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What are your favourite 80s fantasy movies? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by eezeebee@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've been catching up on and rewatching some lately. Legend, Highlander, The Never ending Story. What are some others that are similar? And why do 80s movies seem to hit different than other decades?

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[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Oh yes.. I still remember the first time seeing that scene where everyone (almost) got turned into pigs in Willow. It really freaked me out at the time.
*shudders*

I think the heavy reliance on physical props, models and scenery. Combined with a certain darker style of story telling really made those movies stand out.