80's Horror Recommendations Needed
So I'm looking to expand my 80's horror movie collection and would appreciate some recommendations. Some of my favorite movies are Demons 1985 and Demons 2, Night of the Demons, Phantasm, Evil Dead 2, Fright Night, Near Dark 1985 and House 1985.
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The Return of the Living Dead?
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Speaking of Rats: Night of Terror I would also reccomend Hell of the Living Dead. It's a zombie movie that is so bad that it's good and those were both made by the same director
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Based on you liking the Demons, you might films from the same or similar Italian directors: The Beyond (1981), Zombi2, Phenomena, Cemetery Man. But you also liked Evil Dead 2, Fright Night and Near Dark, so I just think you have a good taste in many types of horror, so I'll just give some 80's horror I think you'd like as well: The Thing (1982) The Fly (1986) Scanners (1981) Poltergeist (1982) The Howling (1981) Day of the Dead (1985) Christine (1983) The Funhouse (1981) Aliens (1987) The Howling (1981) The Shining (1980) Re-Animator (1985) Videodrome (1983) |
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Halloween 3 Silver Bullet The Wraith Lost Boys Pumpkinhead |
I heard City of the Living Dead and The Beyond are both good. They're both Italian movies made by Lucio Fulci, the guy who directed Zombie aka Zombi 2.
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Some good recommendations and I would like to throw in some of my choices You might enjoy:
THE LADY IN WHITE (1988) BRAIN DAMAGE (1988) FRIDAY, THE 13th (1980). An obvious choice and surprised not to see it listed. I still think it holds up well, but the sequels are to be approached very carefully. NIGHTMARE IN A DAMAGED BRAIN (1981) CANNIBAL APOCALYPSE (1980) AKA INVASION OF THE FLESH HUNTERS THE BOOGENS (1981) DEAD AND BURIED (1981) HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP (1980) NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986) PSYCHO 3 (1986) THE TERMINATOR (1984) ZOMBIE (1980) |
Wasn't Zombie made in 1979 which would technically make it a 70's movie?
It was still a great movie though so I highly recommend it too! |
A great horror movie ad line
I love that line from the ads for Return of the Living Dead:
"They're not angry...They're just hungry!" |
Does this date make the movie a 1970s movie?
At the end of every century, there is an argument over what year ends the century. One side argues that it is the year ending in one, because the first a.d. year was the Year One (there is no Year Zero) and adding a hundred to that makes a hundred and one.
So if a decade is ten years, you might argue that a movie made in 1980 is 70s movie. Just a thought. |
Yeah I guess so. ::big grin::
But I noticed that some of the people in the movie were wearing very 70's clothing and hairstyles. |
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So if you follow that "XXth Century" format, the "80th Decade" would be 81-90. |
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A film I forgot to list was 1987's THE STEPFATHER |
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It's interesting, looking at the reviews on Rottentomatoes, this was the occasion that Roger Ebert decided to write, Quote:
On Rottentomatoes this is one of those films that got a much higher Critic rating 86% (29 reviews) than Audience rating 65% (3k reviews). But then the defect in Rottentomatoes rating is its pass/fail (fresh/rotten) system. 6.8/10 rating on IMDB is very solid for a horror film. It may have been I didn't find the film very relatable? Did you have a mixed family? Or whatever the term is for a new parent in the house at some point? |
a horror movie's date
Besides the clothing and hair styles, another way you can date a horror movie is: The bigger the phones they are using, the older the movie.
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I feel like with each passing decade the items we use every day grow smaller and smaller... |
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A lot of cool looking titles to work with, I'm going to be watching trailers for a while. Thanks for the recommendations guys!
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Cannibal Holocaust is not for everyone, to be sure, but I tried to throw a variety at you to help narrow down future recommendations. |
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The Thing (1982) Really enjoyed the atmosphere and special effects makeup The Fly (1986) Really well written and well rounded movie Re-Animator (1985) I had a lot of fun with this one Videodrome (1983) A very unique experience, I really liked this one as well The Funhouse (1981) Also enjoyed this one Aliens (1987) Fun, action packed The Shining (1980) Good slow burn Thanks again for all of the recommendations. Now that I have a shudder subscription I can watch them before I buy them which helps me save some money. Although I went to Texas Frightmare and bought a bunch of random Arrow video releases that I had never heard of. |
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Videodrome is an odd one, isn't it? The symbolism is right on the surface as far as media experience recreating people, but I'm not quite sure what the ending was trying to say. |
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1980s Horror
Alone in the dark (great actors)
An american werewolve in london (The best in its type) Cats eye Children of the corn The hand |
George Romero's Day of the Dead
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Chopping Mall
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I've heard of An American Werewolf in London but never seen it I'll add it to the list. Cats eye looks familiar. Loved Children of the Corn. I'll have to look up the Hand. |
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There are so many great horror films from the 1980s, it can be hard knowing where to begin! A lot of them have already been mentioned on this threat at one point or another! Some of the lesser mentioned ones that come to mind are The Dead Zone, Christine, C.H.U.D., The Children(1980), Curse Of The Cannibal Confederates, Umberto Lenzi's Eaten Alive, Ghoulies series, Munchies, Nightbreed, Near Dark, The Burning, Humongous, The Initiation, The Babysitter(William Shatner), April Fool's Day, Dead Pit, Crash and Burn, Full Moon's Oblivion, Scanners, Trancers, The Willies, Dead Time Stories, Terrorgram, Spookies, Wolfen, Nightmare(1981), The Boogey Man, Home Sweet Home, Blood Diner, Night Of The Creeps, Terror Vision, Surf Nazis Must Die, Zombie Island Massacre, The Newlydeads, Shadow Zone, Critters, The Kiss, Alligator, Dark Night Of The Scarecrow, Prince Of Darkness, The Serpent And The Rainbow, Cellar Dwellar, to name a few! ::EEK!::
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