1980s Horror
by krakanova | created - 25 Feb 2017 | updated - 2 days ago | PublicAll have a brief comment. Early 1990s films made in the 80s with practical special effects included
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1. Evils of the Night (1985)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Vacationing teens are systematically kidnapped and taken to a strange, rural hospital, run by a mysterious group that needs their blood.
Director: Mardi Rustam | Stars: Neville Brand, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, John Carradine
Votes: 1,825
4/10 Slasher Bad vampire aliens film. Is a slasher with minimal gore
2. The McPherson Tape (1989 Video)
Not Rated | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
On a typical fall evening in 1983, a young man was videotaping his niece's 5th birthday party. As the night's strange occurrences took place, he kept his video camera running, recording the entire event.
Director: Dean Alioto | Stars: Tommy Giavocchini, Patrick Kelley, Shirly McCalla, Stacey Shulman
Votes: 2,020
7/10 Alien Successful and creepy, low budget found footage
3. The Wild Beasts (1984)
Unrated | 92 min | Horror
The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.
Director: Franco Prosperi | Stars: Lorraine De Selle, Antonio Di Leo, Ugo Bologna, Louisa Lloyd
Votes: 1,181
6/10 Generic monster/disaster movie with real animals. Gory
4. Gremlins (1984)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, John Louie
Votes: 247,827 | Gross: $148.17M
8/10 Excellent. Worth revisiting
5. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.
Directors: Joe Dante, Chuck Jones | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall
Votes: 112,861 | Gross: $41.48M
7/10 Jumps the shark for a sequel. Gets awesomely crazy with intelligent, transexual and winged GMO gremlins!
6. C.H.U.D. (1984)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.
Director: Douglas Cheek | Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist
Votes: 13,973 | Gross: $4.65M
7/10 Great monster movie with great special effects. Best Daniel Stern performance
7. The Seventh Sign (1988)
R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman
Votes: 15,677 | Gross: $18.88M
5/10 Demoni Mediocre drama -mother is pregnant with the Antichrist. Not near Rosemary's baby
8. Silver Bullet (1985)
R | 95 min | Horror
In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows
Votes: 31,519 | Gross: $5.40M
8/10 Werewolf Above par werewolf film with excellent Gary Busey and Corey Haim team
9. The Howling (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
Votes: 40,207 | Gross: $17.99M
6/10 Werewolf Furry costumed stunt actors in dull film
10. Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A man discovers that his sister was a werewolf, and helps an investigator track down a gang of the monsters through the United States and eastern Europe.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown, Marsha A. Hunt
Votes: 8,116
6/10 Werewolf Weird werewolf sexual orgy scenes. Good for that weirdness
11. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror
Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Director: John Landis | Stars: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne
Votes: 120,544 | Gross: $30.57M
9/10 Werewolf Excellent, original conventional special effects using pumps and latex. Best werewolf film ever!
12. Wolfen (1981)
R | 115 min | Horror, Thriller
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.
Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines
Votes: 11,479 | Gross: $10.63M
6/10 Werewolf Dull police crime scene drama with Gregory Hines and bad seeing-through-the-eyes-of-the-monster visuals as it hunts
13. The Company of Wolves (1984)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden
Votes: 18,412 | Gross: $4.39M
8/10 Werewolf Surprisingly good. Watched 30 years later. Good conventional (rubber) werewolf
14. Night of the Comet (1984)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell
Votes: 24,147 | Gross: $14.42M
8/10 Post Apocalypse Great post apocalyptic scene were everyone is vaporized by a comet, save for a small group of friends in a movie theater and of course,.. the mutants. The friends find their way around a new, vacant world when they find the mutants -with machine guns. Slight knockoff of The Omega Man and other preceding films but fun and worthwhile.
15. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,105
8/10 Post Apocalypse The British version of The Day After (1983). World War III and nukes, but mostly the grisly, depressing antermath of survival. More graphic and disturbing than Day After
16. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum
Votes: 18,159
9/10
Post Apocalypse
Realistic and gloomy look and life living in the nuclear fallout of Russians strikes. Jason Robards is excellent and Steve Guttenberg is there too. Their hair falls out.
