Every Horror Movie from 1980
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- DirectorCiro IppolitoBiagio ProiettiStarsBelinda MayneMark BodinRoberto BarreseA spaceship lands back on Earth after a failed mission, but the astronauts have been replaced by hideous creatures that can penetrate people's bodies and make them explode. A group of cave explorers are attacked by the monsters inside an underground cave, but the survivors are in for a surprise when they finally manage to escape the trap...
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsBuster CrabbeRay RobertsLinda LewisA meteor hits a houseboat, turning its occupants into zombies feeding on alligators. As reptiles dwindle, they target townspeople. A scientist investigates disappearances caused by the undead houseboat dwellers.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsRobert ForsterRobin RikerMichael V. GazzoA pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob BalabanA psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
- DirectorFernando Poe Jr.StarsFernando Poe Jr.Liz AlindoganMax AlvaradoPanday is a blacksmith whose real name is Flavio. When a meteor fell from the sky one night, he forged the metal from the meteor into a dagger, the balaraw. When he raises the dagger to the sky, it magically grows into a sword. He uses this magical sword to fight the evil Lizardo (Max Alvarado) and other supernatural beings. Eventually, Lizardo and his minions are destroyed.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsTisa FarrowSaverio ValloneSerena GrandiA group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsJohn SaxonElizabeth TurnerGiovanni Lombardo RadiceMentally unstable Vietnam vets who were held captive by the Viet Cong come back to America after being rescued carrying a dangerous virus that turns people into cannibals when bitten.
- DirectorIgor VoznesenskyStarsGerman PoloskovAleksandr YakovlevIrina AzerA giant manta ray starts sending messages in an attempt to communicate with the deep ocean lab aquanauts acquiring, as it seems, the mind of a late human.
- DirectorEugenio MartínStarsJavier EscriváSilvia AguilarAlida ValliA young girl's husband rents a lovely home just outside of Madrid so she can spend the last three months of her pregnancy in peace and luxury. Unfortunately, just as they arrive at the home, the girl realizes that it is the place where she had secretly had an illegal abortion some years before. The clinic is long-gone, but this doesn't ease the woman's disquiet. Things get even worse when she learns that her upstairs neighbor is the old abortionist's assistant.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsDiana BrachoIsabela CoronaManuel OjedaOld aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsArt GarfunkelTheresa RussellHarvey KeitelA psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.
- DirectorYuen ChorStarsFei AiPui-San AuyeungShen ChanAcclaimed director Chu Yuan was credited for bringing mystery thriller ingredients into his atmospheric martial arts epics, and this is one of the most impressive examples. The title refers to the feared nickname of a notorious rapist-murderer who swoops down to destroy one swordsman's fiancé and frame another. Or does he? The two tragic men team with a beautiful swordswoman to find the truth.
- DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiRoger CormanStarsGeorge PeppardRobert VaughnRichard ThomasA farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.
- DirectorToshio MasudaLeiji MatsumotoTomoharu KatsumataStarsKei TomiyamaYôko AsagamiShûsei NakamuraEarth has been attacked by the Black Nebula Empire and is threatening to blow up the planet if they are counterattacked, The Yamato crew try to defuse the bomb.
- DirectorJoe DeaStarsDave McQueenTimmy SpenceJennifer BlowdryerWhile performers Frankie and Annette are going new wave and even punk, they find out that the old tunes and attitudes are not completely washed away.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsSirpa LaneVassili KarisLucio RosatoIn the future the struggle for space superiority has forced humanity to search the cosmos for a rare element called Antallum that is the key ingredient for the construction of neutron bombs. Starship captain Larry Madison and his crew are assigned to retrieve Antallum from the remote planet Lorigon. However, Madison and crew find themselves under the control of a powerful computer on Lorigon that incites everyone to have sex.
- DirectorHerb FreedStarsJohn SaxonLynda Day GeorgeMichael DanteAn architect and his wife move into a colonial mansion, where the demonic presence of the original owner's wife takes residence.
- DirectorTomás AznarStarsFrancisco Sánchez GrajeraRaquel RamírezEmilio SiegristDeadly supernatural events plague three criminals and their two hostages, after burning an elderly woman's house.
- DirectorJeffrey BloomStarsDavid HuffmanMarianna HillBurt YoungSomething is attacking and killing people on the beach. David and Mariana, old friends, search for clues where they played as kids to uncover the mysterious creature.
- DirectorRobert J. AvrechStarsEllen BarberPhilip EnglishSam GrayA beautiful and charming betrothed is promised to a beautiful woman. But he is a completely insane killer and she will be his next victim. Everything that follows the wedding will be a carnival of wickedness, sadism and brutality.
