Best Horror Films of the 80s

Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, dragons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers.

40. The Sender - Roger Christian
39. Friday The 13th Part VI - Tom McLoughlin
38. Psycho II - Richard Franklin
37. Prince Of Darkness - John Carpenter
36. The Hitcher - Robert Harmon
35. Spellbinder - Janet Greek
34. Friday The 13th Part III - Steve Miner
33. The Fog - John Carpenter
32. He Knows You're Alone - Armand Mastroianni
31. Halloween II - Rick Rosenthal
30. The Howling - Joe Dante
29. The Entity - Sidney J. Furie
28. Altered States - Ken Russell
27. Dead Of Winter - Arthur Penn
26. Ghost Story - John Irvin
25. The Changeling - Peter Medak
24. Friday The 13th - Sean S. Cunningham
23. Night Of The Creeps - Fred Dekker
22. Hellraiser - Clive Barker
21. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 - Chuck Russell
20. Evil Dead II - Sam Raimi
19. The Beyond - Lucio Fulci
18. Possession - Andrzej Zulawski
17. Re-Animator - Stuart Gordon
16. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - Tobe Hooper
15. Dark Night Of The Scarecrow - Frank De Felitta
14. The Stepfather - Joseph Ruben
13. An American Werewolf In London - John Landis
12. A Chinese Ghost Story - Ching Siu Tung
11. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
10. Wolfen - Michael Wadleigh
09. Near Dark - Kathryn Bigelow
08. Little Shop Of Horrors - Frank Oz
07. The Company Of Wolves - Neil Jordan
06. Poltergeist - Tobe Hooper
05. Fright Night - Tom Holland
04. The Shining - Stanley Kubrick
03. Aliens - James Cameron
02. The Thing - John Carpenter
01. A Nightmare On Elm Street - Wes Craven