Best Horror movies of 1981

Actors : Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, Ann Bronston,
Directors : Byron Quisenberry,

A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to be eliminated one by one by a mysterious killer.

Actors : Barry Sattels, George Peck, Brenda Siemer Scheider, John Salvo,
Directors : Frank Agrama,

A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of a mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of years before, also rise, with a craving for human flesh.

Actors : Leonard Frey, Frederikke Borge, Bruce Dern, Maud Adams,
Directors : Bob Brooks,

A troubled tattoo artist has designs on a model.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Biao Yuen, Tak-Hing Kwan, Shun-Yee Yuen,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A short-tempered, violent criminal named "White Tiger" is on the run from the police and joins a theater troupe for disguise, killing anyone who angers him or who suspects his identity. One...

Actors : Carlo De Mejo, Franca Stoppi, Francesca Carmeno, Susan Forget,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

Nuns become possessed by the Devil and lust after the abbot!

Actors : Michelle Phillips, Shawn Stevens, Tom Skerritt, Anne-Marie Martin,
Directors : Robert L. Collins,

A family in Africa finds itself under attack by a pride of lions.

Actors : Fritz Weaver, Jon Korkes, Norman Lloyd, Gretchen Corbett,
Directors : Bob Claver,

A preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.

Actors : Fabijan Sovagovic, Tomislav Gotovac, Bozidarka Frajt, Ivica Vidovic,
Directors : Zoran Tadic,

A single teacher allows a stranger to share his home with him before it is to be torn down by developers. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes ...

Actors : Vinessa Shaw, Don Edmonds, Jake Steinfeld, Peter De Paula,
Directors : Nettie Peña,

An escaped mental patient steals a station wagon and makes his way to the Bradleys' Thanksgiving celebration, where he plans to make them a little less thankful...

Actors : Brad Ellingson, Richard Lange, Glenn Scherer, Paul Callaway,
Directors : Bill Rebane,

When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people ...

Actors : Stefano Patrizi, Martine Brochard, Henri Garcin, Laura Gemser,
Directors : Riccardo Freda,

Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are ...

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Eva Maria Meineke, Wolfgang Preiss, Romy Schneider,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover.

Actors : Shoshana Ascher, Ryan Hilliard, Ron Armstrong, Jamie Gillis,
Directors : Joel M. Reed,

Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA ...

Actors : Julia Saly, Silvia Aguilar, Paul Naschy, Azucena Hernández,
Directors : Paul Naschy,

An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young woman and bathing in their blood.

Actors : Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Riva Spier, Georgie Collins,
Directors : Jim Makichuk,

A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.

Actors : Jeffrey Kime, Camila Mora-Scheihing, John Paul Getty III, Geoffrey Carey,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Foolishly unprepared to deal with Mother Nature and their situation, they wander around lost for days and weeks, ...

Actors : Jenny Liang, Kuan-Chung Ku, Jason Pai Piao, Tony Liu,
Directors : Shan Hua,

An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot".

Actors : Steve Sandkuhler, Jeff Canfield, Gae Schmitt, Rebecca Bach,
Directors : Tony Malanowski,

Steve's buddy Chris can't understand why he's reluctant to play in their band. So, one night at Steve's house, he tells Chris a story about traveling to Baltimore to meet up with his ...

Actors : Lucie Zulová, Zarko Potocnjak, Ksenia Prohaska, Jasminka Alic,
Directors : Dusan Vukotic,

A science fiction writer is gifted with the ability to materialize his thoughts and inadvertently brings a group of aliens to Earth.

Actors : John Judd, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom, Edward Woodward,
Directors : Lindsey C. Vickers,

A family is confronted in their house by an evil force.