- DirectorCharles McCrannStarsCharles McCrannBeverly ShapiroDennis HelfendMarijuana growers deep in the woods are hit with a new toxic herbicide, and they turn into mindless cannibals killing everyone they come into contact with.
- DirectorDanny MannStarsPeter CullenJack DuffyBen Gordon
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsRobert KermanFrancesca CiardiPerry PirkanenDuring a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.
- DirectorAlain DeruelleOlivier MathotJulio Pérez TaberneroStarsSilvia SolarGérard LemairePamela StanfordAfter botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.
- DirectorPhillip MarshakTom McGowanGregg G. TallasStarsCameron MitchellMarc LawrenceFaith CliftMitchell, a police detective investigating the death of a victim of a German concentration camp, discovers a nightclubbing playboy who has strange powers over women and is seemingly ageless.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsJames Yi LuiJenny LiangJu-Hua PeiA compulsive gambler with bad luck owes money to a violent gangster boss. A mysterious old man offers him a proposal to marry the ghost of his dead daughter in exchange for cash and an expensive apartment.
- DirectorLewis JacksonStarsBrandon MaggartJeffrey DeMunnDianne HullA toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsChristopher GeorgeCatriona MacCollCarlo De MejoA reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
- DirectorLuigi CozziStarsIan McCullochLouise MarleauMarino MaséA former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsTatsuo YamadaMasamitsu OhikeKôji NanjôWhen the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly troubled kid Ken revolts against his former friend.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsKay HawtreyLesleh DonaldsonBarry MorseA young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAl PacinoPaul SorvinoKaren AllenA police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
- DirectorMasayuki AkehiStarsKazuhiko InoueKazuko SugiyamaFuyumi ShiraishiAfter years of beating Black Ghost all the 00 Cyborgs have moved ob with their lives going to their home country to pursue a career they wanted to do. Dr. Gilmore and 001 have been living at the laboratory in the years of peace, although Dr. Gilmore's research assistant Dr. Cosmo has been striving to find the existence of a super energy source out in space that he's named "The Vortex" and seeks to gain control of. But for Dr. Gilmore, all he would prefer is a peaceful retirement. Once this force is seen as a threat Dr. Gilmore has no choice but to call back the 00 Cyborgs to fight once again.
- DirectorShôgorô NishimuraStarsJunko MabukiYuka AsagiriYutaka HayashiA well-meaning nurse falls into a trap and is attacked by several men in black masks.
- DirectorAndrew BogleStarsGwyneth StrongPhil DavisDavid BeamesIn order to enjoy a romantic private swim together, Jo and Eddie hide when their local swimming pool is closing for the evening. But unknown to them, a killer is on the loose - and in the building with them.
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsJohn AstonAlan FordNigel GregoryA woman is terrorized in a deserted car park.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsStephen YoungSharon MastersMarvin GoldharA popular horror writer whose family life is falling apart struggles to write his next horror movie.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaStarsRaúl RamírezAna Luisa PeluffoRosa Gloria ChagoyánA man goes on a murder spree after the criminals that took the life of his wife.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsGeorge KennedyRichard CrennaNick MancusoA mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsRomy SchneiderHarvey KeitelHarry Dean StantonIn a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsNorman ChuEddy KoMelvin WongA secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
- DirectorJose PelaezStarsCarlos GarciaAlfredo E. RodriguezAnia SuarezStrange occurrences in the home of a young man who believes he sees the ghost of his dead brother, in this 1980 short "Hitchcockian" suspense, horror film, written, directed and originally edited, by film auteur, Jose Pelaez.
- DirectorArthur JeffreysStarsSallee YoungHarry ReemsDeborah AlterAfter being gang raped and institutionalized, a woman suffers nightmares while under the care of her unfaithful husband, and finally snaps when a group of masked youths decide to invade her house.
- DirectorYung-Ming PanStarsChun ShihYing BaiChun-Erh Lung
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsUrsula BuchfellnerAl CliverAntonio Mayansa young woman modelling in South America is kidnapped for ransom in the jungle when a Vietnam veteran is going to rescue her only to find out that the jungle is filled with cannibals
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuJenny TsengDavid ChiangA man and woman are kicked out of the Court of Heaven on trumped up charges of bringing shame onto the Kingdom.
- DirectorYuen ChorTun-Fei MouStarsYun LingLi ChingChen-Chi Lin1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it.
- DirectorTakafumi NagamineStarsKiyose FujiwaraYôko KuritaThe adventures of two opera singers, who are descendants of vampires and wolf men as they trek through a dream-like realm and battle cannibals and giant dragons.
- DirectorCarlo J. CaparasStarsAnthony AlonzoGloria DiazRomy Diaz
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyJeff LiebermanStarsRobert VaughnRobert PeraultDavid SelbyManhattan surgeon Franken rebuilds the broken body of a John Doe patient with spare parts.
