Best Horror Films of 1989
The Church
Originally intended as the ... painting and its own well-conceived mythology. Shots of the church's elaborate Medieval machines grinding to life are particularly memorable. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Pet Sematary
A doctor dabbles in ... a brief cameo as the minister presiding over Gage's funeral. Director Mary Lambert would return with Pet Sematary Two. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Leviathan
Leviathan, a sci-fi thriller ... entertain a less-sophisticated viewer, has little to offer fans of the genre who are looking for thrilling special effects. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Shakma
A group of medical ... This horror film follows what happens when one of their experiments comes forth to join them. Bloody mayhem ensues. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
My Mom's a Werewolf
An average housewife (Susan ... seduced by a stranger (John Saxon). Only her daughter and friend can save her from remaining an animal forever. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Brain Dead
Brain Dead was based ... invited to do the same. Bill Paxton also stars in this Roger Corman-style thriller, produced by Corman's daughter Julie. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Faceless
The demented Dr. Flamand ... and a chainsaw/power tool psychosexual tormentor are called in by the devious Dr. Flamand to join in the fun. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux's classic tale ... Night Live star Molly Shannon made her film debut in a small role in the film's modern day sequences. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Chilling
Originally titled Gamma 693, ... appearing in this messy meller. Ostensibly a 1989 release, The Chilling gives evidence of having been made much earlier. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Cameron's Closet
Director Armand Mastroianni's last ... point is merely pulled along on a dolly -- ends up resembling a guy in a dime-store Batman costume. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Sexbomb
This low-budget independent movie ... horror movie, "I Rip Your Flesh (With Pliers)." Among the film's highlights are semi-nude shots of several attractive actresses. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Return of the Swamp Thing
A beautiful horticulturist visits ... the Swamp Thing comes to her rescue. The two become an unlikely couple, hunted by the insane Dr. Arcane. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Stepfather 2
A passable sequel to ... long-time fugitive John List, lending the film an eerie, skin-crawling air of psychological authenticity that this sequel entirely lacks. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The First Power
This lackluster attempt at ... involving Phillips and psychic Tracy Griffith to keep things interesting, but fail to sustain credibility even in this department. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Shocker
Wes Craven's Shocker takes ... this is done by Pinker to exact retribution upon Jonathan, who was responsible for sending him to his death. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Edge of Sanity
This demented fusion of ... streetwalker victims sport accessories that look like Madonna's hand-me-downs) make it impossible to take seriously as a horror film. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
In Halloween 5, one ... before in this series. But, it has its moments and has a gory, flashy ending that will be remembered. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
DeepStar Six
Friday the 13th director ... high-strung jerk). At least it's better than Leviathan, which tells essentially the same story but wastes considerably more money. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Nick Knight
A night beat cop, ... only drinks cows' blood, is after a bad vampire, who is sucking the blood of the city's human inhabitants. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
To Die For
The never ending battle ... that will pit the eternal devotion of a monster against the determination of the man sworn to destroy him. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
I, Madman
This commendable horror effort ... depicting one of Brand's ghastly storybook monsters, which tears its way into the real world for the ultra-violent climax. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Dead Pit
Zombies rise up from ... Jane, the doctor who originally killed Ramzi, a psychotic demolitions expert and a lunatic zombified nun can stop them. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
Angela (Pamela Springsteen), the ... officer (Cliff Brand), who is familar with Angela's crimes, doesn't deter her from slaughtering everyone for the merest provocation. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
In the fifth installment ... was followed by Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, though Mr. Krueger popped up again in Wes Craven's New Nighmare. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
After Midnight
In this horror/suspense anthology ... is frightening or upsetting to her. Meanwhile, someone whom the professor really ticked off is out to get him. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Flesh Eating Mothers
This bizarre horror satire ... Peter Jackson's Dead Alive and Bad Taste should find this one entertaining, poor acting and numerous technical flaws notwithstanding. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Lady Terminator
In 1889, the vicious ... is to recover the magic dagger that her great-grandfather has bequeathed to her for just this sort of emergency. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Monster High
When a monster named ... and a nerd. It's up to the good guy (Dean Iandoli) to defeat the monster by any means necessary. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Occultist
Waldo Warren (Rick Gianasi) ... to cope with this take him into an underworld of voodoo-like neo-African rituals, cyborgs, and various extremely weird indiviuals. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Offerings
In this slasher movie, ... up his tormentors. As a twisted gesture of friendship, he presents poor Gretchen with grisly souvenirs from each kill. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Rabid Grannies
Two elderly sisters invite ... the macabre: the aunts turn cannibal and eat up all their guests! This film's definitely not for the squeamish. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Society
The directorial debut of ... of the existence of a secret "society" of wealthy people preying on outsiders, and that his family is involved. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Spontaneous Combustion
In this horror outing, ... secret government experiment produces a man capable of using his mental powers to start fires. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Things
In this horror movie, ... with artificial insemination and ends up creating a murderous monster who escapes and then comes back for bloody revenge. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Toxic Avenger, Part II
Ron Fazio returns as ... him back to health and Toxie travels back to New Jersey for a confrontation with Apocalypse Inc. in Tromaville. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Vineyard
Veteran character actor James ... get tired of the violence in The Vineyard, there's also plenty of sex and nudity to keep you awake. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Woodchipper Massacre
Dead Auntie Tess is ... a fugitive from prison, shows up to claim his share of the family fortune. As horrible as it sounds. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
The worst in a ... trailer that suggested that the film might be a semi-parody, writer/director Rob Hedden and company play things tediously straight. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
The fourth in a ... the cast in death scenes which are neither shocking nor original -- much like the rest of this film. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Zombie Brigade
Over half of the ... the living. Connoisseurs of carnage may be disappointed that there is not more excessive and gratuitous gore and violence. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Baby Blood
This perverse, blood-drenched horror ... pollutants and whatnot. Pretty disgusting stuff, but gorehounds with a wry sense of humor will probably lap it up. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The House of Clocks
The story of Italian ... zombies, impalements, and numerous gaping stomach wounds. Keith Van Hoven co-stars with Paolo Paoloni, Bettine Milne, and Peter Hintz. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Magic Cop
Lam Ching-ying stars in ... for a mysterious Japanese woman (Michiko Nishiwaki) who proves to be just as skilled in the supernatural as Fung. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Suckling
There are some interesting ... these amateurish lapses, there are enough intriguing moments here to make it worth a rental on a rainy day. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Beware! Children At Play
In this horror epic ... the kids are being lured into a strange cannibalistic cult and start feeding on the flesh of their families! [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Houseboat Horror
People start dying pretty ... sufficiently seriously? Don't they know there's a deranged man out there who will kill again and again and again....? [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
Upon temptation from Satan ... When he realizes what he is doing, he becomes the mutant superhero and begins, again, his heroic crime fighting. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
The Sweet House of Horrors
Italian schlock-horror director Lucio ... Dolce Casa Degli Orrori, The Sweet House of Horrors stars Jean-Christoph Brétigniere, Vernon Dobtcheff, Cinzia Monreale, and Lino Salemme. [ best horror films - 1989 ]
Shuten Doji: The Star Hand Kid [Anime OVA Series]
Jiro has a secret ... as a high school student, his new self might leave him too different to return to his former life. [ best horror films - 1989 ]Supplemental Navigation
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