After a terrible boating accident killed her family, shy Angela Baker is sent to Camp Arawak. Shortly after her arrival a series of bizarre and violent “accidents” begin to claim the lives of various campers.
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Horror History: Friday, November 11, 1983: The Beyond was released in US theaters
Italian horror master Lucio Fulci of supernatural horror. A remote hotel, built over one of the seven gateways to hell becomes a malevolent abyss that begins devouring both the bodies and the souls of all who enter in a frenzy of gory crucifixions, chunkblowing chain-whippings, eyeball impalements, sulphuric acid meltdowns, flesh-eating tarantulas, throat-shredding demon dogs and ravenous zombies.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 11, 1983: The Beyond was released in US theaters”Horror History: Saturday, October 29, 1983: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Trick Or Treat” premiered
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A rich and spiteful old man named Gideon Hackles whose obsession for documenting and exploiting debts owed to him, annually offers trick-or-treaters the chance to search his house on Halloween night for their parents’ IOUs, only to terrify them with animatronic “ghosts”. In the course of this night’s events, Mr. Hackles finds himself terrified by real ghosts… or in this case, demons. Guest starring Barnard Hughes as Gideon Hackles, and Max Wright, written by George A. Romero.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, October 29, 1983: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Trick Or Treat” premiered”Horror History: Friday, October 21, 1983: Boardinghouse was released in theaters
A man with telekinetic power inherits a big house with a horrible past. He opens the house up as a boarding house and very quickly becomes inhabited by a group of gorgeous women. Soon the long sleeping evil supernatural power inhabiting the house starts killing off the tenants one by one.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 21, 1983: Boardinghouse was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 23, 1983: Pieces was released in US theaters
A psychopathic killer stalks a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds, collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother who he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 23, 1983: Pieces was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 9, 1983: Nightmares was released in theaters
AN ANTHOLOGY OF TERROR! A pack of cigarettes, a video game, a pick-up truck and a stately colonial home all become key elements in four terrifying tales of terror in the anthology film, Nightmares, directed by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, White Lightning). A chain-smoking homemaker (Cristina Raines, The Sentinel) insists on going out for cigarettes even when an escaped madman is on the loose in “Terror in Topanga. “, J.J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez, Young Guns), a video game hot-shot, dares to take on a strange challenger (though it may cost him his life) in “The Bishop of Battle. “, A troubled priest (Lance Henriksen, Aliens) seeks to find the faith he has lost on the road, but instead he finds someone (or something) in this desert is trying to drive him out of his mind in “The Benediction. “, Claire (Veronica Cartwright, Alien) hears rats in the walls. Her husband (Richard Masur, The Thing) believes he can take care of the problem with a few rat traps, but this problem is only going to get much bigger in “Night of the Rat.”
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 9, 1983: Nightmares was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, September 2, 1983: Mortuary was released in theaters
Christie Parson has been having terrifying nightmares ever since her father drowned in a swimming pool, which causes her to re-evaluate the circumstances surrounding his death. Her boyfriend, Greg Stevens, sees a sinister hooded figure in the town’s mortuary, sparking a series of bizarre and terrible occurrences that lead Christie to discover the ghastly truth behind her father’s death
Read more “Horror History: Friday, September 2, 1983: Mortuary was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, August 31, 1983: Microwave Massacre was released in theaters
Fed up with his wife’s lackluster cooking, Donald kills her and feasts on her remains.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, August 31, 1983: Microwave Massacre was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 12, 1983: Cujo was released in theaters
While Donna and Vic Trenton struggle to save their rocky marriage, their son Tad befriends the loveable 200-lb St. Bernard who belongs to their mechanic. But what they don’t realize is that a bat bite has transformed Cujo from a docile pup to a vicious killer.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 12, 1983: Cujo was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 22, 1983: Jaws 3-D was released in theaters
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Swimmers are terrorized when Florida’s Sea World captures a young Great White shark, angering its 35-foot mother!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 22, 1983: Jaws 3-D was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 3, 1983: Psycho II was released in theaters
Anthony Perkins makes a horrific homecoming as the infamous Norman Bates, and Meg Tilly and Dennis Franz co-star in this terrifying sequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s original masterpiece.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 3, 1983: Psycho II was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 29, 1983: Something Wicked This Way Comes was released in theaters
One of Ray Bradbury’s most popular and intriguing novels of good and evil comes to life in this spine-tingling motion picture. On a grim and gusty October day, two young boys encounter a distressed man who foretells of danger blowing their way. Soon after, the town is visited by a seductive stanger named Mr. Dark and his Pandemonium Carnival. Terrifying things begin to happen when the adventurous boys stumble onto the carnival’s deadly and destructive secret!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 29, 1983: Something Wicked This Way Comes was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 29, 1983: The Hunger was released in theaters
Sensual vampire story stars rock legend David Bowie as an ailing centuries-old vampire whose fanged-lover, Catherine Deneuve, seduces a mortal while seeking a new partner.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 29, 1983: The Hunger was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 8, 1983: City of the Living Dead was released in US theaters
The Seven Gates Of Hell have been torn open, and in three days the dead shall rise and walk the earth. As a reporter (Christopher George of Pieces) and a psychic (Catriona MacColl of The Beyond) race to close the portals of the damned, they encounter a seething nightmare of unspeakable evil. The city is alive – with the horrors of the living dead!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 8, 1983: City of the Living Dead was released in US theaters”Horror History: Monday, March 14, 1983: Mountaintop Motel Massacre was released in theaters
Welcome to the Mountaintop Motel. Remote, secluded and private. All the fresh air you can breathe. And the best views that money can buy. You can check in any time you want. But you can NEVER leave!
