1987
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1. Warrior Queen (1987)
R | 79 min | Drama
In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, while secretly helping the slaves to escape.
Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Sybil Danning, Donald Pleasence, Rick Hill, Josephine Jacqueline Jones
Votes: 1,129
EA: 31.01.1987
DVD: Warrior Queen (german) (Endless Classics / Cargo Records)
2. Flavia (1987)
95 min | Drama
The slave Flavia works in a brothel of ancient Rome . It attracts the attention of the consul Valerius , a regular customer, who falls in love with her, inadvertently giving the start to a series of hidden envy and bloody clashes .
Director: Lorenzo Onorati | Stars: Maria Ann Levine, Rita Silva, Aldo Sambrell, Mauro Ferri
Votes: 63
EA: 16.02.1987
DVD: Caligula II (german) (on Box "Perlen des erotischen Films")
3. Return to Horror High (1987)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Horror
In the early 1980s, a series of gruesome murders occurred at Crippen High School. A few years later, a film crew uses the now-abandoned Crippen High as the set for a film. But an uninvited guest makes an appearance on the set.
Director: Bill Froehlich | Stars: Lori Lethin, Brendan Hughes, Alex Rocco, Scott Jacoby
Votes: 3,808 | Gross: $1.19M
EA: 20.02.1987
Blu-Ray: Return to Horror High (engl.) (88 Films / Slasher Classics Collection #25)
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 90,264 | Gross: $44.79M
EA: 27.02.1987
DVD: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (engl.) (on Box "The Nightmare on Elm Street / Entertainment in Video /7-Disc Set)
5. Dolls (1986)
R | 77 min | Horror
A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 12,839
EA: 12.03.1987
Blu-Ray: Dolls (engl.) (101 Films / The Cult Horror Collection)
6. Evil Dead II (1987)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva
Votes: 181,876 | Gross: $5.92M
EA: 13.03.1987
DVD: Tanz der Teufel II (german) (Studiocanal)
7. Delirium (1987)
Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A former hooker runs a successful men's magazine. An obsessed admirer systematically slaughters her models (occasionally increasing the magazine's output) and supplies the mistress with ... See full summary »
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Serena Grandi, Daria Nicolodi, Vanni Corbellini, David Brandon
Votes: 2,368
EA: 10.04.1987
Blu-Ray: Delirium (engl.) (88 Films / The Italian Collection #29)
8. From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar
Votes: 2,981 | Gross: $1.36M
EA: 13.05.1987
DVD: From A Whisper To A Scream (engl.) (MGM)
9. Hellraiser (1987)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman
Votes: 140,475 | Gross: $14.56M
EA: 13.05.1987
DVD: Hellraiser (german) (Kinowelt)
DVD: Hellraiser (german) (in Hellraiser I-III SteelBox)
10. The Curse (1987)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.
Director: David Keith | Stars: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 3,877 | Gross: $1.93M
EA: 15.05.1987
MediaBook: The Curse (german) (Wicked Vision)
11. Howling III (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
A female werewolf runs away from her family, and falls in love with a man who works in the movie business, while a sociologist who studies these creatures is looking for proof of their existence.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Barry Otto, Max Fairchild, Imogen Annesley, Dagmar Bláhová
Votes: 5,547
EA: 15.05.1987
DVD: Wolfmen (german) (on Box "Howling Box - Movie Edition" / Marketing Film)
12. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The monster babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island so that they can live out their lives as far away from normal humans as possible without killing them. Enraged by the... See full summary »
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon
Votes: 2,177
EA: 31.05.1987
DVD: It's Alive 3 - Island Of The Alive (german) (Warner Home Video)
13. Cyclone (1987)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young woman must deliver a top-secret motorcycle to the US military after the man assigned to deliver it, her lover, is murdered by enemy agents.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs, Ashley Ferrare, Dar Robinson
Votes: 1,147 | Gross: $0.04M
EA: 05.06.1987
DVD: Cyclone (engl.) (on Box "Action-Packed Movie Marathon" / Shout! Factory)
14. Predator (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 454,670 | Gross: $59.74M
EA: 12.06.1987
DVD: Predator (german) (20th Century Fox / Century Cinedition 2DVD)
DVD: Predator (german) ((20th Century Fox / Predator Collection Uncut)
15. The Living Daylights (1987)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 105,827 | Gross: $51.19M
EA: 27.06.1987
DVD:
16. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,006 | Gross: $53.42M
EA: 17.07.1987
DVD: RoboCop (german) (MGM / 20th Century Fox RoboCop Collection)
17. The Revenge of the Living Dead Girls (1987)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
A chemical company manager and his secretary are both involved in corruption, sabotage and blackmail, which leads to toxic waste turning corpses into killer zombies.
