What are some good horror movies from the 80's and 90's?

[Hooks]

I don't really like horror movies from the 00's, I'm tired of all that CGI crap, I don't really like any horror movies from the 2000's except Dawn of the Dead and maybe like 3 more films... I know the 70s has some good films but usually the picture quality isn't too good when I download the torrent, although I'm 20 I really love 80's horror movies since I grew up watching them as a child (my friend's dad had a HUGE collection).

Here are some films I like, hopefully ya'll can recommend some films that'd match my interest:

-Jacob's Ladder
-House (1986)
-Silver Bullet
-Freddy Kreuger (don't know how to spell it)
-The Jason movies
-Texas Chainsaw massacre
-It
-The Exorcist
-Pretty much any zombie movie
-Poltergeist
-From Dusk til dawn
-Tremors part 1


Those are just a few off the top of my head.

-Thanks.

[BacktoBasics]

In the mouth of madness

[Hooks]

In the mouth of madness

Haha, I just downloaded that one right before I made this thread.

[phxspurfan]

The hand that rocks the cradle
The people under the stairs
Childs Play 2

[Nick Manning]

Deliverance

[benefactor]

Candyman

[benefactor]

Poltergeist and The Silver Bullet both scared the hell out of me as a kid.

[IronMaxipad]

Would be easier to recommend stuff if you tell me what you're looking for exactly. For example Slashers, Exploitation, horror comedies, Rape revenge, Torture porn.. etc.

Recommend these for starters:

EVIL DEAD
EVIL DEAD 2
Tourist Trap
Return of the Living Dead
Zombi 2 (Zombie)
Dawn of the Dead (romeros)
Re-Animator
Bad Taste
Demons (Argento)
Dead Alive
The Prowler
The Thing
Madman
Opera (argento)
Suspira (argento)
Tenebre (argento)
Phenomena (argento)
The Beyond
Troll 2 (so bad so good)
Class of Nukem High (If you're into troma films or want to, this is a good place to start)


Fuck it just watch Dario Argento films and you should be set :lol

And of course the Mainstream horror (You've probably already watched these):
Nightmare on elm st.
Friday 13th
Halloween
Hellraiser
Texas Chainsaw
Exorcist

but yeah if you tell me exactly what you're looking for i can make better recommendations.

[djohn2oo8]

Candyman

That movie was straight up nasty

[silverblk mystix]

The Thing

Alien,Aliens

The Shining

[CubanSucks]

The Silver Bullet

:lmao

Gary Busey as the drunken uncle and the kid with the badass wheelchair, right? That movie is cheesy as hell, but as a kid it scared the SHIT out of me. The end where they're in the house and the werewolf is peeking through the window as well as when he's morphing back to human kept me awake so many nights as a kid

[CubanSucks]

the 80s The Thing is my all time favorite horror movie. The obvious choices would be The Shining and Alien (Aliens is pretty much only an action movie)

[Bito Corleone]

Candyman

[SA210]

70's and 80's, When movies were actually scary.

Fright Night
American Werewolf In London
Monster Squad ( not scary, but was funny when i was a kid..."Wolfman's got nards?" :lol)
And a lot of what has already been posted. A Nightmare on Elm Street is way up there, frickin scary when we used to watch that. There isn't any horror anymore. They can call it horror, but it's just trash, period. I don't even waste my time these days with "horror" films.

[Spurologist]

Evil Dead takes the cake

[hehateme]

Phantasm and the original The Hills have Eyes...although the remake wasn't to shabby either.

[PakiDan]

Does anyone remember the one by that Italian cat, takes place in NYC and it's about a serial killer that speaks like Donald Duck??

[nkdlunch]

Does anyone remember the one by that Italian cat, takes place in NYC and it's about a serial killer that speaks like Donald Duck??

Last House on the Left?

shit nevermind, he was a serial rapist

[fraga]

Nightmare on Elm St....Hellraiser and American Werewolf in London were scary as fuck when I was little...

[nkdlunch]

Dead Alive - Best Horror/Comedy movie ever

[Sportcamper]

Halloween 3 Season of the Witch…It is so bad which makes for a great Horror Flick…

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Halloween 3 Season of the Witch…It is so bad which makes for a great Horror Flick…

Ah yes. It was so bad it was good. Once the masks finally worked, the ball got rollin'. Something creepy about that commercial.

