Junkmaster3's Favorite 80's horror films
Some of my favorite 80's horror flicks, both known and lesser known films. (I ONLY PUT FILMS ON THIS LIST THAT I RATED 5 OR MORE!)
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- DirectorHung-Chuen LauStarsEddie ChanYung-Chang ChinPak-Kwong HoA woman becomes possessed and dies after a monster is released from an antique vase she had purchased. Twelve years later the monster is re-awakened. First he possesses the family's dog, before moving on to the woman's nephew.
- DirectorAndy AndersonStarsJohn S. DaviesLauren LaneMatthew SacksA group of strange beings at a master computer control room use their equipment to kill people by remote control.
- DirectorKatt SheaStarsStarr AndreeffCyril O'ReillyDebbie NassarA vampire follows his instincts to a strip joint where he focuses in on one of the performers. He picks her for his meal because she is contemplating suicide, but he wants to share her life before taking it, and during the course of the evening they discuss their differences, their fears, and their lifestyles. As the moment of truth approaches, the woman becomes less sure that she wants to die.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsJoseph Alan JohnsonStefania Orsola GarelloMatteo GazzoloA group of people stay at a run down hotel, unknown to them the hotel has a dodgy past with the landlord.
- DirectorTakuro FukudaStarsKazuhisa KawaharaA boy's nightmares about being stalked by a demon slowly transform into a terrifying reality.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAndy J. ForestSonia PetrovnaSusanna MartinkováA man has dreams of a house and a witch, his girlfriend suggests a break and and head for her family home unbeknown to him the house is the same as in his dreams.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsFei AiMelvin WongFanny Fen-NiWhile possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
- DirectorJohan VandewoestijneStarsNick Van SuytHelga VandeveldeLet JottsA serial killer awakens from a coma and escapes from a mental hospital to kill a survivor of his slayings years ago, all the while stalking, terrifying, and killing women on the way.
- DirectorHong Lu WongStarsAlan EnglishPaul John StannersNian WattsA Thai veteran of the Vietnam War and all around master of combat leads a group of men on a daring mission into the jungles of Vietnam to topple a dangerous drug lord and his cannibal army.
- DirectorPaul LynchDavid M. RobertsonJohn SheppardStarsWayne RobsonDeryck HazelDavid Petersen"Mania" is a 1986 non-hosted horror anthology movie, with four stories: 1) "See No Evil", 2) "Intruder", 3) "Have a Nice Day" and 4) "The Good Samaritan".
- DirectorWim VinkStarsAngelique VieseeJudith DriessenAd KleingeldWim Vink's classic splatter short about a girl who takes bloody revenge on those who tormented her.
- DirectorMichael KruegerStarsJoe McDonaldWade KelleyShirley RossA lonely library clerk stumbles across a manuscript that he uses to develop psychic powers, which make him irresistible to women. Soon, his powers get out of control, just as they start showing up in his friends.
- DirectorLucio FulciMario BianchiStarsClaudio AliottiMaria Concetta SalieriRobert EgonSix teenagers are terrorized in an isolated villa by ghosts of Germans killed during World War II in an air raid while participating in an orgy.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsOlga KarlatosRay LovelockClaudio CassinelliThe owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJared MartinLara LambertiUlli ReinthalerThe spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.
- DirectorLarry ThomasStarsAl BakerJohn BlissBill BucknerA High School Science Field Trip is stalked by an Alien!
- DirectorPaul HowardMichael WeaverStarsJeff KeelJames M. FoleyRobert B. GrahamA man is plagued by recurring nightmares, and when he wakes up he finds that the nightmares he just dreamed of keep coming true.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsIvan E. RothSteve RailsbackGwynyth WalshDetective Jim Bishop and Dr. Rachel Carson must find a way to stop a giant monstrous insect that's eating people in her quarantined hospital before it procreates and spreads a deadly infection it's carrying.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsKathryn HarroldZeljko IvanekShirley KnightA disturbed telepathic man is unable to fully control his ability to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him, or even influence reality. A female therapist tries to help him, but his mother gets in the way.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
- DirectorIrvin BerwickStarsRobert GribbinRussell JohnsonJohn HarmonHoward is a mild-mannered young man who drives a truck for a commercial laundry. He's also a mother-obsessed psycho who picks up young female hitchhikers, rapes them and kills them. As the bodies start piling up, the police finally begin to investigate.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsCharles NapierAnn TurkelBo SvensonA spaceship with a hideous monster with an incredible appetite for flesh crashes to Earth. Unsuspecting policemen Ian Mclemore and Jerry Merris investigate the wreckage. They discover several small pods, which they remove.
