Released the same summer as ’80s blockbusters Top Gun and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Labyrinth earned less than its budget and received mixed reviews from critics who thought it was ugly in parts and violent in others. A dungeon, a bog, a masquerade ball, puppets made in Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and synth-driven bops by David Bowie ensue. Jareth gives Sarah 13 hours to navigate a labyrinth and find her baby brother before Jareth turns him into a goblin. The baby disappears and the film officially becomes a fantasy when the Goblin King Jareth (David Bowie) appears. Frustrated by having to watch the baby, Sarah wishes for him to be taken away by the goblins in the book. The story begins in a similar way as The NeverEnding Story and The Princess Bride: A teen girl named Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) recites passages from a book titled The Labyrinth, and as she tries to recall the last line, she remembers that she’s late to babysit her brother Toby. Here are 10 of the best fantasy films from the ’80s. Fantasy and science fiction enjoyed a full-blown cinematic renaissance. It was a decade when fear of nuclear war was an everyday topic of discussion, and jangly pop hits had titles like “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”Īudiences needed an escape from the reality of the ’80s and, inspired by both the growing popularity of Dungeons & Dragons and the unrivaled success of Star Wars, filmmakers opened enchanting new portals to unreal worlds.
Other plot points of the American ’80s story include the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the development of synthetic opioid drugs, the introduction of crack cocaine, the Satanic Panic, and the anti-communist sentiment that fueled the Cold War. It can be easy to romanticize the pre-internet era, especially in our current era of overwhelm, but the reality is that the ’80s were a decade when conservatism and capitalism were at all-time highs in the U.S.
There was more going on in the movies of the 1980s than anamorphic lens flare, analog synthesizer soundtracks, and lip gloss.
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