Horror Films: 1980-1989 - Page 40

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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Mutilations (1986)

Mutilations (1986)

1562

Nagina (1986)

Nagina (1986)

1563

Necropolis (1987)

Necropolis (1987)

1564

Neon Maniacs (1986)

Neon Maniacs (1986)

1565

A Woman, a She-Wolf (1986)

A Woman, a She-Wolf (1986)

1566

Crocodile Evil (1986)

Crocodile Evil (1986)

1567

The Nickelodeon Type (1986)

The Nickelodeon Type (1986)

1568

Nigel the Psychopath (1994)

Nigel the Psychopath (1994)

1569

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Night of the Creeps (1986)

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1570

Night of Terror (1986)

Night of Terror (1986)

1571

The Night Stalker (1987)

The Night Stalker (1987)

1572

Night Ripper! (1986)

Night Ripper! (1986)

1573

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

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1574

Nightmare Weekend (1986)

Nightmare Weekend (1986)

1575

Nighty Night (1986)

Nighty Night (1986)

1576

L'ogre (1986)

L'ogre (1986)

1577

Om (1986)

Om (1986)

1578

Ozone! Attack of the Redneck Mutants (1989)

Ozone! Attack of the Redneck Mutants (1989)

1579

The Passage (1986)

The Passage (1986)

1580

Crafty Devils (1986)

Crafty Devils (1986)

1581

Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)

Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)

1582

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

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1583

Primal Scream (1987)

Primal Scream (1987)

1584

Project (1986)

Project (1986)

1585

Psycho III (1986)

Psycho III (1986)

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1586

The Black Octopus (1985)

The Black Octopus (1985)

1587

Witch From Nepal (1986)

Witch From Nepal (1986)

1588

Rawhead Rex (1986)

Rawhead Rex (1986)

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1589

Revenge (1986)

Revenge (1986)

1590

Robbie (1986)

Robbie (1986)

1591

Roots Search (1986)

Roots Search (1986)

1592

Female Market: Imprisonment (1986)

Female Market: Imprisonment (1986)

1593

Salamangkero (The Magician) (1986)

Salamangkero (The Magician) (1986)

1594

Scared Stiff (1987)

Scared Stiff (1987)

1595

Scream Time (1986)

Scream Time (1986)

1596

Screamplay (1985)

Screamplay (1985)

1597

Uniform Virgin: The Prey (1986)

Uniform Virgin: The Prey (1986)

1598

Cobra's Bite (1986)

Cobra's Bite (1986)

1599

The Seven Vampires (1986)

The Seven Vampires (1986)

1600

Sex With a Stranger (1986)

Sex With a Stranger (1986)

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