- DirectorChuck VincentStarsVeronica HartJerry ButlerJennifer DeloraA woman kills a burglar in self-defense. The experience so unnerves her she begins to imagine that everyone is trying to harm her and begins to kill anybody who comes near her.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeremy IronsGeneviève BujoldHeidi von PalleskeTwin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
- DirectorChristopher HartStarsRon SilverSharon SharthPat RyanA 1940s-style detective traces missing persons to a tubby, man-eating alien who likes spicy food.
- DirectorOvidio G. AssonitisStarsPatricia MickeyMichael MacRaeDennis RobertsonA woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsScott Thompson BakerLorin Jean VailDorothy MaloneA young, married couple move into the wife's aunt's estate after inheriting the sprawling property. Soon, weird occurrences begin to happen around the house, and they start to suspect the tenants are responsible.
- DirectorWilliam T. NaudStarsMarie-Alise RecasnerRick DeanRon GardnerA group of actors are assembled in a small island to film a low-budget movie. Soon, they begin to fall prey to a mysterious killer who uses the lyrics of a weird song to determine his method of murder.
- DirectorWilliam WebbStarsRobert ForsterShanna ReedDuncan RegehrHigh-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.
- DirectorJenõ HódiStarsJeffrey R. IorioJoe ParadiseDarnell MartinA psycho college janitor threatens to start killing female students if he isn't given a million dollars.
- DirectorMichael MazoLloyd A. SimandlStarsJohn JohnstonSharlene MartinCat WilliamsFrankie is a psychopath who suffers from problems with his mother. To compensate for these problems he follows and persecutes Madeleine and some of her friends, killing one girl after the other, and anybody else who would stand in his way - without any reason or compassion.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLynda CarterSteve ForrestGranville Van DusenA beautiful telephone operator is stalked by a murderous madman.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsStefano PatriziMartine BrochardHenri GarcinA scandal from Michael's past emerges when he visits his mother's house with the director and others from a recent film project.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsPaul Michael GlaserSusan HoganJohn ColicosA psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.
- DirectorKendal FlanaganOllie MartinStarsAlan DaleChristine JestonCraig AlexanderA rowdy rock group are accompanied by a film crew to desolate Lake Infinity to produce a music video. One night the musicians visit the local pub while the various members of the film crew satisfy their carnal desires with one another aboard the luxurious houseboat they are all staying in. They are so busy they fail to notice that a rampaging lunatic has snuck aboard the boat, and one by one the various characters are brutally slaughtered in a variety of grisly ways.
- DirectorJohn MurlowskiStarsRon SmerczakLiam CundillTerence ReisA group of tourists from different corners of the world are planning to stay in an abandoned house, which happens to be the place where an insane serial killer massacred his complete family ten years ago. Unfortunately for them, he eventually finds the way out from a prison bus and returns on the spot.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsDonna ReedLarry WilcoxDavid AckroydA psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school.
- DirectorDennis DevineStarsLane CoyleKay SchaberAngela EadsA crazy serial killer kills himself by sealing his soul in to his camera. Years later a woman buys the camera, and everyone she photographs begins being tracked down and killed by the killers spirit.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarina PierroFrançoise BlanchardMike MarshallA toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
- DirectorRubén Galindo Jr.StarsFernando AlmadaEdna BolkanErika BuenfilTeenagers accidentally resurrect a satanic killer who targets the local police captain's daughter to birth the antichrist.
- DirectorRubén Galindo Jr.StarsHugo StiglitzUsi VelascoErika BuenfilOn Halloween, a group of medical students steal the corpse a serial killer from a morgue and raise him from the dead, inadvertently putting themselves and a group of young neighborhood children in danger.
