2020-10-03 - Sent to the Farm: The Black Room (1982) Watch on. YouTube. This 1982 film follows a cheating husband who, unbeknownst to him, has rented a room in a Hollywood Hills mansion for his 18. Phantasm. AVCO Embassy Pictures. Another singular work of '70s horror is Don Coscarelli's cult favorite "Phantasm" (1979), an imaginative low-budget classic that has endured thanks to its Complete with a bopping '80s soundtrack, pier-side bonfires, comic book stores, sarcastic teenage humor, and the perfect amount of bloody gore, The Lost Boys is undoubtedly one of the best horror Demons is catnip for die-hard horror fans, and the then trendy 1980s soundtrack and fashions ups the ecstasy considerably. Also, this was the first in a franchise that would see six sickening sequels, none as nasty and enthralling as this one. 29. Child’s Play (1988) The '80s had a habit of combining punk rock and horror. Maybe it's because both '80s horror movies and punk rock favored a kind of low-rent DIY approach to making everything from music to monsters. Whatever the reason, punk rock horror movies are few and far between these days - but that doesn't mean they're gone completely. At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin. Votes: 20,517 | Gross: $14.80M. 5. Inferno (1980) R | 106 min | Horror. Re-Animator (1985) Anything based on H.P. Lovecraft is going to be a wild ride. 1985's Re-Animator follows scientist Herbert West who has invented a serum to re-animate the dead, thinking he could bring the dead back to life. But he soon realizes that it brings back the dead into a zombie-like state, where the body becomes violent and The Howling (1981), Christine (1983), Night of the Creeps (1986), Witchboard (1986), and The Fog (1980) are some of my lesser known favorites. I found Fright Night part II quite entertaining, although it's more campy than horror. Gremlins 2, another "horror" comedy. 43. The Fly, 1958, 1986 Directors: Kurt Neumann (1958) and David Cronenberg (1986) Between The Blob, The Thing and The Fly, the ’80s were a magical decade for remaking already iconic ’50s Paul Naschy wrote, directed and starred in this 80s horror. Released in Spain under its original title El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (The Return of the Wolfman), this is the ninth in a series of films featuring a werewolf named Count Waldemar Daninsky. The Count finds himself sentenced to death along with Elizabeth Bathory and several other witches. RLWjF.