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Post by carcar on May 29, 2022 14:42:03 GMT 10
seriously the stranger things 80s intro and the show as a whole show another dark side to the 80s zeitgeist with tons of influences from 80s horror. Aside from that the Halloween 80s aesthetic of the Like of nightmare on elm street were pretty creepy. No wonder so much iconic horror films came out of this decade
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Post by astropoug on May 29, 2022 14:46:22 GMT 10
The 80s was in my opinion the best decade of horror films. So many classics from that decade. Also, many heavy metal bands during that time were influenced by horror-related stuff, so it was definitely a big part of the zeitgeist. Even Michael Jackson's Thriller song and video was all about horror.
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Post by carcar on May 29, 2022 14:50:12 GMT 10
The 80s was in my opinion the best decade of horror films. So many classics from that decade. Also, many heavy metal bands during that time were influenced by horror-related stuff, so it was definitely a big part of the zeitgeist. Even Michael Jackson's Thriller song and video was all about horror. Yeah idk how to explain it but it’s the decade that managed to contrast to soft bright pastels with creepy haunted mansion demeanor. Like nightmare on elm street ish if that makes sense
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Post by astropoug on May 29, 2022 14:52:45 GMT 10
The 80s was in my opinion the best decade of horror films. So many classics from that decade. Also, many heavy metal bands during that time were influenced by horror-related stuff, so it was definitely a big part of the zeitgeist. Even Michael Jackson's Thriller song and video was all about horror. Yeah idk how to explain it but it’s the decade that managed to contrast to soft bright pastels with creepy haunted mansion demeanor. Like nightmare on elm street ish if that makes sense To be fair, I don't think the pastel soft aesthetic really went together with horror aesthetics, at least at the time. 80s horror usually involved lots of red (the color of blood). Also, the 80s color palette wasn't pastels, so much as vibrant cool neon colors like blue, black, and purple.
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Post by carcar on May 29, 2022 14:58:00 GMT 10
Yeah idk how to explain it but it’s the decade that managed to contrast to soft bright pastels with creepy haunted mansion demeanor. Like nightmare on elm street ish if that makes sense To be fair, I don't think the pastel soft aesthetic really went together with horror aesthetics, at least at the time. 80s horror usually involved lots of red (the color of blood). Also, the 80s color palette wasn't pastels, so much as vibrant cool neon colors like blue, black, and purple. I meant more on like the teenagers in the horror movies clothes. Those red colors come to mind Freddy Kruger.
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Post by John Titor on May 29, 2022 23:46:19 GMT 10
seriously the stranger things 80s intro and the show as a whole show another dark side to the 80s zeitgeist with tons of influences from 80s horror. Aside from that the Halloween 80s aesthetic of the Like of nightmare on elm street were pretty creepy. No wonder so much iconic horror films came out of this decade Watching an ep of Stranger Things is not conclusive to how the 80s really was lol, but horror movies was a huge thing in the 80s, and made somewhat of a comeback in the late 90s
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Post by carcar on May 30, 2022 3:54:21 GMT 10
seriously the stranger things 80s intro and the show as a whole show another dark side to the 80s zeitgeist with tons of influences from 80s horror. Aside from that the Halloween 80s aesthetic of the Like of nightmare on elm street were pretty creepy. No wonder so much iconic horror films came out of this decade Watching an ep of Stranger Things is not conclusive to how the 80s really was lol, but horror movies was a huge thing in the 80s, and made somewhat of a comeback in the late 90s Lol I just meant the 80s horror aesthetic is iconic and creepier then the horror aesthetic from more recent decades like the 2000s/2010s where it’s more technological.
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Post by John Titor on May 30, 2022 8:54:27 GMT 10
Watching an ep of Stranger Things is not conclusive to how the 80s really was lol, but horror movies was a huge thing in the 80s, and made somewhat of a comeback in the late 90s Lol I just meant the 80s horror aesthetic is iconic and creepier then the horror aesthetic from more recent decades like the 2000s/2010s where it’s more technological. thats true
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Post by carcar on May 30, 2022 8:59:32 GMT 10
Lol I just meant the 80s horror aesthetic is iconic and creepier then the horror aesthetic from more recent decades like the 2000s/2010s where it’s more technological. thats true I guess you can say it’s organic
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Post by John Titor on May 30, 2022 11:28:42 GMT 10
I guess you can say it’s organic lol yupp, the 80s had some of the worst movie theaters btw lol
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Post by astropoug on May 30, 2022 11:33:15 GMT 10
I guess you can say it’s organic lol yupp, the 80s had some of the worst movie theaters btw lol The 80s was the first decade of multiplex theaters though. A movie theater with a dozen screens was seen as a big deal back then, but now it's like so common.
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Post by John Titor on May 30, 2022 13:48:35 GMT 10
lol yupp, the 80s had some of the worst movie theaters btw lol The 80s was the first decade of multiplex theaters though. A movie theater with a dozen screens was seen as a big deal back then, but now it's like so common. in the 90s ( the mid 90s really) some of the 80s previous theaters looked super outdated at the time, but the 90s theaters were also not that much bigger screen in comparison lol
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2022 17:18:27 GMT 10
I will say pictures from the '80s tend to give off the "liminal" or cursed aura.
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Post by 10slover on Jun 1, 2022 3:24:40 GMT 10
The 80s are creepy but the 50s creep me off more
And not just because of the rampant bigotry of the decade
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Post by 10slover on Jun 1, 2022 3:25:07 GMT 10
I wonder if the 10s will be seen as a creepy in the future, perhaps the late 10s
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