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« on: May 24, 2022, 04:03:24 PM »

I keep hearing that 1982 is considered to have had the worst movies of any year in the entire second half of the 20th century. Do you guys know anything about that claim, and why it is apparently so often made?
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2022, 04:06:05 PM »

Well it did have Grease 2, Mazes & Monsters, Halloween 3 and Firefox which I consider to be bad movies, but I am not sure if that beats the average number of annual bad ones or not, I am not quite sure.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2022, 04:38:46 PM »

PIECES
NEW YORK RIPPER
TENEBRAE

3 of my all time fav movies - but I guess some might consider them bad?

never heard of this particular 1982 claim before though
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2022, 01:38:13 AM »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Stinkers_Bad_Movie_Awards
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2022, 02:40:44 AM »

Anybody can make a list like this for any year.
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2022, 02:51:53 AM »



F13 PART 3 is another personal fav... watch it a couple of times a year

not seen too many of the others on that list... THEY CALL ME BRUCE sounds like it could be fun

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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2022, 01:05:53 AM »

I keep hearing that 1982 is considered to have had the worst movies of any year in the entire second half of the 20th century. Do you guys know anything about that claim, and why it is apparently so often made?

These are a same critics that slammed John Carpenter's Thing. Which has now become a classic. Also while at the time Halloween III: SOTW was negatively frowned on, it has found an audience (and arguably better over the Michael Myers sequels/reboots).

1982 is highly considered one of the best years for genre cinema:
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
First Blood
Blade Runner
Tron
The Secret of NIMH
Creepshow
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Poltergeist
Conan the Barbarian
The Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
and I could go on.
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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2022, 04:06:51 AM »

Also,

The Return of Martin Guerre
Lola
Danton
Moonlighting
A Woman Called Golda
The Executioner's Song
The Verdict
Frances
My Palikari
La Traviata
An Officer and a Gentleman
My Favorite Year
The Draughtsman's Contract
Missing
Victor/Victoria
Poltergeist
Diner
Gandhi
Sophie's Choice
Witness for the Prosecution
Fitzcarraldo
The Night of the Shooting Stars
Le Beau Mariage
The World According to Garp
Mission Hill
Veronika Voss
Tootsie

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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2022, 11:26:18 PM »

Basically Conan and that's it
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2022, 03:42:48 AM »

just bought a couple of 1982 blu rays... DEATH SCREAMS and GIRLS  NITE OUT

think I've possibly seen both of them, not 100% sure, but if they're (a) slashers and (b) early 80s the odds are I'll enjoy them somewhat

I believe THE MUTILATOR (a top 3 slasher imo) was also made in 1982 despite most sources saying 1984 or 1985... there's a shot in the extras on the arrow release of it beeing screened with PIECES when it came out   
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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2022, 03:43:47 AM »

can't forget the hilarious mess that is BOARDING HOUSE either...

I like 1982!
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« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2022, 10:47:20 PM »

Ugh.. I'm having a brain fart; there was a Canadian movie about this kid who got lured into D n D in 1982. Its hilariously silly

I wish I could recall the title.
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2022, 01:27:43 AM »

'Mazes & Monsters' with Tom Hanks?
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2022, 05:48:48 PM »

I graduated high school in 1982 and spent the summer at Fort Dix, New Jersey for army basic training. While I was away, "Rocky III" and the song "Eye of the Tiger" were very popular. Also, I missed seeing "The Thing" in the theater that summer. When I got home they had finished building a large cineplex* on the property where they had torn down a drive-in several months earlier. The first movie I saw there was "Friday the 13th, Part 3" in 3-D. Overall, I don't remember it being a particularly bad year but I certainly don't remember it being particularly good, either.

*That cineplex didn't survive COVID and was sadly torn down a few months ago.
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« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2022, 09:37:56 PM »

'Mazes & Monsters' with Tom Hanks?

yes. but there's another DnD based film but sadly, was released in 1983.."Skullduggery" not 82.   Sad panda
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