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Articles tagged ‘1980s’

  • Interviews 9
  • Summaries 67
  • Titles Only 72
  • All 153

Interviews

  • Dead Ringers

    Sep 23, 1988

  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    Dec 1, 1989

  • Pee-wee's Playhouse

    Sep 13, 1986

  • Raging Bull

    Dec 19, 1980

  • Romancing the Stone

    Mar 30, 1984

  • Ruthless People

    Jun 27, 1986

  • Too Many Cooks

    Oct 27, 2014

  • Troop Beverly Hills

    Mar 24, 1989

  • Who's That Girl

    Aug 7, 1987

Summaries

  • Cocktail

    Jul 29, 1988

  • The Big Chill

    Sep 30, 1983

  • TerrorVision

    Feb 14, 1986

  • Desperately Seeking Susan

    Apr 12, 1985

  • Dune

    Dec 14, 1984

  • Chariots of Fire

    May 15, 1981

  • Steel Magnolias

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Look Who's Talking

    Oct 13, 1989

  • Tapeheads

    Oct 21, 1988

  • Salvador

    Feb 28, 1986

  • Ghostbusters II

    Jun 16, 1989

  • Adventures in Babysitting

    Jan 1, 1987

  • Basket Case

    Apr 2, 1982

  • Chopping Mall

    Mar 21, 1986

  • Little Monsters

    Aug 25, 1989

  • Grendel, Grendel, Grendel

    Jul 9, 1981

  • Possession

    May 27, 1981

  • True Believer

    Feb 17, 1989

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Jun 12, 1981

  • Ghostbusters

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Earth Girls Are Easy

    May 12, 1989

  • Wolfen

    Jul 24, 1981

  • Celia

    May 18, 1989

  • Razorback

    Apr 19, 1984

  • Tetsuo

    Jul 1, 1989

  • Tonkô

    Jun 25, 1988

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Sep 26, 1987

  • After Hours

    Oct 11, 1985

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Jan 1, 1989

  • Airplane!

    Jul 2, 1980

  • Aliens

    Jul 18, 1986

  • Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

    Dec 18, 1986

  • Altered States

    Dec 25, 1980

  • Back to the Future

    Jul 3, 1985

  • Batman

    Jun 23, 1989

  • Blott on the Landscape

    Feb 6, 1985

  • Blow Out

    Jul 24, 1981

  • Brazil

    Dec 18, 1985

  • Broadcast News

    Dec 25, 1987

  • Cheers

    Sep 30, 1982

  • The Dead Zone

    Sep 21, 1983

  • Die Hard

    Jul 20, 1988

  • Do the Right Thing

    Jun 30, 1989

  • Dragnet

    Jun 26, 1987

  • Going Berserk

    Sep 30, 1983

  • The Idolmaker

    Nov 14, 1980

  • Invaders From Mars

    Jun 6, 1986

  • Loverboy

    Apr 28, 1989

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Dec 11, 1980

  • Modern Girls

    Nov 7, 1986

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    Apr 16, 1988

  • The Naked Gun

    Dec 2, 1988

  • National Lampoon's European Vacation

    Jul 26, 1985

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    Jul 29, 1983

  • Night of the Comet

    Nov 16, 1984

  • Night of the Demons

    Oct 14, 1988

  • Re-Animator

    Oct 18, 1985

  • Repo Man

    Mar 2, 1984

  • Saved By The Bell

    Aug 20, 1989

  • They Live

    Nov 4, 1988

  • Three Men and a Baby

    Nov 23, 1987

  • Times Square

    Oct 17, 1980

  • The Untouchables

    Jun 3, 1987

  • Videodrome

    Feb 4, 1983

  • Wild Style

    Jun 4, 1984

  • The Wonder Years

    Jan 31, 1988

  • The World According to Garp

    Jul 23, 1982

Titles Only

  • Stingray

    Jul 14, 1985

  • Mission: Impossible

    Oct 23, 1988

  • Quantum Leap

    Mar 26, 1989

  • Cat People

    Apr 2, 1982

  • Stakeout

    Aug 5, 1987

  • Conan the Barbarian

    May 14, 1982

  • Tough Guys

    Oct 3, 1986

  • Labyrinth

    Jun 27, 1986

  • Without a Clue

    Oct 28, 1988

  • Blade Runner

    Jun 25, 1982

  • Knight Rider

    Sep 26, 1982

  • Halloween II

    Oct 30, 1981

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Sep 20, 1985

  • thirtysomething

    Sep 29, 1987

  • Heavy Metal

    Aug 7, 1981

  • Switching Channels

    Mar 4, 1988

  • 52 Pick-Up

    Nov 7, 1986

  • A Hobo's Christmas

    Dec 6, 1987

  • Akira

    Jul 16, 1988

  • Bachelor Party

    Jun 29, 1984

  • Back to the Future Part II

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Beetlejuice

    Mar 30, 1988

  • Big

    Jun 3, 1988

  • The Breakfast Club

    Feb 15, 1985

  • Breakin'

