80s SOV (Shot-on-Video) Horror
by capkronos | created - 11 Sep 2016 | updated - 12 Sep 2016 | PublicListed in chronological order by release date, here's a list of all of the shot-on-video horror films of the decade that I know about. I'm including up to 1990 and also throwing on some titles that were shot in the 80s but didn't get released until the following decade.
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1. Boardinghouse (1982)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
A boarding house is reopened years after gruesome murders were committed there. Suddenly, the body count begins once more!
Director: John Wintergate | Stars: John Wintergate, Kalassu, Lindsay Freeman, Joel Riordan
Votes: 1,037 | Gross: $0.39M
2. Blödaren (1983)
78 min | Horror
On tour through Sweden, the all-girl rock 'n' roll band "Rock Cats" suddenly find themselves trapped in no-man's land when their tour-bus breaks down. Soon they get to meet "the Bleeder", ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Hatwig | Stars: Åke Eriksson, Sussi Ax, Eva Danielsson, Mia Hansson
Votes: 224
aka The Bleeder.
3. Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984 Video)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Horror
A woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.
Director: Chester Novell Turner | Stars: Shirley L. Jones, Ricky Roach, Chester Tankersley, Marie Sainvilvs
Votes: 806
4. Copperhead (1984 Video)
95 min | Thriller
A crazed family lives in a swamp. The father's hobby is killing as many snakes as he can. One day the snakes decide to take their revenge.
Director: Leland Payton | Stars: Jack Renner, Gretta Ratliff, David Fritts, Cheryl Nickerson
Votes: 68
5. El monje loco (1984)
76 min | Horror
Director: Julio Aldama | Stars: Julio Aldama, Julio Aldama Jr., Luz María Rico, Queta Lavat
Votes: 26
aka The Mad Monk.
6. Sledgehammer (1983 Video)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A young boy murders his mother and her lover with a hammer. Ten years later, a wave of teenage murders plagues the same area.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Ted Prior, Linda McGill, John Eastman, Janine Scheer
Votes: 1,051
The copyright date in the end credits is 1984.
7. Bikers Versus the Undead (1985 Video)
71 min | Fantasy, Horror
This campy horror movie with a cast of hundreds was created in 1985. Bikers and Rock music counter culture people save Phoenix Arizona from a diabolical plot with flesh eating zombies and madmen and chemical warfare.
Director: James R. Buick | Stars: Jim Greenway, Jerry Anderson, Larry Bruce, Joni Barborigh
Votes: 34
8. Blood Cult (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
Female students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.
Director: Christopher Lewis | Stars: Juli Andelman, Charles Ellis, James Vance, Bennie Lee McGowan
Votes: 557
This film did so well on the video market, the producers decided to shoot the sequel; Revenge (1986), on 16mm.
9. The Ripper (1985 Video)
Unrated | 102 min | Horror
An old antique ring turns a college professor into a homicidal maniac when he puts it on. The ring originaly belonged to Jack the Ripper, and the Ripper's spirit possesses whoever wears it.
Director: Christopher Lewis | Stars: Tom Schreier, Mona Van Pernis, Wade Tower, Tom Savini
Votes: 426
10. Shock Chamber (1985 TV Movie)
93 min | Horror, Crime
A trilogy of horror stories with ironic twists: a teenager tries out a love potion, a waitress gets involved in a kidnapping plot, two brothers plan to cheat an insurance company by faking their death.
Director: Steve DiMarco | Stars: Doug Stone, Jacqueline Samuda, Russell Ferrier, George T. Cunningham
Votes: 73
11. The New York Centerfold Massacre (1985 Video)
57 min | Horror
Aspiring models in a Soho photo studio, aiming for the centerfold, are getting molested, tortured and killed by a mysterious perpetrator, who hides its identity by wearing a cloth bag over its head.
Director: Louis Ferriol | Stars: Barbara Heller, Thomas Stuart Asché, Jane De Leeuw, Paula Weckesser
Votes: 50
12. Survival Earth (1985 TV Movie)
80 min | Sci-Fi
In this Canadian rendering of a potential "apocalypse then", in 1996, after the collapse of modern civilization (due to atomic "accidents" and the "failure" of the world's economy), a young... See full summary »
Director: Peter McCubbin | Stars: Nancy Czer, Jeff Holec, Craig Williams, Peter Ferri
Votes: 57
13. Terror on Tape (1985)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Terror on Tape" is a 1985 horror anthology where a video store shows a compilation of scenes from various horror/exploitation films.
