A masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a little girl six years earlier, at their high school’s senior prom.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 18, 1980: Prom Night was released in theaters”Category: Horror History
Horror History: Friday, June 20, 1980: The Hearse was released in theaters
When Jane moves into her late aunt’s house, she is haunted by evil spirits and an old hearse that carried her aunt’s dead body. Her aunt’s evil secrets are revealed and as she tries to leave, the spirits keep her as a prisoner.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 20, 1980: The Hearse was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 13, 1980: The Children was released in theaters
Gas leaking from a nuclear power plant turns children into deadly huggers with black fingernails.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 13, 1980: The Children was released in theaters”Horror History: Sunday, June 1, 1980: The Alien Dead was released in theaters
A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents. The people on the houseboat become zombies who feed on the alligators in the swamp. Once they run out of alligators, they start going for the citizens. A local scientist tries to figure out what’s happening to people once they start disappearing.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, June 1, 1980: The Alien Dead was released in theaters”Horror History: Sunday, June 1, 1980: Demented was released in theaters
She has lost everything.
Hope…control…and her mind.
After surviving a brutal and devastating assault, Linda Rodgers is institutionalized in order to deal with her intense trauma. By the time she is finally released, her attackers have been brought to justice and imprisoned…but the psychological scars remain.
Tormented by visions of her attackers, and mistreated by her philandering husband, Linda is pushed over the edge when she encounters four young men whom she confuses with the men who assaulted her. Consumed with madness, Linda attempts to enact a bloody retribution for the disgusting crimes committed upon her… and no one is safe in this shocking 1980 exploitation film in the tradition of I Spit On Your Grave.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, June 1, 1980: Demented was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 23, 1980: The Shining was released in theaters
All work and no play makes Academy Award® winner Jack Nicholson, the caretaker of an isolated resort, go way off the deep end, terrorizinghis young son and wife Shelley Duvall.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 23, 1980: The Shining was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 9, 1980: Friday The 13th was released in theaters
Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for over 20 years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. The camp’s new owner and seven young counselors are readying the property for re-opening despite warnings of a “death curse” by local residents. The curse proves true on Friday the 13th as one by one each of the counselors is stalked by a violent killer.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 9, 1980: Friday The 13th was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, May 8, 1980: The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb premiered on TV
Mysterious events occur soon after an archaelogist discovers the Egyptian ruler’s burial site, leading some observers to take an ancient curse seriously. Starring Raymond Burr and Eva Marie Saint.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, May 8, 1980: The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb premiered on TV”Horror History: Thursday, April 17, 1980: The Watcher in the Woods was released in theaters
Legendary actress and two-time Oscar(R)-winner Bette Davis (Dangerous, 1935; Jezebel, 1938) stars in this frightening and atmospheric thriller. When an American teenager joins her family in an English country house, she experiences strange and supernatural occurrences. Mrs. Alywood (Davis), the kindly caretaker, knows the dark secret behind the happenings … and prepares for the return of a young girl who died mysteriously some 30 years earlier! The Watcher in the Woods weaves a haunting, riveting tale that stays with you long after the explosive ending!|This 1980 film, starring Bette Davis, was released without an ending — the elaborate special effects segment wasn’t completed in time. The studio hoped no one would notice, but critics did, and Disney withdrew the picture to “refilm” the ending.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, April 17, 1980: The Watcher in the Woods was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, April 2, 1980: Inferno was released in US theaters
A young woman stumbles upon a mysterious diary that reveals the secrets of “The Three Mothers” and unleashes a nightmare world of demonic evil. As the unstoppable horror spreads from Rome to New York City, this unholy trinity must be stopped before the world is submerged in the blood of the innocent.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, April 2, 1980: Inferno was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: The Changeling was released in theaters
Perhaps the most chilling supernatural thriller of all time. One of the scariest movies ever made. Scott delivers one of the best performances ever. As a Manhattan composer consumed by grief after his wife and daughter are killed in a shocking accident. When he moves to a secluded Victorian mansion he will find himself haunted by a paranormal entity that may unleash an even more disturbing secret.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: The Changeling was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: Don’t Go in the House was released in theaters
A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower. Donny Kohler, a young man who was abused as a child, is terribly changed by the death of his mother. A long dormant psychosis is brought to life and he prepares his vengeance for his tormented childhood. One by one he lures beautiful young women into his ancient, house and takes his revenge!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: Don’t Go in the House was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 29, 1980: Don’t Answer the Phone! was released in theaters
A chilling and terrifying tale of a homicidal maniac who harasses a radio psychologist.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 29, 1980: Don’t Answer the Phone! was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, February 7, 1980: Cannibal Holocaust was released in Italian theaters
A professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area’s cannibal tribes. The brutal deaths of the filmmakers are recorded on the footage, along with their own cruelty towards and manipulation of the native people and each other. After viewing the footage a group of film executives order it destroyed.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, February 7, 1980: Cannibal Holocaust was released in Italian theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1980: The Fog was released in theaters
Ghosts of shipwrecked sailors return to a seaside village on the 100-year anniversary of their deaths.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1980: The Fog was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, January 30, 1980: To All a Goodnight was released in theaters
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Santa Claus is stirring, and he’s not bringing gifts. Five young female boarders at the Calvin Finishing School have set their sights on a festive Christmas holiday romp. They have just drugged their housemother and smuggled their boyfriends into the house. But their fun-filled promiscuous frolic will soon turn into a blood-soaked nightmare when a sadistic maniac dressed as Santa Claus arrives to deliver some holiday cheer, or maybe that’s FEAR. The insane Santa Claus starts slashing his way through the house, and the gory body count begins. So you better watch out, as this Santa knows if you ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake! Jennifer Runyon (in her film debut) stars in this 1980 slasher cult-horror favorite, directed by David Hess (Krug in Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left) and written and prodcued by Alex Rebar (The Incredible Melting Man).
