Kevin Bacon · 1980s

3 Kevin Bacon movies from the 1980s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality.

Decade

All 19 1970s 1 1980s 3 1990s 9 2010s 4 2020s 2

Year

All 3 1980 1 1981 0 1982 0 1983 0 1984 1 1985 0 1986 0 1987 1 1988 0 1989 0

Footloose(1984)

6.6/10

dir. Herbert Ross

A-Tier

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Kevin Bacon dancing in a warehouse looks surprisingly clean on a modern display, and the 80s color palette pops in HDR.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles(1987)

7.6/10

dir. John Hughes

C-Tier

C-Tier Paramount 4K. John Hughes' Thanksgiving classic with Steve Martin and John Candy. The 4K transfer was widely panned, with multiple reviews calling it one of the worst on the format. The lost hour of deleted footage was found and included as a bonus, which was the real draw. The Blu-ray was already mediocre, and the 4K is only marginally better. Paramount needs to redo this one without the grain reduction.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Friday the 13th(1980)

6.4/10

dir. Sean S. Cunningham

D-Tier

Paramount put this on 4K in September 2022 with a native scan plus Dolby Vision and HDR10. Reviewer reception is split. The transfer is sharper than the Shout Blu-ray and HDR brings real depth, but the grading is dark enough that some shadow detail disappears. The 13-film Shout box still wins on extras and getting Parts 1-10 in one buy.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray