In 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, a group of teenagers discover that falling asleep means getting murdered by a burned-up child killer with a glove full of knives and a serious grudge against bedtime. Nancy Thompson must figure out how to defeat Freddy Krueger before her friends become permanent residents of the afterlife, because apparently calling the police about a man who kills you in your dreams is a little complicated. It’s a terrifying reminder that growing up is hard enough without your parents’ questionable life choices coming back to haunt you in your sleep.

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We assign 1997 Grosse Point Blank

Colonel Guile heads to the fictional nation of Shadaloo to rescue hostages from M. Bison, a dictator who has somehow decided that world domination requires a giant underground fortress and an impressive collection of shirtless men. Ryu and Ken are busy pretending to be criminals, Chun-Li is plotting revenge, and Dhalsim is somehow conducting science experiments while everyone else seems to be having the weirdest vacation imaginable. Eventually, everybody ends up in the same place, people start punching each other, and M. Bison discovers that being the world’s most powerful dictator still doesn’t protect you from Jean-Claude Van Damme doing a flying kick through your front door.

This is the Overdue Homework Podcast we review and assign new 80's and 90's Movie, TV, or Video Game homework every episode.

We assign our Halloween episode A Nightmare on Elm Street from 1984

https://www.bulletproofaction.com/2023/08/04/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-1994s-street-fighter/

https://www.thegamer.com/cool-facts-failed-street-fighter-movie/

Kevin Flynn is digitized into a computer and discovers that the inside of a computer is apparently just a bunch of dudes in glowing pajamas trying to kill each other. Forced into gladiatorial games by a fascist operating system, Flynn teams up with Tron, a program who takes his job of protecting the system considerably more seriously than anyone should. It’s basically an 80s arcade game, a corporate espionage thriller, and a giant neon fever dream crammed into one movie and somehow convinced Disney to pay for it.

This is the Overdue Homework Podcast we review and assign new 80's and 90's Movie, TV, or Video Game homework every episode.

We assign 1994's Street Fighter

https://thegeektwins.com/2010/12/top-15-surprising-facts-about-original_16.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbgHMrLPQrE