My Top 10 Horror Movies from the 1980s 80s

[BIGGERGDOG]

Fright Night was my favorite, but still, not a bad list.

[TheTomgunn]

didn't pet sematary come out in the early 90's?

[xXamraXx]

I usually never like the songs folks use in videos anymore... The second this started I was like FAP YEA!

[Bazompora]

The 80s were the best decade of the 1980s

[tetsuyanamamura]

which horror movie has a possessed knight armor that walks around?

[OtsoDrummer]

@tetsuyanamamura I think ur meaning army of darkness

[juliusspin]

the song is scarier :)

[bobbylwilliamsII]

Critters and the Gate are the 2 that scarde me as a kid in the 80's

[zoey0023]

WHERE THE FUCK IS HALLOWEEN AND NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET???

[TheTomgunn]

@zoey0023 halloween came out in the 70's, but yeah were is nightmare?

[j892007]

where is nightmare on elm st and child's play

[rotnrollcarcass]

lol @ 2:37, very young fisher stevens

[TheResistantFilms]

where the fuck is Evil dead ???? Evil dead 2 ??????

[DrRumstain]

The Thing.....anyone?

[OmniTron1000]

@DrRumstain I'll second that!

[Leighroy34]

Heeeeres Johnny!

[TheGamerOfNewZealand]

1st. were the fuck is cannibal holocaust

2nd. why isn't cannibal holocaust on this list!

[bizzybone951]

some lookk good im gona watch some of those but night of the demons should be in top 5

[41seb00]

the shining epic horro movie



[marko4449]

okay heres 1 thing i would like to ask about a name of a movie there is a family who goes on a trip the girl gets kidnapped by a big headed guy with his bros 1 has a mask the other is a midget and they have a mom + they all kill people in the end the girl kill the big headed guy kills the mom and ends up in a lab where she finds a fucked up mutant in a big glass tube so any1 know this title???

[sharkhead1111]

hoo the fuck likes the final countdown

[dmmnjaws]

i dont agreed

[FunnelIntoOblivion]

You are an idiot without taste. At least spell the film titles correctly, bloodfart.

[adsasfd]

has any one seen a movie abouy a guy who has to go to hell to save his girlfriend i cant find it anywhere could som1 help

[bobbylwilliamsII]

@adsasfd maybe the gate

[adsasfd]

@bobbylwilliamsII Nah thats not it but thank you/ it had a great scene where hes making out with his girl in hell then she turns into a demon then says "I'm a lover not a fighter" and he pushes her into a endless pit. man i cany find it anywhere.

[Plato86]

The Shining is number one and A Nightmare of Elm street does not even make top 10? Epic fail.

[headbuster1980]

the shining? nooooooooo

[Colorzproductions]

Uh,,,, the thing!??????

[SuperJack1369]

aliens was maid in 1979 dum ass

[dinokaki]

@SuperJack1369

Alien is 1979, Aliens is 1986. See the different?

[TheRWJJunior]

aliens is not a horror its a thriller

[RetroGirl1974]

So many people agree on The Shining being the No1 horror movie, not just of an 80s-90s list, but of all time! It's the one movie I watch now and still find scary! Other than Jack Nicholson himself - coz what an amazing psycho he makes - it's those ghost girls in the hallway... makes my blood run cold every time!!!! Mostly though I find 80s horror to be all about the gore, which isn't my thing. I want movies with atmosphere and ghosts, I wish there were more!

[Cropsy25]

yea i mean some of those movies are good like friday the 13th, the shining, aliens, the burning, and return of the living dead but i would say a nightmare on elm street is the best 80's horror film of them all or atleast in my opinion.......

[royalnaz1]

poltergiest sucks

[Cropsy25]

@royalnaz1 poltergeist is a good movie.......

[MrGSWAGG92]

Woodchipper Massacre? Never heard of that one b4:)

[pinpau09]

hey what is the name of a zombie movie from the 80's about a mask that is at a movie theater some chik tries it on and cuts her face with it and minutes later becomes a zombie while watching a movie? I don't know the name can someone please tell me?

