20 Best Horror Movies of the 80's

(IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND NO COMMENT)

 

FRIDAY THE 13th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in May 9, 1980

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Written by Victor Miller

Music by Harry Manfredini

Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE SHINING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in May 23, 1980

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Written by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson

Music by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind

Based on book by Stephen King

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall,

Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BEYOND 

(original Italian title: E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in April 29, 1981

Directed by Lucio Fulci

Written by Dardano Sacchetti, Giorgio Mariuzzo and Lucio Fulci

Music by Fabio Frizzi

Starring: Katherine MacColl, David Warbeck

 

 

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in August 21, 1981

Written and directed by John Landis

Music by Elmer Bernstein

Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE EVIL DEAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in October 15, 1981

Written and directed by Sam Raimi

Music by Joseph LoDuca (credited as Joe Loduca)

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLTERGEIST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in June 4, 1982

Directed by Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg (uncredited)

Written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Starring: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson,

Zelda Rubinstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE THING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in June 25, 1982

Directed by John Carpenter

Written by Bill Lancaster

Music by Ennio Morricone

Based on short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.

Starring: Kurt Russell, Keith David, Richard Dysart, David Clennon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE DEAD ZONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in October 21, 1983

Directed by David Cronenberg

Written by Jeffrey Boam

Music by Michael Kamen

Based on book by Stephen King

Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Martin Sheen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in November 9, 1984

Written and directed by Wes Craven

Music by Charles Bernstein

Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp,

John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Amanda Wyss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAY OF THE DEAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released on June 30, 1985

Written and directed by George A. Romero

Music by John Harrison

Starring: Lori Cardille, Joe Pilato, Richard Liberty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEMONS 

(Original Italian title: Dèmoni)

Released in October 4, 1985

Directed by Lamberto Bava

(and Dario Argento & Michele Soavi, both uncredited)

Written by Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Dardano Sacchetti

Music by Claudio Simonetti

Starring: Natasha Hovey, Urbano Barberini, Bobby Rhodes,

Fiore Argento, Michele Soavi

 

THE HITCHER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in February 21, 1986

Directed by Robert Harmon

Written by Eric Red

Music by Mark Isham

Starring: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, C. Thomas Howell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 24, 1986

Directed by John McNaughton

Written by John McNaughton and Richard Fire

Music by John McNaughton and Steven A. Jones

Starring: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in February 27, 1987

Directed by Chuck Russell

Written by Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont, Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner

Music by Angelo Badalamenti

Starring: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon,

Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer,

Craig Wasson, Jennifer Rubin

 

 

 

 

 

EVIL DEAD 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in March 13, 1987

Directed by Sam Raimi

Written by sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel

Music by Joseph LoDuca

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELLRAISER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 10, 1987

Written and directed by Clive Barker

Music by Christopher Young

Based on short story The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Starring: Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEAR DARK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in October 2, 1987

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bilgelow

Music by Tangerine Dream

Starring: Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton,

Joshua John Miller, Jenette Goldstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINCE OF DARKNESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in October 23, 1987

Directed by John Carpenter

Written by John Carpenter (credited as Martin Quatermass)

Music by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth

Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun,

Victor Wong, Alice Cooper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BLOB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in August 5, 1988

Directed by Chuck Russell

Written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont

Music by Michael Hoening and J. Peter Robinson

Based on 1958 movie The Blob

Starring: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith

 

 

 

 

 

VAMPIRE'S KISS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in June 2, 1989

Directed by Robert Bierman

Written by Joseph Minion

Music by Colin Towns

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, María Conchita Alonso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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