Horror Films: 1980-1989 - Page 39

Expanded from Phil Hardy, ed, with Tom Milne, Kim Newman, Julian Petley, Tim Pulleine, Paul Willemen. The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1995 (with some stragglers from previous lists, especially Indian films). The authors' assessment in this chapter is brief, discussing the misguided labeling of "video nasties" in Britain and controversies over violence being largely uninformed. The sheer number of titles released in this period is likely the result of the home video market as well as all the low-budget copycats of Halloween (and the copies of a copy like Friday the 13th). The open-ended genre of horror paved the way for many sequels and franchises during this period. The authors consider the best horror films of the period to have been marketed as mainstream or nearly so (quirky) rather than as genre films: The Keep, The Company of Wolves, Blue Velvet, Manhunter, Dead Ringers, Beetlejuice, and Heathers--"oddities from positions of power."

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Killer Party (1986)

Killer Party (1986)

1522

Killer Workout (1987)

Killer Workout (1987)

1523

Killer Zombies (1986)

Killer Zombies (1986)

1524

The Pied Piper (1986)

The Pied Piper (1986)

1525

Kuşatma (1986)

Kuşatma (1986)

1526

The Ladies Club (1986)

The Ladies Club (1986)

1527

Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986)

Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986)

1528

Kung Fu Wonder Child (1986)

Kung Fu Wonder Child (1986)

1529

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

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1530

The Little Vampire (1986)

The Little Vampire (1986)

1531

I Like Bats (1985)

I Like Bats (1985)

1532

Lucker the Necrophagous (1985)

Lucker the Necrophagous (1985)

1533

El Lugar Del Corazón (1986)

El Lugar Del Corazón (1986)

1534

First Vampire in China (1986)

First Vampire in China (1986)

1535

Madame De Sade: She Beast in Hell (1986)

Madame De Sade: She Beast in Hell (1986)

1536

The Night of Kliwon Friday (1986)

The Night of Kliwon Friday (1986)

1537

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell (1986)

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell (1986)

1538

Maligno (1986)

Maligno (1986)

1539

Manhunter (1986)

Manhunter (1986)

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1540

Mania (1986)

Mania (1986)

1541

Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie (1986)

Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie (1986)

1542

Mano Destra (1986)

Mano Destra (1986)

1543

Mark of Lilith (1986)

Mark of Lilith (1986)

1544

Mark of the Beast (1986)

Mark of the Beast (1986)

1545

Beyond Death (1988)

Beyond Death (1988)

1546

Matador (1986)

Matador (1986)

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1547

Sharp Fangs in the Forest (1986)

Sharp Fangs in the Forest (1986)

1548

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

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1549

Hunting the Corpse Broker

Hunting the Corpse Broker

1550

Menu Total (1986)

Menu Total (1986)

1551

Misty Darkness (1986)

Misty Darkness (1986)

1552

Blood Maniac (1986)

Blood Maniac (1986)

1553

Momoco Wonderland: Strange House (1986)

Momoco Wonderland: Strange House (1986)

1554

Convent of Sinners (1986)

Convent of Sinners (1986)

1555

Monster in the Closet (1986)

Monster in the Closet (1986)

1556

The Monster of Florence (1986)

The Monster of Florence (1986)

1557

Death on a Rainy Sunday (1986)

Death on a Rainy Sunday (1986)

1558

Mr. Boogedy (1986)

Mr. Boogedy (1986)

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1559

The Magic Man (1986)

The Magic Man (1986)

1560

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)

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