- DirectorPedro Galindo IIIStarsPedro FernándezEdith GonzálezToño MauriTwo rivaling groups of friends intend to hunt a bear on a forest, but soon they are stalked by a masked madman Vietnam veteran.
- DirectorMichele Massimo TarantiniStarsMichael SopkiwSuzane CarvalhoMilton RodríguezA small plane carrying fossil hunters crashes in the Amazon jungle, and the survivors must battle their way through cannibals, wild animals, and slave traders.
- DirectorNorbert MoutierStarsRobert AlauxFrançoise DenielPierre PattinA masked lumberjack stalks anyone who enters his woods. Throughout the film we get a variety of people who come in contact with the killer and they don't live to regret it.
- DirectorJeff HathcockStarsTommy KirkLarry ThomasLawrence ScottTwo serial killers disguised as student filmmakers make snuff films.
- DirectorSheldon LarryStarsJoe SpanoDiane VenoraDavid McCallumA patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt is suspected - he'd been fired already from his last position due to malpractice. For his defense he investigates with help of doctor Anna Lang. Soon they find out that half of their colleagues were betting on the patient's diagnosis - was someone trying to increase his chances? But when Frank's friend, dissector Mary Connor, becomes deadly sick, he suspects there's even more to it.
- DirectorAlan BriggsStarsColin ChamberlainGinny RoseJon HollanzA mute child arrives at a children's home and starts terrorizing the other children with her demonic powers.
- DirectorTerry BourkeStarsChard HaywardLouise HowittDeborah CoullsA Young woman is looking after her sister's house, unaware that her sister and neighbor have been murdered by their handyman who also happens to be a serial killer.
- DirectorEric ParkinsonMichael RissiStephen SommersStarsVivian SchillingDaniel RoebuckLance AugustA frustrated advertising executive is confused to receive a job assignment from her boss to write the screenplay to a horror film. Recruiting the help of her friends, a weekend camping expedition becomes the forum for each to share their scariest stories, which become frightfully real.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsCarol CarrMelissa MooreNikki RigginsOne of the girls in a rock band is fired from the band. She is, in reality, a witch, and possesses the body of the girl who replaces her in order to take revenge on the rest of the band.
- DirectorStephen HopkinsDavid LewisStarsMiles BuchananMarcus GrahamSteven GrivesA computer expert and his friends manage to disable a department store's security system so they can rob it, but once inside they find themselves stalked by a killer.
- DirectorBuddy GiovinazzoStarsRick GiovinazzoVeronica StorkMitch MaglioA dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
- DirectorPeter B. GoodStarsBlake BahnerEna O'RourkeDan SchmaleThe great grandson of the infamous Jack The Ripper is a photographer who murders women in bizarre ways. He photographs them and drinks their blood in order to increase his sexual potency. One day, he meets the girl of his dreams to carry on the family name, but he uses her to lure in more female models to murder and add to his collection. With the body count rising, Erica is unaware of her new boyfriend's hobby, and soon he starts making mistakes.
- DirectorTony Lo BiancoStarsMike ConnorsAnne ArcherLeon Isaac KennedyA killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.
- DirectorKuen YeungStarsNorman ChuPhillip KoMaria JoA Hong Kong taxi driver's life horribly falls apart after accidentally hitting a sorcerer with his cab. He decides to seek the sorcerer's help to turn the curse on his enemies at the expense of his own life.
- DirectorFrank LaLoggiaStarsStefan ArngrimElizabeth HoffmanKathleen Rowe McAllenHigh school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer. Two arch angels in human form (as women) take him on.
- DirectorRay Di ZazzoStarsAddison RandallKatrina AlexyRichard DryAt a Halloween party, a young boy is almost killed by his drunken, alcoholic father. Ten years afterward, the boy goes on a murder spree.
- DirectorJag MundhraStarsJoseph BottomsAdrienne BarbeauRudy RamosSomeone is killing off nubile real estate agents. A psychologist doing a therapy talk show begins getting calls from the perpetrator, and cooperates with the police to try and stop him. Unfortunately, his lover is a real estate agent, and when it becomes clear that the madman is getting information for his kills from her discarded home listings, they both become endangered.
