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The 80s Movie Podcast

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Edward Havens

Celebrating both the biggest hits and the most obscure releases of 1980s cinema, focused primarily around exploring the narratives of under‑seen distributors, niche genres, and overlooked classics.

#137

The Brat Pack at 40, and the best Brat Pack movie

This week, we look back at 40 years of The Brat Pack, from the naming of the group, to who... more

29 Jul 2025

19 MINS

19:13

29 Jul 2025

#136

The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Making Mr. Right

On this episode, we continue our look back at the 1980s movies of iconoclastic director Su... more

12 May 2025

10 MINS

10:15

12 May 2025

#135

Top Five Fantasy Films of the 1980s with author Todd Downing

On this episode, we speak with modern day renaissance man Todd Downing about his five favo... more

30 Apr 2025

54 MINS

54:23

30 Apr 2025

#134

Collision Course

On this episode, our first episode of our seventh season and first in more than six months... more

30 Jan 2025

14 MINS

14:32

30 Jan 2025

#133

The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Desperately Seeking Susan

On this episode, we’re going to continue with our series on the 1980s movies of director S... more

11 Jul 2024

15 MINS

15:00

11 Jul 2024

#132

Brats

We pause our retrospective on the 1980s movies of director Susan Seidelman to examine Andr... more

21 Jun 2024

12 MINS

12:23

21 Jun 2024

#131

The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Smithereens

On this episode, we’re going to start a miniseries on the 1980s films from director Susan ... more

12 Jun 2024

16 MINS

16:32

12 Jun 2024

#130

Crimewave

On this episode, we’re going to tackle a movie from the early 1980s that, if made today wi... more

27 May 2024

20 MINS

20:30

27 May 2024

#129

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

Our first episode returning from paternity leave takes us back to 1983, and one of two seq... more

13 May 2024

23 MINS

23:43

13 May 2024

#128

Threads

Welcome to the first episode of our sixth season, the first of three episodes to begin the... more

12 Jan 2024

24 MINS

24:37

12 Jan 2024

#127

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

For our final episode of 2023, the podcast takes a look back at the history of one of the ... more

29 Dec 2023

34 MINS

34:24

29 Dec 2023

#126

Deep in the Heart (aka Handgun)

On this week's episode, we talk about a movie that was buried by one of the major American... more

01 Dec 2023

16 MINS

16:41

01 Dec 2023

#125

Chattanooga Choo Choo

This week, we go back to the 1984 summer movie season, with one of the most forgotten movi... more

26 Nov 2023

13 MINS

13:28

26 Nov 2023

#124

UFOria

On this week's episode, we talk about a rarity amongst 80s movies, one that is an oldie, a... more

10 Nov 2023

24 MINS

24:43

10 Nov 2023

#123

The Orphans 6

This week, we look back at another three films for whom their releases would be the only t... more

26 Oct 2023

22 MINS

22:27

26 Oct 2023

#122

The Orphans 5

On this episode, we’re going to do something we haven’t done in nearly a year and a half. ... more

19 Oct 2023

22 MINS

22:05

19 Oct 2023

#121

Motion Picture Marketing

This week, we spend a bit of our time on Motion Picture Marketing, the oddly named early 8... more

09 Oct 2023

48 MINS

48:58