Nostalgic movies swallowed by time, or Holy crap I remember that...

[Art_of_Crime]

Sometimes I get into discussions with my friends about old movies that we remember but seem to have dropped off the face of the earth. I figured I would start a thread where we can post memories of odd old movies that we enjoyed but no one seems to have seen but you. You may think you had made it up until it pops up someplace. Here are a few that I saw on cable somewhere in the 80's.

http://avclub.com/assets/images/articles/article/2014/Frog-Dreaming-Quest.jpgThe Quest AKA Frog Dreaming. The kid from ET living in Australia hears a legend about a monster called Donkeegan living in a nearby Quarry. He also has this bike he modified so it can ride on railroad tracks. I remember seeing the box in rental places. It was a really odd movie.
http://www.waltvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Mio-in-the-Land-of-Faraway1.jpgChristopher Lee as a badass knight and Christian Bale when he was 11ish. For a few years I thought I had made this up. Then I found it on youtube. Bread to end all hunger, a giant disembodied head that takes a kid to the land of faraway, a knight with a stone heart.

http://www.rathcoombe.net/horror/watcher-woods.jpgThis movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. First person camera chasing people, cryptic storytelling visions in a mirror.

[C. Lee]

THE QUEST was a fun little movie. THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS was good, but not that scary to me...I mainly watched it because of Lynn Holly Johnson. I've heard of the FARAWAY movie, but never had the chance to see it.

[Art_of_Crime]

Before he died Jim Henson had a show called The Jim Henson Hour. He would show productions that were often darker and more intense than the Muppet show or Fraggle Rock. I think in there he ran episodes of a show called The Storyteller. I remember one called Hans My Hedgehog. Kind of a Beauty and the Beast story. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_wSMxltXkW0/0.jpg

[C. Lee]

They put the STORYTELLER shows out on DVD a few years ago. It's a neat show...a combination of his makeup/muppetlike appliances and other special effects tricks. John Hurt is the "Storyteller" and it's full of various guest stars.

[Art_of_Crime]

They put the STORYTELLER shows out on DVD a few years ago. It's a neat show...a combination of his makeup/muppetlike appliances and other special effects tricks. John Hurt is the "Storyteller" and it's full of various guest stars.
Yeah I saw that it was on netflix along with the Greek stories.

[gwynplaine]

No nostalgia here. Just masterpieces swallowed by time:

_ Leo Mc Carey's Ruggles of Red Gap.
_ Raoul Walsh's The Roaring twenties.
_ Peckinpah's Ride the High country.
_ Michael Cimino's Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

[danoyse]

I remember The Watcher in the Woods. They actually showed that in my elementary school and it scared the hell out of half the kids. :wow:

There were a ton of movies I remember because HBO ran them virtually on a loop when I was a kid:

Misunderstood: another Henry Thomas movie, with Gene Hackman as his dad who can't deal with his kids after their mother dies
Midnight Madness: a Disney movie about an all-night college scavenger hunt. I think it was Michael J. Fox's first movie and he looked about 9.
The Earthling: I'm still traumatized from seeing little Ricky Schroeder's parents accidentally drive off of a cliff in a camper. :wow:

[Art_of_Crime]

There were a lot of extreme sports movies in the 80's and 90's. they basically all had the same plot, but were fun nonetheless.
http://scrapetv.com/Rad/Images/RAD%20poster.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HTvxJ6Rf1HY/R_UEusMj8zI/AAAAAAAAA-I/PYLEVQXmPGA/s400/thrashin.jpg
http://www.moviepostershop.com/airborne-movie-poster-1020203212.jpg

[bullets]

Airborne ...wow... used to watch that every time it was on tv.

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

http://whateves.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/x-cherry-2000-22.jpg

Mans sex robot breaks, goes on adventure with hot lady to get new one, pair fall in love. sex robot eventually meaningless.
Good soundtrack.

[Doctor Jones]

Indian in the Cupboard.

[JustABill]

Indian in the Cupboard.
I loved that movie as a child. The book it was based on too!