- DirectorRobert HammerStarsJames WestmorelandBen FrankFlo LawrenceA deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran terrorizes the young women of Los Angeles and taunts a radio psychologist with descriptions of his grisly crimes.
- DirectorAlastair ReidStarsDavid HemmingsLisa HarrowIan BannenDr. Henry Jekyll, a respectable Victorian scientist, concocts a drug which releases another side to his personality: a brutal, murderous alter-ego.
- DirectorCharles B. GriffithStarsOliver ReedSunny JohnsonMaia DanzigerAn ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.
- StarsRubens de FalcoBruna LombardiCarlos Alberto RiccelliCount Dracula arrives in a small, dark city of the Brazilian countryside looking for his lost son. The vampire falls for none other than the young man's lover.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael CaineAngie DickinsonNancy AllenA mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsRobert KermanJanet AgrenIvan RassimovA young woman teams up with a mercenary to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea where they find that a deranged leader of a religious cult has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.
- DirectorGordon StevensonStarsMirielle CervenkaBrenda BergmanArto LindsayA young woman who is institutionalized in a mental hospital suffers fits which are accompanied by stigmata.
- DirectorPaul NaschyStarsPaul NaschyEiko NagashimaLautaro MurúaA hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese assassins in hot pursuit, he takes refuge in the home of a local Doctor and his two daughters, who nurse him back to health and hide him from his pursuers, taking drastic and murderous measures to protect him, for they have plans of their own in store for their current guest.
- DirectorÁngel Rodríguez VázquezStarsJuan MirandaRosa Gloria ChagoyánMarco de CarloEl Látigo must face some Mayan mummies with superhuman powers, who commit various misdeeds in the town.
- DirectorYi-Hsiu LinStarsLu-Hua ChinChing-Fang HuangDy Saveth
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungFat ChungLung ChanA rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsLaura GemserGeorge EastmanDirce FunariWith a 20 year lease on an tropical island, horny John heads out with Fiona on a yacht skippered by horny Larry, to inspect the island for resort development. They meet Luna/Laura Gemser. John didn't expect zombies.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsChristian BorromeoAlexandra BastedoEmilio Gutiérrez CabaThe death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As his own life nears its end, he becomes even more violent and sadistic.
- DirectorVernon ZimmermanStarsDennis ChristopherTim ThomersonGwynne GilfordA shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
- DirectorAlejandro DoriaStarsPablo BrichtaLito GonzálezMaría LealA plague ravages Buenos Aires. Those affected by it are executed on the spot; those who are healthy should report to the authorities. Escaping both from the authorities and from the disease, seven survivors head south.
- DirectorDon DohlerStarsDon LeifertRichard NelsonElaine WhiteAn evil spirit Possesses the corpse of a diseased man. It must absorb the life energy of the living, in order for the corpse to not rot away. It moves to the suburbs, where, a neighbor begins to suspect something isn't right.
- DirectorJosko MarusicA fishing village falls prey to a nightmare revenge from the sea.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von SydowA football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
- DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsBetsy PalmerAdrienne KingJeannine TaylorA group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao NatsuyagiAfter a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
- DirectorYoshitarô NomuraStarsTsunehiko WataseYukiyo ToakeMayuko WakamoriA five-year-old girl gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. After that, she suffers all kinds of horrible spasms including biting her tongue.
- DirectorCesar GallardoCirio H. SantiagoStarsCharito SolisAlma MorenoBembol RocoAn anthology of ghost stories, popular as a radio series in the 1960s and adapted for the big screen, returns for new episodes.
- DirectorWilliam SachsStarsStephen MachtAvery SchreiberJ.D. HintonIn the 31st century, sexy blonde android Galaxina helms the crew of a space cruiser on a mission to find the Blue Star, a mystical gem that holds unlimited power.
- DirectorWilfried MinksStarsUlla BerkéviczFriedrich Karl PraetoriusEdgar M. BöhlkeA feudal lord rules over his people with cruelty and suppression. Since God does not hear their pleas for protection, the simple people of the area turn to the devil. One girl in particular becomes a witch.
- DirectorVikas DesaiAruna RajeStarsShreeram LagooAnant NagIndrani MukherjeeWhen a successful manager decides to sell his plantation in his ancestral village to another company, his young daughter begins acting very strangely.
- DirectorPiotr SzulkinStarsMarek WalczewskiKrystyna JandaJoanna ZólkowskaThe film is set in a terrorizing world of the future, where technology commands the movements of individuals, supervised by the doctors, carrying out a program to improve the human race. Thus, instead of doctors creating a monster, the monsters are already there as the species of the future - but one of them is suspected by the doctors of being a human being. That is Golem in reverse.