[CpXatMrBieber]

10.Kinda Bloody 9.Zombie film? 8.Its just plain sci-fi and action! 7.More of a clown slasher film 6.dark science fiction 5.idiot,return of the living dead is a zombie comedy like zombieland! 4.slasher film and banned dude 3.perfect 2.this slasher film is no longer scary,i saw it 1.never forget this film here is what is missing: Tremors(1989) nightmare on elm street(1984) Cannibal Holocaust (1980) StageFright (1987)

[thehellboundheart007]

Mine would be: 10. Intruder (1989), 9.- Opera (1987), 8.- Démoni or Demons (1985), 7.- Démoni 2 (1986), 6.- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), 5.- Tenebrae (1982), 4.- Anthropophagous: The Beast (1980), 3.- The Burning (1981), 2.- Happy Birthday To Me (1980) 1.- StageFright also know Deliria, Aquarius, Bloody Bird (1987)

[SamuelH105]

The Thing and Poltergeist should be there :( They are two of some of the best horror movies ever! 

[thedeviltroy]

hell night,maniac,dont go into the house,blood beach,alone in the dark(dont know the years,but i remember them well)demons,the boogeyman,the boogens,deadly blessings,graduation day,motel hell,the hills have eyes,just before dawn,wolfen,gates of hell,galaxy of terror(with the infamous maggot rape scene),scarecrows,c.h.u.d.,the beast within,salems lot,the thing, to name a few of the old school movies i remember fondly.not to mention all the tops,13th,halloween,phantazm,f­unhouse etc.....

[TheLaluna1]

What a great gore list!

[TheLaluna1]

Great list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[docileprimate]

Maybe its just because dolls freak me out, but Child's Play will always be in my list of top 80's horror films.

[dragonpro3]

@docileprimate same here....Chucky continues to be one of my most hated characters...*shudders* i can't even go into Spencer's without gettin creeped out...

[royalnash]

return of the living dead is the shit

[royalnash]

i miss the 80's. back when things were a lot simpler and we did not have so much technology

[Jafaviti]

Mine would be: 10.- Happy birthday to me, 9.- Prom Night (original), 8.- Curtains, 7.- The Burning, 6.- The House on Sorority Row (1983), 5.- My Bloody Valentine, 4.- The Prowler, 3.- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and tied for 1st place.- Halloween and Friday the 13th. Thumbs up if you agree with most of these.

[KevsHardLemonade]

@Jafaviti You have a great list (love Curtains) but Texas chainsaw is not from the 80s, its from 1974.

[SamuelH105]

@Jafaviti Alot of them are from the 70s and not 80s...

[Jafaviti]

@SamuelH105 Just two of them are from the 70's...

[SamuelH105]

@SamuelH105 Yeah but you get my point lol

[hghbu8]

i luv the song!

[cymaddux31]

you spelled Sematary wrong, tsk tsk

[CpXatMrBieber]

Aliens was made in 1976...

[ashgarn]

@CpXatMrBieber so the sequel Aliens would have been made three years before the original? tsk tsk tsk...

[75kev]

day of the dead is the best of romeros i think...under rated

[DrunkenPoetic]

Where's my cock? Ooh, there it is.

[megadeath2008]

And wheres halloween??

[derpdederp101]

@megadeath2008 that was made in the 70s

[HorrorMovieHound]

@megadeath2008 Halloween was made in 1978...

[blacksuperbeast]

I love this video

[lambchops10]

whares the hells halloween man but still good list

[HorrorMovieHound]

@lambchops10 Halloween was made in 1978!

[losbanosmonkey]

Nobody likes toxic avenger :p lol.

[Cropsy25]

@losbanosmonkey the toxic avenger is a great movie but its more of a spoof of horror, monsters and superheroes making it more for laughs than scares but i would say its one of the best spoof movies of all time

[FourFliesDVD]

I'll tell you one thing- I disagree more about your choice of music to put this with (CHEESE CITY, if you ever made a sequel, 11-20, video you'll have to remember to go with that "You're the Best Around" whatever song from The Karate Kid) than I can't appreciate your list. The 80's is the most debatable, polarizing decade in horror history. Every movie was someone's trash and someone else's treasure (even utter shit like Blood Diner has a fanbase).

[FourFliesDVD]

I still really like Friday the 13th. Return of the Living Dead naturally is a lot of fun. Pet Sematary is not a great movie but it's a shocking Hollywood horror movie and that's worth quite a bit. The rest I either haven't seen (just 2 movies) or I don't care about that much. No surprise. I've seen The Shining like 6 times, own the DVD, and saw it first when I was a kid. But I'm still warming up to it. It takes a while.

