Best Horror Films of 1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Based on the popular ... a rough time when he panics and then sees a strange creature on the wing outside his window seat. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Christine

Director John Carpenter returns ... but a frightening midnight ride in Christine convinces Dennis that Arnie's only hope lies in destroying the demonic vehicle. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Amityville 3-D

The third installment in ... sequels, including Amityville: The Evil Escapes, Amityville 1992: It's About Time, The Amityville Curse, and Amityville: A New Generation. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Frightmare

This uneven attempt at ... 1974 Pete Walker film all but unrelated to this one and erroneously advertised as the sequel to Vane's film. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Of Unknown Origin

When a banking executive ... Rats may be Of Unknown Origin, but more than their questionable hygiene and genealogy is needed to frighten viewers. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Sleepaway Camp

A deadly boating accident ... Nightmare Vacation) has earned a sizable cult following for its twisted sensibilities and inspired a pair of direct-to-video sequels. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

The House on Sorority Row

Sorority sisters are frighteningly ... and mayhem begins from that point onward, and onward, and onward until the final climactic moment arrives at last. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Xtro

For those with a ... have transformed him into a kind of crab thingy that causes all kinds of perverse sexual and violent mayhem. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Mutant

A muscular pair of ... Unfortunately more trouble ensues when they find that toxic waste has transformed their normally peaceable neighbors into scary monsters. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Girls Nite Out

This dull, routine slasher ... serial murderer himself. Even a surprise ending cannot pull the rest of this film out of the horror doldrums. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Boarding House

This lurid, shot-on-video splatter ... appropriately spooky intro voiceover as "Horrorvision") which flashes multicolored lights whenever a gory scene is about to take place. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

The Forest

This amateurish backwoods horror ... and Friday the 13th, this cheap direct-to-video project waffles between horror and black comedy, failing completely on both counts. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Rats

A hybrid of the ... "Computers and corpses make a bad mixture." After the usual nighttime sexual hijinks, the rats come out to play. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Scalps

Dr. Howard Machen (Kirk ... cameo appearances as faculty members in Scalps, which was an early film from prolific exploitation director Fred Olen Ray. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

A Night to Dismember

As Detective O'Malley (played ... As O'Malley follows the trail of bodies, he comes to believe that perhaps Vicki isn't the murderer after all. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Geek Maggot Bingo

Pretentious New York underground ... and the quaintly-monikered Donna Death as the vampiress "Scumbelina," with narration provided by deadpan TV horror host John Zacherle. [ best horror films - 1983 ]

Diamonds of Kilimandjaro

A small British girl ... no kinship between herself and the visitors. Might she sense some connection before they are all sacrificed and eaten? [ best horror films - 1983 ]