Director: Robert Worms | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Mark Fenske, Tim Noyes, Michelle Bauer
Votes: 226
The copyright date in the end credits is 1985.
14. Black River Monster (1986 Video)
Family, Horror
Family and workers on a farm are being stalked by a Sasquatch-like creature known as "The Black River Monster."
Director: John Duncan | Stars: Craig Martin, Bruce Phillips, Chuck Kelly, Danielle Ciferri
Votes: 38
15. Guzoo: The Thing Forsaken by God - Part I (1986 Video)
40 min | Short, Horror
A group of girls go to a house to spend a time in which they lived horrible creeping monster with tentacles that tries to eat them one by one.
Director: Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu | Stars: Yumiko Ishikawa, Naomi Kajitani, Kyôko Komiyama, Hidemi Maruyama
Votes: 214
16. Hallucinations (1986 Video)
60 min | Horror
Three brothers (one who is slow and another who is adopted) have disturbing and violent hallucinations while their mother is at work.
Directors: John Polonia, Mark Polonia, Todd Michael Smith | Stars: John Polonia, Mark Polonia, Todd Michael Smith
Votes: 175
17. Night of Terror (1986)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A family of sadistic psychopaths seeks out victims for its gruesome brain operations.
Director: Felix Girard | Stars: Renee Harmon, Frank Neuhaus, Henry Lewis, Lynn Whitmire
Votes: 110
18. Night Ripper! (1986 Video)
89 min | Horror
A maniac stalks and kills models.
Director: Jeff Hathcock | Stars: James Hansen, April Audia, Larry Thomas, Danielle Louis
Votes: 204
19. Spine (1986 Video)
72 min | Horror
A madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can... See full summary »
Directors: John Howard, Justin Simmonds | Stars: R. Eric Huxley, Janus Blythe, Lise Romanoff, John Howard
Votes: 193
20. Splatter: The Architects of Fear (1986 Video)
75 min | Documentary
Pseudo documentary about the making of a low-budget post-nuke sci-fi/action splatter movie.
Director: Peter Rowe | Stars: Chris Britton, Paul James Saunders, Amber Wendleborg, Patricia Aldridge
Votes: 90
21. Terror at Tenkiller (1986)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Two girlfriends try to relax at Lake Tenkiller, but a slasher won't let them.
Director: Ken Meyer | Stars: Michael Shamus Wiles, Stacey Logan, Michele Merchant, Dale Buckmaster
Votes: 860
22. Blood Lake (1987)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
6 teenagers are partying one weekend. One couple disappears, only to be found brutally murdered. A blood thirsty killer is stalking them. One by one bodies begin to show up, as they become prey to the vengeance-seeking maniac.
Director: Tim Boggs | Stars: Doug Barry, Angela Darter, Mike Kaufman, Andrea Adams
Votes: 685
23. Body Count (1987 TV Movie)
96 min | Thriller
A cab driver is falsely accused of murdering a young couple.
Director: Lionel Shenken | Stars: Jonathan Potts, James Lukie, James Knapp, Cynthia Kereluk
Votes: 47
24. Cannibal Hookers (1987 Video)
R | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
As a sorority initiation, two girls have to pose as hookers. Then they turn into zombies and start killing and eating the locals.
Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Drew Godderis, Sky Nicholas, Donald Trimborn, Michelle Fox
Votes: 596
25. Cards of Death (1986 Video)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Centers around a cop and two brothers hot on the trail of a murderous card game in which masked participants must murder the loser or be killed themselves.
Director: Will MacMillan | Stars: Will MacMillan, Ron Kologie, Shamus Sherwood, Gregg Lawrence
Votes: 121
26. Channel 13 (2015)
74 min | Horror
A horror anthology, shot on video in 1987 and lost for 30 years. A video game geek watches TV and only gets reception on channel 13, where a hooded monk shows tales of killer scarecrows, monster birds, and cannibal spaghetti farm owners.
