what was it like when it was released in 1986?
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TheSonomaDude_Returns — 9 years ago(May 05, 2016 10:46 AM)
My dad was a teen at the time and he saw it in theaters, and he said it was basically the laughing stock of horror cinema for a long time and that some people were anticipating it being one of the worst films ever made. Everyone practically knew it would be dead on arrival, which is why the film both performed badly at the box office and Stephen King still looks down upon it to this day. My actually enjoyed it, in a laughable stupid kind of way.
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06986 — 9 years ago(May 21, 2016 07:50 PM)
I remember seeing one of the previews and remember a older kid/teen on our block on the military base we lived on in a foreign country saw it and was saying how much he liked it and thought it was cool but the guy was a total weirdo. I thought it was okay when I saw it, campy with a AC DC soundtrack, had kind of a cool 80's look to it but was really cheesy too.
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bhobnine — 9 years ago(May 29, 2016 02:57 PM)
I saw it when it came out.
The machines come to life and take out the humans, that's entertainment!
Watched it again the other night, and though its kinda dated, its still
entertaining.
That poor dog! Har!Pffft, my suspension of disbelief has higher standards than that.
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MegatonA — 9 years ago(May 30, 2016 10:23 PM)
I didn't see it in the theater. I was 10 when it came out. I remember a friend and I rented it from the video store for a sleepover and thought it was amazing. I've watched it multiple times throughout the years, and I still love it. Yeah, it's pretty low-budget looking and a bit on the campy side even, but it's still got some weird sort of charm to it.
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Ufomammutter — 9 years ago(June 04, 2016 08:00 PM)
Absolutely incredible!!!
Saw it in theaters when I was 12. All the adults thought it was stupid as hell. All the kids thought it was insanely cool!!
Watching it now for the first time in many years, and I still love it!!! -
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wesperkins — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 06:03 PM)
I watched it as a teen and my friends and I thought it was incredible! Bad reviews or not, as a 13 year old, it was cool with a great sound track. I don't remember how it was recieved other than my friends and I.
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Wildstyle26 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 05:01 PM)
I wasn't born yet. I guess it wasn't too memorable. My mother loves Stephen King, and she didn't even remember this film. I saw it when I was between the ages of 4-7, is best guess. But hadn't seen it since then. I asked my mother if she knows a film where vehicles come to life and kill people. She told me "Christine." But didn't know of any others. I just watched that yesterday.
I just found this film today when I searched for films about killer vehicles. I enjoyed it. I liked it more than
Christine
. Connie is what helped me find it. Because I remember a woman who complained a lot, who was always yelling for
"CURTIS!"
lol And how she screamed about being scrunched up in the car. I still remember my great grandmother saying, around that part, how Connie talks to much, and that she was sick of her. lol
So I enjoyed it. It seems like one of those films that you look about on as one of the old classics. Even though it was a flop at the time, and corny by modern standards, it's just one of those films most people have seen. Like
Wizard of Oz
in the 50s. It's seen as a big classic. But seems I recall reading, at the time of its release, it was not considered anything special -if it wasn't a total flop.
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