1980s Horror

R1988 · Horror · 89m · S. William Hinzman, John Mowod, Leslie Ann Wick

A group of college students take a Halloween hayride in the countryside and convince the driver to take them to a secluded area for a night of debauchery. However, the fun turns to terror when a local farmhand unearths a mysterious wooden box that contains an ancient zombie.

IMDb 4.9TMDB 4.9☠ 5.2

R1982 · Horror · 96m · Julia Montgomery, James Carroll, Suzanne Barnes

The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they know that they are in fact the ones being hunted.

IMDb 4.9TMDB 4.7☠ 5.2

1982 · Horror, Mystery · 80m · Laurel Munson, Janet Penner, Sara Ansley

College students Terry, Nancy, and Gloria, on their way to a rock concert, crash their car in a torrential rainstorm, badly injuring one of them. Seeking shelter and aid, they come across a house occupied by a man-hating mother and her daughter...and they soon wish they hadn't.

R1987 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · Steve Railsback, Gwynyth Walsh, John Vernon

While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature. Soon, there are more cases of bacterial infection, but the more immediate problem for the hospital is the wormlike creature which after accidental exposure to a genetic growth stimulant grows to monstrous proportions and starts a reign of terror and bloodshed in the hospitals abandoned wing.

IMDb 4.8TMDB 4.9☠ 5.2

PG1981 · Horror, Comedy, Fantasy · 95m · Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Joanne Nail

After a trip to Romania, popular high school quarterback Tony Walker becomes a werewolf, and struggles to come to terms with his hirsute situation.

IMDb 4.8TMDB 4.4☠ 5.2

R1989 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · James Hong, Karen Lorre, Michael Wong

Dr. Elson Po is one of the world's most famous wine growers and has a magic potion which has kept him handsome and alive for centuries. However, the magic which rejuvenates him seems to become less and less effective. As a side project, he makes movies and invites a group of young, aspiring actors to his island for a party, believing that the young, beautiful actress, Jezebel, can be his new source of life.

IMDb 4.7TMDB 4.7☠ 5.2

R1988 · Horror · 84m · Tim Van Patten, Ian Abercrombie, Jeremy West

In the 17th century, an order of monks in Italy capture and entomb a demon that has possessed a member of their group. 400 years later, school teacher Elizabeth Magrino visits the monastery in order to do some research. What she and the current monks do not realize is that the evil hiding within the catacombs has unwittingly been released.

1984 · Horror, Music · 88m · Tray Loren, Donna Scoggins, Cana Cockrell

A crazed rock singer returns from the dead to murder members of his former band.

1989 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Kyle Richards, Wendell Wellman, John Putch

Two brothers whose grisly killing spree has landed them on death row plot a daring escape, breaking free from prison with vengeance in mind, and setting targets in the form of the key witnesses against them.

IMDb 4.3TMDB 5.2☠ 5.2

PG-131989 · Horror · 86m · Patrick Kilpatrick, Chris Miller, Suzanne Savoy

A young boy finds an ancient Comanche monster spirit in the basement of his home. His parents don't believe him, so he must kill the monster alone.

1985 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Dan Lunham, Terri Berland, Mark Sawicki

A group of young miners venture into the Gold Spike Mine in search of gold, even after being warned by old-time prospectors to stay away. The miners proceed into the caverns anyway and soon realize that there’s no gold in these mines, but also that they’re not alone.

IMDb 4.4TMDB 4.6☠ 5.2

R1989 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Wayne Crawford, Kay Lenz, Steve Kanaly

A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, so he starts crashing on the couch of his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others.

IMDb 4.1TMDB 4.1☠ 5.2

R1987 · Horror · 94m · Rhonda Gray, Cleve Hall, Robert Padilla

A group of teenagers win a trip to a summer camp they had attended as children. However, soon after they get there they begin to disappear one by one. The survivors suspect that the disappearances may be connected to the death of a handicapped child at the camp years before.

R1982 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Richard Brooker, Dana Kimmell, Catherine Parks

An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at every turn...

IMDb 5.6MC 30🍅 17%TMDB 5.9☠ 5.1

R1986 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 86m · Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard

The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.

IMDb 5.6🍅 20%TMDB 5.6☠ 5.1

R1982 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · Jesse Vint, Dawn Dunlap, June Chadwick

In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.

IMDb 5.1MC 41🍅 57%TMDB 5.3☠ 5.1

PG1986 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 82m · Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise

Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.

R1984 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 94m · Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett

An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.

IMDb 5.4MC 25🍅 33%TMDB 6.2☠ 5.1

R1981 · Horror · 96m · Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie, E. Danny Murphy

After the death of a high school track star during a race, a mysterious killer in a fencing mask begins murdering her friends and teachers.

IMDb 4.8🍅 57%TMDB 5.2☠ 5.1

R1982 · Horror, Thriller · 105m · Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.

PG1986 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Henry Gibson

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic.

IMDb 4.9TMDB 4.9☠ 5.1

PG-131985 · Drama, Horror, Romance · 114m · Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins

Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect Victorian woman.

IMDb 5.4MC 30🍅 27%TMDB 5.4☠ 5.1

R1988 · Comedy, Horror · 96m · Catherine Aymerie, Caroline Braekman, Richard Cotica

A large family gathers in the country side for their very elderly grannies' birthday. One gift happens to be from their ostracized, black sheep nephew, and upon opening it, the two loveable grannies turn into rabid, flesh-eating monsters.

IMDb 4.8TMDB 5.2☠ 5.1

1989 · Horror · 92m · Richard Anthony Crenna, Pietro Genuardi, John Harper

A group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either.

IMDb 4.7TMDB 5.5☠ 5.1