Director: Mark Polonia | Star: John Polonia
Votes: 90
27. Cemetery Sisters (1987 Video)
61 min | Horror
Sisters Joan and Leslie are no strangers to the dead. Having grown up around the family mortuary business, they have a comfortable appreciation for that fact of life. Being goal-oriented ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Leslie Simon, Joan Simon, Albert Eskinazi, Irmgard Millard
Votes: 65
28. Criminally Insane 2 (1987)
70 min | Horror, Thriller
A severe decrease in funding forces a mental hospital to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Ethel is psychotic and delusional and has a hefty appetite. In fact, her ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Priscilla Alden, Robert Copple, Charles Egan, Lisa Farros
Votes: 561
29. Crowley (1987)
78 min | Horror
More than 60 years after his death, the demonic life and works of British occultist Aleister Crowley has continued to capture the darkest imaginations. In this thriller, a virtual reality ... See full summary »
Director: Ricardo Islas | Star: Ricardo Islas
Votes: 107
30. Demon Queen (1987 Video)
54 min | Horror
A female vampire goes on a rampage seeking blood.
Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Mary Fanaro, Dennis Stewart, Clifton Dance, Patti Valliere
Votes: 144
31. Doctor Bloodbath (1987 Video)
60 min | Horror
The story of Dr. Thorn, an abortionist who uses post-procedure house calls as opportunities to murder his patients.
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Albert Eskinazi, Irmgard Millard, Osa Danam, Don Lipsey
Votes: 73
32. Death Nurse (1987 Video)
60 min | Horror
Murderous, overweight nurse Edith and her brother run a medical clinic out of their suburban home: they take in patients, kill them, and continue to bill the state for their care. But a ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Priscilla Alden, Albert Eskinazi, Royal Farros, Frances Millard
Votes: 292
33. Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987 Video)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Comedy, Documentary
Deranged projectionist Mad Ron, host Nick, and charismatic zombie Happy Goldsplatt screen a collection of horror and exploitation trailers for a theater of the undead.
Director: Jim Monaco | Stars: Nick Pawlow, Happy Goldsplatt, Michael Townsend Wright, Anthony Kelly
Votes: 557
Horror / exploitation trailer compilation with linking segments shot on video.
34. The Resurrection of Michael Myers (1987 Video)
25 min | Comedy, Horror, Short
A psycho in a William Shatner mask goes after a clerk whilst butchering a bunch of people in his path.
Directors: Mike Beck, Richard Holm, Henrik Wadling | Stars: Richard Holm, Mikael Lindgren, Mike Beck, Sven-Erik Olsson
Votes: 93
35. Splatter Farm (1987 Video)
Unrated | 70 min | Horror
Two young twins are sent to spend time at their aunt's farm. What nobody knows is that the aunt's handyman is a psycho serial killer who dismembers his victims and stores their body parts in the barn.
Directors: John Polonia, Mark Polonia, Todd Michael Smith | Stars: Todd Michael Smith, John Polonia, Mark Polonia, Jeff Seddon
Votes: 480
36. Death Row Diner (1988)
Unrated | 68 min | Horror
A wealthy Hollywood tycoon is framed for murder and sent to the electric chair without the customary last dinner. Years later he comes back looking for revenge, and he's hungry.
Director: D3 | Stars: John Henry Richardson, Michelle Bauer, John Content, Salvatore Richichi
Votes: 180
37. Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987 Video)
62 min | Horror
Actress, Shirley L. Jones returns from director, Chester Novell Turner's first film, Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984), to star in director Turner's next camcorder opus. She reads 2 spooky ... See full summary »
Director: Chester Novell Turner | Stars: W.J. Rider, Doug Daverport, Johnnie Tanguy, Chris Calloway
Votes: 415
38. Venus Flytrap (1987 Video)
64 min | Thriller
Three street punks--Turk, his girlfriend BB., and his sidekick Wimp--observe two young affluent kids, Ginger and Danny, shoplifting from a record store. On a lark, the street kids invite ... See full summary »
Director: T. Michael | Stars: Michael Capellupo, Kevin M. Glover, Henry Harris, Darlene Hartwell
Votes: 126
39. Video Violence (1987 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror
A husband and wife open a video store in a new town, and come to find out that the locals only rent horror films and the "occasional triple X'er", and make their own snuff videos.
Director: Gary P. Cohen | Stars: Gary Schwartz, Chick Kaplan, Robin Leeds, Paige Price
Votes: 1,004
40. Video Violence 2 (1988 Video)
TV-14 | 75 min | Horror
Howard and Eli, the killers from the first film in this duology, Video Violence, are back and are now hosting their own TV series. Broadcast secretly from their basement, the series looks ... See full summary »
Director: Gary P. Cohen | Stars: David Christopher, Mavis Harris, Neil Cerbone, Bill Bowers
Votes: 480
41. The Brainsucker (1988)
Comedy, Horror
A psycho killer uses a corkscrew to stick into the brains of his victims.
