Poltergeist(1982)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.



The Shining(1980)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.



Gremlins(1984)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.



A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.



The Evil Dead(1981)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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



The Witches of Eastwick(1987)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.



The Lost Boys(1987)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.



Dead Ringers(1988)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.



Jacob's Ladder(1990)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusion, and perception of death.



An American Werewolf in London(1981)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.



The Dead Zone(1983)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.



Tremors(1990)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.



Creepshow(1982)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 60

An anthology which tells five terrifying tales based on the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.



Videodrome(1983)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

When he acquires a different kind of programming for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality.



They Live(1988)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.



The Fog(1980)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.



Flatliners(1990)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 51

Five medical students experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.



Dead Calm(1989)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 53

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae spend some time isolated at sea when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.



Altered States(1980)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.



Cujo(1983)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 51

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




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