Best Horror Films of the 80s Poll

[jiraffejustin]

I've added up the first two ballots (SharonLynette and Beyond72) and there is a total crossover of 14 films so far. This should be interesting!

[Manchester Morgue]

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin

I'd prefer PMs, but I can make an exception seeing as you can't actually send them.

I appreciate it, thanks.

[Slippery Jack]

Looking through the previous lists, I don't remember seeing Anguish on a single one I'm going with...

1. The Shining
2. Tenebrae
3. The Vanishing
4. Bad Taste
5. Anguish
6. The Fly
7. Inferno
8. The Thing
9. The Evil Dead
10. Street Trash
11. Pieces
12. Christmas Evil
13. Re-Animator
14. Opera
15. Maniac Cop
16. Day of the Dead
17. Vampire’s Kiss
18. The Hitcher
19. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
20. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
21. Q The Winged Serpent
22. An American Werewolf in London
23. The New York Ripper
24. Stage Fright
25. My Bloody Valentine
26. House by the Cemetery
27. Amsterdamned
28. Demons 2
29. Demons
30. The Prowler

[Manchester Morgue]

Here's my slightly updated, finalised list:

1. Videodrome (Cronenberg, 1983)
2. The Thing (Carpenter, 1982)
3. The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1981)
4. Evil Dead 2 (Raimi, 1987)
5. The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986)
6. An American Werewolf in London (Landis, 1981)
7. Day of the Dead (Romero, 1985)
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven, 1984)
9. Re-Animator (Gordon, 1986)
10. The Fog (Carpenter, 1980)
11. Possession (Zulawski, 1981)
12. Creepshow (Romero, 1982)
13. Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
14. Near Dark (Bigelow, 1987)
15. Ghost Busters (Reitman, 1984)
16. Fright Night (Holland, 1985)
17. The Beyond (Fulci, 1981)
18. Hellraiser (Barker, 1987)
19. Return of the Living Dead (O’Bannon, 1985)
20. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Russell, 1987)
21. Gremlins (Dante, 1984)
22. Night of the Creeps (Dekker, 1986)
23. The Monster Squad (Dekker, 1987)
24. Prince of Darkness (Carpenter, 1987)
25. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Wallace, 1982)
26. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989)
27. Night of the Demons (Tenney, 1988)
28. Cannibal Holocaust (Deodato, 1980)
29. Pumpkinhead (Winston, 1988)
30. Christine (Carpenter, 1983)
31. From Beyond (Gordon, 1986)
32. Phantasm II (Coscarelli, 1988)
33. Society (Yuzna, 1989)
34. Bad Taste (Jackson, 1987)
35. Poltergeist (Hooper, 1982)
36. Scrooged (Donner, 1988)
37. The Gate (Takács, 1987)
38. Spooky Encounters (Hung, 1980)
39. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Chiodo, 1988)
40. The Stuff (Cohen, 1985)
41. Demons (Bava, 1985)
42. The Prowler (Zito, 1981)
43. The Company of Wolves (Jordan, 1984)
44. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Clayton, 1983)
45. Creepshow 2 (Gornick, 1987)
46. A Chinese Ghost Story (Ching, 1987)
47. Scanners (Cronenberg, 1981)
48. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (McNaughton, 1986)
49. Mr. Vampire (Lau, 1985)
50. Christmas Evil (Jackson, 1980)
51. The Serpent and the Rainbow (Craven, 1988)
52. My Bloody Valentine (Mihalka, 1981)
53. Return of the Living Dead: Part II (Wiederhorn, 1988)
54. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (Pittman, 1987)
55. The Hitcher (Harmon, 1986)
56. Poltergeist III (Sherman, 1988)
57. Night of the Comet (Eberhardt, 1984)
58. House (Miner, 1986)
59. Razorback (Mulcahy, 1984)
60. Parents (Balaban, 1989)
61. The Blob (Russell, 1988)
62. Vampire's Kiss (Bierman, 1988)
63. Dead & Buried (Sherman, 1981)
64. The Deadly Spawn (McKeown, 1983)
65. Brain Damage (Henenlotter, 1988)
66. TerrorVision (Nicolaou, 1986)
67. Pet Sematary (Lambert, 1989)
68. Street Trash (Muro, 1987)
69. Amityville II: The Possession (Damiani, 1982)

[Beyond72]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Looking through the previous lists, I don't remember seeing Anguish on a single one

Never even heard of it! Sounds interesting, so I look forward to checking it out sometime.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Beyond72

Never even heard of it! Sounds interesting, so I look forward to checking it out sometime.

Interesting's the word . . .

[jiraffejustin]

Four ballots in, and only two films appear on all 4. And a total of 130 films have been voted for already. We got some serious diversity already.

[gag]

Ill have to do a list until couple of days ago never took much notice of this, give me a couple of days then ill post,

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I've got my top fifty!

Ranking them's gonna' prove difficult though.

[gag]

Here just some of my faves not in any order but not to forget the fact that there going to be a multitude of films ill forgot about without me going back through and reading everyone else list,


Day Of The Dead
Happy B-Day To Me
Sleepaway Camp
Night Of The Demons
Friday The 13th: Part 1-3
Halloween 1 & 2
ANOES Part 1 only!
Hellraiser 1
Any Cronenberg film
Basket case / Brain damage
Changeling
Burning
Creepshow
Cannibal Holocaust
Evil Dead
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Poltergeist
Aliens 2 much prefer better than 1
Child's play
Pin
Dead and buried
Stepfather
Phantasm 2
Children of the corn 1
Beyond
Angel heart
Any Argento film
House by the cemetery
Men behind the sun
Just before dawn
Prowler
Cannibal holocaust / ferox
Combat shock
Pet sematary
Stage fright
Church
Intruder

The list is endless and there is probably loads I've left off or forgot about but this is just a rough guide,