Best Horror movies of 1981

Actors : Michael David Lally, Christopher Loomis, Robin Groves, John Carradine,
Directors : Armand Weston,

A writer suffering from agoraphobia rents an isolated house so she can concentrate on her writing. She doesn't know that the house is a former brothel, and is inhabited by the ghosts of dead prostitutes.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Steve Brodie, Robert Christopher, Robert Clarke,
Directors : Jerry Warren,

When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Akiko Kana, Ken Ogata, Kenji Sawada,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

The villain is called Amakusa SHIRO Tokaisada. He is actually based on a real christian samurai. The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called 'Samurai Shodown' (actual spelling)

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Tomislav Gotovac, Fabijan Sovagovic, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Carlo De Mejo, Franca Stoppi, Francesca Carmeno, Susan Forget,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

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

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 : Tsui Ling Yu, Ni Tien, Siu-Kwan Lau, Jung Wang,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

A necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel.

Actors : Leon Charles, Patricia Pearcy, John Dukakis, David Hayward,
Directors : Alan Beattie,

A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.

Actors : Fabian, Marvin Miller, Marilyn Burns, Jon Cedar,
Directors : Patrick Regan,

Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.

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.