Struggling to work out what decade the film youre watching is from?
If it fulfils the criteria on this list, then its probably from the 80s…
Sometimes youll get home, turn on the television, and start watching a film halfway through.
So with this in mind, heres our handy list of ten tell-tale signs… Montage with upbeat music
An 80s movie just wouldnt be the same without a montage.
And although amusement arcades were still occasionally seen in 90s movies, their golden era had already passed.
A remake would presumably see the hero download an alien combat training app to his iPhone.
And finally, we come to the ultimate 80s yuppie slimeball Die Hards Harry Ellis.
Im your white knight quickly becomes his epitaph.
Gratuitous sex scenes
Now heres one movie trapping we dont see very often these days.
Even the decades best dancers worked in steel mills just look atFlashdance.
The reason for the number of these scenes is two-fold, perhaps.
Dodgy nightclub sequences
Running close behind those steel mill sequences came the ones set in nightclubs.
The fabulously 80s teen horror flickFright Nightfeatured a great nightclub sequence featuring a predatory Chris Sarandon.
1986 horror movieVampwas set exclusively in a strip club, if memory serves.
Reading a book or something?
Look at the size of your hands.
You could have crushed his head like a quails egg didnt make the final edit.
It probably just means the movie youve been watching was made in the 80s.
And lest we forget, 80s comedy seriesPolice Squaddid freezeframes better than any other show on Earth…
