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  1. On This Day August 8 1981 – Hell Night Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 8 1981 – Hell Night Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 8 1981, Hell Night premiered in theaters, delivering a chilling blend of gothic horror and early 80s slasher suspense. Starring Linda Blair, the film quickly became a cult favorite among horror fans and offered a unique twist on the haunted house trope. Set during a college...
  2. On This Day August 7 1981 – Heavy Metal Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1981 – Heavy Metal Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1981, Heavy Metal premiered in theaters, unleashing a bold animated anthology that blended science fiction, fantasy, and hard rock in a way audiences had never seen before. Based on the adult illustrated magazine of the same name, the film featured a series of visually...
  3. On This Day August 7 1981 – Condorman Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1981 – Condorman Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1981, Condorman premiered in theaters, delivering a lighthearted blend of comic book adventure and spy parody courtesy of Walt Disney Productions. The film starred Michael Crawford as comic book illustrator Woody Wilkins, who unexpectedly finds himself recruited into a real...
  4. On This Day August 7 1981 – Student Bodies Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1981 – Student Bodies Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1981, Student Bodies premiered in theaters, bringing a new kind of horror spoof to the big screen. Billed as the first slasher comedy, the film poked fun at the tropes of late 70s and early 80s horror movies, particularly the growing wave of teen slasher films that had taken...
  5. On This Day July 24 1981 – Wolfen Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 24 1981 – Wolfen Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 24 1981, Wolfen premiered in theaters. Directed by Michael Wadleigh, the film offered a unique blend of crime thriller and supernatural horror that stood out from the typical werewolf fare of the era. Starring Albert Finney, Wolfen followed a New York City detective...
  6. On This Day July 24 1981 – Blow Out Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 24 1981 – Blow Out Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 24 1981, Blow Out premiered in theaters. Directed by Brian De Palma, the political thriller starred John Travolta and Nancy Allen and delivered one of the most stylish and gripping suspense films of the early 80s. Travolta played a sound technician who accidentally records a...
  7. On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Zorro the Gay Blade Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Zorro the Gay Blade Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 17, 1981, the comedy adventure film Zorro the Gay Blade premiered in theaters. Directed by Peter Medak and starring George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Ron Leibman, and Brenda Vaccaro, the film delivered a parody of classic swashbuckler tales with a flamboyant twist and a heavy dose...
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  8. On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Arthur Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Arthur Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 17, 1981, the romantic comedy Arthur premiered in theaters. Directed by Steve Gordon and starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and John Gielgud, the film followed a wealthy and frequently drunk millionaire who is torn between true love and an arranged marriage designed to keep...
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  9. On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Endless Love Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Endless Love Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 17, 1981, the romantic drama Endless Love premiered in theaters. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli and based on the controversial novel by Scott Spencer, the film starred Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt as two teenagers caught in a dangerously intense relationship. It also featured...
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  10. On This Day: July 10, 1981 – Escape from New York Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 10, 1981 – Escape from New York Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 10, 1981, Escape from New York premiered in theaters and introduced audiences to one of the most iconic antiheroes of the decade. Directed by John Carpenter, the dystopian action film starred Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, a grizzled former soldier tasked with rescuing the...
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  11. On This Day: July 10, 1981 – The Fox and the Hound Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 10, 1981 – The Fox and the Hound Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 10, 1981, The Fox and the Hound premiered in theaters as the twenty fourth animated feature from Walt Disney Productions. Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens, the film told the emotional story of an unlikely friendship between Tod, a young fox, and Copper, a...
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