[Jochimus]

Midnight Madness: a Disney movie about an all-night college scavenger hunt. I think it was Michael J. Fox's first movie and he looked about 9.

Wow, I haven't that seen that movie in ages, and yet I still remember it. Gotta love any Disney movie aimed at teens that essentially plugs a major brewery as one of its locations. :awesome:

[Gunga Diner]

This thread is gold.

Night of the Comet
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/NightoftheCometPoster.jpg/220px-NightoftheCometPoster.jpg

Not sure if this is old enough, but it was certainly a blast from the past for me when I remembered it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Country_bears.jpg/220px-Country_bears.jpg

Maybe I'm so fascinated by that movie not so much because it's nostalgic. I think the best way to describe my feelings would be "Holy ****, this movie actually exists."

[Kane52630]

Indian in the Cupboard.

Yess! I remember having the VHS tape of that.

Who remembers these?

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3863/74571417.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7650/richierich.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2219/l1192155409e8f9.jpg

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6113/1996harrietthespyposter.jpg

[Gunga Diner]

Yess! I remember having the VHS tape of that.

Who remembers these?

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3863/74571417.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7650/richierich.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2219/l1192155409e8f9.jpg

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6113/1996harrietthespyposter.jpg

The latter two are hardly obscure. I remember seeing them in theaters.

[Banana-Hotdog]

http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/virtuosity_ver1.jpghttp://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff52/banana-hotdog/Virtuosity-1995-Wide-Screen-Front-Cover-47396.jpg

I'm sure this movie would suck if I watched it today, but I loved watching it as a kid (was probably too young to be watching it...). Also, a lot of people don't want to believe it exists. Russel Crowe is a super serial killer created by a police virtual reality simulator. He escapes the system and Denzel Washington, the only cop to ever catch Russel Crowe in the simulator, is released from prison (yeah...) because he is the only chance we have of catching Russel Crowe who can also regenerate from his wounds if he eats glass shards.

[JoeyConQueso]

Willow was THE fantasy movie for me as a kid, and personally it seems to have been lost in time.

[danoyse]

Willow was THE fantasy movie for me as a kid, and personally it seems to have been lost in time.

Willow was awesome. :up:

[Abaddon]

No one I know remembers the Josh Kirby movies.:csad:

[Timstuff]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4137/spacehunter.jpg

This movie is quirky, cheesy, and awesome. It's like The Road Warrior meets Star Wars. Hunt down this under-appreciated gem if you have not already.

[Drizzle]

Two live-action/animated Disney movies from my childhood that nobody seems to acknowledge:

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu258/xwaynesworldx1972/petesdragon.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b128/cadfile/Blog/bedknobs.jpg

[WildcatNC]

Willow was THE fantasy movie for me as a kid, and personally it seems to have been lost in time.

Labyrinth is what got me on the fantasy wagon. That and the red Advanced Dungeons and Dragons boxed set, which got me into Tolkien.

I loved Willow back in the day too.

[Timstuff]

The animated version of The Hobbit is what got me into fantasy.

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/4706/hobbitanimated.jpg

Even today it still looks great and holds up quite nicely. :)

[Drizzle]

The animated version of The Hobbit is what got me into fantasy.

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/4706/hobbitanimated.jpg

Even today it still looks great and holds up quite nicely. :)
I remember Cartoon Network used to show that one constantly, especially around the time that the LOTR trilogy was in theaters.

[gwynplaine]

_ Time After Time.

[Kane52630]

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/7308/blankcheck.jpg

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6343/adventuresindinosaurcit.jpg

[antsman41]

Mario Bros.
Little Giants
Little Rascals
The Big Green
Brink!
Homeward Bound

[gwynplaine]

When I look at some of the movies in this thread, I'm kinda glad they were swallowed by time:woot:

[Mace Dolex]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/panaf/cloak_and_dagger.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/panaf/making_the_grade.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/panaf/girls_just_want_to_have_fun.jpg

[bullets]

My Pet Monster

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t194/flipdoubt/scan0001-2a.jpg

I thought this was great as a kid. It now fall sin the holy crap I remember that category for me.

