Scanners(1981)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.



Hellraiser(1987)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 25

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



Creepshow 2(1987)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.



Child's Play(1988)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.



Friday the 13th Part 2(1981)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant.



The Return of the Living Dead(1985)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 24

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.



Arachnophobia(1990)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a coffin and starts to breed and kill.



Predator 2(1990)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the citizens of Los Angeles and the only man between him and his prey is veteran L.A.P.D. officer, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan.



Children of the Corn(1984)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.



Critters(1986)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A race of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town.



Poltergeist II: The Other Side(1986)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.



Angel Heart(1987)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.



Phantasm II(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.



Vampire's Kiss(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.



The Howling(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.



A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge(1985)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to continue his murder spree in the real world.



Maximum Overdrive(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.



The Wraith(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A mysterious figure suddenly appears to challenge a gang of motorhead thugs.



Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter(1984)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 19

After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.



A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master(1988)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The last girl from Elm Street is still bothered by dreams about Freddy; soon he returns and kills her, but before she died she wills her power to a new friend.




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