1980s Horror

R1987 · Fantasy, Horror, Drama · 84m · Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley, Stefan Kalipha

For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.

IMDb 6.1TMDB 6.0☠ 6.3

R1989 · Horror · 103m · Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

IMDb 6.5MC 38🍅 55%TMDB 6.7☠ 6.2

PG-131988 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

IMDb 6.2MC 43🍅 79%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.2

PG1983 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 101m · Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."

IMDb 6.4MC 44🍅 57%TMDB 6.5☠ 6.2

R1980 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 102m · Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

IMDb 6.5MC 43🍅 50%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.2

R1982 · Fantasy, Horror · 118m · Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

IMDb 6.2MC 61🍅 66%TMDB 6.0☠ 6.2

R1982 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine

A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.

IMDb 6.0🍅 72%TMDB 5.7☠ 6.2

R1987 · Fantasy, Horror · 77m · Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine

A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.

IMDb 6.3MC 55🍅 63%TMDB 6.4☠ 6.2

R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama · 113m · Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

IMDb 6.2MC 71🍅 55%TMDB 6.3☠ 6.2

R1989 · Horror, Comedy · 82m · Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis

Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.

IMDb 6.1MC 66🍅 63%TMDB 5.9☠ 6.2

1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Horror · 95m · Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

PG1983 · Horror, Comedy, Mystery · 100m · Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing

An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.

IMDb 6.2TMDB 6.4☠ 6.2

R1982 · Crime, Thriller, Drama · 97m · Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser

An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

IMDb 6.4🍅 50%TMDB 6.2☠ 6.2

R1986 · War, Drama, Horror · 97m · Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

IMDb 6.2TMDB 6.4☠ 6.2

R1989 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 78m · Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert

Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.

IMDb 6.1TMDB 5.8☠ 6.2

R1987 · Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller · 97m · Malcolm McDowell, Madolyn Smith Osborne

One night, an unusual stranger in need asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.

IMDb 6.1TMDB 6.0☠ 6.2

R1983 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 90m · Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias

A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.

IMDb 6.0TMDB 6.5☠ 6.2

R1980 · Horror · 95m · Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

IMDb 6.4MC 22🍅 70%TMDB 6.4☠ 6.1

1985 · Horror, Fantasy, Romance · 82m · Ariel Aberg-Riger, Lee Stetson, Karlene Crockett

After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she was only three years old contacts the hypnotic subject named in the article believing that he is the reincarnation of her grandfather, and hoping that she can learn the truth about how he died.

R1981 · Horror · 92m · Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

IMDb 6.5MC 40🍅 34%TMDB 6.6☠ 6.1

R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham

Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

IMDb 6.4MC 41🍅 52%TMDB 6.4☠ 6.1

R1983 · Drama, Horror · 93m · Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly

A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

IMDb 6.1MC 57🍅 60%TMDB 6.2☠ 6.1

R1984 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 82m · Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard

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.

IMDb 6.2MC 42🍅 73%TMDB 6.3☠ 6.1

R1989 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks

The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.

IMDb 6.1TMDB 6.3☠ 6.1