Supernatural Horror Movies of the 1980s
Supernatural horror covers ghosts, hauntings, curses and possession: fear from beyond the grave. Video stores, practical effects and franchise slashers made the 1980s horror's boom years. Standouts from the 1980s include Pet Sematary, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Possession.
Pet Sematary (1989)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.
See where it’s streamingA 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 streamingPossession (1981)
Rated 7.3 on TMDB
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved.
See where it’s streamingPoltergeist (1982)
Rated 7.2 on TMDB
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
See where it’s streamingHellraiser (1987)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites.
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 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 streamingHellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal.
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 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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Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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 streamingWicked City (1987)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end.
See where it’s streamingUrotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race).
See where it’s streamingThe Final Conflict (1981)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S.
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.
See where it’s streamingPrince of Darkness (1987)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church.
See where it’s streamingAmityville II: The Possession (1982)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences.
See where it’s streamingThe 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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