[The Reckoning]

actually halloween 3 was my favorite. it was pretty clever.

candyman was good

john carpenter's vampires kicked ass.

phantasm SUCKED

cat people, the fly, the fog, gremlins, the lost boys, pet semetary, pirahnna, they live, the craft, children of the corn, blair witch, scream, i know what you did last summer, the faculty, lake placid, leprechaun, the mummy, ben affleck was the shit in phantoms yo! (which was surprisingly good), sleepy hollow, tremors, end of days, twilight zone ("want to see something scary?") - that fucking gremlin on the plane scared the shit out of me when i was a kid.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

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[Sportcamper]

Halloween 3 had an awesome sound track…I will give it that….

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Halloween 3 had an awesome sound track…I will give it that….

Who's on it?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Well I grew up watching horror movies. They may suck but I liked them as a kid.
My bloody valentine
Funhouse
Tourist Trap (really freaky movie)
The Entity
Trilogy of Terror
Terror Train
Evilspeak (I saw this one recently and was a bit corny, but hey it's got Clint Howard in it:tu)

[Sportcamper]

The Thing was one of the best Horror Flicks ever made…It got trounced at the box office by ET…. John Carpenter said something like, "this year movie goers want their Aliens to be cute & cuddly I guess”… :lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

The Thing was one of the best Horror Flicks ever made…It got trounced at the box office by ET…. John Carpenter said something like, "this year movie goers want their Aliens to be cute & cuddly I guess”… :lol

The Thing was an awesome flick. I like how the used wolf dogs. Whenever their wild instincts took over it made the dog more creepy. Like someThing was taking over them even though that's in their nature.

[Sportcamper]

The other film from that era that I really liked was Christine…

[Trainwreck2100]

Yall gonna hate the thing prequel coming out this year

[IronMaxipad]

Does anyone remember the one by that Italian cat, takes place in NYC and it's about a serial killer that speaks like Donald Duck??

Lucio Fulci's New York Ripper?!
http://movie-shop.us/pictures/The_New_York_Ripper.jpg

Love that film

[Dex]

http://www.best-horror-movies.com/image-files/event-horizon-dvd-cover.jpg

[Dex]

Oh and :tu to It, Poltergeist, and Candyman.

[Dex]

See also:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FbG9rWPXqnc/Sh-7bdX8KWI/AAAAAAAARn4/-pfqUqc4cD4/s320/folder2.jpg

[DPG21920]

Since Lost Boys is one of the best movies ever, whomever suggested that is a man you can trust.

Has no one said Critters or Arachnophobia (I guess that one really isn't a "horror" film, but it's the goods.)

What about Cujo?????? No one remembers watching that and loving it?

Also huge prhaps to whomever said Monster Squad :tu One of my favorite movies of all time.

Silence of the lambs as well...

[benefactor]

john carpenter's vampires kicked ass.

I had forgotten about this movie. One of the better vampire movies ever made.


twilight zone ("want to see something scary?") - that fucking gremlin on the plane scared the shit out of me when i was a kid.
Holy shit man...you just flooded some serious memories for me. I covered my face every time on that part.

[benefactor]

Since Lost Boys is one of the best movies ever, whomever suggested that is a man you can trust.

Has no one said Critters or Arachnophobia (I guess that one really isn't a "horror" film, but it's the goods.)

What about Cujo?????? No one remembers watching that and loving it?

Also huge prhaps to whomever said Monster Squad :tu One of my favorite movies of all time.

Silence of the lambs as well...
Ha ha...Critters was awesome. It's hella cheezy, but still great.

I watched Cujo again recently. I had forgotten how intense that was. One of the better book to movie interpretations for Stephen King.

[Libri]

The Thing was an awesome flick. I like how the used wolf dogs. Whenever their wild instincts took over it made the dog more creepy. Like someThing was taking over them even though that's in their nature.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/n2IrICIEUnyeiuwtFyW70W4Go1_400.jpg

The Thing is also one of my favorites. Remember that scene when the head crawls out of a room like a spider and the characters in the movie were staring at it as it passed by them. They were like, WTF? :lol

[Libri]

How about Humanoids from the Deep and C.H.U.D.?