Read more “Horror History: Monday, March 14, 1983: Mountaintop Motel Massacre was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 4, 1983: Curtains was released in theaters
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
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Famed Russian occultist, Karl Raymar is found dead in his home, with the bodies of six dead women, and no real explanation. This mystery stresses Raymer’s daughter Olivia and causes her to have strange visions. Meanwhile high school student Julie Wells is at the final step of being initiated into an exclusive club, to be initiated she must spend a night in the town’s mausoleum…
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 25, 1983: One Dark Night was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 18, 1983: Madman was released in theaters
At a youth summer camp, a kid calls out the name of killer “Madman Marz.” Suddenly, counselors are being murdered! Another reason summer camp sucks.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 18, 1983: Madman was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 4, 1983: Videodrome was released in theaters
David Cronenberg’s (Scanners) diabolical invader is a television show that seduces and controls its viewers. James Woods as a cable programmer looking for the ultimate in viewing thrills who becomes caught up in the horrific television reality.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 4, 1983: Videodrome was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 4, 1983: The Entity was released in US theaters
A woman, beaten and raped by an unseen presence, goes to parapyschologists for help. They find she has become a magnet for an evil supernatural force that seemingly can’t be stopped.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 4, 1983: The Entity was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, January 21, 1983: The House on Sorority Row was released in theaters
Seven sorority sisters throw a graduation party and play an innocent prank that goes horribly wrong. Winding up with a dead body, they panic and try to hide it. But someone witnessed the crime and begins to stalk and murder them, one by one, in this cult classic.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 21, 1983: The House on Sorority Row was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 12, 1982: The Slumber Party Massacre was released in theaters
A high school student’s slumber party turns terrifying as an escaped mental patient with a drill decides to crash the party.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 12, 1982: The Slumber Party Massacre was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 12, 1982: Alone in the Dark was released in theaters
With the area quickly descending into riots and chaos, the innocent few must fight for their lives when they’re left terrified, cornered and alone in the dark.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 12, 1982: Alone in the Dark was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 10, 1982: Creepshow was released in theaters
Stephen King and George A. Romero – conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic ’50s horror comics.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 10, 1982: Creepshow was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, November 5, 1982: Piranha II: The Spawning was released in US theaters
A Caribbean resort is suddenly beseiged by the ravenous fish as the result of a government experiment. A diving instructor and a biochemist seek to destroy the mutations and save the resort and the tourists from the murdering creatures.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 5, 1982: Piranha II: The Spawning was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 22, 1982: Halloween III: Season of the Witch was released in theaters
Producer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling installment in the shocking Halloween collection. When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and clutching the year’s most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, doctor Daniel Challis is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman’s daughter, Ellie, Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran. Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran’s shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country never come home in this terrifying thriller.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 22, 1982: Halloween III: Season of the Witch was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 15, 1982: Unhinged was released in theaters
When three beautiful young women crash their car in a blustery rainstorm and wake up in a mysterious old mansion they don’t realize the magnitude of terror in store for them. Taken in by a spinster and her demented mother violence unfolds in an unrelenting tale of sexual repression turning again and again to savage brutality as it hurls toward its paralyzing climax. Graphic violence and full nudity caused the English Parliament to ban “Unhinged” in 1985.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 15, 1982: Unhinged was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 1, 1982: The Slayer was released in theaters
Two young couples set off to a secluded island for what promises to be a restful retreat. But the peace is short-lived: as a storm batters the island, troubled artist Kay begins to sense that a malevolent presence is here with them, stalking them at every turn. Is she losing her mind, or are her childhood nightmares of a demonic assailant coming to terrifying life?
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 1, 1982: The Slayer was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 27, 1982: The Incubus was released in US theaters
From the best-selling book by Ray Russell, a small town doctor and sheriff join forces to track down a vicious sex-killer who may be the indestructible incarnation of a demon spawned from hell. Features an uncredited performance by Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) and his band Samson.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 27, 1982: The Incubus was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, August 13, 1982: Friday The 13th Part III was released in theaters
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake’s bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn… “Friday the 13th, Part 3” will have you frozen with fear, as Jason finds his way into your living room!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, August 13, 1982: Friday The 13th Part III was released in theaters”