    May 3, 1984

  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

    Dec 21, 1984

  • Chances Are

    Mar 10, 1989

  • Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam

    May 1, 1986

  • Eischied

    Sep 21, 1979

  • The Fan

    May 15, 1981

  • Flash Gordon

    Dec 5, 1980

  • The Fly

    Aug 15, 1986

  • The Goonies

    Jun 7, 1985

  • Gremlins

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Heathers

    Mar 31, 1989

  • Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

    Sep 17, 1988

  • The Jewel of the Nile

    Dec 11, 1985

  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    May 27, 1988

  • The King of Comedy

    Feb 18, 1983

  • Kung Fu: The Movie

    Feb 1, 1986

  • The Little Mermaid

    Nov 17, 1989

  • MacGyver

    Oct 6, 1985

  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

    Dec 24, 1981

  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    Jul 10, 1985

  • Mannequin

    Feb 13, 1987

  • Maria's Lovers

    Oct 3, 1984

  • Married to the Mob

    Aug 19, 1988

  • M.A.S.K.

    Sep 16, 1985

  • Masters of the Universe

    Aug 7, 1987

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Nov 9, 1984

  • Night of the Creeps

    Aug 22, 1986

  • North and South

    Nov 3, 1985

  • Paternity

    Oct 2, 1981

  • Raising Arizona

    Mar 13, 1987

  • Real Genius

    Aug 7, 1985

  • The Return of the Living Dead

    Aug 16, 1985

  • Sable

    Nov 7, 1987

  • Salsa

    May 6, 1988

  • Something Wild

    Nov 7, 1986

  • Soul Man

    Oct 24, 1986

  • Stop Making Sense

    Oct 18, 1984

  • The Stunt Man

    Jun 27, 1980

  • The Terminator

    Oct 26, 1984

  • The Spirit

    Jul 31, 1987

  • ThunderCats

    Sep 1, 1985

  • Tin Men

    Mar 13, 1987

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    Nov 1, 1985

  • The Twilight Zone

    Sep 27, 1985

  • A View to a Kill

    May 24, 1985

  • Wolf

    Sep 13, 1989

  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    Mar 25, 1988

  • Worth Winning

    Oct 27, 1989

All

  • Cocktail

    Jul 29, 1988

  • The Big Chill

    Sep 30, 1983

  • TerrorVision

    Feb 14, 1986

  • Desperately Seeking Susan

    Apr 12, 1985

  • Dune

    Dec 14, 1984

  • Chariots of Fire

    May 15, 1981

  • Steel Magnolias

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Look Who's Talking

    Oct 13, 1989

  • Tapeheads

    Oct 21, 1988

  • Salvador

    Feb 28, 1986

  • Stingray

    Jul 14, 1985

  • Ghostbusters II

    Jun 16, 1989

  • Adventures in Babysitting

    Jan 1, 1987

  • Basket Case

    Apr 2, 1982

  • Chopping Mall

    Mar 21, 1986

  • Little Monsters

    Aug 25, 1989

  • Grendel, Grendel, Grendel

    Jul 9, 1981

  • Possession

    May 27, 1981

  • True Believer

    Feb 17, 1989

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Jun 12, 1981

  • Ghostbusters

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Earth Girls Are Easy

    May 12, 1989

  • Wolfen

    Jul 24, 1981

  • Celia

    May 18, 1989

  • Razorback

    Apr 19, 1984

  • Mission: Impossible

    Oct 23, 1988

  • Quantum Leap

    Mar 26, 1989

  • Tetsuo

    Jul 1, 1989

  • Cat People

    Apr 2, 1982

  • Stakeout

    Aug 5, 1987

  • Conan the Barbarian

    May 14, 1982

  • Tough Guys

    Oct 3, 1986

  • Labyrinth

    Jun 27, 1986

  • Without a Clue

    Oct 28, 1988

  • Blade Runner

    Jun 25, 1982

  • Knight Rider

    Sep 26, 1982

  • Halloween II

    Oct 30, 1981

  • Tonkô

    Jun 25, 1988

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Sep 20, 1985

  • thirtysomething

    Sep 29, 1987

  • Heavy Metal

    Aug 7, 1981

  • Switching Channels

    Mar 4, 1988

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Sep 26, 1987

  • 52 Pick-Up

    Nov 7, 1986

  • After Hours

    Oct 11, 1985

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Jan 1, 1989

  • A Hobo's Christmas

    Dec 6, 1987

  • Airplane!

