List of horror films of 1986

A list of horror films released in 1986.

Title Director Cast Country Notes
The Abomination Bret McCormick Gaye Bottoms, Victoria Chaney, Van Connery [1]
Aliens James Cameron Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen [2]
April Fool's Day Fred Walton Jay Baker, Deborah Foreman [3]
Chopping Mall Jim Wynorski Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd [4]
Class of Nuke 'Em High Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz, Samuel Weil Gil Brenton, Elizabeth Lambert, Anthony Ventola [5]
Critters Stephen Herek Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush [6]
Dark Age Arch Nicholson Janet Kingsbury, John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill [7]
Dead End Drive-In Brian Trenchard-Smith Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry

[8]
Deadly Friend Wes Craven Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett [9]
Deadtime Stories Jeffrey S. Delman Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Cathryn de Prume [10]
Demons 2 Lamberto Bava Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes [11]
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman Kazuo Komizu [12]
Entrails of a Virgin Kazuo Komizu Kazuhiko Goda, Naomi Hagio, Taiju Kato [13]
Escapes Clarence I. Steensen Vincent Price [14]
The Fly David Cronenberg Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz [15]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Tom McLoughlin Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, Rene Jones [16]
From Beyond Stuart Gordon Jeffrey Combs [17]
Gothic Ken Russell Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson [18]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer John McNaughton Michael Rooker [19]
The Hitcher Robert Harmon Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh [20]
House Steve Miner William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll [21]
Invaders from Mars Tobe Hopper Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, James Karen [22]
Killer Party William Fruet Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes [23]
Killer Workout David A. Prior, Marcia Karr David James Campbell, Fritz Matthews
Link Richard Franklin Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp [24]
Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy [25]
Maximum Overdrive Stephen King Emilio Estevez, Yeardley Smith, Christopher Britton, Bernhard Pock, Connie Smith [26]
Moon in Scorpio Gary Graver Britt Ekland, John Phillip Law, William Smith [27]
Mountaintop Motel Massacre Jim McCullough Sr. Bill Thurman, Anna Chappell, Will Mitchell [28]
Murderlust Donald Jones Eli Rich, Rocky Taylor, Dennis Gannon [29]
Neon Maniacs Joseph Mangine Alan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke [30]
Night of the Creeps Fred Dekker Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow [31]
Night Ripper! Jeff Hathcock James Hansen, Larry Thomas [32]
Poltergeist II: The Other Side Brain Gibson JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson [33]
Psycho III Anthony Perkins Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey [34]
Shadows Run Black [35]
Slaughter High George Dugdale, Mark Ezra Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore , [36]
Sorority House Massacre Carol Frank Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross [37]
Spookies Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, Brendan Faulkner Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas [38]
Terror at Tenkiller Ken Meyer Dale Buckmaster, Stacy Logan, Michelle Merchant
TerrorVision Ted Nicolaou Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov Television film[39]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Tobe Hooper Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley, Bill Johnson [40]
Trick or Treat Charles Martin Smith Ozzy Osbourne, Claudia Templeton, Gene Simmons [41]
Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness Tim Ritter Christopher Bontempo, Mary Fanaro, Mona Jones [42]
Trick or Treat Charles Martin Smith Marc Price, Tony Dean Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Ozzy Osbourne [43]
Troll John Carl Buechler Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack [44]
Vamp Richard Wenk Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler [45]
The Vindicator Jean-Claude Lord David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox [46]
Witchboard Kevin Tenney Todd Allen, Clare Bristol [47]
The Wraith Mike Marvin Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn [48]
You'll Die at Midnight Lamberto Bava Valeria D'Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Paolo Malco
Zombie Nightmare Jack Bravman Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, Adam West [49]

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