10 Best Horror Films of 1980
Continuing right where the 70's left off, 1980 is an excellent year for horror, adding several classics to the genre. The slasher is booming in popularity, but there's also a healthy spread here for supernatural horror. You can easily go beyond the ten on this list and find something worthwhile.
Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
Bad Timing, The Lathe of Heaven
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
Motel Hell, City of the Living Dead, Humanoids from the Deep, The Watcher in the Woods, Spooky Encounters, Alligator, Terror Train, Nightmare City, Fade to Black, Macabre, Prom Night, Night of the Hunter, You Better Watch Out, Anthropophagus, We're Going to Eat You, Zombi Holocaust, The House on the Edge of the Park, Mother's Day, The Boogey Man, The Island, Eaten Alive, Death Ship, The Children
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Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
Bad Timing, The Lathe of Heaven
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
Motel Hell, City of the Living Dead, Humanoids from the Deep, The Watcher in the Woods, Spooky Encounters, Alligator, Terror Train, Nightmare City, Fade to Black, Macabre, Prom Night, Night of the Hunter, You Better Watch Out, Anthropophagus, We're Going to Eat You, Zombi Holocaust, The House on the Edge of the Park, Mother's Day, The Boogey Man, The Island, Eaten Alive, Death Ship, The Children
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1900 & 1901
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1910
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1920
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1930
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1940
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1950
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1960
Jump Back to 10 Best Horror Films of 1970
10 Best Horror Films of 1979
10 Best Horror Films of 1981
Jump Forward to 10 Best Horror Films of 1990
Jump Forward to 10 Best Horror Films of 2000
Jump Forward to 10 Best Horror Films of 2010
Jump Forward to 10 Best Horror Films of 2020
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