- DirectorJohn CallasStarsDyann BrownKevin HartJamie NewcombA struggling rock band and other college students cope with the usual trials and tribulations of their young lives, such as determining what exactly is behind the recent full-moon killings which have been attributed to wild dogs.
- DirectorJohn FasanoStarsJohn MartinKen SwoffordSal VivianoDemons hypnotize the general public by posing as a rock and roll band.
- DirectorJohn DuncanStarsHoward CoburnDale CaughelSteve PricharoA girl is offered to stay weeks at a country estate while the family is on a trip. When the hackers arrive on the scene to do some repair work, a terrifying chain of events take place with a shocking ending.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsMary FanaroDennis StewartClifton DanceA female vampire goes on a rampage seeking blood.
- DirectorJag MundhraStarsHy PykeGregory Scott CumminsKatina GarnerA kindly old grandfather is actually the leader of a murderous satanic cult which sacrifices its victims on Halloween.
- DirectorJefferson RichardStarsJoseph Alan JohnsonGreg DawsonValerie SheldonSix people renting a cabin in the woods of Utah run afoul of a legendary viking warrior who dons the claws and mouth of a bear, with no help in sight.
- DirectorBob ClaverStarsFritz WeaverGretchen CorbettJon KorkesA preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
- DirectorAnthony J. ChristopherStarsMichelle McCormickKen RobertsJoe EstevezA girl is killed and raped minutes after fighting with her boyfriend (Jeff) and he left her. Jeff is the assistant of professor Caldwell at the university, and he wanted to return with his old girlfriend (Lisa). The girl lived with another five girls, including Lisa. All these girls begin to be killed, one by one, in different and strange ways. The main suspect is Jeff.
- DirectorRobert HughesStarsSam BottomsKim DelaneyClu GulagerFive "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters into the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive.
- DirectorRalph L. ThomasStarsDonald SutherlandChad LoweMia SaraThe small beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch community is rocked by a series of bizarre events which lead to a web of deception, violence and murder. Apprentice to Murder is a story of infatuation with love, dreams, and out-of-world temptations.
- DirectorAndrew JordanStarsBarry J. GillisAmber LynnBruce RoachAn impotent husband, driven by a fanatical desire to father children, forces his wife to undergo a dangerous experiment. The result: the birth of a multitude of monstrous THINGS.
- DirectorMichele SoaviStarsHugh QuarshieTomas AranaFeodor Chaliapin Jr.An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.
- DirectorFerde Grofé Jr.StarsKenneth McLeodDavid Anthony SmithMonte MarkhamTwo travelers stop over in a small village named Santana. Unbeknownst to them, Santana is a village where, once a year, Satan comes to Earth to claim souls, and they just happened to enter the village on that day.
- DirectorJohn Elias MichalakisStarsMichael RubinSteve McCoyGeorge SeminaraTeenage vigilantes kill a drug pusher only to have him return as a zombie.
- DirectorJohn FasanoStarsCindy CirileJesse D'AngeloChris FinkelAt a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, a hopeful hair-metal band seeking inspiration to record their upcoming new LP will soon find themselves in a furious confrontation against the Prince of Darkness himself.
- DirectorRobert BouvierStarsDavid Christopher AdamsonLee Ann NestegardEdward ChesterA detective teams up with a talk-show host to take down a homophobic serial killer on the streets of Toronto.
- DirectorDick RichardsStarsPaul Le MatCatherine HicksStephen McHattieA divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDan HaggertyBrian Edward O'ConnorCameron SmithTwo Vietnam Veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back that they had in the dream. They then buy weapons and go in to try and get one of their friends out that originally died in a POW camp during the Vietnam war. This is made harder by a traitor from the US Military Corps.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsBarton FaulksChristina Marie LanePage MoselyAn axe murderer terrorizes a small Northern California mountain community, while two young computer-obsessed adults attempt to solve the killings.
- DirectorAvery CrounseStarsDennis LipscombGuy BoydRebecca StanleyA preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsStan IvarWendy SchaalLyman WardAfter a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
- DirectorMark PirroStarsJohn McCaffertyRobyn BlytheBeanoChuck Toedan's the host of a game show featuring death row convicts competing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made more than a few enemies, from outraged viewers trying to ban his show, to families of losing contestants looking for revenge. A hit man hired by one such family has shown up at Chuck's office, and he'll need to enlist the help of his most outspoken critic to keep from ending up like most of his contestants.