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, January 30, 1980: To All a Goodnight was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1980: Silent Scream was released in theaters
What is the deadly secret haunting the Engel’s family? Young co-ed Scotty is unable to find housing on the campus. She finds a vacancy at the Engels’ mansion, now a boarding house for college students. Mrs. Engels and her son seem nice enough, but it becomes clear to Scotty that something is not right at her new residence. When her fellow borders begin dying, two detective must solve the mystery of the Engels’ boarding house before the body count rises.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1980: Silent Scream was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1979: When a Stranger Calls was released in theaters
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1979: When a Stranger Calls was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, August 25, 1979: Zombi was released in Italian theaters
After a deadly zombie attack aboard a missing scientist’s boat off the coast of NYC, journalist Peter West and Ann Bowles travel to a mysterious island to search for her lost father. There they discover that a terrifying disease is turning the locals into horrifying zombies with a taste for human flesh.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, August 25, 1979: Zombi was released in Italian theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 27, 1979: The Amityville Horror was released in theaters
Supposed true story about George and Kathleen Lutzm whose dream house turns into a nightmare. James Brolin and Margot Kidder are the unsuspecting new tenants of a house whose previous occupants had been murdered in their sleep. The Lutzes and their children are menaced by the lingering evil in this frightening ghost story.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 27, 1979: The Amityville Horror was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 20, 1979: Dracula was released in theaters
In this retelling of the classic tale, Frank Langella stars as the bloodthirsty Count and Sir Laurence Olivier is his nemesis, Van Helsing, who is determined to end Transylvania’s terror.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 20, 1979: Dracula was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: The Driller Killer was released in theaters
An artist slowly goes insane from struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings and care for his two female roommates. This leads him to the streets of New York after dark where he randomly kills derelicts with a power drill.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: The Driller Killer was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: Prophecy was released in theaters
Prophecy is a contemporary story of stark terror. Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire (Rocky, The Godfather) star as a doctor and his wife, who, at the request of a concerned friend, travel to Maine to research the impact of the lumber industry on the local environment. They begin to investigate a succession of mysterious and terrifying events: ecological freaks of nature (including fish that grow many times their normal size), and a series of bizarre and grisly human deaths. Veteran suspense director John Frankenheimer manages to present “Prophecy” as a “monster movie” as well as suspenseful tale about the deadly forces which result from the pollution of the environment.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: Prophecy was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: The Brood was released in theaters
As the trauma of one couple’s divorce escalates, the city is terrorized by a series of attacks by disfigured children.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: The Brood was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: Alien was released in theaters
On their voyage home, the crew of the deepspace tug Nostromo investigate an alien distress signal, inadvertently picking up and bringing aboard an extraterrestrial life form with violent and lethal survival instincts.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: Alien was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 13, 1979: Dawn of the Dead was released in US theaters
Zombies take over a shopping mall and terrorize four people hiding there in this sequel to George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 13, 1979: Dawn of the Dead was released in US theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, March 28, 1979: Phantasm was released in theaters
Phantasm follows the young Mike Baldwin as he battles against the enigmatic “Tall Man”, an extraterrestrial being intent on harvesting the human race.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, March 28, 1979: Phantasm was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 16, 1979: Tourist Trap was released in theaters
The classic REMASTERED! An eerie, deserted wax museum, Slausen’s Lost Oasis, is the site for terror where four young travelers are lured into a very deadly “Tourist Trap.” Slausen is the reclusive and bizarre owner of this attraction, which is more like a macabre chamber of horrors. The grotesque and frightening mannequins in this sordid side-show are only the beginning of the murderous mayhem.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 16, 1979: Tourist Trap was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, January 17, 1979: Nosferatu the Vampyre was released in French theaters
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, January 17, 1979: Nosferatu the Vampyre was released in French theaters”Horror History: Friday, December 22, 1978: Invasion of the Body Snatchers was released in theaters
San Francisco residents are slowly being replaced by emotionless replicas, and it’s up to a handful of humans to stop the invasion! A chilling remake of the sci-fi classic, with Leonard Nimoy.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 22, 1978: Invasion of the Body Snatchers was released in theaters”