- DirectorIn Soo KimStarsBong-jin JinHeo JinByeong-sun ParkA woman is tricked into betraying her lover and her father is slain. She throws herself into a lake, but the legendary spirit inhabiting the lake takes possession of her body.
- DirectorShyam RamsayTulsi RamsayStarsPremkrishen MalhotraPadmini KapilaMadhu KapoorChristopher goes to meet a woman at a remote guest house for exorcism wearing a expensive diamond ring he gets murdered that night for the ring and his hand is brutally chopped off,The hand then returns for revenge.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsDarren McGavinRobert VaughnGary CollinsAfter a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsRobert PowellDavid HemmingsCarmen DuncanAn enigmatic faith healer - who appears to possess genuine magical powers - and a political fixer vie for influence over a senator and his family.
- DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsDon ScardinoCaitlin O'HeaneyElizabeth KempA young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?
- DirectorVithit UtsahajitStarsSorapong Chatree
- DirectorBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsMargie NewtonFranco GarofaloSelan KarayAfter an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.
- DirectorRomy SuzaraStarsRudy FernandezLorna TolentinoGeorge EstreganFor as long as Laura (Lorna Tolentino) can remember, she has always been haunted by dreams of her brutal death under the hands of a mysterious killer. So in order to take Laura's mind away from her dreadful dream, her loving husband Emil (Rudy Fernandez) takes her to Baguio for their honeymoon. But then, Emil's plans of giving Laura the break she deserves shatters when strange things begin to take place at the house they're staying in. Their vacation is turned into a nightmare when a demon takes over Laura's body. Will Emil find a way to vanquish the evil spirit without hurting his beloved wife?
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsNi TienJung WangSzu-Chia ChenA man who believes that he has murdered his wife, sees her return as a vengeful ghost.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsDavid HessAnnie BelleChristian BorromeoTwo low-life punks invite themselves to a party at a posh villa and after being taunted by their snobbish hosts, hold everyone hostage and subject them to various forms of torture and mayhem.
- DirectorBarbara PeetersJimmy T. MurakamiStarsDoug McClureAnn TurkelVic MorrowHumanoid sea creatures start killing a fishing town's residents, and raping their women. It's up to the townsfolk and a visiting biologist to fight back and fend them off.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsHugo StiglitzLaura TrotterMaria Rosaria OmaggioAn airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsLeigh McCloskeyIrene MiracleEleonora GiorgiAn American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
- DirectorDavid BooneStarsThe Aluminum PeopleHeather KruicshankGary MarchalINVASION OF THE ALUMINUM PEOPLE celebrates fifties science fiction films, aluminum, and life in the modern world. The film can also be seen as an allegorical testimony for the Church of the Sub-Genius.
- DirectorHernan CardenasStarsRobert LansingSteve HanksNita TalbotA biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.
- DirectorSebastián D'ArbóStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaVentura OllerAlicia OrozcoA doctor in parapsychology invites some people to their mansion. They all have lived some kind of paranormal experiences.
- DirectorFeng-Pan YaoStarsChen LaiChien LiChun Shih
- DirectorNeramitSompote SandsStarsChamnong BamphensabSorapong ChatreeDuangcheewan KomolsenGood old fashioned daft fun with the croc from Sompote Sands' classic Crocodile chowing down on Thai villagers and letting small children jump down his throat.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaClaudia BeckerStarsFabián AranzaSilvia ManríquezRubén RojoIn the 16th century, the Inquisition condemns Count Orloff, a vampire and sorcerer to death. In the 19th century, the vampire Madame Kostoff arrives in Mexico and buys the house where the vampire was buried and revives him.
- DirectorRaphaël DelpardStarsIsabelle GogueyCharlotte de TurckheimMichel FlaviusYoung Martine begins working as a nurse at Deadlock House, a secluded grande retirement home, but from the beginning not everything is as it seems, strange residents each with their own quirks and a rather macabre dietary supplement to their vegetarian diet are ruled by the strict Miss Helene, and her suspicions are soon raised when her co-worker who has taken her leave for two months leaves without her suitcase.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsBrigitte LahaieAlain DuclosDominique JournetFuturistic asylum residents in a skyscraper suffer insanity, amnesia. Blank-eyed inmates roam halls of "Black Tower" as tension escalates and bodies pile up.
- DirectorDomonic ParisStarsPatricia Lee HammondGerald FieldingMimi WeddellLow budget horror film has a conspiracy of vampires in a small town (made up of the local sheriff, mortician, town doctor, and ambulance driver) creating accidents of some sort so they can operate their blood drinking dinner parties unnoticed.