Slasher Movies of the 1980s
Slasher films pit a relentless, often masked killer against a group of victims, usually ending with a lone survivor. Video stores, practical effects and franchise slashers made the 1980s horror's boom years. Standouts from the 1980s include A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Child's Play.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th (1980)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
See where it’s streamingChild's Play (1988)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th Part III (1982)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there.
See where it’s streamingA Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
See where it’s streamingJason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1988)
Rated 5.5 on TMDB
Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.
See where it’s streamingFriday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Rated 4.9 on TMDB
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
See where it’s streamingHalloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution…
See where it’s streamingDressed to Kill (1980)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation.
See where it’s streamingA Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
See where it’s streamingA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
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 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 streamingSleepaway Camp (1983)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
See where it’s streamingProm Night (1980)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.
See where it’s streamingSilent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage.
See where it’s streaming