Fell asleep in a history class watching beginning of it. When awoke, nukes were dropping. No one could get out of town with their vehicles because of the EMP. Thought that it had really happened and was accepting it as part of American history :)
17. The Quiet Earth (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace
Votes: 27,629 | Gross: $2.12M
7/10 Post Apocalypse Excellent and fun last-man-on-earth film. Zac is bored and eventually wears a dress while holding a shotgun. An inspiration for The Last Man on Earth (2015)
18. The Last Battle (1983)
R | 92 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic future where no one is able to speak, the few remaining humans fight over resources in order to survive.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno, Fritz Wepper
Votes: 6,557
8/10 Post Apocalypse Interesting and almost silent film about (probably) the last two people on the planet. Early Luc Besson and Jean Reno film predating ---wait, this is not horror
19. Virus (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 3,042
6/10 Post Apocalypse Don't remember this. Post apocalyptic
20. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population was wiped out and virile men becoming a rarity, Sam Hell, a scavenger and a highly virile man, is assigned to help rescue a group of fertile women kidnapped by humanoid frogs.
Directors: Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer | Stars: Julius LeFlore, RCB, Roddy Piper, William Smith
Votes: 7,314
7/10 Post Apocalypse Fun post apocalypse madness with Rowdy Roddy Piper
21. TerrorVision (1986)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
"TerrorVision" is a 1986 horror / science fiction movie; telling the tale of when a family's new satellite television system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Diane Franklin, Mary Woronov, Gerrit Graham, Chad Allen
Votes: 7,770 | Gross: $0.32M
7/10 Alien Fantastic and funny. Aliens come to Earth through the television or whatever. Worth revisiting!
22. The Pit (1981)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.
Director: Lew Lehman | Stars: Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits, Laura Hollingsworth
Votes: 3,521
8/10 Great child-sees-monsters-but-his parents do not believe him story. Awesome stop motion animation of tiny stabbing monsters and one huge one
23. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 466,717 | Gross: $13.78M
9/10 One of the best horror films ever made. Best John Carpentor film. Great, gory special effects
24. Mutant (1984)
R | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two brothers discover that the residents of a small Southern town are being infected by a form of toxic waste, turning them into blood-ravenous zombies.
Directors: John 'Bud' Cardos, Mark Rosman | Stars: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Jody Medford, Lee Montgomery
Votes: 2,859
7/10 Slightly above par, goofy hillbilly zombies
25. Zombie Nightmare (1987)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
A mother resorts to voodoo to get back at those who killed her son.
Directors: Jack Bravman, John Fasano | Stars: Adam West, Jon Mikl Thor, Tia Carrere, Manuska Rigaud
Votes: 3,796
6/10 Bizarre zombie film starring Thor. Might not be underrated at less than the 3/10 average
26. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
PG | 95 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Jake Dengel, Jack Dodson
Votes: 10,617 | Gross: $8.40M
7/10 Devil comes to town giving illusions with punishment. Seems similiar to Solaris. Do not watch again
27. Slugs (1988)
R | 89 min | Horror
Killer slugs on the rampage in a rural community.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale, Alicia Moro
Votes: 5,815
7/10 Excellent and gory. Fun conventional special effects when they happen. Similiar to Jaws
28. Street Trash (1987)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A liquor store owner sells alcoholic beverages to homeless people, unaware of what the bottles actually contain: toxic brew.
Director: J. Michael Muro | Stars: Mike Lackey, Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, Mark Sferrazza
Votes: 11,444
7/10 Great Aussie trash and gore!
29. To Die For (1988)
R | 94 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
L.A. real estate agent Kate Wooten gets a new lease on life when she learns that her new client, a mysterious and handsome man named Vlad, is looking for a house isolated in the Hollywood ... See full summary »
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Brendan Hughes, Sydney Walsh, Amanda Wyss, Scott Jacoby
Votes: 590
6/10
4 mns in, I didnt like this movie. But just an odd vampire film. Good special effects when they show up. Interview with the Vampire in the '80s
Found on youtube as Dracula: The Love Story to Die for
30. City of the Living Dead (1980)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Votes: 19,356
7/10 Above average zombie film that can be slow but is decent
31. The Beyond (1981)
R | 87 min | Horror
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John
Votes: 25,319 | Gross: $0.12M
8/10 Excellent horror with outstanding and memorable gore and zombie scenes. Also bizarre as hell. Possibly best Lucio Fulci film
32. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza
Votes: 16,259
7/10 Slow but pays off. Zombie monster in the basement
33. The New York Ripper (1982)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti
Votes: 12,495
7/10 Above or on par giallo. Don't remember
34. Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri
Votes: 2,205
5/10
Odd giallo mixed with aerobics and loud dance music. Never saw last fifteen minutes; But who cares?
