Comedy Horror Movies of the 1980s
Comedy horror mixes scares and laughs, from splatter slapstick to dark satire. Video stores, practical effects and franchise slashers made the 1980s horror's boom years. Standouts from the 1980s include Gremlins, Evil Dead II and Fright Night.
Gremlins (1984)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous…
See where it’s streamingEvil Dead II (1987)
Rated 7.5 on TMDB
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they…
See where it’s streamingFright Night (1985)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
See where it’s streamingAn American Werewolf in London (1981)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors.
See where it’s streamingThe Lost Boys (1987)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
See where it’s streamingLittle Shop of Horrors (1986)
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily.
See where it’s streamingThe Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Rated 7.2 on TMDB
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S.
See where it’s streamingThe Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
See where it’s streamingThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.
See where it’s streamingKiller Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.
See where it’s streamingRe-Animator (1985)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh…
See where it’s streamingThe 'Burbs (1989)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an…
See where it’s streamingThe Ninth Configuration (1980)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum.
See where it’s streamingElvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals, including her sinister…
See where it’s streamingHouse (1985)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
A divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
See where it’s streamingCritters (1986)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
See where it’s streamingCreepshow (1982)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
See where it’s streamingFright Night Part 2 (1988)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire.
See where it’s streamingNight of the Demons (1988)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
When partygoers at a deserted funeral home decide to have a séance on Halloween night, they awaken something evil with a thirst for blood.
See where it’s streamingEncounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.
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