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Your Top 100 Horror Movies from the 80's

Started by claws, March 30, 2020, 10:28:22 AM

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claws

This might be even more challenging then Top 10. Try to come up with 100 favorite horror movies from the 80's. Here are mine:

1. The Shining (1980)
2. The Thing (1982)
3. Evil Dead II (1987)
4. Santa Sangre (1989)
5. The Fly (1986)
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
7. The Evil Dead (1981)
8. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
9. Angst (1983)
10. Possession (1981)
11. The Lost Boys (1987)
12. Angel Heart (1987)
13. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
14. Gremlins (1984)
15. Poltergeist (1982)
16. The Hitcher (1986)
17. Re-Animator (1985)
18. Day of the Dead (1985)
19. Videodrome (1983)
20. The Dead Zone (1983)
21. The Changeling (1980)
22. The Monster Squad (1987)
23. Fright Night (1985)
24. White Dog (1982)
25. Dressed to Kill (1980)
26. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
27. Opera (1987)
28. Near Dark (1987)
29. The Hidden (1987)
30. Hellraiser (1987)
31. Creepshow (1982)
32. Altered States (1980)
33. Dead Calm (1989)
34. The Stepfather (1987)
35. Night of the Creeps (1986)
36. Phenomena (1985)
37. The Beyond (1981)
38. Scanners (1981)
39. The Fog (1980)
40. Paperhouse (1988)
41. Prince of Darkness (1987)
42. StageFright (1987)
43. From Beyond (1986)
44. Anguish (1987)
45. Demons (1985)
46. The Company of Wolves (1984)
47. The Hunger (1983)
48. Christine (1983)
49. Pet Sematary (1989)
50. Lady in White (1988)
51. Child's Play (1988)
52. Brain Damage (1988)
53. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
54. Bad Taste (1987)
55. Road Games (1981)
56. The Howling (1981)
57. The Entity (1982)
58. Dead & Buried (1981)
59. Inferno (1980)
60. Society (1989)
61. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
62. Phantasm II (1988)
63. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
64. The Blob (1988)
65. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
66. Psycho II (1983)
67. Halloween II (1981)
68. Maniac (1980)
69. Friday the 13th (1980)
70. Silver Bullet (1985)
71. Night of the Comet (1984)
72. Next of Kin (1982)
73. The Burning (1981)
74. Intruder (1989)
75. Dolls (1987)
76. The Toxic Avenger (1984)
77. Cat's Eye (1985)
78. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
79. Wolfen (1981)
80. My Bloody Valentine (1981)
81. City of the Living Dead (1980)
82. Warlock (1989)
83. Waxwork (1988)
84. Pumpkinhead (1988)
85. Monkey Shines (1988)
86. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
87. The Church (1989)
88. White of the Eye (1987)
89. Night of the Demons (1988)
90. House (1985)
91. April Fool's Day (1986)
92. Cat People (1982)
93. Basket Case (1982)
94. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
95. Pieces (1982)
96. Just Before Dawn (1981)
97. Grave Robbers (1989)
98. Sole Survivor (1984)
99. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)
100. Dead Heat (1988)


VenomX73

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Alex

This should be easier than the 70's.

1. Alligator.
2. Antropophagus
3. The Boogeyman (damn that one scared me as a child).
4. The Changeling.
5. Death Ship.
6. Fade to Black.
7. The Fog.
8. Humanoids from the Deep.
9. The Monster Club.
10. The Shining.
11. The Watcher in the Woods.
12. Zombie Holocaust.
13. The Alchemist.
14. Alison's Birthday.
15. An American Werewolf in London.
16. Blood Beach.
17. The Burning.
18. Deadly Blessing.
19. The Entity.
20. The Evil Dead.
21. Friday 13th Part 2.
22. Galaxy of Terror.
23. Ghostkeeper.
24. Halloween 2.
25. The Hand.
26. The Howling.
27. Inseminoid.
28. The Monster Club.
29. Piranha II: The Spawning.
30. Scanners.
31. The Survivor.
32. Wulfen.
33. Basket Case.
34. Cat People.
35. Creepshow.
36. Forbidden World.
37. Parasite.
38. The Thing.
39. Christine.
40. House of the Long Shadows.
41. The Keep.
42. Something Wicked This Way Comes.
43. CHUD.
44. Firestarter.
45. The Hills Have Eyes 2.
46. Night of the Comet.
47. Nightmare on Elm Street.
48. Razorback.
49. Gremlins.
50. Cat's Eye.
51. Day of the Dead.
52. Demons.
53. Fright Night.
54. Ghoulies.
55. Lifeforce.
56. The Return of the Living Dead.
57. The Stuff.
58. Reanimator.
59. Once Bitten.
60. Aliens.
61. Critters.
62. Deadly Friend.
63. Demons 2.
64. The Fly.
65. From Beyond.
66. Gothic.
67. Henry. Portrait of a Serial Killer.
68. The Hitcher.
69. Little Shop of Horrors.
70. Maximum Overdrive.
71. Neon Maniacs.
72. Trick or Treat.
73. The Wraith.
74. Angel Heart.
75. Bad Taste.
76. Creepozoids.
77. Evil Dead 2.
78. Hellraiser.
79. The Lost Boys.
80. Near Dark.
81. Predator.
82. Prince of Darkness.
83. Black Roses.
84. Celler Dweller.
85. Childs Play.
86. Hellraiser II.
87. Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
88. Phantasm II.
89. Return of the Living Dead Part 2.
90. Waxwork.
91. 976-Evil.
92. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
93. Killer Crocodile.
94. Pet Sematary.
95. Puppet Master.
96. Shocker.
97. The Vineyard.
98. Vampires Kiss.
99. Society.
100. Warlock.
Hail to thyself
For I am my own master
I am my own god
I require no shepherd
For I am no sheep.

bob

1 The Shining
2 The Thing
3 A Nightmare on Elm Street
4 Poltergeist
5 Friday the 13th
6 The Evil Dead
7 Scanners
8 The Fly
9 Hellraiser
10 Puppet Master
11 The Evil Dead 2
12 They Live
13 Halloween 2
14 Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
15 Cat People
16 Cujo
17 Christine
18 Videodrome
19 Children of the Corn
20 Ghostbusters
21 Cat's Eye
22 Once Bitten
23 Silver Bullet
24 Aliens
25 Maximum Overdrive
26 Zombie Nightmare
27 Bad Taste
28 Creepshow 2
29 Predator
30 Hobgoblins


That's as high as I can go - that is every 1980s horror film I've seen
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