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[Dendo Star @PassaroE]

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[Retrovania Land 🍕 @RetrovaniaLand]

Last night I dimmed the lights and rewatched Full Moon Features 1989 classic Puppet Master with my bodacious wife. Man, that movie still hits different — those killer puppets are pure late-80s magic! Insanely creative practical effects, gnarly kills, and that wild Charles Band vibe that walks the perfect line between creepy and totally unhinged (yeah… the sex-kink scenes still caught us off guard).

Tonight I’m thinking about firing up Ghoulies 2 for round two. Nothing beats that pure ’80s straight-to-video horror goodness.

Who else grew up renting Empire Pictures and Full Moon titles from your local indie video store or Blockbuster back in the day? Those dusty VHS shelves with the crazy box art were basically a treasure chest of forbidden Saturday night fun. Drop your favorite Full Moon or Empire memory below — let’s get nostalgic! 🍿💀📼
#80sHorror #PuppetMaster #RetroHorror #FullMoonFeatures
#80sKidsRule

[Retrovania Land 🍕 @RetrovaniaLand]

🌌🛸 TOTALLY RADICAL '80S ALERT, RETRO WARRIORS! 🕹️🍕

Yo, what's up my fellow Saturday morning survivors and arcade cabinet legends? It's your boy Cap'n Retrovania, the '80s kid turned nostalgic vampire dad, coming at ya with some pure childhood nightmare fuel that still gives me those backyard chills! 🚀

HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY to Invaders from Mars (1986) — released exactly today, June 6, 1986! The Tobe Hooper remake of that classic 1953 invasion flick dropped right into theaters and straight into our collective nightmares. Dude, this one hit different as a kid!

Little David Gardner (played by the awesome Hunter Carson) is just minding his own business when—BOOM —a freakin' UFO crashes in his backyard sandpit! These slimy Martian invaders start burrowing underground and turning the whole town into zombie-like mind-controlled puppets. His own parents (Timothy Bottoms and Laraine Newman), the teachers, the cops... everyone's getting that glassy-eyed "join us" vibe!

Only David and his badass teacher Linda Magnuson (Karen Black) are left to fight back against the takeover. Throw in Louise Fletcher as the creepy Mrs. McKeltch, James Karen as the gun-totin' General Wilson, and you've got a full-on '80s sci-fi horror party!

But let's talk about what made this movie ABSOLUTELY BITCHIN' — the effects! Stan Winston and his legendary team went full practical makeup monster mode with those grotesque alien drones and guards. We're talking slimy, pulsating designs that still look gnarly today. And the alien guard suits? Mind-blowing suit performer wizardry! Those inverted-leg Martian drones were rocked by two performers back-to-back in one costume — a little person (like the incredible talents such as Debbie Lee Carrington, Tony Cox, or Sal Fondacaro in the crew) facing forward in a backpack-style rig while the main performer moved the legs backward. One handled the body, the other puppeteered the freaky face and expressions. Pure genius from Stan Winston Studio! It made those things walk like nightmare creatures from another dimension. John Dykstra crushed the visual spaceship effects too. This wasn't CGI slop — this was hands-on, sweat-and-latex magic!

If you grew up renting this at the video store, dodging the sandpit on the way home, or blasting it on VHS during a sleepover... you know the vibe. It's got that perfect mix of wonder, paranoia, and over-the-top Hooper chaos.

Who's firing this one up tonight for the anniversary? Grab the pizza (extra sauce, obvs), crank the volume, and let's defend Earth from the Martian horde! Who's your favorite character or grossest practical effect moment? Drop it in the replies, you radical retro survivors!

"They're here... and they're NOT taking our pizza!!!" 🍕👽🛸

#InvadersFromMars #40thAnniversary #80sHorror #StanWinston #TobeHooper #PracticalEffects #RetroNostalgia #80sKidsRule #SaturdayTurnedNightmares #NESVibes #VHSForever #June6th1986

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

6 June 1898 | A Polish Jew, Nachman Windholz, was born in Oświęcim (Auschwitz during German occupation).

In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25364
He perished in the camp on 15 March 1942.

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

Vincent Price and Kermit the Vamp on “The Muppet Show,” 1977

[Retro Vault HD @retrovaultHD]

Super Friends (1973–1985)
S1.E3 · Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Susan Sarandon. The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1993

More photos: https://t.co/tOn44Tw8QC

[The Retro Reminiscer @RetroReminiscer]

More behind the scenes photos from the filming of TOTAL RECALL (1990).

[The Movie Professor 🎬🎥📺 @FunMovieTVFan]

This movie was released June 7, 1991, can you name it?

Are you a fan?

[The Mutant Fam @TheMutantFam]

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to the Queen of the Mutants, @kinky_horror! 🥳 #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

The Thundercats (1985) intro still hits like pure childhood adrenaline. ⚡️🦁

Bernard Hoffer’s epic theme, the Sword of Omens, Lion-O’s battle cry, and the whole team charging into action. Just raw 80s Rankin/Bass power and nostalgia. This is how you open a legend.

[Retrovania Land 🍕 @RetrovaniaLand]

40 Years Ago Today – June 6, 1986 – My Little Pony: The Movie Galloped Into Theaters! 🦄✨

Yo fellow 80s kids, saddle up because we're blasting back to pure pastel perfection! Remember racing home from school (or begging your parents for a matinee), clutching your Pony brush and comb set, heart pounding with excitement? That magical day when Dream Valley exploded onto the big screen in all its glittery, musical glory.

This wasn't just a movie—it was a full-on Hasbro fever dream. Ponyland under siege by the ultimate 80s villain threat: the Smooze (that gross purple ooze had us equal parts terrified and mesmerized). Evil witch Hydia and her bumbling daughters Reeka & Draggle scheming to wreck the Spring Festival? Classic Saturday morning stakes, but with a theatrical glow-up! Megan, the Bushwoolies, the Flutter Ponies, and the whole crew teaming up with the power of friendship, songs, and sparkly magic to save the day. Pure 80s cartoon chaos wrapped in rainbows.

Voice cast that still blows my mind:
- Danny DeVito as the Grundle King (he was EVERYWHERE that year!)
- Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Rhea Perlman, and Tony Randall dropping legit star power into our toy commercials.

We didn't know it then, but we were living in the golden age of toy-to-screen magic. Transformers, G.I. Joe, Jem... and right there in the mix, our beloved Little Ponies getting the big-screen treatment. Sure, critics called it too sweet and corporate (boomers just didn't get it), but for us? It was everything. The songs still live rent-free in my head. The VHS tape got worn out from weekend rewinds. And those tie-in toys? Instant birthday list gold.

If you were an 80s kid (or just love that unapologetic neon nostalgia), this one hits different. It reminds us of simpler times—sitting cross-legged on the carpet, eyes glued to the tube, believing in magic, friendship, and that one day your own Pony collection would come alive.

Who else had their life changed by this flick? Drop your favorite memory, scene, or song in the replies! Did you rock the movie tie-in toys? Sing "Nothing Can Stop the Smooze" at recess? Or still have that glorious poster on your wall? 🦄💖🌈

#MyLittlePonyTheMovie #80sKids #80sNostalgia #G1MLP #RetroToys #ThrowbackSaturday #Hasbro #DannyDeVito #80sKidsRule

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

6 June 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Huguette Sarah Lisiak, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 817 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

[TV Cobra @TVCobraOfficial]

An astute observation and Cobra-worthy repost from a most vigilant viewer. Hail Cobra!