    Jul 2, 1980

  • Akira

    Jul 16, 1988

  • Alien Quadrilogy Analysis

    May 14, 2008

  • Aliens

    Jul 18, 1986

  • Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

    Dec 18, 1986

  • Altered States

    Dec 25, 1980

  • Bachelor Party

    Jun 29, 1984

  • Back to the Future

    Jul 3, 1985

  • Back to the Future Part II

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Batman

    Jun 23, 1989

  • Beetlejuice

    Mar 30, 1988

  • Big

    Jun 3, 1988

  • Blott on the Landscape

    Feb 6, 1985

  • Blow Out

    Jul 24, 1981

  • Brazil

    Dec 18, 1985

  • The Breakfast Club

    Feb 15, 1985

  • Breakin'

    May 3, 1984

  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

    Dec 21, 1984

  • Broadcast News

    Dec 25, 1987

  • Chances Are

    Mar 10, 1989

  • Cheers

    Sep 30, 1982

  • Dead Ringers

    Sep 23, 1988

  • The Dead Zone

    Sep 21, 1983

  • Die Hard

    Jul 20, 1988

  • Doctor Who: 50 Years of Main Title Design

    Nov 26, 2013

  • Do the Right Thing

    Jun 30, 1989

  • Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam

    May 1, 1986

  • Dragnet

    Jun 26, 1987

  • Eischied

    Sep 21, 1979

  • The Fan

    May 15, 1981

  • Flash Gordon

    Dec 5, 1980

  • The Fly

    Aug 15, 1986

  • Going Berserk

    Sep 30, 1983

  • The Goonies

    Jun 7, 1985

  • Gremlins

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Heathers

    Mar 31, 1989

  • Hey Vern, It's Ernest!

    Sep 17, 1988

  • The Idolmaker

    Nov 14, 1980

  • The Importance of Being Ernest: A Title Design Retrospective

    Oct 12, 2017

  • Invaders From Mars

    Jun 6, 1986

  • The Jewel of the Nile

    Dec 11, 1985

  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    May 27, 1988

  • The King of Comedy

    Feb 18, 1983

  • Kung Fu: The Movie

    Feb 1, 1986

  • The Little Mermaid

    Nov 17, 1989

  • Loverboy

    Apr 28, 1989

  • MacGyver

    Oct 6, 1985

  • Mad Max: The Title Sequences

    May 14, 2015

  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

    Dec 24, 1981

  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    Jul 10, 1985

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Dec 11, 1980

  • Mannequin

    Feb 13, 1987

  • Maria's Lovers

    Oct 3, 1984

  • Married to the Mob

    Aug 19, 1988

  • M.A.S.K.

    Sep 16, 1985

  • Masters of the Universe

    Aug 7, 1987

  • Modern Girls

    Nov 7, 1986

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    Apr 16, 1988

  • The Naked Gun

    Dec 2, 1988

  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    Dec 1, 1989

  • National Lampoon's European Vacation

    Jul 26, 1985

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    Jul 29, 1983

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Nov 9, 1984

  • Night of the Comet

    Nov 16, 1984

  • Night of the Creeps

    Aug 22, 1986

  • Night of the Demons

    Oct 14, 1988

  • North and South

    Nov 3, 1985

  • Paternity

    Oct 2, 1981

  • Pee-wee's Playhouse

    Sep 13, 1986

  • Raging Bull

    Dec 19, 1980

  • Raising Arizona

    Mar 13, 1987

  • Real Genius

    Aug 7, 1985

  • Re-Animator

    Oct 18, 1985

  • Repo Man

    Mar 2, 1984

  • The Return of the Living Dead

    Aug 16, 1985

  • Romancing the Stone

    Mar 30, 1984

  • Ruthless People

    Jun 27, 1986

  • Sable

    Nov 7, 1987

  • Salsa

    May 6, 1988

  • Saved By The Bell

    Aug 20, 1989

  • Something Wild

    Nov 7, 1986

  • Soul Man

    Oct 24, 1986

  • Stop Making Sense

    Oct 18, 1984

  • The Stunt Man

    Jun 27, 1980

  • The Terminator

    Oct 26, 1984

  • The Spirit

    Jul 31, 1987

  • They Live

    Nov 4, 1988

  • Three Men and a Baby

    Nov 23, 1987

  • ThunderCats

    Sep 1, 1985

  • Times Square

    Oct 17, 1980

  • Tin Men

    Mar 13, 1987

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    Nov 1, 1985

  • Too Many Cooks

    Oct 27, 2014

  • Troop Beverly Hills

    Mar 24, 1989

  • The Twilight Zone

    Sep 27, 1985

  • The Untouchables

    Jun 3, 1987

  • Videodrome

    Feb 4, 1983

  • A View to a Kill

    May 24, 1985

  • Vigilantes, Psychopaths, and Road Warriors: B-Movie Title Design of the 1970s & 1980s

    Jan 27, 2015

  • Who's That Girl

    Aug 7, 1987

  • Wild Style

    Jun 4, 1984

  • Wolf

    Sep 13, 1989

  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    Mar 25, 1988

  • The Wonder Years

    Jan 31, 1988

  • The World According to Garp

    Jul 23, 1982

  • Worth Winning

    Oct 27, 1989

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