Director: Herb Robins | Stars: Jonathan Mittleman, Marjorie Morris, Herb Robins, Dave Stevens
Votes: 93
42. Cannibal Campout (1988 Video)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
Four teenagers on an outing in the woods are attacked by a trio of mutant cannibals.
Directors: Tom Fisher, Jon McBride | Stars: Jon McBride, Amy Chludzinski, Christopher A. Granger, Gene Robbins
Votes: 611
43. Captives (1988)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Horror
Three weirdos invade the home of a wealthy family while the husband is at work. They have not come with the intention of stealing anything, they just want to show the wife a video.
Director: Gary P. Cohen | Stars: Lisa Cohen, Jackie Neill, Zachary Cohen, Neil Cerbone
Votes: 94
44. Death Nurse 2 (1988 Video)
56 min | Horror
That crazy killer nurse is at it again! Edith Mortley continues to slay more and more dumbfounded patients, turning them into rat food.
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Jane Lambert, Robert Copple, George 'Buck' Flower, Ginna Martine
Votes: 158
45. Almohadón de plumas (1988)
71 min | Horror
Director: Ricardo Islas | Stars: Norma Morgan, Ricardo Islas, Julio López, Alberto Laguna
Votes: 53
aka: Feather Pillow
46. 555 (1988 Video)
90 min | Horror
A psycho dressed as a hippie is killing couples in Lake Front. As the police search for more clues and the body count gets higher, they discover every five years, for five days, the killer ... See full summary »
Director: Wally Koz | Stars: Mara Lynn Bastian, Charles Fuller, Greg Kerouac, Greg Neilson
Votes: 445
47. The Hackers (1988 Video)
80 min | Horror
A girl is offered to stay weeks at a country estate while the family is on a trip. When the hackers arrive on the scene to do some repair work, a terrifying chain of events take place with a shocking ending.
Director: John Duncan | Stars: Howard Coburn, Dale Caughel, Steve Pricharo, Michelle Rank
Votes: 85
48. Hollow Gate (1988)
Not Rated | 76 min | Horror
At a Halloween party, a young boy is almost killed by his drunken, alcoholic father. Ten years afterward, the boy goes on a murder spree.
Director: Ray Di Zazzo | Stars: Addison Randall, Katrina Alexy, Richard Dry, Patricia Jacques
Votes: 413
49. Hollywood's New Blood (1988)
R | 77 min | Horror
The ghosts of a family accidentally killed on a movie set come back for revenge.
Director: James Shyman | Stars: Bobby Johnston, Francine Lapensée, Joe Balogh, Martie Allyne
Votes: 223
50. The Last Slumber Party (1988 Video)
Not Rated | 72 min | Horror
Linda, Tracy, and Chris are a trio of teenage girls who decide to celebrate the last day of high school by having a slumber party at Linda's house. A few guys also show up to further ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Tyler | Stars: Jan Jensen, Nancy Meyer, Joann Whitley, Danny David
Votes: 937
51. The Newlydeads (1988)
77 min | Horror
The owner of a lakeside resort murders a transvestite. Fifteen years later, a spirit comes back and starts killing honeymoon couples.
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Jimmy Williams, Jean Levine, John Henry Richardson, Roxanna Michaels
Votes: 282
52. Phantom Brother (1988)
92 min | Comedy, Horror
A teen-ager is left orphaned by a car crash that wipes out his entire family; he is subsequently haunted by his dead brother.
Director: William Szarka | Stars: John Gigante, Jon Hammer, Patrick Molloy, Mary Beth Pelshaw
Votes: 118
53. Shadows of Blood (1988 Video)
70 min | Crime
Director: Sydney Ling | Stars: Paul Naschy, Barry Fleming, James Malkovich, Judith Hirsch
Votes: 10
54. Twisted Issues (1988 Video)
87 min | Comedy, Horror
Low budget shot-on-video gore film with comical overtones concerns a skateboarding teen's murder. Rising from the dead with his skateboard, he embarks on a vengeful killing spree.
Director: Charles Pinion | Stars: Stephen L. Antczak, Charles Pinion
Votes: 96
55. Woodchipper Massacre (1988 Video)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
Three siblings begin to kill people with a woodchipper while their father is away.
