Best Psychopath movies of 1980s

Actors : Scott Curtis, Cotter Smith, Chuck McCann, Mel Harris,
Directors : Armand Mastroianni,

A father who experiments with his sons psychokinetic powers, is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his sons closet, preparing to take over the young boys soul.

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 : Robert Mitchum, Savina Gersak, Mark Hamill, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Bob Bralver,

A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Liz Fraser, Emily Lloyd, John Lahr,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.

Actors : Bety Robles, Leo Villanueva, José Gómez Parcero, Hugo Stiglitz,
Directors : Rubén Galindo Jr.,

A professor suspects that a vicious killer may have discovered a way to return from the grave and continue his violent spree. His fears are proved true when a group of teenagers decide to ...

Actors : David Moses, Diana Davidson, Toni Jannotta, John Stinson,
Directors : William Malone,

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the ...

Actors : Kevin Kindlin, Sueanne Seamens, Terrie Godfrey, Mark V. Jevicky,
Directors : S. William Hinzman,

A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected.

Actors : Sam Bottoms, Clu Gulager, Kim Delaney, Ken Swofford,
Directors : Robert C. Hughes,

Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the ...

Actors : Carmen Russo, Mariangela Giordano, Sacha Pitoëff, Gianni Dei,
Directors : Mario Landi,

A bedridden psycho is able to receive evil "vibrations" from hardened criminals and use them for his telekinetic powers.

Actors : Linda Miller, Richard S. Castellano, James Brolin, Cliff Gorman,

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Actors : Priscilla Alden, Robert Copple, Michael Flood, Jane Lambert,
Directors : Nick Millard,

A mental hospital, faced with a severe decrease in funding, is forced to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Ethel is psychotic, delusional and has a hefty appetite. ...

Actors : Hugues Quester, Anne Alvaro, André Engel, Melvil Poupaud,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.

Actors : Mr. T, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ernie Hudson, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.

Actors : Irene Cagen, Max Manthey, Michael Castagnolia, Phil Therrien,
Directors : Richard Casey,

A van full of college students traveling down a highway is terrorized by a psycho killer in a Richard Nixon mask.

Actors : Marie Claes, Helga Vandevelde, Let Jotts, Nick Van Suyt,
Directors : Johan Vandewoestijne,

A serial killer awakens from a coma and escapes from a mental hospital to kill a survivor of his slayings years ago, all the while stalking, terrifying, and killing women on the way.

Actors : Ni Tien, Kuan Tai Chen, Tony Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Chung Sun,

A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.

Actors : Raymond Carbone, Bruce Paquette, Asbestos Felt, Courtney Lercara,
Directors : Tim Ritter,

A man suspects his wife of adultery and goes on a killing spree, eliminating all he believes are sleeping with her, but his victims don't stay dead.

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 : Louis Ducreux, Brigitte Fossey, Alain Lalanne, Patrick Floersheim,
Directors : René Manzor,

Thomas, a very intelligent and resourceful child, is left alone with his beloved and fragile granddad on Christmas Eve, when a psychopath dressed as Santa Claus breaks into their mansion ...

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Renée Simonsen, Nicola Perring, Tom Schanley,
Directors : Carlo Vanzina,

A serial killer roams the city of Milan, Italy, using scissors to assassinate and kill top-models. A park ranger from USA arrives in the city to protect his sister, but realizes that she ...