# 80s horror everyone has forgotten

> The decade is famous for slashers and Carpenter / Cronenberg / Argento. These are the films from the same period that didn't quite stick — body horror oddities, Italian giallo's last gasp, Eastern European chillers, video-store mainstays nobody talks about now.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/forgotten-80s-horror/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[Wolfman vs. Godzilla](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/wolfman-vs-godzilla-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 9.6 · 13 votes · foreign-gem, late-night, cult
- **[The Thing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-thing-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 8.1 · 7,878 votes · dread, late-night, neon-soaked
- **[Evil Dead II](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/evil-dead-ii-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 7.5 · 3,457 votes · late-night, cozy, cult
- **[The Fly](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-fly-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 7.4 · 4,944 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[Godzilla vs. Biollante](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/godzilla-vs-biollante-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 7.4 · 296 votes · foreign-gem, late-night, cult
- **[An American Werewolf in London](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/an-american-werewolf-in-london-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.4 · 2,686 votes · weird, devastating, late-night
- **[Possession](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/possession-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.3 · 1,310 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[Videodrome](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/videodrome-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.3 · 2,457 votes · dread, neon-soaked, surreal
- **[The Return of Godzilla](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-return-of-godzilla-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 7.2 · 331 votes · foreign-gem, late-night, cult
- **[Santa Sangre](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/santa-sangre-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 7.2 · 499 votes · surreal, weird, devastating
- **[Poltergeist](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/poltergeist-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 7.2 · 3,309 votes · devastating, late-night, cult
- **[Dead Ringers](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dead-ringers-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 7.1 · 997 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[Angst](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/angst-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.1 · 416 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[Fright Night](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fright-night-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 7.0 · 1,533 votes · late-night, cozy, cult
- **[Day of the Dead](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/day-of-the-dead-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 7.0 · 1,378 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[The Dead Zone](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-dead-zone-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.0 · 1,815 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[Manhunter](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/manhunter-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 7.0 · 1,507 votes · dread, neon-soaked, devastating
- **[Re-Animator](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/re-animator-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 7.0 · 1,665 votes · late-night, cozy, cult
- **[Frankenweenie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/frankenweenie-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 7.0 · 445 votes · late-night, cozy, cult
- **[Tetsuo: The Iron Man](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tetsuo-the-iron-man-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 7.0 · 701 votes · neon-soaked, weird, late-night
- **[Down to the Cellar](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/down-to-the-cellar-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.0 · 33 votes · late-night, dread, cozy
- **[Little Shop of Horrors](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/little-shop-of-horrors-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 7.0 · 1,617 votes · late-night, cozy, dread
- **[Dressed to Kill](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dressed-to-kill-1980/)** (1980) — ★ 7.0 · 1,105 votes · cozy, fever-dream, late-night
- **[The Hitcher](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-hitcher-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 7.0 · 1,044 votes · dread, late-night
- **[Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/devilman-volume-1-the-birth-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 6.9 · 59 votes · late-night, dread, atmospheric
- **[Creepshow](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/creepshow-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 6.9 · 1,140 votes · late-night, dread
- **[The Hidden](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-hidden-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 6.9 · 478 votes · mindfuck, surreal, weird
- **[Hellraiser](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/hellraiser-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 6.9 · 2,843 votes · mindfuck, surreal, weird
- **[Christine](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/christine-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 6.9 · 2,221 votes · late-night, dread
- **[Virile Games](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/virile-games-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 6.9 · 42 votes · late-night, cozy, dread

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