Director: Jon McBride | Stars: Jon McBride, Denice Edeal, Tom Casiello, Patricia McBride
Votes: 546
56. Attack of the Hideopoid (1989)
Horror
Director: Rick Werner Fahr | Stars: John Black, Rick Werner Fahr, Helen Halloran, Fred Hopkins
57. Black Past (1989 Video)
85 min | Horror
Tommy finds a cursed mirror and a diary in an attic in the new house they moved in. The mirror starts to give Tommy horrible and gruesome visions as his crush keeps rising from the dead.
Director: Olaf Ittenbach | Stars: Olaf Ittenbach, Andrea Arbter, André Stryi, Alfons Sigllechner
Votes: 796
58. The Bloody Video Horror That Made Me Puke on My Aunt Gertrude (1989 Video)
83 min | Horror
A murderer shoots a snuff film on rented equipment from a local video store, but accidentally returns the equipment to the store with the tape still inside the camera.
Director: Zachary Snygg | Stars: Jared Bushansky, The Duke, Abad Kaleel, Spencer Snygg
Votes: 78
59. Dungeon of Death (1989 Video)
82 min | Horror
Director: Gary Whitson | Stars: Launa Kane, Clancy McCauley, Chris Stonage
60. Fatal Exposure (1989)
R | 83 min | Horror
The great grandson of the infamous Jack The Ripper is a photographer who murders women in bizarre ways. He photographs them and drinks their blood in order to increase his sexual potency. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter B. Good | Stars: Blake Bahner, Ena O'Rourke, Dan Schmale, Julie Austin
Votes: 134
61. Fatal Images (1989)
90 min | Thriller, Mystery
A crazy serial killer kills himself by sealing his soul in to his camera. Years later a woman buys the camera, and everyone she photographs begins being tracked down and killed by the killers spirit.
Director: Dennis Devine | Stars: Lane Coyle, Kay Schaber, Angela Eads, Brian Chin
Votes: 81
62. Heavy Metal Massacre (1989)
83 min | Horror
A killer goes on a killing spree at a heavy metal club.
Directors: Steven DeFalco, Ron Ottaviano | Stars: David DeFalco, Americo Carrocio, Michele de Santis, Lynn Grattage
Votes: 125
63. Houseboat Horror (1989 Video)
85 min | Horror
A rowdy rock group are accompanied by a film crew to desolate Lake Infinity to produce a music video. One night the musicians visit the local pub while the various members of the film crew ... See full summary »
Directors: Kendal Flanagan, Ollie Martin | Stars: Alan Dale, Christine Jeston, Craig Alexander, Des McKenna
Votes: 331
Australia's very first SOV horror film made specifically for the video market, this was shot in 1987.
64. Las Vegas Bloodbath (1989 Video)
78 min | Horror
After Sam's wife has betrayed him, he goes on a bloody killing spree in Las Vegas.
Director: David Schwartz | Stars: Ari Levin, Rebecca Gandara, Barbara Bell, Susanne Ciddio
Votes: 311
65. The Nutzoids at Cannibal Cove (1989 Video)
40 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
An uptight and strange family goes looking for their missing son. On the road they bump into a prostitute and an elderly clairvoyant.
Director: Louis Ferriol | Stars: Bob Rose, Dana Michele, Gerard Mascioli, Kim French
Votes: 23
66. Pieces of Darkness (1989 Video)
74 min | Horror
An anthology film consisting of three stories that feature deceit, murder and terror.
Directors: George Bonilla, J. Johnson Jr. III | Stars: Steve Lobertini, Robert Joe Carr, Kitt Hoffman, Richard Gibson
Votes: 34
67. Redneck Zombies (1989 Video)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks the liquor they produced turns into zombies.
Director: Pericles Lewnes | Stars: Steve Sooy, Anthony M. Carr, Ken Davis, Stan Morrow
Votes: 3,228
68. The Resurrection of Michael Myers Part 2 (1989 Video)
25 min | Horror, Comedy, Short
During a wild party at a hospital the anti-hero of Halloween, Michael Myers, comes to life. He stalks the hospital, violently killing everyone and everything. Apart from Michael Myers we ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Holm, Henrik Wadling | Stars: Richard Holm, Mike Beck, Jan Larsson, Anders Ek
Votes: 191
69. Satan's Storybook (1989 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A two-part horror anthology, the first part about a serial killer who is executed for his string of murders, the second about a despondent actor who hangs himself and meets a clown on "the other side."