[Gmoreno89]

this is a better song choice then your 90's one, still not horror-esque

[doolb666]

My top 10 80s horror films have gotta be 10. Creepshow 9.Hell Night 8.Halloween II 7.The Evildead II 6. The Return of the Living Dead 5.Night of the Creeps 6.Slaughter High 4.The Shining 3.Prom Night II 2.Killer Klowns From Outer Space 1.Troll 2 (hahaha jk) Friday the 13th

[aarg4ingennavnfunker]

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET!!! thats one of the best!!!

[cri5101]

my first would have been nightmare on elm street!!!

[mikertones]

cheap

[LARKEIS]

There are many great 80's horror films like The Evil Dead, Funhouse, Hell Night, Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, Creepshow, Christine, C.H.U.D part 1, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Demons part 1, Night of the Creeps, Demons, Psycho 2, Hellraiser, Child's Play, Pumpkinhead, Phantasm 2, The Stepfather and many more.

[Montywhittle]

Aliens is sci-fi.

[psychoguy4]

dude, i'm glad you put the burning and friday the 13th in the countdown. those are my top horror movies from the 1980s.

[tastybrownies]

Gobe's song.

[TawnyaTee]

I like your picks but I would recommend The Gate, Evil Dead, and Night of the demons!

[NavyNole28]

what was the name of the movie where a bunch of teenage kids got tapped in some like wax museum and they where going into the paintings and fighting/acting out whatever scene was painted and the the wax figures where also attacking them?

[NavyNole28]

What was the name of the movie where a bunch of kids got trapped in a wax museum or some sort of museum, and they kept jumping through the paintings and actually becoming a part of that sign fighting monsters and in wars?

[cerebus2099]

That was called WaxWOrks, there was a part one and two. Zach something from gremlins was in it.

[wigiman33]

yea freddy kruger! wot bout Halloween

[RaWrZzZz]

ok can anyone help me find a movie about a group of kids, two of them friends, one the older sister of one of the kids. the pair of boys open up another dimension through a hole in the backyard and demons start to come through. i remember some of the demons were miniscule, and zombies came out of the walls, and in one scene the parents came home and screamed you've been bad before melting.

[z28camaro985]

@RaWrZzZz That sounds like "The Gate"

[jamminmusicman]

THE GATE ( 1987 )

[iheartvnz]

i love the shining!

[Popcultureguy3000]

1:54 "I have a theory, OVERDOSE."

[narka222]

fase it killer clowns and funhouses are not a good kobinations

[ColodeHurlingham]

last part remind me Homer without beer `n tv at mr Burns` house.

greetz from Argentine

[JanisKanis]

poltergeist? Entity? Jason?

[JanisKanis]

yeah! Where is nightmare on elm street?

[mrtotheextreme]

where the hell is nightmare on elm street

[Moondog954]

@mrtotheextreme as the title says "my top 10"

[mrtotheextreme]

@Moondog954 fine. At least you have shining.

[doolb666]

@mrtotheextreme at the back of the line, all these films were way better and more fun to watch, don't get me wrong, I love Freddy Krueger and all of the nightmare films were awesome except the remake but in my opinion the nightmare series shouldn't even be mentioned here

[TheThedawnishere1]

@mrtotheextreme nightmare on elm street came it in the 90s

[mrtotheextreme]

@TheThedawnishere1 1984 man,

[TheThedawnishere1]

@mrtotheextreme uhhh your a 1984.jk um you know any GOOD horror clown movie?

[Volunteerfan8082]

@TheThedawnishere1 uhh no, you obviously dont know what your talking about....nightmare on elm street was released in 1984 .....how about if your gonna post on here you know a little about your horror movie history.....

[TheThedawnishere1]

@Volunteerfan8082 lol sorry some other guy already said that

[Pollenfax]

Good list! :-)

[SkywalkerHockey]

awsome

[kevinhardy]

great list

[Xpike01]

el resplandor es genial!!!!

[ianpits96]

is the re animator a zombi film i just got it last nite

[2ombieboy]

yes and a good one it is its in my top 10

[Colorzproductions]

@2ombieboy OBVIOUSLY!!!!