1980s Horror

R1988 · Horror · 87m · Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

IMDb 6.7MC 58🍅 65%TMDB 6.8☠ 6.6

R1987 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 96m · Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

IMDb 6.7MC 49🍅 68%TMDB 6.7☠ 6.6

R1987 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 118m · Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.

IMDb 6.6MC 67🍅 67%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.6

R1981 · Horror · 91m · Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

IMDb 6.5MC 68🍅 76%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.6

R1986 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

IMDb 6.6MC 60🍅 73%TMDB 6.5☠ 6.6

R1981 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

IMDb 6.5MC 71🍅 71%TMDB 6.4☠ 6.6

NR1981 · Horror, TV Movie · 97m · Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Robert F. Lyons

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

IMDb 6.7🍅 63%TMDB 6.5☠ 6.6

R1980 · Drama, Comedy, Horror · 118m · Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller

Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.

IMDb 6.7MC 46🍅 80%TMDB 6.4☠ 6.6

R1981 · Thriller, Horror · 96m · Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.

IMDb 6.3MC 71🍅 93%TMDB 6.5☠ 6.6

PG-131988 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 113m · Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.

IMDb 6.6MC 70🍅 67%TMDB 6.1☠ 6.6

NR1981 · Documentary, Horror · 66m · George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Susan Tyrrell

A documentary about George A. Romero's films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead.

1985 · Drama · 1 season · Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Rip Torn

The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

PG1989 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 102m · Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

IMDb 6.8MC 45🍅 57%TMDB 6.8☠ 6.5

R1987 · Horror · 102m · Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong

A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.

IMDb 6.7MC 50🍅 59%TMDB 6.8☠ 6.5

NR1987 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 91m · Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith

A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country’s Astro-Investigation and Defense Service (AIaDS) is called in to deal with the problem. Things are complicated due to Giles, an aid worker who comes to Kaihoro the same day to collect change from the residents. He is captured by the aliens, and AIaDS stages a rescue mission that quickly becomes an all-out assault on the aliens’ headquarters.

IMDb 6.5MC 52🍅 73%TMDB 6.3☠ 6.5

R1983 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 113m · Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly, Vera Miles

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?

IMDb 6.6MC 54🍅 67%TMDB 6.5☠ 6.5

R1983 · Horror, Drama · 97m · Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

IMDb 6.6MC 52🍅 61%TMDB 6.7☠ 6.5

R1984 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 115m · Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya

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.

IMDb 6.3MC 61🍅 86%TMDB 6.2☠ 6.5

R1988 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 86m · Rick Hearst, Jennifer Lowry, Gordon MacDonald

Brian comes under the addictive spell of a parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in its hosts.

IMDb 6.5MC 61🍅 69%TMDB 6.7☠ 6.5

R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Jonathan Banks, David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston

Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.

R1987 · Action, Crime, Drama · 95m · James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant

Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.

IMDb 6.4🍅 71%TMDB 6.0☠ 6.5

NR1988 · Action, Crime, Drama · 81m · Jim Van Bebber, Megan Murphy, Marc Pitman

Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.

IMDb 6.5TMDB 6.3☠ 6.5

R1982 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 91m · Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek, Shirley Knight

A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.

IMDb 6.0🍅 86%TMDB 5.6☠ 6.5

R1989 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 103m · Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce

Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband, Tom. But Tom isn't dead... yet. And Martha not only knows he will die, she also knows who killed him. And the murderer knows she knows...

IMDb 6.0🍅 88%TMDB 5.9☠ 6.5