Director: Michael Rider | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Gary Brandner, Steven K. Arthur, Hal Shafer
Votes: 138
70. Scream Dream (1989 Video)
69 min | Horror, Music
One of the girls in a rock band is fired from the band. She is, in reality, a witch, and possesses the body of the girl who replaces her in order to take revenge on the rest of the band.
Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Carol Carr, Melissa Moore, Nikki Riggins, Jesse Raye
Votes: 140
71. Sleepover Massacre (1989)
Horror
Six women get together one weekend for a reunion. But one by one they are killed by a demonic, female vampire who becomes more and more beautiful after killing each one of her victims.
Director: Gary Whitson | Stars: Launa Kane, Clancy McCauley, Carol Livingston, Chris Stonage
Votes: 28
72. Terror Eyes (1989)
TV-MA | 90 min | Horror, Comedy, Thriller
A frustrated advertising executive is confused to receive a job assignment from her boss to write the screenplay to a horror film. Recruiting the help of her friends, a weekend camping ... See full summary »
Directors: Eric Parkinson, Michael Rissi, Stephen Sommers | Stars: Vivian Schilling, Daniel Roebuck, Lance August, Dan Bell
Votes: 260
73. Things (1989 Video)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror
An impotent husband, driven by a fanatical desire to father children, forces his wife to undergo a dangerous experiment. The result: the birth of a multitude of monstrous THINGS.
Director: Andrew Jordan | Stars: Barry J. Gillis, Amber Lynn, Bruce Roach, Doug Bunston
Votes: 1,621
74. 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: 2,024
One of the earliest found footage films and once believed to document a "real" alien encounter. Also known as The McPherson Tape.
75. Violent Shit (1989)
Not Rated | 75 min | Horror
A demented, wicked, deformed, cannibalistic killer named K. The Butcher Shitter, escapes from the police and slaughters people in many gory, bloody ways.
Director: Andreas Schnaas | Stars: Andreas Schnaas, Gabi Bäzner, Wolfgang Hinz, Volker Mechter
Votes: 1,114
76. Zombie Rampage (II) (1992 Video)
89 min | Horror
A young man on the way to meet friends at a train station is derailed into a world full of zombies, homicidal gangs and serial killers in this Niagra of gore.
Director: Todd Sheets | Stars: Dave Byerly, Erin Kehr, Stanna Bippus, Beth Belanti
Votes: 266
77. Attack of the Killer Refrigerator (1990 Video)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A group of teenagers get drunk and abuse a hapless refrigerator. The machine then goes on a killing rampage, eating the ones who beat him up.
Director: Michael Savino | Stars: Lori Regonini, Christina Murphy, Lori Carson, Mark Veau
Votes: 257
78. Bimbos B.C. (1990 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
A story set in a post-apocalyptic time about all-female pack of warriors who fight against villain Tim Curry and his zombie batch. Based on a comic book.
Director: Todd Sheets | Stars: Jenny Admire, Deric Bernier, Matthew Lewis, Tonia Monahan
Votes: 164
79. Charly, Days of Blood (1990 Video)
74 min | Drama, Horror
A shy guy traumatized by the death of his older brother is spending a long weekend with his friends until strange things start to happen.
Director: Carlos Galettini | Stars: Fabián Gianola, Julieta Melogno, Norman Briski, Adrián Suar
Votes: 136
80. Las cenizas de Crowley (1990)
84 min | Horror
Director: Ricardo Islas | Star: Ricardo Islas
Votes: 16
aka: Crowley's Ashes, this is the sequel to 1987's Crowley from the same director.
81. Crystal Force (1992)
R | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror
At John's funeral, a seemingly kind old man stands near John's widow Hope. He is the master of The Crystal, possessor of its light and terror. Hope accepts The Crystal in good faith, ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Keats | Stars: Sharon Kane, Angst Argyle, Lisa Turco, Tony C. Burton
Votes: 161
82. Dark Romances Vol. 1 (1990 Video)
Horror, Romance
"The Black Veil." Set in 1888, the widow of a psychiatrist visits a college friend who is performing in a theatre that enacts gruesome mutilations and torture. The actress suffers from ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Shepard | Stars: Brinke Stevens, Elizabeth Morehead, Dawn Wildsmith, Larry Hankin
Votes: 56
83. Dark Romances Vol. 2 (1990 Video)
Horror, Romance
"She's Bad, She's Blonde, She's Lunch." A couple hold up a store to pay the rent, then take an ill-fated trip to Lover's Lane, where they meet a man involved in genetic research. "Cardinal ... See full summary »
Directors: Rodd Matsui, Patricia Miller, Bryan Moore, Samuel Oldham, Mark Shepard, John Strysik | Stars: Brinke Stevens, Linda Miller, Renee Lillian, Samuel Oldham
Votes: 42
84. Evil Spawn (1987)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist is using Microbes in experiments but dies before the work is finished. An aging actress injects herself the serum and the bacterium transforms her into a hideous bug alien resulting in an attrition problem among her detractors.
