Best Horror Films of the 80s Poll

[Buboven]

My faves

Day of The Dead

Maniac

Aliens

Near Dark

The Thing

The Prowler

Tenenbrae

Evil Dead (1981)

Night of The Creeps/Monster Squad

Deadly Blessing

C.H.U.D

The Keep

[jiraffejustin]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Me too. Night has always been my favourite, though.

We have the trilogy ordered the same way then.

[Daemonia]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Me too. Night has always been my favourite, though.

I've never liked Night much, I actually prefer Savini's remake. I know, the shame.

[Vampix]

Some of my 80s faves:

The Thing
Day of the Dead
Creepshow
City of the Living Dead
Re-Animator
From Beyond
Maniac
The Burning
The Fog
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Tenebrae
Demons
Phenomena
Fright Night
The Evil Dead
Basket Case
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Blob
Return of the Living Dead
The Beyond

[Beyond72]

As I love 80's Horror, it was easy to pick 50 favourites. (And even then I had to leave out a few.)

These types of lists are great for sharing your love of certain films, but to be honest I'm not a big fan of rating one movie over another.
So it was very tricky trying to put them in order, as there are films that I loved back then or I always remember.
(For whatever reason.)
Then there are films that I've only grown to like over the years since. And I've also tried to reflect the films I revisit the most, currently.




Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
The Beyond
The Burning
Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Creeps
Tenebrae
Re-Animator
Superstition
Dead & Buried
Christine
The Hitcher
The Shining
Ghost Story
The Fog
Inferno
The House on Sorority Row
My Bloody Valentine
Pieces
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
They live
Stage Fright
The Hunger
Silver Bullet
Nightmare City
An American Werewolf in London
A Nightmare on Elm Street
City of the Living Dead
Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror
The Evil Dead
Night of the Comet
The Thing
Stepfather
Stepfather 2
Cat's Eye
Waxwork
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
The Hidden
A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors
Evil Dead II
Amityville II - The Possession
The Entity
Phenomena
Curtains
House
Fade to Black
The Horror Star
Xtro

[jiraffejustin]

Okay, I've determined the due date: March 10th. That's the last day to send me a list, but I'd prefer if you waited until at least March 1st to PM me your list. Which brings me to another thing, I won't actually count your list unless it's PM'd to me. If you post it here, that's fine but it will only act as recommendations for everybody else.

Remember list sizes allowed is any number between 25 to 100. If you don't think you like 25 horror films from the 80s, I encourage you to watch as many 80s horror flicks as you can between the deadline. That's what I'm doing. Also talk about what you watched in this thread, let's create a dialogue.

Which film do you think will win? Which film do you think will be overrated? Underrated? What is an obscure film you want everybody to watch before voting?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

I think it will be good for everyone to post their final lists here in addition to PMing them, as it will be interesting (well, at least for me) to see which films people like.

As for the eventual results, I'll be disappointed in you all if ANOES wins I have a feeling The Thing may win, and although it's great, it is not my personal favourite.

To kick everyone off, and to whet some appetites for people to get stuck into making their own lists, here's my rough Top 25, which I will tweak (and most likely extend to 100) before the 'submission date'...

1. Videodrome (1983)
2. Santa Sangre (1989)
3. The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988)
4. The Evil Dead (1981)
5. Possession (1981)
6. Tenebrae (1982)
7. The Beyond (1981)
8. Evil Dead Trap (1988)
9. Dead Ringers (1988)
10. Stagefright (1987)
11. The Fog (1980)
12. The Thing (1982)
13. The Company of Wolves (1984)
14. City of the Living Dead (1980)
15. The Fly (1986)
16. Hellraiser (1987)
17. Demons (1985)
18. Day of the Dead (1985)
19. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
20. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
21. The Shining (1980)
22. The Nights of Terror (Burial Ground) (1981)
23. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
24. Maniac (1980)
25. Re-Animator (1985)

[ReturnToZero]

The Burning (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Tenebrae (1982)
Madman (1982)
The Living Dead Girl (1982)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
The Beyond (1981)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
City of the Living Dead (1980)
Re-Animator (1985)

[Nordicdusk]

sorry i posted my list already

[Beyond72]

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin

Which film do you think will win? Which film do you think will be overrated? Underrated? What is an obscure film you want everybody to watch before voting?

Night of the Creeps!

OK it's not really obscure, but for me it's right along side Return of the Living Dead & Re-Animator, in the fondness stakes anyway.