Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies of the 1980s

Director: Stuart Gordon
Writers: Stuart Gordon,Dennis Paoli,William J. Norris
Stars: Jeffrey Combs,Bruce Abbott,Barbara Crampton,Robert Sampson,David Gale,Gerry Black,Carolyn Purdy-Gordon,Peter Kent,Barbara Pieters,Ian Patrick Williams
IMDb ID: tt0089885
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Horror,Science Fiction,Cult film,Sci-Fi Horror,Horror comedy,Comedy
Release date: 1985-10-18
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language,German Language

Director: Stephen Chiodo
Writers: Edward Chiodo,Charles Chiodo,Stephen Chiodo
Stars: Grant Cramer,Suzanne Snyder,John Allen Nelson,John Vernon,Peter Licassi,Royal Dano,Christopher Titus,Irene Michaels,Karla Sue Krull,Steve Rockhold
IMDb ID: tt0095444
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Evil clown,Parody,Cult film,Alien Film,Sci-Fi Horror,Horror comedy,Comedy
Subjects: Coulrophobia
Release date: 1988-05-27
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Joe Dante,John Landis,Steven Spielberg,George Miller
Writers: Melissa Mathison,George Clayton Johnson,Rod Serling,John Landis,Robert Garland,Jerome Bixby,Richard Matheson
Stars: Dan Aykroyd,Vic Morrow,Albert Brooks,Scatman Crothers,Kathleen Quinlan,Burgess Meredith,John Lithgow,Kevin McCarthy,Dick Miller,Nancy Cartwright
IMDb ID: tt0086491
Rating: PG (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Suspense,Psychological thriller,Sci-Fi Horror,Fantasy
Subjects: Aviation
Release date: 1983-06-24
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Tobe Hooper
Writers: Dan O'Bannon,Don Jakoby,Michael Armstrong,Olaf Pooley
Stars: Peter Firth,Steve Railsback,Frank Finlay,Patrick Stewart,Mathilda May,Michael Gothard,Nicholas Ball,Nancy Paul,John Hallam,Aubrey Morris
IMDb ID: tt0089489
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Adventure Film,Science Fiction,Horror,Cult film,Sci-Fi Horror,Alien Film,Zombie Film
Release date: 1985
Country: United Kingdom,United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Norman J. Warren
Stars: Heather Wright,Stephanie Beacham,Dominic Jephcott,Victoria Tennant,Judy Geeson,Rosalind Lloyd,Trevor Thomas,Robert Pugh,David Baxt,Robin Clarke
IMDb ID: tt0084090
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Indie film,B movie,Sci-Fi Horror
Release date: 1981
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English Language

Director: Wes Craven
Writers: Bruce Joel Rubin
Stars: Matthew Laborteaux,Kristy Swanson,Michael Sharrett,Anne Twomey,Anne Ramsey,Richard Marcus,Russ Marin,Lee Paul,Andrew Roperto,Charles Fleischer
IMDb ID: tt0090917
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Slasher,Science Fiction,Horror,Film adaptation,Sci-Fi Horror,Thriller,Crime Fiction
Release date: 1986-10-10
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Fred Dekker
Writers: Fred Dekker
Stars: Jason Lively,Steve Marshall,Jill Whitlow,Tom Atkins,Allan Kayser,Bruce Solomon,Vic Polizos,Ken Heron,Wally Taylor,Alice Cadogan
IMDb ID: tt0091630
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Sci-Fi Horror,Zombie Film,Horror comedy,Comedy,Thriller
Release date: 1986-08-22
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Harry Bromley Davenport
Stars: Maryam d'Abo,Robert Fyfe,Anna Wing,Katherine Best,Philip Sayer,Bernice Stegers,Simon Nash,Danny Brainin,David Cardy
IMDb ID: tt0086610
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Creature Film,Alien Film,Sci-Fi Horror
Release date: 1983-01
Country: United Kingdom,United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Allan Holzman
Writers: Jim Wynorski
Stars: Scott Paulin,June Chadwick,Dawn Dunlap,Raymond Oliver,Fox Harris,Michael Bowen,Jesse Vint,Don Olivera,Linden Chiles
IMDb ID: tt0083959
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Sci-Fi Horror
Release date: 1982
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: David DeCoteau
Writers: David DeCoteau,Buford Hauser
Stars: Ken Abraham,Linnea Quigley,Ashlyn Gere,Michael Aranda
IMDb ID: tt0092795
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Supernatural,Creature Film,Sci-Fi Horror
Release date: 1987-10-02
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Stephen Herek
Stars: Ethan Phillips,M. Emmet Walsh,Dee Wallace,Terrence Mann,Billy Zane,Don Keith Opper,Billy Green Bush,Scott Grimes,Nadine Van der Velde,Lin Shaye
IMDb ID: tt0090887
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Black comedy,Creature Film,Alien Film,Sci-Fi Horror,Horror comedy
Release date: 1986-04-11
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Stars: Miguel Ferrer,Nia Peeples,Greg Evigan,Cindy Pickett,Marius Weyers,Taurean Blacque,Elya Baskin,Thom Bray,Matt McCoy,Nancy Everhard
IMDb ID: tt0097179
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Natural horror film,Thriller,Creature Film,Sci-Fi Horror
Release date: 1989
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Mick Garris
Writers: David Twohy
Stars: Don Keith Opper,Terrence Mann,Scott Grimes,Barry Corbin,Herta Ware,Lin Shaye,Tom Hodges,Liane Alexandra Curtis,Douglas Rowe,Roxanne Kernohan
IMDb ID: tt0094919
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Black comedy,Alien Film,Creature Film,Sci-Fi Horror,Horror comedy
Release date: 1988-04-29
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

