Like it’s 1981

It certainly took a while (most of this year), but my latest year-based movie marathon (previously 1967, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990) is now done. 1981 was certainly an interesting year, and there was a lot more I wanted to watch than in 1980 — in the end I capped it at the 24 films you see listed below, but there were still a few more on my list, but I just felt like it was time to move on. The other thing that happened this year was that I stopped doing my mini write-ups on this blog, and instead started doing them on the Letterboxd site — so all of the films listed below link to those reviews, which have the bonus that I give them a star-rating as well. So if you’re curious to see what I thought of all these films, I invite you to click through the titles, and you can also follow me on Letterboxd for all of the movie reviews I share there (since I started using the site, I now review every film I watch, not just the ones that are part of my movie marathons). And in terms of marathons, what’s next? Well, that would be 1991, which I will kick off soon.

1. American Pop
2. Death Hunt
3. Excalibur
4. Escape from New York
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. Friday the 13th Part 2
7. Halloween II
8. Heavy Metal
9. History of the World Part 1
10. My Bloody Valentine
11. Night Hawks
12. Omen III: The Final Conflict
13. Outland
14. Porky’s
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
16. Scanners
17. Stripes
18. The Cannonball Run
19. The Decline of Western Civilization
20. The Evil Dead
21. The Funhouse
22. The Howling
23. The Road Warrior
24. Time Bandits