Who saw this in theaters back in 1986?

I did and also saw the other similar fantasy-comedy adventure "Big Trouble in Little China" when i was 5 that year and have them on my "Movies i've seen in the 80s part 1 (1984 till 1986)", check it out and comment on it.

I remember the ads for it and you can see them on youtube

"You killed Captain Clown, YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN"-The Joker on Batman TAS

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I do remember seeing The Golden Child in the theater when it first came out. I recall that I thought it was bizarre (in a good way, I should add; it wasn't like any other comedy/fantasy movie I'd ever seen, and it certainly wasn't like any other movie that Eddie Murphy had ever made), and I really didn't understand all of it, especially the Eastern mysticism. I remember thinking that Chandler Jarrell was different from Axel Foley -- a bit more serious-minded. I liked how grotesque Fu (the "monkey-face") and Til (Randall "Tex" Cobb) were; this movie effectively mixed the suave, good-looking villain in with freakish (even monstrous) minions. I have to admit I reacted with horror when Sardo Numspa's face blew apart, and jumped when he popped out of the floor at the end. I still don't understand why some reviewers act so negatively toward this movie, because I left that theater with a big grin on my face, and wanted to see it again. Which I did. (That was at the time, some may remember, when dinosaurs walked the earth, gas was 93 cents a gallon, and matinees at the Quo Vadis theater were $2.50.)

I'm surprised I could remember so much about seeing this for the first time. Thanks are due you, Defendtheuniverse2013, for sending me on a trip down memory lane (kind of sad as well as nostalgic; the Quo Vadis was demolished in 2011).

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I know this is a very old thread, but I thought i'd chime in with my experience..

My mother took me to see it when I was only 6 years old, thinking it appropriate at the time. I had seen several horror/rated R movies with my grandfather already, and she didn't think it would be that bad. I remember the part with the bikers and blood porridge, around that time or soon after she told me the movie wasn't for kids and we left.. I do remember the imagery being a bit too scary, but I don't think I wussed out and asked to leave, pretty sure she decided taking me wasn't the best idea.

This movie still holds a lot of nostalgic value for me.. Back in the 80's and 90's I was fortunate enough to see many of the now "classics" in the theatre, as moviegoing was a lot more popular back in those days.

I saw it back in '86 as a kid. We loved it. Eddie Murphy's reactions were priceless, especially 'yeah, Foo, save it', which became a catch phrase for us. The demon at the end was genuinely scary. It's a strange film which plonks Eddie Murphy in a serious supernatural Tibetan mystery-quest with some impressive imagery and effects, but it's a recipe that works. This was back when PG films still had a pair of balls.

I did. There was better air coditioning in theaters back then.