DIRECTED_BY: Thierry Notz
STARRING: Starr Andreeff,John Lafayette,Tommy Hinkley,Andrew Stevens,George Kennedy,Terri Treas
IMDB_ID: tt0096246
RATING: R (USA)
GENRE: Science Fiction,Horror,Monster movie,Disaster Film,B movie,Action/Adventure,Sci-Fi Horror,Creature Film
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1989
COUNTRY: United States of America
LANGUAGE: English Language

Director: Douglas McKeown
Stars: Judith Mayes,Elissa Neil,James Brewster Thompson,Ethel Michelson,John Schmerling
IMDb ID: tt0087998
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Horror,Science Fiction,Alien Film,Creature Film,Sci-Fi Horror
Release date: 1983-04-22
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Bruce D. Clark
Stars: Robert Englund,Sid Haig,Ray Walston,Edward Albert,Grace Zabriskie,Zalman King,Taaffe O'Connell,Erin Moran,Bernard Behrens
IMDb ID: tt0082431
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Sci-Fi Horror,Action Film
Release date: 1981-10
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

DIRECTED_BY: Hal Barwood
STARRING: Sam Waterston,Kathleen Quinlan,Yaphet Kotto,Jeffrey DeMunn,Richard A. Dysart,G. W. Bailey,Jerry Hardin,Rick Rossovich,Cynthia Carle,Scott Paulin
IMDB_ID: tt0090293
RATING: R (USA)
GENRE: Science Fiction,Horror,Disaster Film,Action Film,Thriller,Action/Adventure,Sci-Fi Horror
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1985-08-23
COUNTRY: United States of America
LANGUAGE: English Language

DIRECTED_BY: Jackie Kong
STARRING: Martin Landau,Ellen Blake,José Ferrer,Ruth Buzzi,The Unknown Comic,Dorothy Malone,Kent Perkins,Johnny Dark,Kinky Friedman,Bill Osco
IMDB_ID: tt0085224
RATING: R (USA)
GENRE: Science Fiction,Horror,Monster movie,Sci-Fi Horror
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1983-11-18
COUNTRY: United States of America
LANGUAGE: English Language

Director: Robert Clarke
Stars: Ann Robinson,Robert Clarke,Laurence Jacobs
IMDb ID: tt0095630
Genres: Horror,Science Fiction,B movie,Alien Film,Creature Film,Sci-Fi Horror,Horror comedy
Release date: 1988
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Lance Lindsay
Writers: Lance Lindsay
Stars: C. Juston Campbell,Faye Bolt,John W. Smith,Taylor Kingsley,Marcia Linn,Eric Moseng,Thomas William,Don Kingsley,Robert Allen,Emily Longstreth
IMDb ID: tt0092006
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Science Fiction,Horror,Sci-Fi Horror,Creature Film
Release date: 1986-04
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language