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Horror Movies of 1986

Gothic

Director Ken Russell applies his trademark excess to this surreal, experimental examination of the creative dementia which shaped Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein. The ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Little Shop of Horrors

It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

The Fly

Considered fairly gruesome in its day, the original 1958 The Fly looks like Mister Rogers' Neighborhood compared to this 1986 remake. Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis star as Seth Brundle, a self-involved research scientist, and Veronica Quaife, ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Nomads

Nomads is a scary, supernatural horror movie without blood and guts and gore or bouts of eroticism. Pierce Brosnan is Pommier, an anthropologist who has spent years researching the nomads in some of the coldest and hottest ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Psycho III

For his third outing as disturbed innkeeper Norman Bates, Anthony Perkins directed as well as starred in the thriller Psycho III. This time out, Norman is ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

House

A mild box-office hit for New World Pictures, this lightweight attempt at horror parody from Friday the 13th producer Sean S. Cunningham stars former ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Vamp

Predating the 1990s cycle of vampire-stripper films (From Dusk Till Dawn, Bordello of Blood, etc.) this cynical entry from director Richard Wenk concerns ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Monster in the Closet

A humorous and skilful parody of the cliches and plot contrivances of 50's horror films, this monster movie is set in California, where ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Link

Richard Franklin directed this horror film that ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Maximum Overdrive

Writer-director Stephen King falls short in his debut at the helm with Maximum Overdrive, an absurd tale about ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Revenge

A cult of "caninus" or dog-worshippers is terrorizing a farm woman in order to get her to sell them her land, land that they need for a special ritual. The members of the cult keep their association secret and apparently ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

From Beyond

The production team responsible for the twisted cult classic Re-Animator -- including director Stuart Gordon and producer Brian ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Over ten years after making the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged family of reclusive cannibals for another round of chainsaw chases and non-stop screaming. Hooper brings a ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Deadly Friend

With the over-the-top gruesomeness of The Re-Animator to compare it to, Wes Craven's Deadly Friend limps into the second tier, coming across as a ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Deadtime Stories

Inspired by traditional fairy tales, this trio of gruesome and darkly-comic vignettes is framed by the story of a lethargic uncle who can't seem to alleviate his bratty young nephew's fear of the dark, trying ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Chopping Mall

This high-tech spin on the slasher genre pits a group of ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day just happens to be the birthday of rich college student Buffy (Deborah Foreman), so she invites a group of friends from Vassar over to her ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Trick or Treat

Character actor Charles Martin Smith directed this quirky horror film about a dead rock star who wreaks vengeance on a small town. When a rock musician is banned ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Demons 2

A high-end apartment complex is the setting for demonic disaster in this like-minded splatter sequel to the 1986 cult hit Demons. A spoiled young woman named Sally (Coralina Cataldi Tassoni) is hosting her own birthday party in her ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

This impressive entry in the popular horror series ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Girls School Screamers

Girls School Screamers is a sleazy, obnoxious, and derivative slasher offering from those purveyors of "Z-movie" schlock at Troma (namely executive producers Lloyd ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Las Vegas Serial Killer

The fiend who stalked the streets of Hollywood ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

The murderous Evelyn (Anna Chappell) runs her own version of the Bates Motel, a series of run-down units set on a mountainside. After the batty Evelyn finds her daughter performing ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Mr. Vampire

Ricky Lau directs this fantastically successful horror yarn that successfully fused high-flying slapstick with creepy genre atmospherics. The film opens with Taoist ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Nail Gun Massacre

Soon after a young woman is savagely raped by a gang of ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Neon Maniacs

This horror film starts out with a motley group of comic-book monsters attacking and killing some San Francisco teens. One of the teens, Nathalie (Leilani Sarelle) escapes and ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare

The heavy metal band Triton needs a place to relax, rehearse and record their next hit album. Lead singer Jon Triton (Jon-Mikl Thor) finds the perfect spot, a lonely farmhouse in rural Canada that will allow maximum concentration and few ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Mr. Vampire 2

Ricky Lau follows up on his smash horror-comedy yarn ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Terror y Encajes Negros

A terrifying drama about a deranged killer on the loose set inside an apartment building, the story starts with a mild-mannered, part-time clarinetist for the local church. ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Breeders

All the disgusting possibilities presented by the age-old ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Screamplay

Executed in the manner of a 1940's low-budget programmer, this comedy-thriller chronicles the ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Veneno Para Las Hadas

In the folklore of the children in this dark fantasy, fairies are the traditional enemies of evil, and the two aspiring ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

La Revanche des Mortes Vivantes

Experience the terror of France's first-ever gore film as director Pierre B. Reinhard brings the blood in a ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

Raiders of the Living Dead

Newspaper reporter Morgan Randall (Robert Deveau) has been blessed (or cursed) with ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]

New Mr. Vampire

Riding the wave of the enormously popular 1985 smash hit Mr. Vampire, this film -- directed by Billy Chan -- offers more of the same. Master Chin (Chung Fat) and Priest Wu are feuding ... [ Horror movie - 1986 ]


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