Horror Movies of 1980
Just Before Dawn
Director Jeff Lieberman followed his horror-science fiction film Blue Sunshine with this effort, which rehashes many of the themes ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
The Shining
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Terror Train
Riding the coattails of the resurgent boom in horror films after the success of Halloween, Terror Train features teeth-chattering direction by Roger Spottiswoode and pristine cinematography from John Alcott. The ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Alligator
Lewis Teague directed this sly horror-comedy from a script by John Sayles, which plays off the old urban legend about the dangers of flushing one's pet alligator down the toilet. One ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Nightmare City
Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) is a reporter on to something when he sees passengers disembark from a plane and start attacking and murdering whomever they come across -- no, they are not ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Prom Night
This low-budget, tongue-in-cheek horror film of the slasher genre -- which had recently been ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
The Hearse
The Hearse, directed by George Bowers is a clichéd, predictable horror film which, despite its interesting cast, is derivative and uninspired. Jane (Trish Van Devere) inherits a mansion from an aunt, whom ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Inferno
A combination of alchemy, architecture, and horror, director Dario Argento's Inferno ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
City of the Living Dead
This gruesome horror film from cult director Lucio Fulci posits a priest's suicide opening the gateway to Hell, freeing bloodthirsty zombies to roam the town of Dunwich. The main attractions are startlingly explicit special effects by ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Maniac!
Joe Spinell, who appeared in Taxi Driver, stars in this unsavory horror film as Frank Zito, a character reminiscent of an ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Eaten Alive
A courageous mercenary journeys to the New Guinea jungle to find a missing young woman. He brings with him an expert on the ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Friday the 13th
One of the longest-running horror film series began with this gory shocker from director Sean S. Cunningham, who had previously produced Wes Craven's classic Last House on the Left. Entrepreneur Steve Christie (Peter Brouwer) re-opens Camp ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Zombie Lake
Cult filmmaker Jean Rollin hit rock bottom with this soggy horror tale of drowned Nazis rising from their watery graves as hungry zombies. Howard Vernon leads a cast ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Cannibal Apocalypse
Half zombie epic, half cannibal gorefest, this unusual blend of two popular Italo-horror subgenres results in a high-octane thriller that delivers the gory goods. The story involves a group of former Vietnam ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
The Children
In The Children, an above-average horror film, the children in a bus on the way to school become murderous, black-fingernailed zombies after being exposed to poison gas during a nuclear-plant leak. Sheriff Billy Hart (Gil ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Don't Go in the House
A disturbed man descends into an inferno of madness in this thriller. Donald Kohler (Dan Grimaldi) was raised by an abusive mother who frequently punished him by thrusting his arms into open flame. As an ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Graf Dracula beisst jetzt auch in Oberbayern
In yet another sexploitation horror spoof of Count Dracula and his nasty incisors, the infamous count (Gianni Garko) and an often naked Countess Olivia (Betty Vergès) live and dine in the castle's basement on whomever ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Fear No Evil
This imaginative low-budget horror film from first-time director Frank LaLoggia tells the story of shy high-school student Andrew (Stefan Arngrim) who, in a nod to the Omen films, slowly begins to realize that his ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Macabre
Lamberto Bava directed this exceptional, moody shocker based on an idea by cult filmmaker Pupi Avati. The film deals with a New Orleans woman named Jane (Bernice Stegers) who leaves her two children at home one day to meet her ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
He Knows You're Alone
In this fairly frightening slasher-horror film, sweet young Amy Jensen (Caitlin O'Heaney) and her friends decide to all get married together. Unfortunately, all the guys go on ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Helltrain
Nazi decadence rides the rails in this period drama set during World War II. Ingrid (Monica Swinn) is a sexy cabaret entertainer who headlines at a private club popular with high-ranking ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Mother's Day
Three women find their worst nightmares have become a reality in this horror film that combines extreme ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Hell of the Living Dead
In this woeful "zombie" film, an accident occurs in a scientific lab in ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Christmas Evil
He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Bloodeaters
George A. Romero completists will note the presence of Martin's anemic vampire-boy John Amplas in the role of baby-faced federal agent Phillips in this Pennsylvania-lensed horror flick. One of many dead-headed stepchildren of Night of the ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
We're Going to Eat You!
Following up on his debut outing Butterfly Killers, Tsui Hark spins this gory and controversial cannibal crime flick. The film opens with Agent #999 (Norman Tsui Siu-keung) being ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
La Bimba di Satana
When the daughter and wheelchair-bound brother of a recently deceased aristocrat are placed in the care of a lecherous nun, the atmosphere around a remote Italian ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Patrick Still Lives
Giallo specialist Mario Landi directs Patrick Still Lives, a ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Night of the Hunted
This offbeat mixture of eroticism and dystopian science fiction was directed by French cult figure Jean Rollin. While driving along a lonely road in the middle of the night, a man ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
Long Island Cannibal Massacre
The sophomore outing from cult filmmaker Nathan Schiff, Long Island Cannibal Massacre finds star John Smihula once again playing ... [ Horror movie - 1980 ]
