Posts by Tara McNamara
Lucy Hale takes us back to the ’80s on FANTASY ISLAND
Lucy Hale discusses the ’80s origins of her Blumhouse Horror film FANTASY ISLAND.
Read MoreCherry Slushies with HEATHERS writer Daniel Waters: how he hoped his 1989 classic would put an end to teen suicide, but is still waiting for his “school shooting residuals.”
HEATHERS screenwriter Daniel Waters
Read MoreGastronomic Glam: Oscar Party Menu Ideas That’ll Amuse Your Guests
Oscar Party food suggestions for 2020 are themed to celebrate the Best Picture nominees.
Read MoreTHE COLOR PURPLE Back in Theaters for Black History Month
On its 35th Anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s 1985 multiple Academy Award nominated film THE COLOR PURPLE (1985) is back in theaters in February to coincide with Black History Month.
Read MorePodcast: ANIMAL HOUSE Was So Good, It Ruined a Generation
The ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast looks at NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE, the 1978 screw-ups rule comedy classic that impacted a generation for the worse.
Read MorePodcast: THE TERMINATOR teaches that Masculinity is Guns and Muscles
In the latest ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast, Tara McNamara and Riley Roberts look back at how THE TERMINATOR affected ’80s kids and the adults they would become.
Read MorePodcast: THE LOST BOYS – So Much Subtext in the Shadows
The ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast looks at THE LOST BOYS (1987) for what it reveals about and impacted Gen X teens
Read MorePodcast: GHOSTBUSTERS – Con Your Way to Success!
In this episode of the ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast, GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) is put through the modern day lens to show why the movie is so great — and so damaging.
Read MoreTHE SHINING Shined a Light on the Horrors of Domestic Abuse; Here’s How Life for Teens is More Chilling Today
Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING provides insights into family relations in 1980.
Read MorePodcast: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Innovated Horror, But Sluts Still Get Cuts
’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast takes a Gen X and Gen Z look at Wes Craven’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984).
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