Zombie Movies of the 1980s
Zombie films are about the dead walking, and what the living do about it. Video stores, practical effects and franchise slashers made the 1980s horror's boom years. Standouts from the 1980s include Pet Sematary, The Evil Dead and The Return of the Living Dead.
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 streamingThe Evil Dead (1983)
Rated 7.3 on TMDB
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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 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 streamingMichael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
Rated 8.2 on TMDB
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies.
See where it’s streamingDay of the Dead (1985)
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.
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 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 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…
See where it’s streamingReturn of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
See where it’s streamingNight of the Comet (1984)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
See where it’s streamingCity of the Living Dead (1980)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
A psychic seemingly dies of fright during a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery.
See where it’s streamingThe House by the Cemetery (1981)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr.
See where it’s streamingNight of the Creeps (1986)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which…
See where it’s streamingHouse II: The Second Story (1987)
Rated 5.5 on TMDB
Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before.
See where it’s streamingThe Stuff (1985)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out…
See where it’s streamingCreepshow 2 (1987)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
See where it’s streamingDead Heat (1988)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology.
See where it’s streamingC.H.U.D. (1984)
Rated 5.6 on TMDB
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers.
See where it’s streamingBurial Ground (1981)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
A cursed country estate is besieged by horny houseguests, undead Etruscans, and the unusual relationship between a mother and her young son.
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