Movies of the 80s: 'Raise the Titanic' 10 Things to Know about this 1980' Flop 10 facts from our research into the 1980 movie Raise the Titanic.

Did you know that when the movie Raise the Titanic was released in 1980, we didn't actually know where the wreckage of the real Titanic was located? It wasn't actually found until several years after the film flopped.
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Forgotten Movies of the 80s: The House of Long Shadows — When Horror Legends Finally Shared the Screen Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and John Carradine unite their horror legacies in 1984's Cannon Films production, The House of Long Shadows.

Forgotten Movies of the 80s: The House of Long Shadows — When Horror Legends Finally Shared the Screen
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The Protest That Wasn’t: How Early 80s Horror Movies Turned Outrage Into Advertising IMDb claims Eyes of a Stranger drew real protests, but did it? A dive into horror marketing, moral panic, and how outrage became the best publicity stunt of the 1980s.

The Protest That Wasn't: How 80s Horror Turned Outrage into Advertising.
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Movies of the 80s Sidequest The Death of Natalie Wood YouTube video by Movies of the 80s

We Adapted Our Natalie Substack Article for YouTube
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The 1980s' Equal-Opportunity Offenders: The Story of Eric Brown Shows that Hollywood Didn't Care to Protect Child Actors of All Genders. Eric Brown's story shows that Hollywood's exploitation of young talent had no boundaries.

Hollywood in the 80s Exploited Teenage Actors Regardless of Gender. The story of Eric Brown is another story of Hollywood Carelessness.
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“Barbra Against the World: The Making of Yentl (1983)” A Movies of the 80s Feature

Barbra Against the World: The Making of Yentl (1983)
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Movies of the 80s Theyre Playing with Fire YouTube video by Movies of the 80s

New on our Movies of the 80s YouTube channel. They're Playing with Fire, a 1984 thriller starring Sybil Danning
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Oscars of the 80s: When Thriller Tried to Win an Academy Award Michael Jackson and John Landis had visions of Oscar dancing in their head when they collaborated on Thriller.

Oscars of the 80s: When Thriller Tried to Win an Academy Award
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Covergirl (1984): Wealth Porn, Sleaze, and the Empty Promise of 80s Aspiration Forgotten Movies of the 80s: Covergirl (1984)

Covergirl (1984): Wealth Porn, Sleaze, and the Empty Promise of 80s Aspiration
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Christine (1983): Stephen King vs. John Carpenter When a Haunted Car Became a Clash of Creative Philosophies

Two Visions of Christine - Stephen King vs John Carpenter.
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Natalie Wood’s Final Night: The Evidence Behind Hollywood’s Most Enduring Mystery (Part II) It may not be a murder but was Natalie Wood's death truly an accident? Part 2 The Evidence.

Natalie Wood’s Final Night: The Evidence Behind Hollywood’s Most Enduring Mystery (Part II)
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Did You Solve 'Clue?' The Solution to the Hill House Murders We turned the Movie Clue into a True Crime Cold Case and asked you to solve it before watching the movie.

Did You Solve Clue (1985)? Watch the Movie and or Read this Article to see how your detective skills worked.
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Natalie Wood’s Final Night: Reconstructing the Mystery on the Splendour (Part I) No conspiracy theories, just the evidence available, a reconstruction of the death of Natalie Wood: A Movies of the 80s Investigation.

Natalie Wood’s Final Night: Reconstructing the Mystery on the Splendour (Part I)
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Well I'm sold, we just registed our Reelrank account.

Good to hear, ever since IMDB and Box Office Mojo got snapped up by bigger companies and had their resources stripped out to make them more profitable, they've made both sites so much worse. Box Office Mojo leaves mistakes on their release calendar for months at a time.

Yes, it's Romancing the Stone. And. somehow, so is this one.

Another wild Polish movie poster. Can you guess the movie?
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IMDB Trivia is a Hive of Scum and Villainy: A Movies of the 80s Debunk The movie Purple Hearts is not well remembered but what many assume about is a myth born in the IMDB trivia page.

IMDB Trivia is Lying Again and We're Debunking Again.
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Criterion Collection of the 80s: #9 Lost in America
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IMDB Trivia is a Hive of Scum and Villainy: A Movies of the 80s Debunk The movie Purple Hearts is not well remembered but what many assume about is a myth born in the IMDB trivia page.

IMDB Trivia is a Hive of Scum and Villainy. Yes, we're debunking
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Movie vs. Movie: Incompreso (1966) vs. Misunderstood (1984) As part of our ongoing Forgotten Movies of the 80s series we look back at the 1984 movie Misunderstood and a comparison to the 1966 movie masterpiece it attempted to reinvent.

Movie vs. Movie: Incompreso (1966) vs. Misunderstood (1984)
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Disney of the 80s: How Splash Saved Disney—And Got Its CEO Fired Darryl Hannah's bare backside was somehow enough to get a Disney CEO fired? No, not really, but Splash was a uniquely revolutionary hit for the company, even if you didn't know it was a Disney Movie.

Disney of the 80s: How Splash Saved Disney—And Got Its CEO Fired
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Police Academy Box Office Breakdown: How a $4.8M Comedy Became a $273M Phenomenon (And Then Faded Fast) The Fast Start and Fast Fade of an 80s Franchise

Police Academy without Steve Guttenberg was simply a dead franchise. We looked at the box office falter of Police Academy.
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The 80s Machine: Greystoke and The Tarzan Movie That Got Away.
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Polish Movie Posters Always Went Big in the 80s. Check out this incredible poster for Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan.
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Well done. Yes, a millennial friend of ours thought it was Brendan Fraser in George of the Jungle. Which I can totally see.

Just curious, can you tell me who you think this is? I know who it is, I am curious if anyone sees the resemblance that I see.
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Forgotten Movies of the 80s: Continental Divide (1981) — John Belushi’s Most Surprising Performance Before tragedy cut his career short, John Belushi delivered an unexpectedly tender romantic performance in one of the most overlooked comedies of the early 1980s.

Forgotten Movies of the 80s: Continental Divide (1981) — John Belushi’s Most Surprising Performance
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Slapstick of Another Kind (1984): When the Universe Tried to Stop a Movie From Existing How did a movie this bad make it into theaters?

Slapstick of Another Kind (1984): When the Universe Tried to Stop a Movie From Existing
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