Oldie But A Goodie

We're entering in the summer blockbuster season of 1987 and that means it's time for some nice, wholesome family entertainment in the form of Harry and the Hendersons. Released June 5th of '87, it's about a family who accidentally run into a Bigfoot. They then abduct him, take him home, name him Harry, and keep causing various hijinks to occur. It was actually way more of a normal kids movie than...

Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a movie. It was released on the 29th of May in 1987. We decided to review it. This is that review. We're joined by Sandy Whittem (Illiterature) to talk about it. There's a reason this episode description is as vague as possible. Join the Bad Porridge Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow Sandy Whittem! Illitera...

After we definitely reviewed the first movie in our 100th episode, we knew we'd have to come back and see what Eddie Murphy's classic character had in store for us next. Beverly Hills Cop II, released May 20th in 1987, has some of what you loved about the first film. Murphy himself considers it to be "the most successful mediocre movie of all time". We're both pretty split on it but there's one bi...

The Gate, released May 15th in 1987, is a funny horror film that might be for children, we honestly don't really know. It focuses on our two pre-teen leads as they accidentally open a gate to hell in their backyard. One of us loved it, the other is mixed, and our guest (Twitch's MelissaMayPlays) thinks it's the worst thing she's ever watched. Join the Bad Porridge Club on Patreon for TWO bonus epi...

John Cusack goes full Rambo in this movie. That's probably the best part of Hot Pursuit, released May 8th in 1987. Sure, there's also a lot of entertaining hijinks out in the Caribbean like running around, getting lost, being on a ship with a guy who's almost a pirate, and also a handful of car chases... But it's the Cusack being Rambo part that we can't quite get over. Join the Bad Porridge Club...

Creepshow 2, released May 1st, 1987, features three spooky tales from the twisted minds of Stephen King and George A. Romero. One is about revenge, one's about a lake, and one's about a woman who loves talking to herself. We're joined by Jen Speirs (Innes Lloyd's Mina Harker, Nerd-Out with Rob Lloyd, Jen Speirs & Sandro Falce) to see how this sequel stacks up to the classic original movie. Joi...

My Demon Lover, released April 24th in 1987, is an odd one. It's a romantic horror comedy about a guy who turns into a demon whenever he's turned on. He's also a big creep but the movie will forget about that as soon as he needs to be the good guy! On top of that, this movie has mystical swords, questionable character decisions, and some very funny twists and turns that left us laughing. Is it so...

Blood Hook, released during April in 1987, is a very long movie about a killer who uses a very long fishing hook as a weapon. It's very silly and has a lot of funny moments, but it's also very long and has a lot of sub-par plot. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldie...

Garbage Day! We've been looking forward to this one for a while now. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, released April 10th in 1987, is a holiday themed slasher that spawned countless memes. Half of it is a flashback to the first movie, the other half is a hilariously terrible string of one-liners and over the top kills. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://...

Here we go again! Police Academy 4 (released April 3rd, 1987) is the same as Police Academy 3, which, in itself, was basically the same as Police Academy 1. This time they're training civilians, pulling pranks, and blurring the line between running jokes and lazy writing. Listen in as we really try and keep the energy up while talking about this exhausting franchise. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patr...

Wow, do we have a movie for you this week! The Barbarian Brothers in The Barbarians, released March in 1987, is a sword and sorcery movie that just might have the most plot holes out of every film we've covered on this show. It's wild. We have a lot of fun in this episode tearing it apart. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiep...

Hollywood Shuffle, released March 20th in 1987, is a low-budget satire about racial stereotypes in Hollywood. It's got movie parodies, sketches, and a very relevant message. It also helped kickstart a bunch of careers, including the people behind In Living Color and Scary Movie! Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow t...

It's well established that Nicolas Cage loves to steal things. This week, we're looking at that time he teamed up with Holly Hunter and the Coen brothers to steal a baby! It's Raising Arizona, released March 13th in 1987. Spoilers: It's really really good. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: htt...

On paper, Hunk, released March 6th, 1987, is your typical 80s beach comedy about the misadventures of a computer nerd who turns into an attractive man called Hunk Golden. However this movie is way deeper and darker than that. We're joined by Sandy Whittem (Illiterature) to delve into the surprisingly entertaining, fantastical and dark-magic-filled world of Hunk, one of the strangest films we've ev...

It's back to nightmareville this week as we return to the classic Elm Street franchise with the 3rd installment: Dream Warriors, released February 27th, 1987. Completely ignoring the events of the second movie, we see the return of Nancy Thompson as she trains a group of teens to harness their dream powers and defeat Freddy once and for all. A lot of people considered this to be one of the best ho...

It's a sci-fi horror musical! This week's 1987 movie is about a band called Vicious Lips that finally get their big break and have to travel across the galaxy to play at the biggest concert venue in the universe... Expect most of the movie is set in one location with not much happening. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod...

Each year, we always make sure to check in with film icon Sylvester Stallone, and the movie he put out in 1987 is a special one. Over the Top, released February 13th, is an arm wrestling sports film that also really wants to be a father-and-son bonding movie. We're joined by comedian Mitch Garling to see how it stacks up against the other two bad Stallone films we've covered. Join the Dead Dad Clu...

This week's movie is Alien Predator, released February 6th in 1987, but it's also known as Alien Predators, The Falling and Mutant 2. It's set in a small Spanish town that just happens to be where a space lab has crashed. Inside the lab was an alien parasite which infects the local humans, cows, and cars, turning them all into dangerous zombie-type things. The aliens also burst out of people's hea...

It's 1987's first sequel! Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, released January 30th, is the follow-up to a movie called King Solomon's Mines. They're adventure-comedy movies that are adaptations of books from the 1880s, and you can tell. The films we had to watch this week were very hard to get through. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreo...

This week's topic might be the most obscure movie we've ever covered. Mirage (Hai shi shen lou / 海市蜃楼) is a Hong Kong martial arts adventure movie released on the 23rd of January in 1987. It tells the story of Tong, a photographer, who manages to take a photo of a woman he sees in a mirage. He then travels to the Silk Road to find her, getting pulled into many incredible action sequences featu...

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Critical Condition, released January 16th, 1987, is a Richard Pryor vehicle that is perhaps the most January-esq comedy we've ever done, in that it's not funny, has boring characters, nothing really happens, and was most likely dumped in January because it was bound to be a flop if released in any other month. We forced our guest Jacob Sacher (Paul Noodle PhD Candidate / Mr Yes and Mr No) to talk...

It's time to dive into 1987, the new year we're watching movies from! Our first review is a look at a dark Lovecraftian horror about science, splatter, and scary monsters with tentacles. It's The Kindred, released January 9th. Join the Dead Dad Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod Follow the show! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebu...

Before we dive into a new year of movies, we're taking this week to look back on everything we covered over the past 12 months and seeing what we learned about the films of 1984. Was it any good? Have our opinions changed on any of the ones we covered? What's the best and worst movies of the year? That's what this week's episode is all about! Follow the show! Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodi...

For our final movie of the year, we head back to the hip-hop fueled dance world of Breakin' for the sequel with the name everyone's been making fun of for decades: Electric Boogaloo. It's cheesy, silly, and not as good at the first one; the perfect way to wrap up both 1984 and 2020. Follow the show! Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepod Omny: https://omny.fm/shows/oldie-but-a-goodie YouTube:...