Trailer is bizarrely addictive
35. Aenigma (1987)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
The spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jared Martin, Lara Lamberti, Ulli Reinthaler, Sophie d'Aulan
Votes: 3,329
6/10 Mediocre giallo
36. Touch of Death (1988 Video)
Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A moody, middle-aged gigolo kills off women after he gets bored with dating them and uses their body parts for trophies and for consumption.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, Al Cliver, Sacha Darwin
Votes: 1,784
5/10 Part of the Forgettable Fulci collection
37. The House of Clocks (1989 TV Movie)
Unrated | 84 min | Horror
Three lowlife punks are trapped in a posh villa while trying to rob it and become at the mercy of the murderous owners whom have the power to stop and reverse time via their mystical clocks.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Keith Van Hoven, Karina Huff, Paolo Paoloni, Bettine Milne
Votes: 1,276
6/10 Just remember a lot of clocks
38. Zombie 3 (1988)
R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.
Directors: Lucio Fulci, Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni
Votes: 5,499
6/10 Cheap but not the worst zombie film
39. Death House (1988)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.
Director: John Saxon | Stars: Dennis Cole, Anthony Franciosa, Dino Paskas, Dana Lis Mason
Votes: 602
3/10 A John Saxon directed garbage zombies in prison film
40. Horror House on Highway Five (1985)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
A van full of college students traveling down a highway is terrorized by a psycho killer in a Richard Nixon mask.
Director: Richard Casey | Stars: Phil Therrien, Max Manthey, Irene Cagen, Michael Castagnolia
Votes: 626
8/10 Batsh.it crazy! Amateur acting, sound, overdubbing but special
41. Deadly Dreams (1988)
R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
From the director of the highly acclaimed "Body Chemistry," comes a frightening excursion into terror. Alex is caught in a web of distrust between his brother, his best friend, a beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: Mitchell Anderson, Juliette Cummins, Xander Berkeley, Thom Babbes
Votes: 508
6/10 A rationally paranoid adult who witnessed his father murdered is stalked by the same character. Forgettable
42. Jack the Ripper (1988)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.
Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 5,678
8/10 Good 3 hr serial killer investigative mystery. Michael Caine, Armand Assante and everyone else is great for a tv movie
43. Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985)
Unrated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A small plane carrying fossil hunters crashes in the Amazon jungle, and the survivors must battle their way through cannibals, wild animals, and slave traders.
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho, Milton Rodríguez, Marta Anderson
Votes: 2,420
6/10 Decent Italian/Spanish cannibal film with some appropriate nudity and some gore but not as extreme as Cannibal Holocaust or Cannibal Ferox
44. Baby Blood (1990)
R | 88 min | Horror
When a strange creature crawls into a woman's uterus she becomes a killer in order to feed the tiny terror growing within her.
Director: Alain Robak | Stars: Emmanuelle Escourrou, Christian Sinniger, Jean-François Gallotte, Roselyne Geslot
Votes: 2,327
8/10 Excellent. French. A pregnant woman whose alien baby tells her to kill. Nice conventional special effects at the end
45. We're Going to Eat You (1980)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Norman Chu, Eddy Ko, Melvin Wong, Michelle Yim
Votes: 1,022
6/10 Mediocre kung fu action film set in third world country where cannibal tribes eat women
46. Dead Heat (1988)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A cop is killed investigating a strange case of resurrected corpses. His partner and a pathologist resurrect him, but he only has a limited time before he starts to decompose, and he uses it to chase down the diabolical man who killed him.
Director: Mark Goldblatt | Stars: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Darren McGavin
Votes: 9,235 | Gross: $3.59M
7/10 Funny and entertaining buddy cop film with a twist. One of turns into a zombie Treat Williams and they other is Joe Piscopo. Don't miss it like you did then!
