5 Awesome 80s Movie Crossovers That Should Have Happened

By K.J. Stewart /

Crossovers are fairly commonplace in modern cinema; Alien Vs Predator, Freddy Vs Jason and the whole Marvel cinematic universe thing to name a few. Even back in the days of classic cinema, 1943's Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman was perhaps the first crossover adventure to hit movie theatres. The concept of a shared cinematic universe is nothing new, therefore. So, wouldn't it be great if some other characters from our favourite movies could have crossed paths? Wouldn't the interactions between your favourite characters from different movies be great? I've always thought so and, as someone who grew up in the 80s, I've always liked the idea of crossovers between characters from the most quintessentially 80s movies. With that in mind, here are five awesome 80s movie crossovers that should have happened (tongue in cheek, obviously - studio rights make most of these impossible, however cool they would have been)...