[Secret Fawful]

Homeward Bound

This. It's a masterpiece I tell you. A masterpiece. A masterpiece. Shut up. Shut up. It's a bloody masterpiece, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar who needs to shut their whore mouth.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Babe
Babe: Pig in the City
Milo and Otis
The Apple Dumpling Gang
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Rescuers Down Under
Support Your Local Sheriff
Support Your Local Gunfighter
The Black Hole
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Reluctant Astronaut
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
No Deposit, No Return
Felix the Cat
Gus
The Private Eyes
Rocketman

[antsman41]

Over The Edge

[cherokeesam]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Ice_pirate.jpg

The Ice Pirates from 1984.

[Ipodman]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3863/74571417.jpg

One of my favourites! :woot:

[Hotwire]

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k598/Hotwire_Customs/2483291020A.jpg

[moviefreak]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/DrunkenMasterMoviePoster.jpg

That's poster for "Drunken Master" from 1978 with Jackie Chan in top billing.

Greetin' all. Been reading some of the excellent stuffs on Hype board for a while. For me, my most formative cinema going experience happened during the 1970s especially with Hong Kong Kung Fu wave. Drunken Master also happened to be in the same year as Superman TM which I also saw. It was a double bill but my memory failed me as to the other film that accompanied "Drunken Master". The only reason that I'm remembering this particular film is because I had a vivid dream that night playing the Jackie Chan character and the weird bit being my character was fighting a lion like Hercule against a fiery sunset background. :yay:

How many of you ever went to cinema to see a "double bill" feature? I believe that it stopped around mid 1980s and from then on cinema going experience was not the same for me.

[November Rain]

adventures in babysitting for the mofo win peeps

and a more recent one, big fish

[November Rain]

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k598/Hotwire_Customs/2483291020A.jpg
still one of the greatest fictional vehicles ever

[Wesley Dodds]

http://images.bizrate.com/resize?sq=450&uid=11652272


http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/data/0001124/affiche.jpg


http://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cool_world_ver1.jpg


http://uk.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/105/MPW-52760

http://uk.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/18/A70-9192

[Homer J. Fong]

Incidentally, one of the greatest divisive Siskel & Ebert reviews was for Cop and a Half. And if I recall correctly, during their Broken Arrow review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fxd25qtGiM) a couple years later, Ebert gets Siskel to turn his thumb down, Siskel asks Ebert to relent and say that Cop and a Half WASN'T a good movie, and Ebert refuses.

[misjuevos]

They put the STORYTELLER shows out on DVD a few years ago. It's a neat show...a combination of his makeup/muppetlike appliances and other special effects tricks. John Hurt is the "Storyteller" and it's full of various guest stars.
john hurt is one of my favorites. i used to love that show. "a story short" is my favorite episode, it is about the storyteller himself, so that means more hurt.


oh and how about some john carpenter, this was my first carpenter movie, then i discovered the others, you know the ones.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511EGE76GNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[chamber-music]

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k598/Hotwire_Customs/2483291020A.jpg
I got this as a free DVD with a newspaper was one of my favourites as a kid. I watched it recently and sort of realized I hate the kid in it now lol.

[WildcatNC]

Monster Squad

Rawhead Rex

Phantasm

[cryptic name]

My Pet Monster

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t194/flipdoubt/scan0001-2a.jpg

I thought this was great as a kid. It now fall sin the holy crap I remember that category for me.

Holy ****...I had that pet monster. His name was Brutus and he sat on my toy box...

[chamber-music]

Some of my favourites as a kid

http://i52.tinypic.com/o59gqw.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2irvv53.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/6p3j0j.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/24v0ec3.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/25oxuah.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2ykky0y.jpg

[chamber-music]

Also

http://i54.tinypic.com/160o8lf.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2roickm.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/6ql3s6.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/a25awn.jpg

Christan Bale movie
http://i56.tinypic.com/2eof8no.jpg

Guilty Pleasure movie
http://i52.tinypic.com/73glme.jpg

[Hotwire]

Monster Squad
Wolfman's got nards!