47. Day of the Dead (1985)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy
Votes: 74,377 | Gross: $5.80M
9/10 Romero's third zombie film and arguably the lesser of these first three. Lots and lots of Tom Savini special effects and one of the best zombie films existing. Lots of memorable overacting to hate but later enjoy for standing out and being watchable today
48. The Fly (1986)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
Votes: 201,950 | Gross: $40.46M
8/10 My favorite David Cronenberg film and probably the most easy to follow. Also favorite Jeff Goldblum performance, where his stereotypical nerdy scientist character evolves and physically mutates. Very gory and creepy towards the end
49. The Fly II (1989)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.
Director: Chris Walas | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, John Getz
Votes: 24,702 | Gross: $20.02M
7/10 Odd and unforgettable with some disgusting scenes. Watching again, much better than I remember; especially for a sequel
50. Night of the Creeps (1986)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.
Director: Fred Dekker | Stars: Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow
Votes: 26,121 | Gross: $0.59M
8/10 Time resilient zombie film with alien slug infestation. Still funny and holds up. Great Tom Adkins performance
51. Neon Maniacs (1986)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Director: Joseph Mangine | Stars: Clyde Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke, Victor Brandt
Votes: 3,013
7/10 Bizarre and nonsensical. Uniquely created demons materialize out of a van and kill students at a prom. Looks inspired by or a precurser knockoff of Hellraiser's cenobites, except with less to none explanations as to why these monsters exist. And why are they randomly killing people? Recommend
52. Hellraiser (1987)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman
Votes: 140,546 | Gross: $14.56M
Demoni 9/10 Second best in the series. Lots of conventional special effects, violence and lots of blood
53. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 56,140 | Gross: $11.09M
Demoni 10/10 One my favorite sequels in any list and my favorite Hellraiser
54. Nightbreed (1990)
R | 102 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg, Anne Bobby, Charles Haid
Votes: 26,424 | Gross: $8.86M
8/10 Great monster movie with David Cronenberg as the villian. Lots of makeup creating many distinct individuals
55. The Beasts' Carnival (1980)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Crime
A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Naschy | Stars: Paul Naschy, Eiko Nagashima, Lautaro Murúa, Silvia Aguilar
Votes: 480
5/10 Slasher. Gets better towards the end. A Spanish giallo drama mystery!
56. Dead Ringers (1988)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 53,584 | Gross: $9.13M
8/10 Weird. And creepy. Watch for this up and coming director. Great job, Jeremy Irons!
57. Scanners (1981)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane
Votes: 61,762 | Gross: $14.23M
8/10 Great and violent. Best Michael Ironside film
58. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez
Votes: 6,565 | Gross: $3.70M
7/10 Remember being surprised how bizarre and good this was. Watch again
59. Bad Taste (1987)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett
Votes: 49,127
7/10 Worthwhile view from Peter Jackson
60. Communion (1989)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
On December 26th Whitley Strieber has a strange nightmare. In the following days, plagued by painful headaches, his behavior becomes increasingly erratic. Later, under hypnosis, he realizes that his dream was not a dream at all.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen, Andreas Katsulas
Votes: 7,559 | Gross: $1.92M
8/10 Great Christopher Walken written by Whitley Strieber. Creepy and oddly cryptic in some spots. A favorite alien film
61. Poison for the Fairies (1986)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein
Votes: 2,561
8/10 Disturbing evil child film similiar to The Bad Seed (1956) (1956)
62. The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 77,203 | Gross: $63.77M
8/10 Great witches-are-seduced-by-the-devil (Jack Nicholson) film
63. Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fat Chung, Lung Chan, Ha Huang
Votes: 2,775
8/10 Bizarre and awesome! A Japanese kung-fu hero battles supernaternal vampires
64. Encounter of the Spooky Kind II (1989)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherous advances of the wealthy but repulsive... See full summary »
Director: Ricky Lau | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Hoi Mang, Ha Huang
Votes: 465
6/10 Spooky Encounters 2 Lesser sequel to Spooky Encounters
65. I, Desire (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A Los Angeles student working as a coroner's assistant falls in love with a strange young woman.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: David Naughton, Dorian Harewood, Marilyn Jones, Barbara Stock
Votes: 273
5/10
A vampire that shrieks like a panther, in this bloodless, no balls, made for TV mediocrity. The police and David's girlfriend question his sanity when he neurotically searches for a vampire prostitute. Stars David Naughton from An American Werewolf in London (1981).
