Bad Movie Logo
"A website to the detriment of good film"
Custom Search
HOMEB-MOVIE REVIEWSREADER REVIEWSFORUMINTERVIEWSUPDATESABOUT
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 18, 2024, 09:49:52 PM
712916 Posts in 53040 Topics by 7722 Members
Latest Member: GenevaBarr
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Movies  |  Bad Movies  |  Undercover/Switcheroo « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: Undercover/Switcheroo  (Read 1188 times)
Flick James
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 489
Posts: 4642


Honorary Bastard of Arts


« on: April 27, 2012, 09:51:07 AM »

The 80’s were a big decade for what I like to call “undercover” and “switcheroo” movies. The former  involved gender or age disguising, while the latter involved primarily age switching between kids or teen and adults. It was pretty clear that the filmmakers of the 80’s grew up watching Freaky Friday (1976). There was a recent “What Was That Film?” entry about Plain Clothes (1988), and it got me thinking about all of those movies, and there were A LOT of them, most of which were atrocious, and a few had their charms. Here is my list of the ones that come to mind. I’d like more.

Just One of the Guys (1985)
Plain Clothes (1988)
Hiding Out (1987)
Like Father, Like Son (1987)
Vice Versa (1987)
Dream a Little Dream (1989): the Coreys making a late entry into the genre

I’m sure there are more. Those are just the ones I can think of right now.
Logged

I don't always talk about bad movies, but when I do, I prefer badmovies.org
Pages: [1]
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Movies  |  Bad Movies  |  Undercover/Switcheroo « previous next »
    Jump to:  


    RSS Feed Subscribe Subscribe by RSS
    Email Subscribe Subscribe by Email


    Popular Articles
    How To Find A Bad Movie

    The Champions of Justice

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    Manos, The Hands of Fate

    Podcast: Todd the Convenience Store Clerk

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Dragonball: The Magic Begins

    Cool As Ice

    The Educational Archives: Driver's Ed

    Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

    Do you have a zombie plan?

    FROM THE BADMOVIES.ORG ARCHIVES
    ImageThe Giant Claw - Slime drop

    Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.

    Lesson Learned:
    • Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.

    Subscribe to Badmovies.org and get updates by email:

    HOME B-Movie Reviews Reader Reviews Forum Interviews TV Shows Advertising Information Sideshows Links Contact

    Badmovies.org is owned and operated by Andrew Borntreger. All original content is © 1998 - 2014 by its respective author(s). Image, video, and audio files are used in accordance with the Fair Use Law, and are property of the film copyright holders. You may freely link to any page (.html or .php) on this website, but reproduction in any other form must be authorized by the copyright holder.