Top 10 Best Horror Movies of the 1980s

The Top Ten
1 The Thing

All-time favorite horror movie.

2 A Nightmare on Elm Street

Because it is a great horror movie with the atmosphere around him.

3 Aliens
4 The Shining

Here's Johnny! Johnny's coming for people who didn't vote for The Shining.
He's home.

The most influential horror film ever!

Wow, this film is just 10/10. I loved the plot.

5 The Funhouse
6 Poltergeist
7 Cannibal Holocaust

The most controversial horror movie of all time.

8 Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
9 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
10 Sleepaway Camp

Hallelujah! This is the first '80s horror list to have Sleepaway Camp on it that I have ever seen. The best, true summer camp horror movie ever!

Unlike the Friday the 13th franchise, which I really love, this movie has total danger. This means the actual child campers could be severely hurt or killed, along with the counselors and adult figures. Jason and his mom never harmed young kids. Even though Jason did go after a baby once, he was stopped.

Anyway, Sleepaway Camp has all the trash-talking, gossiping, and bullying that any camp could have. It also has kids competing in sporting events, eating together in the mess hall, and sleeping in cabins - all the realism of camp. This movie is easily in the top 5 of the decade.

The Contenders
11 The Evil Dead

Why on earth is this number 45? Seriously, it is by far the best horror movie of all time, bar none. There's nothing like it.

12 Dark Night of the Scarecrow
13 Hellraiser
14 Friday the 13th

This is one of the eight Friday the 13th films that I either like or love, but part 4 is the best of the bunch. Top 3 of the entire list.

This one has Jason's mom doing the killing.

OMG, Jason is so awesome, and so is his mom.

15 An American Werewolf in London

One of the best horror comedies ever made.

16 Maniac
17 Predator
18 Cannibal Ferox
19 The Changeling

I'm surprised not to see this on the list. Anyone who has seen it has probably been afraid of wheelchairs (or maybe it's just me) for a little while after watching this.

20 From Beyond
21 Gremlins
22 Fright Night
23 Night of the Demons
24 Child's Play
25 Friday the 13th Part II
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