Best Demon movies of 1980s

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Ellen Sandweiss,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Heather Langenkamp,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

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

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount,
Directors : John Carpenter,

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.

Actors : Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, Andrew Robinson,
Directors : Clive Barker,

An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover; demons are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.

Actors : Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham, Doug Bradley,
Directors : Tony Randel,

Kirsty is brought to an institution after the death of her family, where the occult-obsessive head resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites once again.

Actors : Lance Henriksen, John D'Aquino, Jeff East, Kimberly Ross,
Directors : Stan Winston,

After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Jürgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson,
Directors : Michael Mann,

Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.

Actors : Jason Robards, Royal Dano, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd,
Directors : Jack Clayton,

In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.

Actors : David Labiosa, Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, George Coe,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

Supposedly based partially on a true story, a woman is tormented and sexually molested by an invisible demon.

Actors : Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Kelly Rowan, Louis Tripp,
Directors : Tibor Takács,

Kids, left home alone, accidentally unleashes a horde of malevolent, pint-sized demons from a mysterious hole in their suburban backyard.

Actors : Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark, Tony Roberts,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

A reporter moves into the ominous Long Island house to debunk it of the recent supernatural events and becomes besieged by the evil manifestations which are connected to a hell-spawn demon lurking in the basement.

Actors : Natasha Hovey, Urbano Barberini, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento,
Directors : Lamberto Bava,

A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.

Actors : Burt Young, Jack Magner, Rutanya Alda, James Olson,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

A family moves into their new home, which proves to be evil, resulting in the demonic possession of the teenage son. Only the local priest can save him.

Actors : Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson,
Directors : Robert Resnikoff,

Dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic are trying to stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Actors : Joe Cortese, Clint Howard, Claude Earl Jones, R.G. Armstrong,
Directors : Eric Weston,

An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.

Actors : Cora Venus Lunny, Kelly Piper, David Dukes, Hugh O'Conor,
Directors : George Pavlou,

Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.

Actors : Barbara Cupisti, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana,
Directors : Michele Soavi,

An old Gothic cathedral, built over a mass grave, develops strange powers which 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.

Actors : Clare Nono, Cristina Raines, Anthony James, Joe Lambie,
Directors : Joseph Sargent,

Anthology of four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban legends.

Actors : Kadeem Hardison, Samuel L. Jackson, James Bond III, Bill Nunn,
Directors : James Bond III,

An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way, is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural.

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Ben Cross, Nicole Fortier,
Directors : Camilo Vila,

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.