[El Payaso]

I used to watch this once a year on TV.

TROG. It was a caveman found somewhere and brought to life. He became friends with a femal scientist (Joan Crawford) who becomes his guardian, sort of. Of course everything goes wrong and the caveman is chased as a criminal or something like that.

I loved the mvoie. To my surprise I found that it was never very well regarded amongst reviewers.

http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/mrbungle_08/TROG.jpg




Christan Bale movie
http://i56.tinypic.com/2eof8no.jpg



I see Wilson.

[fallenAngel]

http://www.moviepostershop.com/airborne-movie-poster-1020203212.jpg

damn, this movie has a lot of taglines.

[Wesley Dodds]

http://www.everythingaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/skateboard_kid.jpg

[BobbyCorwin88]

http://www.impawards.com/1994/posters/pagemaster_ver1.jpg
The Mother Effing Pagemaster.

[Hotwire]

http://www.impawards.com/1994/posters/pagemaster_ver1.jpg
The Mother Effing Pagemaster.

Walmart bargain bin, $5.00.

More from my brother's childhood.

[misjuevos]

you wanna talk skateboard movies, lol
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QVQNBGNQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[nimrodson]

Rad (AKA the best movie evah)
The Flight of the Navigator
Airborne (obviously)
Blank Check
Monster Squad

Which have all been mentioned, I'm sure. But... does anyone remember

THIS!!?!!?

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9766/l8870812605016.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/l8870812605016.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[cherokeesam]

Rad (AKA the best movie evah)
The Flight of the Navigator
Airborne (obviously)
Blank Check
Monster Squad

Which have all been mentioned, I'm sure. But... does anyone remember

THIS!!?!!?

http://www.movieposterdb.com/posters/09_06/1985/88708/l_88708_12605016.jpg

No Hotlinking Please???
I don't remember that one. Musta been Beta instead of VHS. ;)

[nimrodson]

No Hotlinking Please???
I don't remember that one. Musta been Beta instead of VHS. ;)

My bad. Still learning.

Haha. It was definitely VHS. There's got to be someone who remembered this gem.

[nite-owl]

you wanna talk skateboard movies, lol
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QVQNBGNQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

I used to have this on video and honestly I could never Finnish it.

[Secret Fawful]

Baby's Day Out

[darkseid26]

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc421/dan1778/poster.jpg

[misjuevos]

another slater movie

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.caffeeuropa.it/images/169/volume.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.caffeeuropa.it/attualita03/169radio-ribelli.html&usg=__vgDhQ8rF4jMx7gt_iN_50nqOZ80=&h=350&w=259&sz=16&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=iLhRiVCApIYsNM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=99&ei=Ef9KTritO-mDsgKx8LziCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpump%2Bup%2Bthe%2Bvolume%26tbnh%3D105 %26tbnw%3D105%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26gbv%3D2%26b iw%3D792%26bih%3D361%26tbs%3Dsimg:CAESEgkSX4XuTa2d 6SGjz42oz26nUw%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=245&vpy=-26&dur=1503&hovh=261&hovw=193&tx=88&ty=254&page=1&ved=1t:722,r:1,s:0http://www.caffeeuropa.it/images/169/volume.jpg

funny thing is he has one of the most distinct voices ever, and we are to believe no one could put it together in the movie

[Hotwire]

Rad (AKA the best movie evah)
The Flight of the Navigator
Airborne (obviously)
Blank Check
Monster Squad

Which have all been mentioned, I'm sure. But... does anyone remember

THIS!!?
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9766/l8870812605016.jpg

And it's sequels! Anyone remember American Samurai? Like Bloodsport, but with weapons.

[danoyse]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4137/spacehunter.jpg

This movie is quirky, cheesy, and awesome. It's like The Road Warrior meets Star Wars. Hunt down this under-appreciated gem if you have not already.

I remember this movie was playing at the same theater opening weekend of Return of the Jedi. We were trying to get in to see Jedi for the second time, but it was sold out...so my dad asked if we wanted to see this instead. No one did. We wound up spending the afternoon at the arcade.

