Gothic Horror Movies of the 1980s

Gothic horror means crumbling mansions, castles and dark romance. Video stores, practical effects and franchise slashers made the 1980s horror's boom years. Standouts from the 1980s include The Dead Zone, The Ninth Configuration and The Beyond.

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   The Dead Zone (1983)

   Rated 7.0 on TMDB

   Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years.

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2. 

   The Ninth Configuration (1980)

   Rated 6.4 on TMDB

   Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum.

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3. 

   The Beyond (1981)

   Rated 6.9 on TMDB

   New Yorker Liza Merril inherits an old hotel in Louisiana and invests her savings to reopen the place, unaware that the hotel houses the body of a dead painter murdered decades earlier, and that the…

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4. 

   Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

   Rated 6.5 on TMDB

   In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them.

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5. 

   Ghost Story (1981)

   Rated 6.0 on TMDB

   Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret.

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6. 

   The Bride (1985)

   Rated 5.4 on TMDB

   Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature.

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7. 

   The Woman in Black (1989)

   Rated 6.9 on TMDB

   A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.

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8. 

   Haunted Honeymoon (1986)

   Rated 5.4 on TMDB

   Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional…

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9. 

   The Living Dead Girl (1982)

   Rated 6.0 on TMDB

   A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.

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10. 

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)

    Rated 5.5 on TMDB

    In 19th century London, a sex maniac sneaks into the engagement party of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne, turning the event into a nightmarish whirlpool of murder and debauchery.

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