Oldie But A Goodie

In 1987, Australia made a science fiction action movie starring Carrie Fisher. It has robots in it that reminded us of Power Rangers and the Bionicle line of LEGO. The movie is also just a rip-off of…

This week was a great week back in 1987. Two very well-received and wholesome comedies were released on the same day. One of them is the classic road trip film Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The oth…

It's the sequel to the hit 80s comedy that no one remembers! Teen Wolf Too is about the cousin of the Teen Wolf from the original movie. He goes to uni and struggles to choose between science and wer…

In our second Arnold Schwarzenegger film of the year, we head into the far future of 2017-19 and check out The Running Man. It's (kind of) an adaptation of the book by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen Ki…

Patrick Swayze and his bad wig star in Steel Dawn, released November 6th in '87. It's a sci-fi western about a lone desert warrior who helps villages with a water problem. There's a lot of fighting, …

Wings of Desire, released October 29th in 1987, is a German film about angels and love and becoming human. One of our regular guests, Ben Volchok, loves this movie. It's one of his all-time favourite…

Space! Telepaths! Clones! AI! Walking headless corpses with British accents! This sci-fi horror has got something for everyone! Nightflyers, released October 23rd in 1987, is an adaptation of a novel…

Want to learn how to go fishing during wartime? Or maybe how to learn life lessons from your grumpy British grandpa? Or perhaps you want to learn how to always beat your family in cricket? If so, lis…

You want us to review the best film of 1987? As you wish! The Princess Bride is a very good movie. It's really sweet and funny and heartwarming and exciting. Sandy Whittem (Illiterature) joins us to …

We're heading out west with a campervan full of vampires this week to review the cult classic Near Dark, released October 2nd in 1987. It's a beautifully shot mixture of western and horror tropes wit…

Real Men, released September 25th in 1987, is a comedy that is definitely also a sci-fi. A James Bond-esq CIA agent has to team up with a meek family man to stop rogue agents and the Russians from ge…

We have chosen this movie... And he has come. It's time to get our souls torn apart as we dive into Hellraiser, released September 18th in 1987. It's the horror film that spawned the classic franchis…

We're heading to Mali in West Africa for a movie filled with magic, scenic walks, and a bunch of other things that are left up to interpretation. It's Yeelen, a movie offering up something a little d…

We've got a spooky anthology horror to talk about this week! From a Whisper to a Scream, sometimes known as The Offspring, was released September 4th in 1987. It contains four dark and twisted tales,…

This is an odd one. House II: The Second Story, released August 28th in 1987, is a horror-comedy about a crystal skull that's the key to immortality or something. Our main characters have to travel t…

We've done a lot of bad movies on this podcast. An uncountable amount of awful movies we wouldn't recommend to anyone. However, this week, we've come across a truly unwatchable piece of trash that no…

The Monster Squad, released August 14th in 1987, promised an all-star team-up of various classic monsters... And wow! Did it deliver! You've got Dracula, Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy a…

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By the power of 1987, we have the power... to watch bad movies! Masters of the Universe, released August 7th, is the live-action adaption of the classic He-Man…

It's The Daylights... The Living Daylights! With a US release date of the 31st of July, 1987, this James Bond movie was the introduction of Timothy Dalton in the lead role. It's a slightly more groun…

Two movies this week, both objectively two of the worst films released in 1987. We're talking about Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, released July 24th back in '87, and because we're gluttons for pu…