Less Than Zero, the ‘80s film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel by the same name, starred “Brat Pack” hit makers: Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr. and Jami Gertz. Andrew McCarthy’s character, Clay, comes home for Christmas break during his first year of college to find both his best friend (Downey Jr.) and high school girlfriend (Gertz) addicted to drugs and in a confusing love triangle. Set against the cocaine-ridden, party hard backdrop of LA’s wealthy offspring, the film was a grim depiction of LA’s desperate youth. Snakkle looks back on their noteworthy roles and finds out where they are now!

Mannequin is the kind of movie you could get away with in 1987. It was a romantic comedy in which the romance was between a straight male department store window designer and, well, a mannequin. It is not ironic. It is sweet, silly, and not meant to be taken too seriously. Like we said, très ’80s. Let’s look back on this goofy and glorious gift from that deliciously daffy decade and see what the cast of Mannequin has been up to.

The films of John Hughes are iconic for all the right reasons. His writing captured young people with honesty and compassion, whether they were rich, poor, cool, goofy, or some crazy ’80s combination. Set in the pre-iPod/cellphone era, these films depict a more innocent time, albeit one in which leg warmers were stylish. “Pretty in Pink” (1986) is Hughes and (first time!) director Howard Deutch at their best. Happy 25th anniversary.