Wolf (1981)People on an island are brutally murdered one by one by a mysterious stranger in this Indonesian Friday the 13th rip-off.
Nightmare (1981)A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
The Queen of Black Magic (1981)A woman is seduced by and cast aside by a fickle lover. When the lover marries another woman who starts hallucinating during their wedding, she is accused of being a witch and thrown to her death over a cliff. A strange man rescues her, nurses her back to health, and is told that she must master black magic in order to exact vengeance on her tormentors. She casts a variety of spells over the populace--with the male population as her favorite target, and becomes the queen of black magic. But who, exactly, is the man, and does he have other plans?
No coverEvil Spirit (1981)Mi-ryeong marries Ji-kwang and takes him to live at her mansion. He soon seems to fall ill and he requests that his friend, Yeo-ok be hired on to nurse him. However, Yeo-ok and Ji-kwang are really lovers and together they manage to fake Ji-kwang's death. They next torment Mi-ryeong with visions of his 'ghost'. Mi-ryeong dies of fright and Yeo-ok and Ji-kwang marry--but their happiness is short-lived as their nights are interupted by the vengeful spirit of Mi-ryeong.
Evilspeak (1981)Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.
The Black Cat (1981)Townspeople of a small English village begin to die in a series of horrible accidents, and a Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate a mysterious local medium who records conversations with the dead.
No coverThe Wind (1980)“Nares creates a tornado-like catastrophe with a hand-held super-8 camera, a shooting ratio of three to one (about $100 worth of film stock), and remarkable timing…fine filmmaking control is uses to suggest the terror of a world completely beyond personal control…Nares opens up the possibility of metaphor, evoking forces both terrifying and exhilarating.” Amy Taubin
Trauma (1980)A couple invites some friends to spend a weekend together in an isolated cabin surrounded by woods and fields. But... there's a killer lurking around.... And... someone is monitoring him.
No coverGhost Love (1980)Mixes ghost horror with love story. A remake of the 1964 film of the same name.
No coverThe Wolf Man (1980)A young man, bitten by a wolf, transforms into a werewolf in the light of the full moon. After a murder spree, during which the werewolf kills a small child and eats a dog, he is killed with a silver bullet fired by his father.
No coverPossessions (1980)A BAFTA award nominated horror feature. One hundred years after a man murdered his wife's lover and left his body in a wardrobe for her to find, the new occupants of the house discover the wardrobe and bring it back into the house with terrifying results.
The Mark of Satan (1980)Edwyn sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced that forces of evil are at work.
Giant Crocodile (1980)Due to nuclear testing, a crocodile is mutated and hunts in Thailand's shores and rivers. Three men, alongside a reporter stowaway, begin to track down the giant crocodile in a boat to kill it.
Scared to Death (1980)A series of hideous murders is taking place, and Inspector Capell and cop-turned-novelist Lonergan are investigating. The murders are found to be the work of an out-of-control experiment in genetic engineering. The two men must descend into the city's sewer systems to destroy the horrific miscreation. It won't be hard to find, as it's already looking for its next victims...
Nightmares (1980)A little girl named Cathy tries to keep her mother from making out with a man while driving one day, and she inadvertently causes her mother's death in the car crash. 16 years later, Cathy has changed her name to Helen and has become a psychotic actress. Things are going fine until horrible things starts to happened with the cast of her new play.
Deadline (1980)A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.
Stigma (1980)The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As his own life nears its end, he becomes even more violent and sadistic.
Boo! (1980)A comedy variety show TV special featuring Universal Monsters. Originally broadcast on the CBC in 1980.
Last Rites (1980)A small-town funeral director, doctor and sheriff are vampires who suck blood from the recently not-quite-dead on the embalming table and then immediately kill the newly converted vampire. When one of their victims disappears before being staked, they are threatened with being exposed if the new vampire surfaces.
No coverThe Raven (1980)A faithful dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe's immortal poem, shot in a Spanish-style Catholic church in Harlan, Iowa.
The Children (1980)A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.
The Attic (1980)A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar. She fantasizes his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed.
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure that the valuable artifacts in its chambers never leave the country.
Shadow (1980)Renato, a depressed man with a troubled past, thinks his luck has finally changed when he meets the wonderful Monica. Unfortunately, Monica currently occupies a home she believes is haunted by the malicious spirit of her dead grandfather. This psychological horror / drama was a flop in theaters and, to date, has only been issued a single time on a home viewing format (a VHS release in Italy).
Schizoid (1980)When Dr. Pieter Fales' patients start receiving ominous letters and getting murdered by an unknown black-clad assailant, he and his daughter both come under suspicion.
Night of the Demon (1980)An anthropology professor and his students attempt to track down a Bigfoot responsible for a rash of violent murders, only to uncover something even more sinister.
Mother's Day (1980)Three girls discover that two men are willing to do anything to impress Mother and what impresses Mother is watching her sons commit acts of rape and murder. Now these women are prisoners and lowered to pawns in the game of checkers between two dim wits and their Maniac Mommy and the question becomes, can any of them escape, alive?
Satan's Slave (1980)A wealthy family stop practicing their Muslim faith and are tormented by the undead after their mother dies.
The Intruder (1980)The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything.
Night of the Zombies (1980)A rat causes a chemical leak at a Papua New Guinea research facility, leading a group of eco-terrorists to demand the closure of all facilities. When a team of Interpol commandos are enlisted to eliminate the terrorists, they find themselves embroiled in a zombie outbreak.
Contamination (1980)A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
Delusion (1980)Strange occurrences in the home of a young man who believes he sees the ghost of his dead brother, in this 1980 short, low-budget, "HItchcockian" horror film, written, directed and originally edited by film auteur, Jose Pelaez.
No coverSon of Frankenstein (1979)The late Dr. Frankenstein's son returns to the ancestral estate in Germany, where he revives his father's infamous creation. Mayhem ensues.
No coverThe Tell-Tale Heart (1979)A faithful adaptation of the famous horror story by Edgar Allan Poe. Tormented by his boss, a man goes mad and murders him, only to be forever tormented by the beat of his victim's heart.
Plague (1979)An outbreak of a bacteria called M-3 causes people to die in extreme pain via body spasms. A woman who is a carrier escapes from a hospital and goes on the run, spreading the plague to people she encounters, and onto food in fast food stops etc. She has no idea however that she is a carrier, and as such may carry a cure.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)After a long journey, a traveller and his wife arrive at the Usher mansion. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the mansion's sibling inhabitants, Roderick and Madeline Usher, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guests of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
No coverDracula (1979)Loosely based on the novel by Bram Stoker, the film follows Count Dracula from Transylvania to London and back again. Shot in moody black and white.
Doctor of Doom (1979)A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.
The Tell-Tale Heart (1979)A man is sitting in a padded cell. He remembers how he got there. Munich in the run-up to Christmas: The loner roams the city, has abnormal ideas when looking at the most harmless things and wants to turn his perverse fantasies into reality. To do this, he chooses an old man whom he happens to see in a shop. He perfectly plans a perfidious, cruel murder.
Delirium (1979)An ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody.
Black Box (1979)An innocent youth is abducted and dragged down into a dystopian nightmare where teenage Lydia Lunch throws him into the Black Box.
Vampire (1979)Vampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but finds it's been confiscated by the authorities. He takes revenge on the architect responsible, who in turn, aided by a retired detective, tries to hunt down and destroy Anton.
