The Crypt Charts
The Top 13 Horror Movies of 1984
The thirteen horror films of 1984 that the crypt judged worthiest, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
Eligibility: a title needs at least 2 rating sources and 1,000+ votes to chart — no thin-data entries.
Gremlins
PG1984 · Fantasy, Horror, Comedy · 106m · Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
Body Double
R1984 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 114m · Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
The Company of Wolves
R1984 · Horror, Fantasy · 95m · Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
Tightrope
R1984 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 115m · Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
Night of the Comet
PG-131984 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell
After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Dreamscape
PG-131984 · Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller · 99m · Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.
Terror in the Aisles
R1984 · Horror, Documentary · 84m · Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Fred Asparagus, Lainie Cook
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.
The Toxic Avenger
R1984 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 82m · Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard, Cindy Manion
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
Sole Survivor
R1984 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson, Caren L. Larkey
After inexplicably surviving a plane crash, TV station worker Denise tries to get on with her life. She soon learns that she was actually supposed to die in the crash. Death refuses to be cheated and starts sending its minions, people that have recently died, to collect her.
Razorback
R1984 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
Scream for Help
R1984 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 90m · Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Firestarter
R1984 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 114m · David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear
Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency which wants to destroy her?
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