There's an alternate reality out there in which we're all at the multiplex, or at least able to go, and watching all of the big blockbusters that were originally scheduled to come out in the summer of 2020. But although we can't currently go see Wonder Woman 1984, we can still go back to 1984 and watch all the movies that would have been playing in theaters while Wonder Woman was fighting supervillains.
And why not? Hollywood likes to dictate our nostalgia with films set in seemingly halcyon eras like the 1950s and 1980s, but those were horrifying decades too, filled with nightmarish stories in the cinemas. So let's take a look back at one of the biggest years for horror in one of the biggest decades for horror, and highlight some of the timeless classics that came out of 1984 and also some of the underseen gems that aren't quite so famous… but should be!
