The 1980s were the golden age of genre movies.
It was a decade that gave us unforgettable science fiction, fantasy, horror, and action films—and introduced a generation of visionary directors whose work continues to inspire filmmakers today.
In THE FANTASTIC EIGHTIES, bestselling author and journalist Lee Goldberg goes behind the camera with the filmmakers who created those movies. Drawn from rare and previously hard-to-find interviews originally published in Starlog, Fangoria, The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, The UCLA Daily Bruin, and other publications, these conversations capture the directors at the height of their careers, discussing their creative inspirations, production challenges, special effects breakthroughs, studio battles, and the making of the films that defined an era.
Featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Michael Crichton, Richard Donner, William Friedkin, Tobe Hooper, Peter Hyams, John Korty, George Lucas, Richard Marquand, W.D. Richter, Fred Schepisi, Jeannot Szwarc, Paul Verhoeven, Wes Craven, Robert Zemeckis, and many others, THE FANTASTIC EIGHTIES is an essential time capsule for movie lovers and anyone fascinated by how great genre films are made.
Lee Goldberg /
Movie Reference, Non-Fiction