aka Desire, the Vampire,
66. Electric Dreams (1984)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort
Votes: 10,023 | Gross: $2.19M
6/10 Surprisingly unique, like a Tales from the Darkside running too long. And the unloved female computer is so obsessive, it deserves a watch for being so bizarre
67. Legend (1985)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent
Votes: 72,491 | Gross: $15.50M
7/10 Some horror elements including an excellent green, animatronic water witch
68. The Rosary Murders (1987)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer, Josef Sommer
Votes: 1,695 | Gross: $1.73M
6/10 Serial Killer Donald Sutherland is actually good here and not sleep inducing. Plus, priest incest
69. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror
An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield
Votes: 27,649 | Gross: $19.60M
7/10 A favorite Wes Craven film, next to Red Eye and the first Nightmare on Elm Street
70. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.
Director: Stephen King | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 35,840 | Gross: $7.43M
7/10 Excellent and fun. Emilio and his immediate girlfriend work. Electrical appliances and vehicles start murdering people. Makes The Happening look like crap
71. The Hidden (1987)
R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A cop and an FBI agent race for answers after law abiding people suddenly become violent criminals.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder
Votes: 22,608 | Gross: $9.75M
7/10 Alien Great alien and human buddy cop film following an alien serial killer. -Danny Trejo in jail cameo, Yo hippie! What kinda dude are you?!
72. The Power (1984)
R | 84 min | Horror
A few people come into possession of an ancient Aztec doll. However, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, which takes over their bodies.
Directors: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow | Stars: Suzy Stokey, Warren Lincoln, Lisa Erickson, Chad Cowgill
Votes: 704
4/10 Demoni Demon possession through a clay doll. When Quetzalcoatl possesses you, he remembers to run water into the sink when sticking a hand into the garbage disposal
73. Night School (1981)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? The police are baffled.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder, Joseph R. Sicari
Votes: 3,253 | Gross: $1.17M
6/10 Giallo-esque slasher that is a little dull and slow; not standing out amongst one hundred similar from the 1980s
74. The Dead Zone (1983)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom
Votes: 77,326 | Gross: $20.77M
8/10 Holds up and is excellent in its slow buildup. Great Walken performance. And Martin Sheen is not bad as the main conflict. One of the better Stephen King movies
75. Hellhole (1985)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A young woman becomes amnesiac after an attack by a hired killer. She's admitted to a mental asylum run by a ruthless doctor who experiments on her patients with a lethal drug, and her attacker just got employed there.
Directors: Pierre De Moro, Tom DeSimone | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Marjoe Gortner, Richard Cox
Votes: 1,044
4/10 Dull, poorly acted lesbian sex with the nurses in a mental institution. A killer hunts down an inmate and then there's the hellhole
76. Steel and Lace (1990)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A rape victim returns from the dead to seek vengeance on her rapists.
Director: Ernest Farino | Stars: Clare Wren, Bruce Davison, Stacy Haiduk, David Naughton
Votes: 1,170
6/10 Rape and Revenge A girl who kills herself is brought back as a robot to avenge five businessmen who gang raped her. She kills each one in a unique way, always sexually luring them. Special is the gyrating garbage disposal for a vagina sex scene. Dry and video quality is poor. Watchable
77. Gate 2: The Trespassers (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Four teens summon forth a diminuitive, demonic minion from The Other Side to do their bidding and grant their wishes, but of course, they must all ultimately pay the price...
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, James Villemaire, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 2,666 | Gross: $2.03M
8/10
Excellent film. Do not remember the first but a genie in the bottle story. Lower level demon from hell is held in a bird cage and your wishes always go bad.
Claymation. And superimposed rubber suit man?
78. The Unholy (1988)
R | 102 min | Horror
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.
Director: Camilo Vila | Stars: Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Nicole Fortier
Votes: 2,073 | Gross: $6.34M
8/10 Demoni Demon possession of a strip club owner; the club saturated with satanic clients. Priest saves the day. Great use of conventional rubber demons at the end
79. Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)
R | 95 min | Horror
A mentally-unstable elderly woman recently released from a mental asylum proceeds to slaughter all the guests staying at her motel.
