1980s Horror

PG-131987 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Damon Martin, Royal Dano, Phil Fondacaro

Four bloodthirsty demons stow away on a truck belonging to the owners of a carnival attraction and, after arriving at the fairgrounds, hole up inside the ride, which becomes a sensation after patrons believe the creatures are part of the show.

IMDb 4.7🍅 13%TMDB 5.5☠ 4.3

R1981 · Horror · 90m · Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, Ralph Brown

In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.

IMDb 4.6🍅 13%TMDB 5.1☠ 4.3

R1987 · Science Fiction, Horror · 72m · Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda

Five Army deserters wander the post-apocalyptic, post-industrial LA landscape seeking shelter from an increasingly toxic environment and poisonous rain.

IMDb 4.0TMDB 4.5☠ 4.3

R1980 · Science Fiction, Horror · 92m · David Huffman, Marianna Hill, Burt Young

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.

PG-131984 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 73m · Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll, Leslie Wing

A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.

IMDb 4.6MC 11TMDB 4.9☠ 4.3

NR1981 · Horror, Documentary · 79m · Michael Carr, John Alan Schwartz, James Brady

A face-to-face confrontation with Guerrilla death squads in El Salvador, napalm bombings in Vietnam, the drugging of a monkey, a dolphin slaughter, a train disaster in India, Cambodian lepers, a death museum, a driver high on PCP and a boxer going down for his “final” count.

R1985 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 84m · Aldo Ray, Neville Brand, Tina Louise

Sex-hungry teens are kidnapped by auto mechanics, who take them to a rural hospital run by aliens who need their blood as the key to their own longevity.

IMDb 3.7TMDB 3.7☠ 4.3

1987 · Horror, Music · 83m · Jon Mikl Thor, Jillian Peri, Frank Dietz

At an old farmhouse, a family mysteriously dissapears at the hands of evil. Years later, hair metal band The Tritons comes to the farmhouse, whose barn now features a 24-track recording studio. Lead singer John Triton gets the band to perform their first night in the farmhouse after dinner, and weird little beasties suddenly appear, and strange things start to happen. Band members (and their tagalong girlfriends) begin to act strangely and vanish one by one. Soon, only John Triton remains, and he holds a secret. Finally, the evil shows itself and a battle between heaven and hell ensues....

IMDb 3.8TMDB 4.6☠ 4.3

PG-131987 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 90m · Scott Valentine, Michele Little, Robert Trebor

Denny has yet again been left by her thug boyfriend Chip. It seems as if she is doomed to be stuck with awful guys, this time she has to choose between nerdy Charles and the strange Kaz, who turns into a monster when sexually aroused.

IMDb 4.6🍅 0%TMDB 5.3☠ 4.3

R1984 · Horror · 95m · David Broadnax, Rita Jenrette, George Peters

Americans on vacation in the Caribbean take a tour of a nearby island at night and watch a local voodoo ritual. Soon after, they find themselves stranded on the island and under attack by unseen foes. One by one they meet violent ends.

IMDb 3.3TMDB 3.5☠ 4.3

R1986 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · C. Juston Campbell, Faye Bolt, John W. Smith

Crew members aboard a space ship encounter an alien life form intent on killing them.

1981 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham

A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.

IMDb 4.0TMDB 4.1☠ 4.2

PG1981 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 76m · Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

IMDb 4.6MC 13🍅 9%TMDB 5.1☠ 4.2

R1986 · Comedy, Horror · 93m · Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler

A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories: about a killer witch; Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf; and Goldi Lox and the three bears.

IMDb 4.7🍅 0%TMDB 4.9☠ 4.2

R1986 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 77m · Teresa Farley, Lance Lewman, Frances Sherman

An otherwordly perpetrator has been attacking female virgins in Manhattan. As Dr. Pace and Detective Andriotti work together to identify the strange organic materials found on the women, the victims begin arising in a trance and leaving the hospital.

R1989 · Comedy, Horror · 91m · Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott, Carel Trichardt

A motorcycle gang kidnaps a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally kills her. Many years later, the girl's father finds a magic crystal that can bring the life back to dead objects. He uses it to re-animate his daughter. He lets her seduce any young man that comes to visit the small town and then kills them. Four young students, two boys and two girls spend a vacation near the town, Hellgate. They hear about the story and get involved.

PG1982 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy

From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!

IMDb 3.7TMDB 4.1☠ 4.2

R1982 · Comedy, Horror · 84m · Gerrit Graham, Fred McCarren, Miriam Flynn

Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit.

R1986 · Horror · 87m · Michael Shamus Wiles, Stacey Logan, Michele Merchant

Leslie and Janna are a couple of attractive young ladies who decide to go on vacation at a remote cabin in the woods. However, things go nightmarishly awry after a dangerous maniac shows up in the area and starts bumping folks off. Will anyone survive the terror at Tenkiller?

IMDb 2.9TMDB 3.1☠ 4.2

R1981 · Horror · 82m · Jack McClelland, Mary Gail Artz, James P. Hayden

Four backpackers decide to take a hike in the mountains of Utah. But within the woods lurks a killer. But who...or what...is it? The lazy local sheriff blames bears. But the escalating body count seems to point to a human killer. Ignoring the warning signs, our campers remain lost in the woods...alone...awaiting their fate.

IMDb 3.8TMDB 4.2☠ 4.1

1980 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror · 80m · Jim Davis, Christopher Mitchum, Dorothy Malone

Deep in the desert, a rural American family is forced to endure a night of inter-dimensional, extra terrestrial terror when a UFO appears over their home.

IMDb 3.5TMDB 3.7☠ 4.1

1988 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 90m · Robin Mackay, Nian Watts, Harry Myles

Narcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. In a futuristic experiment, agent Wilde is returned to life as an Android Robot. He is sent on a very dangerous mission into the depths of the golden Triangle to rescue Sophie, a beautiful undercover agent who has been captured by the evil drug warlord Mr. Young and his inhuman creation the Vampire Beast.

IMDb 3.4TMDB 4.6☠ 4.1

PG1983 · Comedy, Horror · 88m · Cindy Williams, Bruce Kimmel, Leslie Nielsen

A farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien. Alternate titles include "The Creature Wasn't Nice" and "Naked Space" (1999 re-release trying to capitalize on Nielsen's "Naked Gun" success).

R1984 · Horror, Comedy · 75m · Mary Woronov, Jenny Cunningham, Jonathan Blakely

A trio of youngsters are tasked with reopening a long-closed, old-time theater at which, many years before, a shocking series of grisly murders took place.

IMDb 3.0TMDB 3.7☠ 4.1