What’s The Greatest Movie Summer Ever?
We’re gonna post 6 of the greatest movie summers - reblog your favourite!
1985
Back To The Future: A perennial favourite at TF Towers, Robert Zemeckis’ good-natured time travel adventure pulls off the feat of being slick, giddily-enjoyable entertainment without ever feeling hollow. One for the ages.
The Goonies: The ’80s was a treasure chest for this sort of family fare: kid-orientated adventures with a palpable sense of awe. Richard Donner directs, but this is another summer hit which has producer Steven Spielberg’s DNA embedded in it.
Fright Night: Not the highest grossing horror flick of the year (A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 holds that honour), but no disappointment either, Fright Night won respect from genre fans and critics as it ran with its wickedly simple conceit: a horror fan suspects his next door neighbour of being a vampire. The remake has a lot to live up to…
Weird Science: John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club was also released in ‘85 (but, alas, it didn’t quite fall into the summer boundary lines). Inspired by Frankenstein, two geeks create a beautiful woman who helps them overcome domineering bullies, oppressive older brothers and their own crippling insecurities.
Teen Wolf: Michael J Fox’s second cult smash of the summer saw him playing Scott Howard, a high-schooler who discovers he has inherited his family’s werewolf gene. It’s not all bad though, as it seems to make him irresistible to women, as well as turning him into a superstar on the basketball court.
First trailer for new “Teen Wolf” TV Series
This. Looks. Shit.
Back To The Future is back in UK cinemas this Friday, check out our review here.
For more exclusive Quoteskine movie mash-ups, check out our article here.