I still haven't seen this movie.

[danoyse]

Saw this movie on HBO about a million times as a kid:

v6ziA2n1OT0

[Mace Dolex]

Some of my favourites as a kid

http://i56.tinypic.com/6p3j0j.jpg

I saw this at a cousins house and had no idea who Kid 'N' Play were that I thought it was Malcolm Jamal-Warner on the right side.

[Secret Fawful]

http://i.imgur.com/vnMrZ.jpg

Angels in the Outfield

[Ponyboy]

anyone remember this one?

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/22/A70-11160
http://www.impawards.com/1985/posters/explorers.jpg

[misjuevos]

http://www.disneydreaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Vision-Quest.jpg
http://www.mymike.biz/Movie-Poster/Kuai-Can-Che.jpg

[Soapy]

http://spectrumculture.com/assets/surfninjas2.jpg
http://cdn.mymovies.ge/posters/138/4bc94b3a017a3c57fe021138/3-ninjas-original.jpg

[misjuevos]

ah surf ninjas, that was a good one. the little boy's power was connected to his gamegear

[Bim]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/panaf/girls_just_want_to_have_fun.jpg
Oh man, i loved watching this movie! Also Streets of Fire and The Last Starfighter :woot:

[The Joker]

http://www.movie-scum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/critters.jpg

[Guhndoi]

Who's da mastah?

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5897/unled1vhv.jpg

[Hotwire]

Who's da mastah?

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5897/unled1vhv.jpg

Sho-Nuf!

[gwynplaine]

Dark Crystal.

[Mace Dolex]

http://www.movie-scum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/critters.jpg
I remember two guys in our theater just bawling over the absurdity of the movie, it made it watching the more better.

And the Power Of The Night by faux rocker Johnny Steele is awesome.

[Teelie]

I've seen most of these movies but some I've never heard of. And a lot of them I want to watch again because it's been more than 20 years in some cases.

[Thebumwhowalks]

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc421/dan1778/poster.jpg

I know a lot of fans have been overly critical of her looks in the Spider-man movies, which I always thought was a bit ridiculous, but holy moses, what the hell has happened to her? I can't believe that's the same actress.

[Teelie]

She got hold of a razor and body wax.

[Thebumwhowalks]

image posted by misjuevos

http://www.disneydreaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Vision-Quest.jpg

"The story of one man and one woman's dream to open the world's first opticians that specialised in contact lenses."

I hear they are doing a remake of this movie in 3D, which of course completely misses the point of the film.

[Mace Dolex]

Possibly the closest thing to a real live action G.I.Joe movie, and this was in 1985 folks!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/panaf/Panaflex/DeltaForceThe1986.jpg

[childeroland]

Not a feature film, but I loved Puff the Magic Dragon as a kid.

And who could forget:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/The_Hideaways_DVD_cover.jpg
But forget that idiotic title. The real one is:
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

[Kane52630]

http://i.imgur.com/R6NA1.jpg

[Art_of_Crime]

http://i.imgur.com/R6NA1.jpg
call me crazy but I swear that this movie was inspired by an episode of Ducktales.

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

The last starfighter, The boy who could fly and Explorers were 3 movies i loved as a kid

[Visceral]

I remember explorers having and interesting concept

[the_ultimate_evil]

you know what this thread has taught me, the art of the film poster is dead.

look at some of the great designs and art that are here, now its PS+floating heads+ tagline=posters

[hopefuldreamer]

Return to Oz

http://thetfs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Return-to-Oz-460x250.jpg

Once Upon a Forest

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A8A3SMTGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Jack Frost

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mH9jZjTd8Hc/TQZcRIQu4nI/AAAAAAAACH0/-rZbclzjKjE/s1600/Jack%2BFrost.jpg

Santa Claus the Movie

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxyG9pX1DSY/TQ3UEwBNqII/AAAAAAAACzM/Vbu-dO8D_lU/s400/SantaClausTheMovieThe15708_f.jpg

The Craft

http://mollytanzer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/the-craft-movie-poster.jpg