Director: Pierre B. Reinhard | Stars: Cornélia Wilms, Kathryn Charly, Anthea Wyler, Véronique Catanzaro
Votes: 852
EA: 06.08.1987
MediaBook: Rache Der Zombies (german) (Wicked-Vision Media / L.C.E. #5 / Cover B)
18. Karate Warrior (1987)
94 min | Action
Anthony is in the Phillipines visiting his father. He inadvertently interferes with the affairs of local gangster Quino, who also happens to be a champion Karate fighter. After embarrassing... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Ken Watanabe, Jannelle Barretto, Jared Martin
Votes: 603
EA: 31.08.1987
Blu-Ray: Karate Warrior (engl.) (88 Films / The Italian Collection #53)
19. Creepozoids (1987)
R | 72 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of survivors try to avoid the battles of World War III. When they try to escape to the quiet lands, they encounter something much more deadly.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda, Richard L. Hawkins
Votes: 2,957 | Gross: $0.01M
EA: 02.10.1987
MediaBook: Creepozoids (german) (Wicked-Vision Mediabook Full Moon Collection No. 4 / Cover C)
20. Scalps (1987)
102 min | Western, Action, Drama
The commander of a Texan fort in the Civil War refuses to surrender to the Northerners, and tries to buy the local Indian tribe chief's daughter. The sage man refuses, and the Southerners ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Vassili Karis, Mapi Galán, Alberto Farnese, Charly Bravo
Votes: 438
EA: 14.10.1987
DVD: Scalps (german) (VZM)
21. Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to a condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can't get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all.
Director: Deborah Brock | Stars: Crystal Bernard, Jennifer Rhodes, Kimberly McArthur, Patrick Lowe
Votes: 7,411
EA: 16.10.1987
DVD: Slumber Party Massacre II (engl.) (on Box "The Slumber Party Massacre Collection / Roger Corman's Cult Classics / ShoutFactory)
22. Prince of Darkness (1987)
R | 102 min | Horror
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong
Votes: 49,945 | Gross: $14.18M
EA: 21.10.1987
DVD: Prince of Darkness (german) (Momentum)
23. Django Strikes Again (1987)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Drama, Western
A monk returns to his former life as a gunfighter when his estranged daughter is kidnapped by a Hungarian slaver.
Director: Nello Rossati | Stars: Franco Nero, Christopher Connelly, Licinia Lentini, William Berger
Votes: 1,317
EA: 22.10.1987
DVD: Djangos Rückkehr (german) (Django DVD's Collector Box / Kinowelt)
24. Aenigma (1987)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
The spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jared Martin, Lara Lamberti, Ulli Reinthaler, Sophie d'Aulan
Votes: 3,327
EA: 25.10.1987
DVD: Aenigma (german) (Red Edition / Laser Paradise)
Blu-Ray: Aenigma (engl.) (88 Films / The Italian Collection #23)
25. Big Bad Mama II (1987)
R | 83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The evil local land baron forecloses on Angie's place, and she and her two daughters must leave and continue their life of crime. A reporter witnesses their heist of a bank, and helps them become folk legends by writing a story about them.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois, Julie McCullough
Votes: 1,008
EA: 31.10.1987
DVD: Big Bad Mama II (german) (Movie Power)
26. Prison on Fire (1987)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Inside a Chinese prison two inmates form a friendship and face the difficulty of life on the inside.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Ka-Kui Ho, Roy Cheung
Votes: 3,263
EA: 13.11.1987
DVD: Prison on Fire (german) (e-m-s)
27. Ghoulies II (1987)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
The Ghoulies wreak havoc at an amusement park, disposing of those who mistake them for mere fairground attractions.
Director: Albert Band | Stars: Damon Martin, Royal Dano, Phil Fondacaro, J. Downing
Votes: 5,582
28. The Gate (1987)
PG-13 | 85 min | Fantasy, Horror
Kids left home alone accidentally unleash a horde of malevolent demons from a mysterious hole in their suburban backyard.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Kelly Rowan
Votes: 19,588 | Gross: $13.54M
29. Assassination (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Jan Gan Boyd
Votes: 3,676 | Gross: $6.08M
30. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P. Ryan, Perry Lopez
Votes: 11,106 | Gross: $6.88M
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