Dig out those Ray-Ban Aviators. The movie world's love of the 1980s is so bright, you have to wear sunglasses.

The summer has seen resurgent Smurfs and plans for a "Dirty Dancing" remake. Both the rebooted "Footloose" and "The Thing" will re-emerge this fall along with "Dirty Girl" (set in 1987 with the soundtrack to prove it). Even "Top Gun" and Ferris Bueller's "Day Off," which both turn 25, are getting Blu-ray face-lifts.

But this weekend could be the revival's epicenter with the release of two remakes of '80s classics — "Fright Night" and "Conan the Barbarian." Moreover, "One Day," a love story that begins in 1988 will also be released.

"The era is definitely still clubbing," says "Conan" producer Fredrik Malmberg.

Part of the resurgence has to do with the children from that decade growing up and assuming powerful roles in Hollywood, Malmberg says.

"The execs, writers and directors that are now influential are from that time," he says. "They are making reiterations of things that were pivotal to them as youngsters."

Producer Michael De Luca says it was his boyhood love of "Fright Night" (1985) that prompted him to jump on the story rights and produce a version with the original vampire, Chris Sarandon, making a cameo appearance.

"I remembered it extremely affectionately from my teenage years," he says. "The movie has a special place in my heart."

David Nicholls, who wrote the novel and screenplay for "One Day," says 1988 was a perfect time-setting despite the the threat of nuclear war and AIDS.

It "was a fantastically, deliriously, unromantic and unsexy time," he says, "which, of course, makes it perfect for a romantic story. All those obstacles!"

Enough time has lapsed to digest the cultural impact of the '80s, says De Luca, who already explored the mullet era in 1998's "The Wedding Singer."

"It's no coincidence these projects are coming into fruition now," De Luca says. "Every decade passes into myth. For the 1980s we're at that point."

This resurgence, however, will not last forever.

"At some point, we're going to start seeing '90s period pieces," De Luca says. "God help us."(SD-Agencies)