Directors: Kenneth J. Hall, Ted Newsom, Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Bobbie Bresee, Drew Godderis, Dawn Wildsmith, Fox Harris
Votes: 779
Note: The original Evil Spawn was not shot on video. However, a new version was prepped by Fred Olen Ray and Ted Newsom called The Alien Within (1990) that replaces half of the original footage with SOV scenes.
85. Gorgasm (1990)
Unrated | 82 min | Horror
Tara, a psychotic call girl, has a strange obsession with giving men the ultimate climax. Chase is a detective out to stop her killing spree.
Director: Hugh Gallagher | Stars: Gabriela, Rik Billock, Paula Hendricks, Paula Gallagher
Votes: 139
86. Honeymoon Murders (1990 Video)
101 min | Horror
A young newlywed couple is attacked by a monster at their honeymoon resort.
Director: Steve Postal | Stars: Dave Knapp, Angela Shepard, Maurice S. Postal, Lady Postal
Votes: 12
87. Honeymoon Murders II (1990 Video)
117 min | Horror
A newlywed couple at a honeymoon resort are terrorized by a monster and the ghosts of a couple that the monster had previously murdered.
Director: Steve Postal | Stars: Lady Postal, Tom Eckert, Donna Kozlowski, Maurice S. Postal
88. The Hook of Woodland Heights (1990 Video)
40 min | Comedy, Short, Horror
An escaped mental patient, who is missing a hand, uses a large barbecue fork in its place and proceeds to kill off the local teenagers.
Directors: Michael Savino, Mark Veau | Stars: Robert W. Allen, Christine McNamara, Michael Elyanow, David MacWilliams
Votes: 90
89. Petrified Beast from the Frozen Zone (1990)
Horror
Director: Fred Hopkins | Stars: Chuck Gerchow, Bruce Gilbert, Fred Hopkins, Ray Houser
90. Shreck (1990 Video)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
Roger, Neil, and Mike are horror movie fans who have a mock seance to bring Nazi psycho Max Shreck back from the dead. Unfortunately, the seance works and Shreck wreaks havoc in our time and in his.
Director: Carl Denham | Stars: William Lantry, Anthony Van Deuren, T.K. Malone, Sharon Wozniak
Votes: 157
91. Zombie '90: Extreme Pestilence (1991)
75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Two doctors are trying to stop a rampant epidemic of zombieism. They fend off zombies spilling many a gallon of blood in the process.
Director: Andreas Schnaas | Stars: Matthias Kerl, Ralf Hess, Mathias Abbes, Marc Trinkhaus
Votes: 704
Filmed in 1990.
92. Zombie Army (1991 Video)
82 min | Horror
When the Army takes over a former asylum, they discover that some inmates are still living in solitary confinement there, and become murderous zombies.
Director: Betty Stapleford | Stars: Cindie Lou Acker, Jody Amato, Michelle Anderson, Jack 'Wildman' Armstrong
Votes: 93
Filmed in 1987.
93. Hell Spa (1992)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
At Benson's Health Spa business is booming. And why not? With the, "Look beautiful and stay fit or never pay a dime" promotion, people are literally selling their souls to join.
Director: Mike Bowler | Stars: Lisa Bawdon, Augie Blunt, Mike Bowler, Anthony Case
Votes: 42
Filmed in 1990.
94. Savage Vengance (1993 Video)
Not Rated | 65 min | Horror, Thriller
Five years after she avenged her own rape, young law student Jennifer decides to take a brief vacation with a girlfriend. Unfortunately, they become the next targets of two depraved men.
Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Camille Keaton, Nikki Riggins, James Cochran, Bill Gatson
Votes: 776
Shot in 1988.
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