Best horror from the 80s
The catalogue's horror films from 1980–1989, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
foreign gemlate nightcult
The Thing
dreadlate nightneon soaked
Evil Dead II
late nightcozycult
The Fly
late nightcultdread
Godzilla vs. Biollante
foreign gemlate nightcult
An American Werewolf in London
weirddevastatinglate night
Possession
late nightcultdread
Videodrome
dreadneon soakedsurreal
The Return of Godzilla
foreign gemlate nightcult
Santa Sangre
surrealweirddevastating
Poltergeist
devastatinglate nightcult
Dead Ringers
late nightcultdread
Angst
late nightcultdread
Fright Night
late nightcozycult
Day of the Dead
late nightcultdread
The Dead Zone
late nightcultdread
Manhunter
dreadneon soakeddevastating
Frankenweenie
late nightcozycult
Re-Animator
late nightcozycult
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
neon soakedweirdlate night
Down to the Cellar
late nightdreadcozy
Dressed to Kill
cozyfever dreamlate night
Little Shop of Horrors
late nightcozydread
The Hitcher
dreadlate night
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
late nightdreadatmospheric
Creepshow
late nightdread
The Hidden
mindfucksurrealweird
Hellraiser
mindfucksurrealweird
Christine
late nightdread
Virile Games
late nightcozydread