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1* CultClassic: The movie was completely ignored by critics upon release but became a huge hit within a small but devoted fanbase. Until today the movie is praised as one of the greatest period pieces and schlock fests of the 80s.
2* {{Sequelitis}}: The success of this movie spawned a number of sequels of decreasing quality. The third movie, ''The Roller Blade Seven'', is where it's really noticeable in how plainly bad it gets.
3* SoBadItsGood: The movie has a high standing among [[https://badmovies.de/reviews/roller-blade?_sf_s=roller+blade several]] [[http://filmflausen.de/Seiten/rollerblade.htm badmovie]] [[http://www.trashcity.org/ARTICLES/tc05/05IBFS.HTM pages]] [[http://www.90lostminutes.com/2011/03/roller-blade.html all]] [[http://houseofselfindulgence.blogspot.de/2015/07/roller-blade-donald-g-jackson-1986.html around]] [[http://vhshitfest.tumblr.com/post/3796943489/81-roller-blade-donald-g-jackson-1986 the]] [[http://tarstarkas.net/2015/04/roller-blade-review/ internet]]. Most of them agree that the cheap look, the incomprehensible plot line, the non existing acting, the weird settings, the strange language and the tons of 80s charm are all a great experience, although most of them see that it was at least to an extent intentionally bad.

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