Do you remember what we said? Do you remember what we said? There are a few decades in film history that have been as scrutinized as the 1980s, but to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going to take a couple of someone's who were there for it the first time around. Drew McQueenie and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade one month at a time to look at what worked then, what endurers now, and how it felt to be there when it all went down. Turn back to Calendar with us.

It's the 80s all over. Like Wellay so it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a labor activist and Polish politician. Lionel Richie released Can't Slow Down, his second solo album, Spawning Singles Like All Night Long and The Obick With His Hello. Please note the release date of October 1983 for the album that won the Grammy for album of the year Year in 1985 because that shit makes no sense. The first cellular network in America was launched by a Maritech mobile later known as Singular in Chicago, Illinois. And finally, one of those moments that makes me think we get it right sometimes. The US Senate established Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday as a national holiday. It's got to be the coolest thing that happened in October of 1983. Hi everybody, my name is Drew McQueenie and welcome to 80's all over. I'm joined as always by my co host Scott Weinberg. What's up buddy? Hi everybody, I'm Drew McQueenie and as always I'm joined by Michael Holmes, my ethnic man. Hey Scott, yeah, I heard you have some big news. What's your big news man? Oh yeah, we I was um adopted a new cat. Woohoo. Yeah, I heard you have some big news. What's your big news, man? Oh, yeah, we I was Adopted a new cat. Woohoo. Yeah, I am a cat lover and my lovely cat Jones passed away a few months ago Waited a bit to get over most of the hard pain My sister's friend she runs a foster service and she had a three-year-old boy Who didn't really have many friends at the foster care Center. So I adopted him instead. He is three years old and his name is Hudson in honor of the late great Bill Pax. Very nice man. I'm very excited and I saw the pictures on Twitter and he's a handsome boy. Yeah, he's a good cat. But Drew, there are two movies we're going to cover here that we omitted accidentally in previous episodes. And I would like to introduce the first of these two films to you via song if I may. Sure. Deadly eyes. They're watching you. They're giant rats and they'll eat you too. How's that? I had to light-full. Did you ever read the book this one was based on? No, but research indicates that the author, Frank Herbert, was none too pleased with the shitty adaptation of his novel, The Rats, which was turned into Deadly Eyes, not to be confused with of unknown origin, because this is even worse than that. And it is infamously known, and I always thought this was a rumor. Certain rats in this film, giant rats were played by doxins in costumes. They're clearly dogs. Yeah, yeah not mistaken. I think I'm not mistaken. I think I'm not mistaken. I think I'm not mistaken. I think I'm not mistaken. I think I'm not mistaken.

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you can definitely spot it.

And unfortunately, I also read that one of the dogs died of heat exhaustion or something

like that, and that adds to just another layer of Ick.

Although it does, and you know what the saving grace of this movie is, you know what the name

Scamming Brothers?

Without a doubt. I mean, giant rat horror movie and Scatman Crothers. Okay, those two side dishes alone might be worth digging it up, but Robert Klaus is not a horror director. He's barely an action director and despite the presence. of the fact that inner the dragon is such a good movie because it is the sole good movie on this guy's entire resume. It also features the charming I always get this wrong. Lisa Languah. I believe that's right. Languah. She's more interesting. Her and Scatman are more interesting than the two leads. Sam Grume and Sarah Botsford. Anyone? Canadian players. It looks like a tax shelter production and when your monster is as ridiculous as this films monster is, there's nothing else you have to hang on to. You can't make a horror film where every single time the rats show up, you start laughing. But let's move on to another film that kind of plays like a comedy. But boy, what a cast. Young warriors. This one has such a bizarre first 20 minutes. If you showed me the first 20 minutes and turned it off and told me that it was a comedy about a fraternity of wannabe doctors trying to get laid, I would believe you because the whole thing is goofy and fratty and stupid. And then it turns into a movie about how the worst thing

that ever happened to this guy is his sister got raped and murdered.

She is treated like the disposable plot point she is,

never really dealt with again.

It's his world that was ruined.

It's him that was violent.

It's him that has to live with it.

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