Best Horror Films of 1986
House
A mild box-office hit ... viewed as a live-action cartoon, but virtually impossible to take seriously as a horror film. Followed by three sequels. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Vamp
Predating the 1990s cycle ... as a stripper named Cinnamon, and Dedee Pfeiffer, Hy Pyke, and Simmy Bow are among the recognizable supporting cast. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Monster in the Closet
A humorous and skilful ... the picture. It seems the monster is bullet-proof, laser-proof and bomb-proof -- a challenge to capture, kill, or subdue. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Link
Richard Franklin directed this ... and keeping the telephone away from her. Link is now out for blood, and the blood belongs to Jane. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Maximum Overdrive
Writer-director Stephen King falls ... Maximum Overdrive's only distinction is that it is, without question, one of the worst films released in the '80s. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Revenge
A cult of "caninus" ... interspersed throughout the story as the cult murders anyone who starts catching on to the fact that they exist. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
From Beyond
The production team responsible ... score by Richard H. Band, bringing the film to a literally explosive climax and a chillingly poetic final shot. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Over ten years after ... owner of the Last Roundup Rolling Grill. Chop-Top (Bill Moseley) and Leatherface do most of the movie's dirty work. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Deadly Friend
With the over-the-top gruesomeness ... robot, decides to exact vengeance upon her father and the rest of the townspeople who have done her wrong. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Deadtime Stories
Inspired by traditional fairy ... marquee value. The cynical closing (in which the nephew's fears turn out to be justified) is rather satisfying, though. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Chopping Mall
This high-tech spin on ... one of the droids and blown up like an overripe melon. (The shot is repeated during the end credits.) [ best horror films - 1986 ]
April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day just ... daughter of actor/director Gordon Pinsent, and Amy Steel, a veteran of the second and fourth Friday the 13th installments. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Trick or Treat
Character actor Charles Martin ... the town, Eddie uses his newfound self-confidence to stand up to the ghost and save the town from destruction. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Demons 2
A high-end apartment complex ... a dangerous attempt to rappel down the outside of the tower with the raving, drooling Sally in hot pursuit. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
This impressive entry in ... would rise again to face a telekinetic teen in the disappointing Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Girls School Screamers
Girls School Screamers is ... the killer's identity is revealed in the contrived "surprise" climax, by which time viewers will likely have tuned out. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Las Vegas Serial Killer
The fiend who stalked ... Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher, though like that film the direction is credited onscreen to Wolfgang Schmidt. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
The murderous Evelyn (Anna ... decides to up the terror factor by using her sickle, exterminating the guests instead of the bugs and rats. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Mr. Vampire
Ricky Lau directs this ... four sequels, but the whole horror-comedy subgenre that exemplified Hong Kong cinema during the late '80s and early '90s. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Nail Gun Massacre
Soon after a young ... the rapists with a nail gun. This revenge drama features enough graphic, bloody gore to appease hardened horror fans. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Neon Maniacs
This horror film starts ... arsenal of water pistols in the hands of kids and the police, as they fight against these unexplained forces. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
The heavy metal band ... singer; he possesses awesome powers of his own, and refuses to back down from a battle royal with Beelzebub. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Mr. Vampire 2
Ricky Lau follows up ... steal away, Taoist priest Lin (Lam Ching-ying) and police chief James (James Tien) set out to track them down. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Terror y Encajes Negros
A terrifying drama about ... she comes across the clarinetist who has killed someone this time -- and she must run for her life. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Breeders
All the disgusting possibilities ... of Wizard Video's "Too Gory for the Silver Screen" line, which also included such huggable classics as Headless Eyes. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Screamplay
Executed in the manner ... filmmaker. Edgar finds that every resident is more than a little eccentric and uses them in his new script. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Veneno Para Las Hadas
In the folklore of ... is deliberately seeking out this dark path. This unusual drama won five Ariel awards, Mexico's equivalent for the Oscar. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
La Revanche des Mortes Vivantes
Experience the terror of ... cautionary tale of environmental devastation is guaranteed to simultaneously repulse and titillate in a manner never before thought possible. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
Raiders of the Living Dead
Newspaper reporter Morgan Randall ... its partially completed state, this film was entitled "Graveyard" and appeared on the USA Network's Up All Night series. [ best horror films - 1986 ]
New Mr. Vampire
Riding the wave of ... be Hsu-wan (Pauline Wong), the beloved concubine of a crazed general who is furious that anyone disturbed her grave. [ best horror films - 1986 ]Supplemental Navigation
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