This meant that there was a more limited demand for material as well as the obvious necessity to create content that was mainstream.
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Prior to the technological advancements that the 1980s offered the home video markets, porn producers in the 1970s and earlier were focused on creating content that would be played to movie theaters. With the 1980s bridging two periods of porn production (The Golden Age and the Retro/Classic Age), we thought we’d give a little historical background to the industries. POV (point-of-view) for instance, although invented by Hitchcock in the 1930s, was virtually impossible to achieve on the low budgets available to directors of porn movies from the eighties. Of course, early films of the period were not shot with the same flexibility of camera position that is common today.
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Part of the reason for this is the abundance of pubic hair that was fashionable at the time! We did say big hair was a 1980s thing and this extends to the men’s chest hair as well as the mullets, mustaches and bouffant ‘dos’ sported by the ladies.Įither way, even the close-up shots of full penetration are far less extreme than the hardcore scenes that were to follow in the 1990s and beyond. However, there can sometimes be less genital action than current standards set. With instrumental and seedy sounding soundtracks overlaid with muffled grunts and moans, the lighting is often subdued and atmospheric with the quality of the shots (however hardcore) being less ‘obscured’ than in earlier films of this genre. Until the late 1970s, if you wanted to watch pornographic films you had to go to a blue movie theater but with advances in technology introducing affordable home VCRs, the 1980s also saw a huge increase in demand for video content.Īs a style, 1980s porn pretty much sets the standard when it comes to our expectations of those stereotypes we think of when we imagine porn. Joey Silver, Peter North and John Leslie Three Legends of the 1980s at the AVN Expo 2008. Increasingly, as the 80s went on, movies were being shot more quickly and with greater agility for action shots. This meant that scenes would need to be filmed over and a single-take scene was almost impossible. Whilst ‘gonzo porn’ ( POV/voyeur-style) was being experimented with in Japan, it wouldn’t become a format of choice for mainstream studios until the early 1990s.Įarly porn from this decade may have been filmed on 35mm video cameras that required a laborious setting up process. Primarily using cameras to film the action from a traditional third-person perspective, the style is very much ‘of the period’ and is similar to the kinds of Hollywood movies being produced at the time. It’s home to over 1600 of the decade’s hottest adult movies.Īny adult content released between 1 January 1980 and 31 st December 1989 can be referred to as 80s porn although some adult content released in the early 1990s may have been filmed during this period.Īs a style, it is often referred to as retro (or classic) vintage porn and has typically been produced in either the United States (notably in either San Fernando Valley and New York) or in European porn studios like Private, Video Art Holland and Dorcel. Want to browse the best collection of 1980s porn? – We can recommend Adult Empire Unlimited. In this guide, we talk you through the 1980s adult industry from its style, producers and studios to the top porn stars and films of the period. With the earlier part of the 1980s seeing the end of the Golden Age of Porn and the latter part heralding a major change in filming styles and content, 80s porn has a very distinct feel of its own. In all ways, the porn industries of the United States and Western Europe, were products of this decade. It was the age of big hair, big fashion and big technological advances.Īfter the social shifts of the 1960s and 1970s which were marked by sexual liberalism and cultural revolutions in the West, the 1980s were largely dominated by greed and wealth. Looking for some ‘bodacious’ or ‘gnarly’ 80s porn?Īs well as some pretty dodgy new words, the eighties were a decade that was known for its conservatism in politics yet its extravagance in popular culture and consumerism.