8 Films & TV Shows Set In Wisconsin During The 1980s
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Monster House
Wisconsin The 1980s The 1970sThe house is . . . alive! — Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
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Dahmer
Wisconsin Ohio The 1970s The 1980s The 1990sThe mind is a place of its own. — On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life. Certain characters and events are fictional.
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The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer
Wisconsin The 1980s The 1990sThe fictionalized story of the murders. — Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.
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A League of Their Own
Oregon Wisconsin New York Indiana Illinois Colorado The 1940s The 1980sTo achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible. — As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
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The Great Outdoors
Wisconsin The 1980sThe wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law in unbearable. — It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
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Project X
Florida Wisconsin The 1980sWhen the Air Force assigned Jimmy Garrett to a top secret project, he didn't know what he was in for. Neither did they. — A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
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Blood Hook
Wisconsin The 1980s The 1960sFishing was never like this! — During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.
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Starman
Wisconsin Arizona The 1980sIn 1977 Voyager II was launched into space, inviting all lifeforms in the universe to visit our planet. Get ready. Company's coming. — When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.