Why I picked the 1980s monster flick over the modern remake for movie night

Everyone seems to love the 2010 version of that cult classic about a giant spider. They say the effects are cleaner and the pacing is better. But I went with the original 1985 one for our last bad movie night. That thing has a scene where the spider puppet clearly gets its leg tangled in a cable and they just kept filming. The acting is so stiff it feels like a high school play with a bigger budget. Plus the soundtrack sounds like someone hit a Casio keyboard in a panic for 90 minutes. My friends groaned at first but by the end they were laughing harder than at any modern comedy. Has anyone else gone with the older version and found it way more fun?

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troy_ross1mo ago

And then there's the moment where the "giant spider" is clearly just a hairy hand puppet on a stick and you can see a crew member's arm in the shot. That's the kind of thing that makes a bad movie night actually good. The 2010 version is technically sound but it's like watching a vacuum cleaner run. It works fine but there's nothing to laugh at. You can't beat that 1985 panic keyboard though. That alone is worth the price of admission.

holly_williams24d ago

Ha, that panic keyboard is the real star of the whole movie!