Best Horror movies of 1980s

Actors : Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, 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 : Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack, Lawrence Dane,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

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

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Tom Holland,

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.

Actors : Lois Chiles, Domenick John, George Kennedy, Tom Savini,
Directors : Michael Gornick,

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.

Actors : Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King,
Directors : Steve Miner,

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.

Actors : Julian Sands, John Goodman, Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak,
Directors : Frank Marshall,

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

Actors : Don Calfa, Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews,
Directors : Dan O'Bannon,

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.

Actors : Kevin Peter Hall, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

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.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Oliver Robins, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke,
Directors : Brian Gibson,

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

Actors : Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh,
Directors : Stephen Herek,

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

Actors : Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, John Franklin, R.G. Armstrong,
Directors : Fritz Kiersch,

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.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley, Maria Conchita Alonso, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Robert Bierman,

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

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Alan Parker,

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.

Actors : Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Reggie Bannister, James Le Gros,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

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

Actors : Pat Hingle, Yeardley Smith, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington,
Directors : Stephen King,

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

Actors : Nick Cassavetes, Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Mike Marvin,

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

Actors : Mark Patton, Robert Rusler, Robert Englund, Kim Myers,
Directors : Jack Sholder,

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.

Actors : Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Joe Dante,

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.

Actors : Tom Towles, Tony Todd, McKee Anderson, Patricia Tallman,
Directors : Tom Savini,

The unburied dead return to life and seek human victims.

Actors : Robert Englund, John Beckman, Rodney Eastman, Kisha Brackel,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

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.