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With Videodrome, I definitely appreciate the concept, however I feel as though the execution was ultimately poorly done. I thought that Blondie's character could have and should have been developed more in the beginning and that her suddenly sadistic urges seemed to come out of nowhere (though this could be due to bad writing).
Hellraiser: Yes, the twisted Cenobites were absolutely fantastic. They fulfilled the veritable monster-movie geekasm that I pursue time and time again... However, the original film is not about the Cenobites. It's a terrible painful tale of human degradation and corruption (the plot was just so incredibly abysmal). The thing is, I totally agree with you: The Cenobites are fantastic. Most horror fans will site Hellraiser as being incredible because of the presence of The Cenobites... If there were more of them, I would concede and embrace. But any scene sans-Cenobite (which is most of the movie) is just... awful.
Child's Play - But I'm not under 15. :p
Halloween III: True, I can embrace this movie for the camp factor. I actually gripped onto it into the wee hours of the morning, waiting for Michael Myers to emerge... I like explaining it to my friends, though as a movie about... Irish robots from Munich stealing part of the Stone Henge so as to create a chip to put in a Halloween mask to melt kids' brains and turn them into crickets. bwahahahaha.
TCM: But... The costumes... are... just... so... bad... *envisions leatherface dancing on a truck holding a dead body and a chainsaw* ... *shudder*
Oh, and the omissions are purposeful. I definitely acknowledge their powerful presence in horror movie fame.
GREAT 80s horror films (pulled from your list)
Poltergeist
Killer Klowns (SUCH an underrated film)
Lost Boys
The Shining
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
What about:
Sleepaway Camp
Aliens
The thing is, there are good and bad movies for every decade... But the 80s are so easy to pick on! I really hate the awful hairstyles and the clothing... The overarching cliched, repeated, eventually parodied and homaged teenage debauchery themes... The bad special effects... The REALLY bad writing...
Not so much.
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