Top 10 Horror Films of the 1980s

This is my list of the Top 10 Horror Films of the 1980s.

I love the 80s and its culture. But, even more... I love the campy horror goodness that came from that decade. So, with that, I give you... a TOP 10 list of what I believe to be the BEST horror of the 80s.

Enjoy!

HONORABLE MENTIONS

- SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)

- DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)

- CUJO (1983)

- THE HOWLING (1981)

- CHILD'S PLAY (1988)

- MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)

- PET SEMATARY (1989)

- THE CHANGELING (1980)

- THE FLY (1986)

- CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)

10. CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984)

About: A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.

CHILDREN OF THE CORN has a 5.6/10 rating on IMDB, made $14.6 million at the box office.

9. MANIAC COP (1988)

About: A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

MANIAC COP has a 6.0/10 rating on IMDB, made $671,382 at the box office.

8. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)

About: Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET has a 7.4/10 rating on IMDB and made $57 million at the box office.

7. THE BURNING (1981)

About: Abusive former summer camp caretaker Cropsy, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, lurks around upstate NY summer Camp Stonewater with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.

THE BURNING has a 6.3/10 rating on IMDB and made $707,770 at the box office.

6. THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982)

About: A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE has a 5.6/10 rating on IMDB and made $3.6 million at the box office.

5. THE LOST BOYS (1987)

About: After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

THE LOST BOYS has a 7.2/10 rating on IMDB and made $32.2 million at the box office.

4. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

About: American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON has a 7.5/10 rating on IMDB and made $62 million at the box office.

3. FRIGHT NIGHT (1985)

About: "Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.

FRIGHT NIGHT has a 7.1/10 rating on IMDB and made $24.9 million at the box office.

2. EVIL DEAD II (1987)

About: Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

EVIL DEAD II has a 7.7/10 rating on IMDB and made $5.9 million.

1. FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

About: A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.

FRIDAY THE 13TH has a 6.4/10 rating on IMDB and made $59.8 million at the box office.