[The Reckoning]

lost boys is one of my favorites for sure.

cant forget predator, either.
the 80s were a win when it came to horror movies. they didnt quite have computer special effects yet, so they relied on badass makeup and effects techniques.

for example, the terminator's smoking head at the end of terminator was created by a crew member blowing smoke from a cigarette.
thats why i love the movie ed wood because it really captures the enthusiasm of horror movie directors (shitty and not shitty) before computers really took over.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Never seen Lost Boys. Vampire thing way old to me even back then.

[JudynTX]

Piranha (1978)

[DPG21920]

Dude, you have to watch Lost Boys. ^^

[DPG21920]

lol Did anyone see "once bitten"? That old Jim Carey movie.

[Hooks]

Never seen Lost Boys. Vampire thing way old to me even back then.


The Lost Boys is one of my favorite movies ever, pretty awesome movie, and a bunch of good young actors you should definitely check it out:

I think they have the full movie on youtube btw...

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Since Lost Boys is one of the best movies ever, whomever suggested that is a man you can trust.

Has no one said Critters or Arachnophobia (I guess that one really isn't a "horror" film, but it's the goods.)

What about Cujo?????? No one remembers watching that and loving it?

Also huge prhaps to whomever said Monster Squad :tu One of my favorite movies of all time.

Silence of the lambs as well...

Haha, I love all these movies. Arachnophobia was a good movie, Critters is awesome, Cujo is a great movie and Monster Squad was also one of my favorite movies as a kid.


I remember I tried to show my friend an image of Cujo on google during my computer class and somehow I accidentally replaced the J with an L so it spelled "Culo" and a bunch of asses popped up lol. I got in trouble :(

[DPG21920]

Nanook!

[The Reckoning]

the monkey movies...

congo, outbreak, and 12 monkeys. and the romero movie...

[SA210]

The Lost Boys is an all time classic.

[SnakeBoy]

Late 70's...

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[The Great Fantastic]

The Stuff
Night of the Demons
Night of the Creeps
Chud 2: Bud the Chud
Ghoulies 2


It's not from the 80's but I would definitely recommend A Bucket of Blood. Made in 1959 and directed by Roger Corman. Great movie.

A newer movie that was damn good was Murder Party. Definitely worth seeing.

Let the Right One In is a Swedish vampire movie that was unbelievable. The Hollywood remake, Let Me In, wasn't near as good. Let the Right One In is available for instant streaming on Netflix.

I can't stand the horror movies that come out these days. It would be great if I could find a few more gems from the vaults!!

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Hellraiser II

Oh and lol at those who listed Fulci's flicks.

[IronMaxipad]

Poultrygeist Night of the Chicken Dead

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Probably my favorite Troma film. :lol

[redskinfan]

Children of the corn!, pet cemetery and legend of boggy creek..

[IronMaxipad]

Cemetery Man
Let Sleeping Corpses lie (aka The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue)
I Spit On Your Grave
Maniac
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Videodrome
Creepshow
Basket Case
Sleepaway Camp
Student Bodies
C.H.U.D.
Puppet Master
Dolls
The Deadly Spawn

[Capt Bringdown]

Horror served with tongue slightly in cheek:
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Motel Hell (1980)
Fright Night (1985)
Re-Animator (1986)

Horror served straight up:
The Fog (1980)
The Entity (1981)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Near Dark (1987)

[Cant_Be_Faded]

See also:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FbG9rWPXqnc/Sh-7bdX8KWI/AAAAAAAARn4/-pfqUqc4cD4/s320/folder2.jpg

That scene in The Raft where the guy starts playing with the sleeping chick's boobs cuz he's like "well we're gonna die anyways" is hilarious.

[SA210]

Pet Semetary

[Hooks]

Horror served with tongue slightly in cheek:
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Motel Hell (1980)
Fright Night (1985)
Re-Animator (1986)

Horror served straight up:
The Fog (1980)
The Entity (1981)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Near Dark (1987)


The Entity is a pretty good movie, I'm surprised I hadn't heard of it prior to this thread.

[The Franchise]

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This falls under the so bad it's good category.