Despite being fairly well made, the sequel to the 1979 Black Stallion movie is clearly made for the younger audience to enjoy, while adults will find their mind wandering away from the movie more often than not
80s-o-meter: 49%
Total: 45%
Category: 1983
#593 Superman III (1983)
A Richard Pryor movie with some extraterrestrial strong man also starring in it, Superman III is an unfocused, uninspired mess that tries too much to mix in a bit of everything
80s-o-meter: 80%
Total: 12%
#589 Doctor Detroit (1983)
A nerdy professor dresses up as a pimp with an annoying nasal voice in Doctor Detroit, a laughterless Jerry Lewis like total-waste-of-the-celluloid slapstick from Dan Aykroyd
80s-o-meter: 61%
Total: 4%
#552 Testament (1983)
Sometimes a made-for-TV movie can outperform its commercial companions simply by having the liberty to take a more bold stance artistically, instead of aiming just for the lowest common denominator.
Testament is a prime example of a movie like this.
It’s an uneasy and unnerving portrayal of the survivals of a nuclear falloff on a small Californian town and its people trying to cope with the new reality while looking for any glimmer of hope that just seems to keep on slipping further away. It’s a chilling ride that delivers its grim message in a tone that is true to itself.
80s-o-meter: 65%
Total: 95%
#548 Scalps (1983)
A bunch of kids do some digging in the sacred indian land and then get killed one by one in Scalps, an extremely low quality slasher that really has nothing special going for it.
80s-o-meter: 30%
Total: 19%
#523 Strange Brew (1983)
Apparently quite a cult movie in the stateside, Strange Brew – Based on a Canadian TV show – evolves much too little from its origins, and ends up feeling like a patchy collection of 1970’s TV sketches, shot on film.
80s-o-meter: 30%
Total: 38%
#521 Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Definitely one of Chuck Norris’ strongest vehicles, Lone Wolf McQuade is an unapologetic, rough spagetti westerny action pack that often goes over the top, but always in a very entertaining way.
80s-o-meter: 70%
Total: 84%
#513 Videodrome (1983)
Cronenberg’s Videodrome first attempts to be a social commentary, but ends up a bizarre experience that is high on the smut, tits and phallic imagery, but low on the substance.
#491 Losin’ It (1983)
Three kids take a road trip to Tijuana to lose their virginity in an atmospheric roadtrip movie that gets watered down towards the end, but luckily gets a few good laughs along the way.
#488 The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
A sleazeball wants to have sex with all the women in the world in a tragicomedy that’s possibly the hardest and the most mind numbing two hours I’ve ever had to stomach through.
#486 Halloween 2016: The Final Terror (1983)
Shot in 1981 and released two years later, The Final Terror at first seems like an atmospheric take of the slasher genre, but it’s soon apparent the movie isn’t holding any aces in its sleeve.
#438 Valley Girl (1983)
Riding in the tailwind of Frank Zappa’s popular song, Valley Girl does not dig anywhere deep enough into its personas and its shallowness is best summarised by its banal ending.
#419 Private School (1983)
Located in the parallel universe where girls love to be sexually harassed, Private School is a collection of excuses to show some naked skin, and as such its T&A is above average.
#418 Deal of the Century (1983)
Black comedy about the morality – or the lack thereof – of weapons manufacturers manages to take a few good jabs, but plays a bit too tame and safe towards the end.
#396 Uncommon Valor (1983)
Veteran misfits form a team to liberate prisoners from a Vietnamese prison camp in Uncommon Valor, an action movie much more solid than the numerous copies it spawned.
#393 Brainstorm (1983)
Brainstorm has an very interesting concept and some great visuals for the movie of the early 80s, but ultimately fails to fully follow through its superbly promising premise.
#392 10 To Midnight (1983)
A lame psycho stalks and kills women in this Bronson’s 70s style thriller where the viewer is never emotionally connected with any of the characters.
Plus the poster sucks.
#388 Yentl (1983)
Yentl, a musical about eastern european jewish girl posing to be a man in the early 20th century might not be a bad movie per se, but there just wasn’t anything here to interest me.
#371 Mr. Mom (1983)
Everything goes totally wrong when a man has to stay home and take care of the kids in a comedy that plays with stupid stereotypes in a very predictable and banal way.
#354 Krull (1983)
Campy, but not of the entertaining kind of campy, Krull is an outdated piece of british sword and sorcery meets lasers piece of turd the time has forgotten, and very rightly so.