- DirectorGary P. CohenStarsGary SchwartzChick KaplanRobin LeedsA husband and wife open a video store in a new town, and come to find out that the locals only rent horror films and the "occasional triple X'er", and make their own snuff videos.
- DirectorGary P. CohenStarsDavid ChristopherMavis HarrisNeil CerboneHoward and Eli, the killers from the first film in this duology, Video Violence, are back and are now hosting their own TV series. Broadcast secretly from their basement, the series looks at the fine art of murder, letting other aspiring psychos send in videos of their handiwork for the world to enjoy. Some viewers are shocked and horrified, but many more become avid fans, clamoring for more and more blood.
- DirectorDon SwanStarsTheo DepuayKelley KunickiC.W. CaseyA cannibal opens up a seafood restaurant, and kills and cooks people to serve to his customers.
- DirectorMax KlevenStarsCharles NapierMichelle ReeseKatherine Kelly LangA tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.
- DirectorJohn SaxonStarsDennis ColeAnthony FranciosaDino PaskasA renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsJoe BaloghJosie BissettJason SaucierA sick young man drives around in his daddy's camper, looking for lone stray females to kidnap, torture, rape, and murder.
- DirectorWally KozStarsMara Lynn BastianCharles FullerGreg KerouacA psycho dressed as a hippie is killing couples in Lake Front. As the police search for more clues and the body count gets higher, they discover every five years, for five days, the killer kills 5 couples. Will they catch this madman or will he get away for another five years?
- DirectorClaudio FragassoStarsAlice CooperVictoria VeraCarlos SanturioA rock star returns to his childhood home to shoot a music video while a pack of wild dogs are on the loose killing off the local residents.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsMelissa Sue AndersonMary Beth McDonoughPatrick CassidyVivian has magic powers. She doesn't hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tired of her and is putting his charm on a new girl in school, Robin. Robin discovers that she also has magic powers, and it comes to a mental showdown between the two women over David.
- DirectorJ.S. CardoneStarsSarah KendallFrederick FlynnCarol KottenbrookTwo couples become stranded on a rugged isle, and are haunted by a supernatural beast, drawn to the wife of one of the couples, who dreams of its killings.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsKeith Van HovenKarina HuffPaolo PaoloniThree lowlife punks are trapped in a posh villa while trying to rob it and become at the mercy of the murderous owners whom have the power to stop and reverse time via their mystical clocks.
- DirectorJim SotosStarsBo HopkinsSusan StrasbergPatrick MacneeTeenager Melissa moves into a small town filled with racial prejudice and bullying, and each time she meets up with one of the boys in town, they end up murdered - but who is the killer?
- DirectorCharles KaufmanStarsTiana PierceNancy HendricksonDeborah LuceTwo brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinMichael SchroederStarsMeg TillyMelissa NewmanRobin EvansAs part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum.
- DirectorDavid PaulsenStarsKlaus KinskiDonna WilkesMarianna HillAn advice columnist in the midst of getting a divorce begins receiving threatening notes from an anonymous stalker. Meanwhile, members of her group therapy session are being murdered by an unknown assailant.
- DirectorJ.R. BookwalterStarsPete FerryBogdan PecicMichael GrossiAn elite anti-Zombie team is assembled by the Government to cope with an ever-growing undead infection and the religious cult zealots who fanatically protect the festering foes.
- DirectorKatt SheaStarsKay LenzGreg EviganNorman FellWhen Detective Cody Sheehan discovers the body of a stripper from the Rock Bottom dance club, she wants the case. But the only way Cody can get the assignment is to go undercover - uncovered - at the club.
- DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsCotter SmithMel HarrisScott CurtisA father (Tab Hunter) who experiments with his son's (Scott Curtis) psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsCristina RainesJoe LambieAnthony JamesAnthology of four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban legends.
- DirectorBill RebaneStarsTiny TimItonia SalchekDean WestJill, visiting home from college, arrives to find her parents missing, and their home vandalized. Soon, matters take a turn for the worse, when she finds herself stalked, and her friends disappearing one by one.