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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, in which Freddy Krueger kills teenagers in their dreams.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), Jack Sholder's New Line sequel, is a possession horror film in which Freddy Krueger manifests through teenager Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton); later famed as a queer cult classic.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American supernatural slasher film in which institutionalized teenagers fight Freddy Krueger in shared dreams.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 slasher horror film directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American horror film in which Freddy Krueger kills the surviving teens and faces new heroine Alice Johnson.
Alien (film)
Alien (1979) is Ridley Scott's science fiction horror film about the Nostromo crew and a parasitic extraterrestrial, written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, designed by H.R. Giger, and winner of the 1980 Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
Amityville II: The Possession
Amityville II: The Possession (1982) is Damiano Damiani's horror prequel to The Amityville Horror, based on Hans Holzer's Murder in Amityville and the DeFeo murders, starring Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, James Olson, and Jack Magner as possessed Sonny Montelli.
Bates Motel (film)
Bates Motel (1987) is an NBC made-for-TV movie and failed pilot for a Psycho spinoff anthology series, directed by Richard Rothstein, starring Bud Cort and Lori Petty, unrelated to the 2013 A&E series.
Beware! The Blob
Beware! The Blob, also released as Son of Blob, is the 1972 comedy-horror sequel to The Blob, the only feature film directed by Larry Hagman, in which a thawed Blob sample devours a California town before being refrozen at an ice rink.
Blacula
Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain, starring William Marshall as African prince Mamuwalde, cursed by Dracula and revived in Los Angeles; the first black vampire movie and a 1972 box-office hit.
Carrie (1976 film)
Carrie is a 1976 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma, adapted from Stephen King's novel and starring Sissy Spacek as a bullied telekinetic teenager.
Child's Play (1988 film)
Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film directed by Tom Holland, in which dying serial killer Charles Lee Ray transfers his soul into a doll named Chucky.
Children of the Corn (1984 film)
Children of the Corn (1984), Fritz Kiersch's adaptation of Stephen King's Night Shift short story, follows a couple trapped in Gatlin, Nebraska, by a child cult worshipping He Who Walks Behind the Rows; a New World Pictures release that spawned a long franchise.
Creepshow 2
Creepshow 2 (1987) is a horror anthology sequel directed by Michael Gornick, scripted by George A. Romero from Stephen King stories, with three segments, Old Chief Wood'nhead, The Raft, and The Hitchhiker, and Tom Savini as The Creep.
Critters (film)
Critters (1986) is a New Line Cinema horror comedy directed by Stephen Herek, also known as Krites, about carnivorous alien furballs attacking a Kansas farm family; it earned $11.3 million and spawned three sequels.
Damien: Omen II
Damien: Omen II (1978), also Omen II or The Inheritance, is Don Taylor's horror sequel to The Omen, starring William Holden and Jonathan Scott-Taylor as teenage Damien Thorn in Chicago; Mike Hodges was the original director.
Day of the Dead (1985 film)
Day of the Dead (1985) is George A. Romero's third Dead-series zombie film, after Night and Dawn of the Dead. Released unrated on 3 July 1985 on a $4 million budget, shot in a Wampum, Pennsylvania limestone mine, with Tom Savini effects and the domesticated zombie Bub; restored in 4K in 2026.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972), also known as The Return of Dr. Phibes, is a Robert Fuest horror comedy sequel starring Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, and Valli Kemp, in which Phibes revives and travels to Egypt to resurrect his wife Victoria.
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), John Boorman's sequel to The Exorcist, starring Linda Blair and Richard Burton. A notorious flop: riots, a 100-minute recut, and the end of blind bidding.
Faces of Death
Faces of Death is a 1978 American mondo shockumentary by John Alan Schwartz, hosted by fictional pathologist Dr. Francis B. Gröss, mixing real and staged death footage; it became a VHS-era cult phenomenon and received a 2026 metafictional remake by Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) is Universal's first monster-team-up horror film, directed by Roy William Neill and written by Curt Siodmak, starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster, and starting the Universal shared-universe cycle.
Friday the 13th (1980 film)
Friday the 13th (1980), also known by working title A Long Night at Camp Blood, is Sean S. Cunningham's slasher film written by Victor Miller, in which Mrs. Pamela Voorhees kills camp counselors; it grossed about $40 million and launched the Jason Voorhees franchise.
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) is Steve Miner's slasher sequel in which Jason Voorhees becomes the killer at Camp Crystal Lake. Released May 1, 1981, 87 minutes, R-rated, $1.4 million budget, $6.4 million opening weekend, 27% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th Part III (1982), also called Friday the 13th Part 3 or Part 3 3D, is Steve Miner's Paramount slasher sequel in which Jason Voorhees first wears the hockey mask; it was the first 3-D film given a wide domestic release, on 1,079 screens.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), also known as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, is Tom McLoughlin's sixth franchise entry in which lightning resurrects Jason Voorhees as a zombie; it introduced self-aware humor that influenced Scream.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American slasher film in which telekinetic teen Tina Shepard accidentally frees Jason Voorhees and fights him.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film in which Jason Voorhees stalks teens on a cruise to New York City.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), also Part V, is Danny Steinmann's slasher sequel in which Tommy Jarvis faces murders at a halfway house by a killer who is not Jason Voorhees; it earned $21.9 million domestically.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), the fourth Friday the 13th film, directed by Joseph Zito, starring Corey Feldman as Tommy Jarvis and Ted White as Jason; intended as the series finale but followed by A New Beginning.
Fright Night Part 2
Fright Night Part 2 (1988/1989) is Tommy Lee Wallace's horror-comedy sequel to Fright Night, with Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale returning as Peter Vincent and Charley Brewster against vampire Regine Dandridge; it grossed $2,983,784 domestically on a reported $8 million budget.