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The Worst 80s Movies, Index

I want the absolute worst movies from the 80s, and please tell me why you thought they were the worst movies. Of course, some movies are so bad their good. I don't agree with all the suggestions here. This page goes against what I really believe in, but I think everyone needs to vent a little.

This page currently edited by: Indy Gent. Past editor: Banasy



The most recent entries to this section are listed below.
Superman II / 1981
Superman kills, which is the biggest no-no of all time for him. And now has new superpowers, such as the ability to throw a giant S from his chest that disappears. Did the writers even check the source material before making this?
Cemetery High / 1989
This is a film I saw back in the early 1990s on the USA cable network, it's about young women who are abused by the opposite sex, use their bodies to lure in scumbags and eliminate them!
Gobots Battle of the Rocklords / 1986
Boy, where do I begin with this one? This was one of the single worst TV to movie adaptations of a cartoon I ever saw. At the time, I was almost 10. All I can say is that the H-B production studios must have shelled out big amounts of cash just for the privilege of having Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas, and Roddy McDowall voice characters in this stinker of a movie. The whole movie centers around a power mad Rocklord named Magmar, voiced by Telly Savalas, and his rouge bunch of misfit Rocklords conquering their home planet of Quardax one area at a time after which he would steal each sector ruler's power scepter. Wait it gets even more gruesome. After Magmar stole each sector ruler's power scepter he'd place them in a device called "the tumbler" which can send a rocklord ruler to his/her death within a matter of 10 seconds. The only Rocklord ruler that was a willing participant in Magmarâ€TMs schemes was the Fossil Lord. There are only 2 power scepters left and they're held by the only 2 remaining rocklord rulers still alive. Boulder, voiced by Michael Nouri, who gathered up the remaining sectors of Quardax to lead the rocklord freedom fighters, and Solitaire, voiced by Margot Kidder, who is the only remaining Jewellord left and others all of whom have remained hidden so that Magmar can't find them and wipe them out. The plot gets even more rediculous when Solitaire and Nuggit, voiced by Roddy McDowall, finally leave Quardax to find help. The unlikely pair finally find their way towards Gobotron where the Guardians find their ship coming into their air space. Here's the real kicker. The line that every good guy wants to hear a stranger in a strange world say: "we come in peace." Um okay so we know that Solitaire and Nuggit have come in the spirit of peace so I'm going to fast forward to what is probably the most rediculous point of this movie. Cy-Kill and the Renegades get wind of Magmar's plans to conquer Quardax and capture both Small Foot and Solitaire. I can understand why Cy-Kill, being one of the scummy bad guys with no intention of sharing the wealth with Magmar, wants to capture Solitaire and head towards Quardax, but taking Small Foot with him DUH! Why are Small Foot and the kids even unwilling participants with Cy-Kill and his plans? Then along the way Solitaire is spilling her guts about her people's weaknesses, strengths, and what Magmar's plans are for all of the Rocklord Ruler's power scepters. She even goes so far as to try and lie her way out telling Cy-Kill where Magmar is. Of course Cy-Kill laughs at Solitaire and tells her that she's not very convincing at lying to him. So the Leader-1, Turbo, and Scooter head with Nuggit towards Quardax and he introduces them to Boulder. At first Boulder seems skeptical that the Gobots can help them but they finally agree that if the freedom fighters are to survive Magmar's tyrany both sides have to agree to band together for a common cause. What a cliched way to go. Small Foot finally escapes, with the help of Nick and A.J., and proceed to steal a Renegade escape shuttle and then head to Quardax but not without causing complete and total chaos inside the Renegade ship before all three finally escape. This movie just keeps getting more and more rediculous as time progresses so I'm going to fast forward again. Finally the rocklord freedom fighters and their Guardian allies storm Stone Head and set Solitaire free but not without having Boulder make the mistake of raising his power scepter in the air in victory. This boneheaded move allows Magmar to steal his power scepter and put it in the wand's last slot but Magmar makes the mistake of letting Cy-Kill take the scepter first. Afterwhich Leader-1 and Cy-Kill go at it manno al manno until the