Your Favourite Horror Film from 1980

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

As per my original post, there were so many I could have listed in respect to 1980.

Reaps has done a nice breakdown of some of the other great ones, but I'd also like to add:

Contamination
Don't Go in the House
Eaten Alive!
Mother's Day
Nightmare City
Patrick Still Lives
The Silent Scream
Zombie Creeping Flesh

1980 was certainly a great year for horror!

Dammit! There's another six films to investigate and ultimately buy -- I haven't seen either of the Patrick movies but saw the first one in the Not Quite Hollywood documentary and really want to see that.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I really can't decide between an absolute all time favourite - The fog and a rediscovered gem thanks to Shout Factory - Humanoids from the Deep

I will have to narrow it down by the time i complete my 80's list.

[dis]

Hi all,these "Favourite films,from years"are getting harder!
So many to choose from,but off the top of my head id say "Maniac".
What a great head shot scene!
Still thinking of getting the 2 disc version.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike

I really can't decide between an absolute all time favourite - The fog and a rediscovered gem thanks to Shout Factory - Humanoids from the Deep

I will have to narrow it down by the time i complete my 80's list.

Nice choice with Humanoids -I still need to pick up the Shout Factory Blu.

[Vampix]

Maniac is a favourite of mine too, but the relationship between Joe Spinell's character and Caroline Munro remains silly & unbelievable imo.Spinell's performance is great though, and, of course, there's the Tom Savini splatter FX.

[J.R.]

For me it's a dead heat between Anthropophagus and Friday the 13th.

[Baseball Fury]

What a year!

Whilst Inferno, Maniac, Cannibal Holocaust, The Fog and City of the Living Dead could easily win this race, they get pipped to the post by the genre-changing Friday the 13th and the frankly sublime The Shining.

[Hugh]

City for me. One of the first films I had as an "Uncut, don't show this version to anyone" bootleg VHS.

Seeing the drill scene for the first time was something special. Not to mention the vomit. Remember the old print used to jump horribly.

Took this film to work during one of our weekend night shifts (very quiet, get time to watch a film or two) whilst one of the young 'uns was working with me. Poor lad said it wasn't that scary, but still followed me around for the rest of the night. Wouldn't be alone for a moment.

Still love the soundtrack. It really helps the film along, and despite the ending, it's still one of my favourite zombie flicks.

Make a point of watching it every "All Hallows Eve". Even managed to work out that if you start the film at 22:44, you get to hear Maccoll say "It's passed midnight. It's now All Saints Day" at exactly midnight. Just to add that extra but of spookyness. I've not managed to open the Gates of Hell yet.

[blu]

Lots of great horror from '80 but I think I liked Friday the 13th the best. Just something fun about teenagers getting stalked in the forest.

[jiraffejustin]

My favorite of 1980 also happens to be my all-time favorite horror film. That film is Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.