Director: Jim McCullough Sr. | Stars: Bill Thurman, Anna Chappell, Will Mitchell, Virginia Loridans
Votes: 1,834
7/10 Demoni Witchcrafting daughter summons a demon and it possesses her alzeihmers/dementia/PTSD troubled mother. Odd slasher film like Psycho but it was the mother <-not a spoiler
80. Trapped Alive (1988)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Several escaped prisoners and two hostage women along with a sheriff's deputy find themselves trapped in a mine shaft, where a cannibalistic mutant is hunting them for food.
Director: Leszek Burzynski | Stars: Jay Leggett, Cameron Mitchell, Sullivan Hester, Laura Kallison
Votes: 621
8/10
The Last House on the Left mashed into The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Daddy's little girl kind of spoils it at the end
81. Slaughter High (1986)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Eight people are invited to their alma mater for their 10-year reunion, where a fellow former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is out to seek revenge.
Directors: George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore, Carmine Iannaccone, Donna Yeager
Votes: 7,006
7/10
Slasher
Marty the high school chemist and nerd gets humiliated then blown up to return at a orchestrated high school reunion. A reunion of murder!
Above average 1980's slasher
82. Uninvited (1988 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A cat infected with a genetically engineered virus escapes from a lab and goes on a killing spree, finding its way onboard a shady businessman's yacht loaded with young guests.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: George Kennedy, Alex Cord, Clu Gulager, Toni Hudson
Votes: 2,749
7/10
Strange killer, infectious, mutant cat with a bat in its throat on a boat film
Excellent bad ending!
83. Demented (1980)
R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After being gang raped and institutionalized, a woman suffers nightmares while under the care of her unfaithful husband, and finally snaps when a group of masked youths decide to invade her house.
Director: Arthur Jeffreys | Stars: Sallee Young, Harry Reems, Deborah Alter, Kathryn Clayton
Votes: 761
6/10 Rape and Revenge Sallee is raped and traumatized. When her house is invaded, she murders. Mediocre. But a rape and revenge!
84. Blood Hook (1986)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror
During a local fishing contest, people are being violently dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook.
Director: Jim Mallon | Stars: Mark Jacobs, Lisa Jane Todd, Patrick Danz, Sara Hauser
Votes: 1,705
7/10 Slasher Five goofball kids go to a recently inherited cabin next to a lake. Peter was young when his grandfather was hooked and dragged into the water while fishing and listening to music.
85. Beware: Children at Play (1989)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A mentally-disturbed teenager kidnaps and brainwashes children into cannibalistic psychopaths - but not when the adults intervene.
Director: Mik Cribben | Stars: Michael Robertson, Rich Hamilton, Robin Lilly, Lori Romero
Votes: 1,449
6/10 Evil Children Father gets his ankle stuck in a hunting trap and after three days, his boy eats him. The boy becomes a forest cannibal tribe leader of other lost children. They attack and murder adults. Troma garbage but redeeming ending
86. C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors go awry, and legions of murderous zombies are unleased upon a surburan neighborhood.
Director: David Irving | Stars: Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Gerrit Graham
Votes: 4,035
6/10 Three high school kids, a runaway, infectious military zombie named Bud and Robert Vaughn. Dumb but underrated
87. Nightbeast (1982)
R | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.
Directors: Don Dohler, Dave Geatty | Stars: Tom Griffith, Jamie Zemarel, Karin Kardian, George Stover
Votes: 2,259
6/10 Hostile alien crashes on Earth and kills and kills. A one dimensional slasher/monster horror film. It is slightly underrated Troma crap with a very touching love scene
88. Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
Unrated | 93 min | Horror
A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of a mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of years before, also rise, with a craving for human flesh.
Director: Frank Agrama | Stars: Brenda Siemer Scheider, Barry Sattels, George Peck, John Salvo
Votes: 1,309
7/10 Mummy Mummy comes alive and raises a slight undead army to murder the tomb trespassers. Low budget and bad acting are passable given the gore
89. Moon in Scorpio (1987)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Ex-soldiers on a yachting trip run into the ghosts of victims of a massacre.
Director: Gary Graver | Stars: Britt Ekland, John Phillip Law, William Smith, Lewis Van Bergen
Votes: 467
5/10 Slasher No ghosts! Slasher on a boat film. Who is it? 4.f.ucks.sake. No one cares. Do not rewatch
90. Saturday the 14th (1981)
PG | 75 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family inherits an old mansion which houses the dangerous 'Book of Evil' that has all the monsters of the world trapped inside it.
