MODERN GIRLS (1986)

"Never stand in line. Never buy your own drinks. Never stand next to a dweeb."

Modern Girls is not a great movie. But it is a great time capsule of the year 1986, capturing the styles, trends, music, and attitude of the time. The film marks an early stepping stone for Oscar Nominee Virginia Madsen and features 80's staples Daphne Zuniga and Cynthia Gibb.

Amazingly, Modern Girls is still not available on DVD and the VHS version is relatively expensive if you can find it. Also hard to find is the awesome soundtrack. It features tracks by Depeche Mode, Jesus & Mary Chain, Club Nouveau, and Toni Basil. The movie still has a devoted fanbase, just check out this tribute website.

Feel like stepping back in time to 1986? Watch the film in its entirety (via clips) right here!



Enjoy the first ten minutes of Modern Girls...

CHOPPING MALL (1986)

Chopping Mall only has a 4.7 rating over at IMDB.com, but this is one of my favorite horror films of the late 80's.

The movie was originally released under the title Killbots and it bombed. Later, the flick was re-released as Chopping Mall and subsequently found a kult following. The infamous mall seems to be the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, though the interiors were apparently shot at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in the San Fernando Valley.

Chopping Mall has various versions floating around, but essentially it's a low-budget horror film about horny teenagers trapped in a mall that is being terrorized by security robots. Hell yeah!

More about Chopping Mall here.

Chopping Mall - original trailer