool concept. Really boring movie.
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome- Really great franchise. Really meh entry.
- Cocoon- Ron Howard- ummm...
Until next time, don't bother me, I'm Re-Animating a book!
Remember this one? You shouldn't. It shoulda been thrown in with '83 or '84, but I couldn't stop laughing for a least a year after seeing it.
Books! That's what destroyed the world in the first place!
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