Director: Howard R. Cohen | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor, Severn Darden
Votes: 5,024
7/10 Haunted House Not a horror film but conventional and bad special effects
91. Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988)
PG | 78 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the wacky evil it releases.
Director: Howard R. Cohen | Stars: Ray Walston, Avery Schreiber, Patty McCormack, Jason Presson
Votes: 707
6/10 Haunted House They try to throw everything in here, maybe even Time Bandits. Tough to sit through
92. Rockula (1990)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A young vampire cannot lose his virginity because of a curse imposed upon him centuries ago.
Director: Luca Bercovici | Stars: Dean Cameron, Toni Basil, Thomas Dolby, Tawny Fere' Ellis
Votes: 1,241
5/10 Vampire Crap arrested development/coming of age story of a teenage vampire who keeps screwing it up. Until he finds love or whatever; its time to rock!
93. The Prey (1983)
R | 80 min | Horror
Three couples go on a camping trip in the woods of southern California during the summer, where a deformed man is stalking their camp.
Director: Edwin Brown | Stars: Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin, Robert Wald
Votes: 1,861
6/10 Slasher A gypsey forest fire revenging giant child. 30 mns of back story
94. Nightmare Beach (1989)
R | 90 min | Horror
After the execution of a motorcycle gang leader convicted of murder, a helmeted biker goes on a killing spree during spring break in Florida.
Directors: James Justice, Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Nicolas De Toth, Sarah Buxton, Rawley Valverde, Lance LeGault
Votes: 2,963
6/10
Slasher
Motorcycle enthusiast was to be electrocuted but escaped and is killing! He's killing Spring Breakers! Biker Revenge on Spring Break plus Nightmare.
Ok. Nightmare Beach with John Saxon
It was the local pastor that keeps hanging around
95. Nightmare Sisters (1988)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Three geeky college girls who can't get a date, organize a seance and become sex starved vamps.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Michelle Bauer, Timothy Kauffman
Votes: 1,871
2/10 Demoni 1/2 nerdy sorority girls. 1/2 sex demons. Also: Linnea Quigley's threesome bathtub wash time
96. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two tabloid reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there, but something suspicious is going on.
Director: Rudy De Luca | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane
Votes: 8,477 | Gross: $7.20M
4/10 Abbot and Costello Bad mess
97. The Vineyard (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
World famous winemaker, Elson Po, invites several actors to his estate to audition for a movie he's financing. Little do they know, there is no movie, and Po hides a deadly secret.
Directors: James Hong, William Rice | Stars: James Hong, Karen Lorre, Michael Wong, Lissa Zappardino
Votes: 1,074
6/10 What was the auction scene for? Why are those two guys fighting? An old Asian man keeps tied up women in his dungeon to syphon age restoring blood from. The apparently used up donors lay around the zombie vineyard. Bizarre
98. Necromancer (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
Julie, a college student, is sexually assaulted by two fellow students. Desperate for revenge, she makes contact with a necromancer, who begins using her demonic powers to get rid of any guy Julie hates.
Director: Dusty Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, John Tyler, Rhonda Dorton, Stan Hurwitz
Votes: 997
6/10 Rape and Revenge Elizabeth is raped by some coworkers and she is selected by a demon who kills them all
99. Psychos in Love (1987)
Unrated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
A strip-joint owner and a manicurist find that they have many things in common, the foremost being that they are psychotic serial killers. They fall in love and are happy being the family ... See full summary »
Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Carmine Capobianco, Patti Chambers, Carla Bragoli, Carrie Gordon
Votes: 1,469
3/10 Serial Killer Bad murderer romance comedy similar to Creep 2 (2017) or August Underground's Penance (2007)
100. Berserker (1987)
R | 85 min | Horror
Six people renting a cabin in the woods of Utah run afoul of a legendary viking warrior who dons the claws and mouth of a bear, with no help in sight.
Director: Jefferson Richard | Stars: Joseph Alan Johnson, Greg Dawson, Valerie Sheldon, Shannon Engemann
Votes: 1,071
6/10 Monster/Slasher Kids camping in the woods get murdered by a Viking with an animal head who is rarely shown. And then there's the bear
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