Best 1980s Horror Movies

Looking for the best 1980s Horror movies? These are the 25 highest-rated 1980s Horror titles in our catalogue, led by From the Old Earth, Evil Dead II and The Lost Boys. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. From the Old Earth (1981)

★ 9.0/10

As William Jones digs in the garden of his council house he finds a strange looking stone head. During the night his wife has horrible dreams, forcing William to move the head out of the house. In turn, he takes the…
2. Evil Dead II (1987)

★ 7.5/10

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording…
3. The Lost Boys (1987)

★ 7.1/10

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
4. The Wind of Ayahuasca (1983)

★ 7.0/10

A love story of a sociologist and a girl from country in the magic-religious context of Amazon.
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

★ 6.7/10

During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins…
6. Dead Calm (1989)

★ 6.6/10

An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
7. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

★ 6.6/10

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.
8. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

★ 6.4/10

Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after being betrayed by his evil, occult-obsessed wife, Julia. Few believe…
9. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

★ 6.2/10

Michael returns to Haddonfield for Jamie Lloyd – the orphaned daughter of Laurie Strode – and her babysitter Rachel. Can Dr. Loomis stop him before the unholy slaughter reaches his innocent young niece?
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

★ 5.9/10

Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her…
11. Picture of a Nymph (1988)

★ 5.6/10

Shih Erh, a Taoist monk disciple, takes in a scholar named Tsui Hung-Chuen after he inadvertently burned down his house after battling a demon. Shih Erh and his master Wu Men-Chu house and attempt to protect Tsui from…
12. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

★ 5.5/10

Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.
13. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

★ 5.3/10

One year later, Michael Myers' traumatized young niece is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil uncle... and that he is on the way back to Haddonfield to begin the carnage again.
14. The Devil's Sword (1984)

★ 5.1/10

A legendary warrior embarks on a deadly quest to retrieve the cursed Devil’s Sword, a mystical weapon with dark powers capable of unleashing unimaginable destruction. When the sword falls into the wrong hands, chaos…
15. Turn of the Screw (1985)

★ 4.8/10

A young man is hired to take care of two orphaned siblings in a remote seaside mansion and soon realizes that someone... or something from the past is out to get the children.
16. Masque of the Red Death (1989)

★ 4.8/10

With a deadly plague ravaging his Renaissance kingdom, Prince Prospero invites his friends to retire to the protection of his castle for ongoing revels, leaving the peasantry to die. But fate is not so easily escaped…
17. I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)

★ 4.7/10

A high-school student and a drug pusher land in a nuclear-wasted river and come out zombies.
18. Apology (1986)

★ 4.2/10

For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by the testimony of anonymous phone callers who, after responding to a public advert…
19. Beast in Space (1980)

★ 4.1/10

In the future the struggle for space superiority has forced humanity to search the cosmos for a rare element called Antallum that is the key ingredient for the construction of neutron bombs. Starship captain Larry…
20. Top Line (1988)

★ 4.0/10

A down-on-his-luck author makes the find of a lifetime in the remote Columbian jungle, in the form of an alien spacecraft . He sets off to announce his find to the world, but finds that a mishmash of government agents…
21. Transmutations (1985)

★ 3.9/10

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr…
22. Psycho Woman (1988)

★ 3.5/10

Ahmet is a young, handsome, and successful lawyer. He lives a happy married life with his beautiful wife Nevin and their young daughter. Ahmet has taken Tülay, a journalist who wrote false reports about his client, to…
23. Necropolis (1986)

★ 3.5/10

A reincarnated "Satanic Witch" from New Amsterdam, circa 1600's comes back to revive her cult members by sucking the life force out of people.
24. The Bleeder (1983)

★ 2.8/10

On tour through Sweden, the all-girl rock 'n' roll band "Rock Cats" suddenly find themselves trapped in no-man's land when their tour-bus breaks down. Soon they get to meet "the Bleeder", an insane beast of a man whose…
25. Victims! (1985)

★ 1.8/10

Four young girls on a camping trip in the woods are stalked by a pair of crazed serial killers.