Just channel-surfing...

 ...and I came across 1987's Predator.  Couldn't...continue...must.. keep...watching.  I mean, what with Ah-nuld, Carl Weathers, Jesse "The Body,"  etc., along with a kick-ass baddie, lots of firepower, and patented Schwarzenegger one liners such as, "If it bleeds, we can kill it."  While I don't rank this among the truly elite memories of all things 80s (it ain't The Terminator), it still rocks.  And despite all the pyrotechnics, the film actually works mostly on a level similar to Alien - a group is isolated from civilization, and is being hunted, one by one, by an unknown enemy.  It is the suspense, the wondering of "What the Hell is it?" that makes the film effective for what it is.  Okay, enough talk, back to the movie!