List of horror films:1980s

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A list of horror films released in the 1980s.

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
1980
Alien Dead	Fred Olen Ray	Linda Lewis, Mike Bonavia
Alligator	Lewis Teague	Robert Forster, Robin Riker
Beyond Evil	Herb Freed	John Saxon, Lynda Day George, Michael Dante
The Boogeyman	Ulli Lommel
Cannibal Apocalypse	Antonio Margheriti
Cannibal Holocaust	Ruggero Deodato
The Changeling	Peter Medak	George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Melvyn Douglas
Christmas Evil	Lewis Jackson
City of the Living Dead	Lucio Fulci
Death Ship	Alvin Rakoff
Dressed to Kill	Brian de Palma
The Fog	John Carpenter	Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh
Friday the 13th	Sean S. Cunningham	Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby
Happy Birthday To Me	J. Lee Thompson
He Knows You're Alone	Armand Mastroianni
Humanoids From The Deep	Barbara Peters
Inferno	Dario Argento
Maniac!	William Lustig
The Monster Club	Roy Ward Baker
Motel Hell	Kevin Connor
Mother's Day	Charles S. Kaufman
Night of the Demon	James C. Watson
The Other Hell	Bruno Mattei
Prom Night	Paul Lynch	Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens
The Return of the Werewolf	Jacinto Molina	Paul Naschy
Schizoid	D. Paulson	Klaus Kinski, Marianna Hill
The Shining	Stanley Kubrick	Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Silent Scream	Denny Harris
Terror Train	Roger Spottiswoode
To All a Good Night	David Hess
1981
An American Werewolf in London	John Landis	David Naughton (actor), Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter
The Beyond	Lucio Fulci
Bloody Birthday	Ed Hunt
Bloody Moon	Jesus Franco
The Burialground	Andrea Bianchi
The Burning	Tony Maylam
Cannibal Ferox	Umberto Lenzi
Dead & Buried	Gary Sherman
Deadly Blessing	Wes Craven
Evil Dead	Sam Raimi	Bruce Campbell
Halloween II	Rick Rosenthal	Donald Pleasance, Jamie Lee Curtis
The Howling	Joe Dante	Dee Wallace-Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan
My Bloody Valentine	George Mihalka	Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck
Wolfen	Michael Wadleigh
1982
Madman	Joe Giannone
Night Warning	William Asher
Poltergeist (film)	Tobe Hooper	Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight
The Thing	John Carpenter	Kurt Russell, Keith David,
Videodrome	David Cronenberg	James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits
1983
Sleepaway Camp	Robert Hiltzik	Mike Kellin, Johnathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Felissa Rose
Twilight Zone: The Movie	Joe Dante, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, George Miller	Dan Aykroyd, Jeff Bannister, Patricia Barry
1984
Silent Madness	Simon Nuchtern
1985
Underworld	George Pavlou
1986
Rawhead Rex	George Pavlou
1987
Angel Heart	Alan Parker	Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro
1988
Maniac Cop	William Lustig
Monkey Shines	George A. Romero
Dead Ringers	David Cronenberg	Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold
1989
Stepfather II	Jeff Burr

Contents 1 1980s 1.1 1980 1.2 1981 1.3 1982 1.4 1983 1.5 1984 1.6 1985 1.7 1986 1.8 1987 1.9 1988 1.10 1989

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1980

• The Shining

[edit] 1981

• Alchemist, The
• American Werewolf in London, An
• Beyond, The (Seven Doors of Death)
• Black Cat, The
• Blood Beach
• Bloody Birthday
• Bloody Moon
• Burialground, The
• Burning, The
• Cannibal Ferox
• Dark Night of the Scarecrow (TV)
• Dawn of the Mummy
• Dead & Buried
• Deadly Blessing
• Demonoid
• Docteur Jekyll et les Femmes
• Don't Go Near The Park
• Entity, The
• Evil Dead, The
• Eyes Of A Stranger
• Evilspeak
• Fear No Evil
• Final Exam
• Friday the 13th Part 2
• Full Moon High
• Funhouse, The
• Galaxy of Terror
• Ghost Story
• Graduation Day
• Halloween II
• Hand, The
• Hell Night
• House by the Cemetery, The
• Howling, The
• Incubus, The
• Intruder, The
• Inseminoid
• Just Before Dawn
• Looker
• My Bloody Valentine
• Nesting
• Nightmare
• Night School
• Omen III: The Final Conflict
• Pit, The
• Piranha II: The Spawning
• Possession
• Prowler, The
• Sadomania
• Saturday the 14th
• Scanners
• Scared To Death
• Strange Behavior
• Student Bodies
• Unseen, The
• Venom
• Wolfen

[edit] 1982

• Aftermath, The
• Alone in the Dark
• Amityville II: The Possession
• Attack of the Super Monsters
• Basket Case
• Beast Within, The
• Boogens, The
• Cat People <remake>
• Creepshow
• Death Screams
• Don't Go to Sleep
• Evilspeak
• Fall of the House of Usher (TV)
• Forest, The
• Friday the 13th Part 3
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch
• House of the Long Shadows
• Hospital Massacre
• Living Dead Girl, The
• Madman
• Manhattan Baby
• Midnight
• New York Ripper, The
• Night Warning
• Parasite
• Poltergeist
• Pranks
• Q
• Sender, The
• Slayer, The
• Sheriff's Strange Son, The
• Slumber Party Massacre
• Superstition
• Tenebrae
• Thing, The <remake>

