Best Investigation movies of 1988

Actors : Hitomi Kobayashi, Eriko Nakagawa, Aya Katsuragi, Miyuki Ono,
Directors : Toshiharu Ikeda,

A TV station employee takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there, only to end up running for her life when a small, fetus-like creature murders her crew.

Actors : Jagathi Sreekumar, Janardanan, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi,
Directors : K. Madhu,

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by Sethuram Iyer investigate an unnatural death.

Actors : Conan Lee, Nina Li Chi, Norman Chu, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...

Actors : Brittain Frye, Annette Sinclair, Bunky Jones, George Thomas,
Directors : Skip Schoolnik,

A group of teenagers spends the night in a furniture store for a graduation party. A psycho killer starts to hunt them down and kill them off.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Klaus Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Christopher Plummer,

Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasence, Michael York, Mapi Galán,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

In Italy, a pianist suffering from the Progeria genetic disease becomes distraught and goes on a mad killing spree prompting a police inspector to investigate.

Actors : Rob Lowe, Colleen Camp, Kenneth Mars, Kim Myers,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

Called up for jury duty, Richard Dice finds his first crush and only real, but unrequited love, on trial for murder. Richard desperately tries to prove Mollys innocence while untangling a ...

Actors : Matthew Wong, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Waise Lee, Joey Wang,

Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of ...

Actors : Hugh Farrington, Ron Briskman, Denise Crosby, Michael Parks,
Directors : John G. Thomas,

A tough Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian cop to catch a serial killer who is murdering police officers.

Actors : Angelyne, Peter Marc Jacobson, Lawrence Monoson, Brenda Bakke,
Directors : Marty Ollstein,

Someone is videotaping & killing members of a video dating club.

Actors : Chris Holder, Danny Bonaduce, Molly Cheek, Tony Crupi,
Directors : John McCauley,

A serial killer escapes from a mental hospital and hides out in a small town. A local cop must catch him before he starts on another killing spree.

Actors : Gustav Vintas, Lesley Milne, Esther Elise, Jason Williams,
Directors : Gregory McClatchy,

The "Vampire Killer" leaves his victims drained of blood, while a detective tries to catch him.

Actors : Mattia Sbragia, Marcello Modugno, Charlotte Lewis, Carola Stagnaro,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

A psychic finds herself tapping into the "energy" of a deceased phone operator. She also finds that her friends soon begin dying mysteriously. An investigator determines to track down the cause.

Actors : Lisa Schmidt, Debi Thibeault, Simone Reyes, Karen Nielsen,
Directors : Gorman Bechard,

A group of High School girls with guns go on a killing spree. They are intent on ridding the world of scummy men.

Actors : Anupam Kher, Raj Kiran, Neelam Kothari, Govinda,
Directors : Kirti Kumar,

Hatya is an experience. Through the eyes of a child. A spine-chilling musical thriller, the film is about the turmoil of a deaf and dumb child, who witnesses a murder along with his mother,...

Actors : Jacob Haugaard, Finn Nørbygaard, Paul Hüttel, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen,
Directors : Finn Henriksen,

Jacob, a self-styled private investigator working out of his younger brother's auto salvage yard, sees a chance to make a quick kroner when he meets Finn, a simple chap on the dole. He ...

Actors : Cliff De Young, Zoe Trilling, Kay Lenz, Scott Schwartz,
Directors : Robert A. Ferretti,

A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is ...

Actors : Jayne Hutton, Heath Porter, Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon,
Directors : John Bernard,

The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls' school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.

Actors : Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey, José René Ruiz,
Directors : Stephen Bayly,

When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his ...