wand starts to over take Cy-Kill and melt in his hand, well DUH what the fuck did he think was going to happen?, Leader-1 then flies up, with everyone looking on in horror. Leader-1 finally manages to shoot the ultimate power scepter out of Cy-Kill's hand but then it flies over top of Stone Head leaving only Magmar's battle axe behind. We hear Magmar's final line "we may not have the scepter but we still rule Stone Head." The final love fest occurs when Boulder and Solitaire thank Leader-1 and his crew for all of their help. (Insert sound of my gag reflex here.) The freedom fighters vow to rebuild Quardax as soon as Magmar is defeated perminently. Leader-1 tells them to call the Guardians if they need any help. Everyone says their goodbyes. Everyone is happy. Boy my gag reflexes are getting a work out here.
movie / 1999
why it's the worst
Grease 2 / 1982
the movie was a rip off i felt the lack of goodness .this movie sucks!
Gremlins / 1984
Okay, anyone who thinks a small furball that multiplies by water is good, should go and watch 'creature' or 'demons'. Gizmo looked like a wierd dog puppet that came out of a messed up sesame street, and the monsters who fell in the water where just plain stupid. All in all, I got bored half way through and the 'dont feed them after midnight' concept is just been done to many times. Cliched, and the acting is bad. In one scene, you can see the girlfriend's eyes moving back and forth as if she was reading her script. How sad it that?
Night Of The Life Of Jimmy Reardon / 1988
This movie didn't make sense of to me. I know this was set in 1960's Chicago. You had to admit that the movie had some funny moments, but it really was bad.
Christine / 1983
What's so scary about a car?!! Based on Stephen King's worst novel ever, it involves a much maligned nerd who falls in love with title car. When he finally gets to date the girl of his dreams, "Christine" retaliates and kills just about everybody BUT her/its intended victims. Nothing is either scary nor believable, and the lovely "Baywatch" chick, Alexandra Paul is wasted. Celluloid version of a pile of scrap metal junk.
A Certain Sacrifice / 1985
A movie made in the early '80's. Madonna first appeared in, but wasn't released until 1985 when she became a successful pop singer. Even she wanted to ban this film, though she had appeared in over a dozen awful films since. Not including "A League Of Their Own", which was a decent film. For some foresakin' reason, I found this stinkfest on DVD, and the only positive thing I can say is that it makes a great coaster.
Pretty made to cash in on the suceess of the musical, this time around the girl in the film, "travels back in time" to Paris and meets The Phantom. Apparently, she looks like the girl he loves, and The Phantom is willing to kill anyone who gets his way. Just plain bad.
Grease II / 1982
This is the worst musical movie that I ever seen. I really like the musicals, but this is make me feel ashamed.
Pretty Smart / 1987
I saw this movie on USA one night, and you can tell this was a very cheesy. It looked like they ran out of idea's in the 80's.
As much as I LOVE Dudley Moore... this movie was pretty bad. The plotline moved WAY too quickly, most of the female character's lines and actions seem too mechanical, and isn't really all that much of a comedy, despite its title.
The red-headed actress was terrible. [Ed.'s note: For those who don't know, Dale is referring to Molly Ringwald.]
Rambo: First Blood 2 / 1985
Okay, it didn't make sense. It was boring.
First of all, it took place in the Vietnam War, not the Korean War. Second, Pyle blows his brain out because the other people in the squad were beating him because he was fat, not because he didn't get the war! Third, what war movie have you seen where there wasn't blood and gore??
I don't want to watch a movie where an old dude (Doc Brown or the principal) have relations with a high schooler (Marty) and go back in time with a DMC. How stupid is that!!! This entire thing is obviously a metaphor for homosexual tendencies!!
Return Of The Living Dead / 1985
Bad acting, dumb storyline concept. Also, despite it was only about 90 minutes, it got boring half way. Not to mention some inappropriate scenes.(both unnecessary and rude). I know why more people dislike it.
I just wanted to tell you all that it is not a follow up to "Purple Rain". The follow up movie was not made until 1990. So you can't say that it was a bad follow up movie when it was not a follow up movie.
Night Of The Comet / 1984
This movie was a cross between "The Omega Man" and "Valley Girl". It's about these two Valley airhead girls and they're the last two people on Earth. This movie really sucked big time.


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