Horror Films Of 1985
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1. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews
Votes: 68,914 | Gross: $14.24M
2. Fright Night (1985)
R | 106 min | Horror
"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 78,664 | Gross: $24.92M
3. Day of the Dead (1985)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy
Votes: 74,377 | Gross: $5.80M
4. Re-Animator (1985)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Votes: 71,515 | Gross: $2.02M
5. Silver Bullet (1985)
R | 95 min | Horror
In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows
Votes: 31,519 | Gross: $5.40M
6. Cat's Eye (1985)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 28,170 | Gross: $13.09M
7. The Stuff (1985)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino
Votes: 18,497
8. Once Bitten (1985)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
A vampire Countess needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark Kendall.
Director: Howard Storm | Stars: Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, Karen Kopins, Cleavon Little
Votes: 16,824 | Gross: $10.00M
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
R | 87 min | Horror
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.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler
Votes: 77,443 | Gross: $30.00M
10. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.
Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman
Votes: 43,916 | Gross: $21.93M
11. Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A man discovers that his sister was a werewolf, and helps an investigator track down a gang of the monsters through the United States and eastern Europe.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown, Marsha A. Hunt
Votes: 8,116
12. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of bikers, heading to a race, become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Houston, David Nichols, Virginia Vincent, James Whitworth
Votes: 7,374
13. Ghoulies (1984)
PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.
Director: Luca Bercovici | Stars: Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance
Votes: 10,392 | Gross: $35.00M
14. Lifeforce (1985)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 29,475 | Gross: $11.60M
15. The Bride (1985)
PG-13 | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown
Votes: 3,563 | Gross: $3.60M
16. The New Kids (1985)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.
Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin
Votes: 4,058 | Gross: $0.20M
17. Chiller (1985 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Corporate exec Miles Creighton dies, and is cryogenically frozen in the hopes that he can be revived. 10 years later, the procedure is a success, and Miles returns--without his soul.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson, Dick O'Neill
Votes: 1,584
18. Warning Sign (1985)
R | 99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman working as a security guard in an agricultural research facility finds herself and her co-worker Schmidt fighting to survive against their former friends.
Director: Hal Barwood | Stars: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 2,912 | Gross: $1.92M
19. The Mutilator (1984)
TV-MA | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A college student, who accidentally killed his mother as a child, decides to take his friends to his father's fishing cabin during fall break, not knowing that his crazed father is stalking the place.
Directors: Buddy Cooper, John Douglass | Stars: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers
Votes: 6,208
20. Creature (1985)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe
Votes: 4,688 | Gross: $4.78M
21. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two tabloid reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there, but something suspicious is going on.
Director: Rudy De Luca | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane
Votes: 8,477 | Gross: $7.20M
22. Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
82 min | Horror
Survivors of a shipwreck wash up on an island, and run into small vicious creatures.
Director: Michael Stanley | Stars: Robert Nolfi, Julia Rust, Robert Lengyel, Lisa Pak
Votes: 726
23. Blood Cult (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
Female students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.
Director: Christopher Lewis | Stars: Juli Andelman, Charles Ellis, James Vance, Bennie Lee McGowan
Votes: 556
24. Hard Rock Zombies (1984)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
A freshly-out-of-the-grave band of Hard Rock Zombies is thirsting to take their sweet revenge, as they give the performance of a lifetime.
Director: Krishna Shah | Stars: E.J. Curse, Geno Andrews, Sam Mann, Mick McMains
Votes: 1,775
25. Bits and Pieces (1985)
85 min | Drama, Horror
A psychopath with a mother fixation terrorizes a city, picking out young beautiful women as his victims.
Director: Leland Thomas | Stars: S.E. Zygmont, Suzanna Smith, Brian Burt, Sheila Lussier
Votes: 170
26. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, History
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done. Based on the horrifying Burke and Hare case.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands
Votes: 1,392 | Gross: $0.15M
27. Future-Kill (1985)
X | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.
Director: Ronald W. Moore | Stars: Edwin Neal, Marilyn Burns, Gabriel Folse, Wade Reese
Votes: 727
28. Too Scared to Scream (1984)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.
Director: Tony Lo Bianco | Stars: Mike Connors, Anne Archer, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ian McShane
Votes: 833
29. The Nail Gun Massacre (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
After a young girl is gang raped by a crew of construction workers, someone starts killing off members of the group with a nail gun.
Directors: Bill Leslie, Terry Lofton | Stars: Rocky Patterson, Ron Queen, Beau Leland, Michelle Meyer
Votes: 1,934
30. Twisted Illusions (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
Seven short stories inspired by "Creepshow" and the "Twilight Zone" involving anything from an ear of corn to a vacuum cleaner to a resident psycho.
Directors: Tim Ritter, Joel D. Wynkoop | Stars: Joel D. Wynkoop, Jerry Zel, Colleen Foley, Rick Paige
Votes: 73
31. The Bad Seed (1985 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Carrie Wells
Votes: 534
32. Terror at London Bridge (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Jack the Ripper is on the loose in Lake Havasu, AZ, and it's up to a local detective (David Hasselhoff) to stop him.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Randolph Mantooth, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 748
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