[edit] 1983

• American Nightmare
• Beast and the Magic Sword, The
• Blade in the Dark, A
• Brainstorm
• Christine
• Cujo
• Dead Zone, The
• Deadly Spawn, The
• Disciples of the Crow
• Frightmare
• House of the Long Shadows
• House on Sorority Row, The
• Hunger, The
• Jaws 3-D
• Keep, The
• Nightmares
• One Dark Night
• Panic Beats
• Psycho II
• Scalps
• Skullduggery
• Sleepaway Camp
• Videodrome
• Xtro
• Zeder

[edit] 1984

• Children of the Corn
• C.H.U.D.
• Company of Wolves, The
• Evil Fairies, The
• Firestarter
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
• Gojira
• Gremlins
• Initiation, The
• The Terminator
• Invitation to Hell (TV)
• Monster Dog
• Mutant
• Night of the Comet
• Nightmare on Elm Street, A
• Purple Rain
• Prey, The
• Silent Madness
• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Splatter University

[edit] 1985

• Attack of the Beast Creatures
• Bride, The
• Cat's Eye
• Chiller (TV)
• Dario Argento's World of Horror
• Day of the Dead
• Demons
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
• Fright Night
• Ghoulies
• Hills Have Eyes Part II, The
• Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
• Lifeforce
• Midnight Hour (TV)
• Mr. Vampire
• Murderlust
• Mutilator, The
• Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A
• Once Bitten
• Phenomena
• Re-Animator
• Return of the Living Dead, The
• Rocktober Blood
• Silver Bullet
• Stuff, The
• Women in Fury
• Underworld

[edit] 1986

• Abomination, The
• Aliens
• April Fool's Day
• Chopping Mall
• Combat Shock
• Critters
• Deadly Friend
• Deadtime Stories
• Demoner
• Demons 2
• Entrails of a Beautiful Woman
• Entrails of a Virgin
• Fly, The <remake>
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• From Beyond
• Gothic
• Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
• Hitcher, The
• House
• Killer Party
• Link
• Manhunter
• Maximum Overdrive
• Mountaintop Motel Massacre
• Neon Maniacs
• Night of the Creeps
• Poltergeist II: The Other Side
• Psycho III
• Rawhead Rex
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, The
• Trick or Treat
• Troll
• Vamp
• Witchboard

[edit] 1987

• Chinese Ghost Story, A
• Aenigma
• Bad Taste
• Believers, The
• Berserker
• Blood Sisters
• Cheerleader Camp
• Creepshow 2
• Deliria
• Dolls
• Epidemic
• Evil Dead II
• Gate, The
• Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
• Hellraiser
• Howling III
• Jack's Back
• Jaws: The Revenge
• Kindred, The
• Lamp, The
• Lost Boys, The
• Munchies
• Monster in the Closet
• Near Dark
• Nekromantik
• Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A
• Offspring, The
• Open House
• Opera
• Predator
• Prince of Darkness
• Return to Horror High
• Return to Salem's Lot, A
• Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
• Slaughterhouse
• Slugs
• Slumber Party Massacre 2
• Sorority House Massacre
• Stepfather, The
• Terror Night
• Twisted Nightmare

[edit] 1988

• 976-EVIL
• After Death
• Augustia
• Bad Dreams
• Black Roses
• Blob, The <remake>
• Brain Damage
• Celia
• Child's Play
• Clownhouse
• Curse II: The Bite
• Dead Next Door, The
• Dead Ringers
• Dinner With a Vampire (TV)
• Dracula's Widow
• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
• Evil Laugh
• Evil Dead Trap
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• Fright Night Part 2
• Grotesque
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• Hellbound: Hellraiser II
• Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
• House II: The Second Story
• Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
• Iced
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• Kiss, The
• Lair of the White Worm, The
• Monkey Shines
• The Moonlight Sonata (original title: Kuutamosonaatti)
• Nest, The
• Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A
• Night of the Demons
• Ogre: Demons 3, The
• Phantasm II
• Pledge Night
• Poltergeist III
• Pulse
• Return of the Living Dead Part II
• Tales from the Gimli Hospital
• Serpent and the Rainbow, The
• Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
• They Live
• Unmasked Part 25
• Unnamable, The
• Vanishing, The
• Watchers
• Waxwork
• When Alice Broke the Mirror
• Witchery
• Zombi 3

[edit] 1989

• After Midnight
• Alienator
• Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (tv)
• Beyond Dream's Door
• Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
• C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
• Church, The
• Cutting Class
• DeepStar Six
• Dr. Caligari
• Edge of Sanity
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• Ghostbusters II
• Grim Prairie Tales
• Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
• Horror Show, The
• House of Clocks, The
• Howling V: The Rebirth
• Leviathan
• Meet the Feebles
• Night Life
• Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A
• Offerings
• Parents
• Pet Sematary
• The Preppy Murder (tv)
• Pumpkinhead
• Puppet Master
• Rush Week
• Scarecrows
• Shocker
• Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
• Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
• Society
• Spontaneous Combustion
• Stepfather II
• Suckling, The
• Tetsuo: The Iron Man
• Vampire's Kiss
• Warlock
• Woman in Black, The (tv)

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