Horror Films: 1980-1989 - Page 41

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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Shadow Play (1986)

Shadow Play (1986)

1602

Shadows (1986)

Shadows (1986)

1603

Commando Fury (1986)

Commando Fury (1986)

1604

Entrails of a Virgin (1986)

Entrails of a Virgin (1986)

1605

Haunted Madam (1986)

Haunted Madam (1986)

1606

Soghoth (1986)

Soghoth (1986)

1607

Something in the Basement (1986)

Something in the Basement (1986)

1608

Sorority House Massacre (1986)

Sorority House Massacre (1986)

1609

Spine (1986)

Spine (1986)

1610

Nothing Underneath (1985)

Nothing Underneath (1985)

1611

Stand by Me (1986)

Stand by Me (1986)

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1612

Star Crystal (1986)

Star Crystal (1986)

1613

The Stepfather (1987)

The Stepfather (1987)

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1614

Strange Tales (1986)

Strange Tales (1986)

1615

Street Trash (1987)

Street Trash (1987)

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1616

The Supernaturals (1986)

The Supernaturals (1986)

1617

Tahkhana (1986)

Tahkhana (1986)

1618

The Tell-Tale Heart (1986)

The Tell-Tale Heart (1986)

1619

Terror on Alcatraz (1986)

Terror on Alcatraz (1986)

1620

Terrorvision (1986)

Terrorvision (1986)

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1621

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

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1622

Abracadabra (1986)

Abracadabra (1986)

1623

Fury of the Heaven (1986)

Fury of the Heaven (1986)

1624

A Touch of Deceit (1986)

A Touch of Deceit (1986)

1625

The Tomb (1986)

The Tomb (1986)

1626

Torment (1986)

Torment (1986)

1627

The Enigmatic Mister S. (1987)

The Enigmatic Mister S. (1987)

1628

Escape From Coral Cove (1986)

Escape From Coral Cove (1986)

1629

In a Glass Cage (1987)

In a Glass Cage (1987)

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1630

Trick or Treat (1986)

Trick or Treat (1986)

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1631

Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness (1986)

Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness (1986)

1632

Turnaround (1987)

Turnaround (1987)

1633

Twisted (1986)

Twisted (1986)

1634

Bloody Vacation (1988)

Bloody Vacation (1988)

1635

Vamp (1986)

Vamp (1986)

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1636

Vampires (1986)

Vampires (1986)

1637

Déjà Vu (1987)

Déjà Vu (1987)

1638

Vicious Lips (1986)

Vicious Lips (1986)

1639

Violence Jack: Harem Bomber (1986)

Violence Jack: Harem Bomber (1986)

1640

Τα Βήματα Της Νεκρής (1986)

Τα Βήματα Της Νεκρής (1986)

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