5/19/2017 0 Comments Top Film Horror Anni 90The '80s was a glorious time for horror fans of all stripes. The 30 scariest 80s horror movies. Check out the top 250 movies as rated by IMDb users. Toronto Film Festival; Festival Central; Tribeca;. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8. The 1. 5 Best (and Worst) Horror Movies of the '9. In addition to spoiling us with Taz and Bugs shirts and Rockapella, the 1. Good horror movies. In fact, some of them were outright great, as the decade saw the slasher genre get an infusion of meta- goodness (thanks. It's sometimes said that the 1. But while lots of disappointing franchise sequels crowded their way into cinemas or the lower shelves of video stores, there were also plenty of fantastic examples of the genre. ![]() Bernard Rose's Candyman was one of the very best of the decade. Wes Craven's New Nightmare was an intelligent reworking of a flagging series. The Ring introduced a new strain of Japanese horror to a global audience. Then there are the less well- known horror movies from the decade - ones which either didn't do very well in the cinema, or didn't make it to the big screen at all. With the exception of one Japanese film, we've gone for a selection of films that aren't sequels or part of a big- name franchise, but otherwise run the gamut of horror, from outer- space sci- fi to slasher to comedy. Some are helmed by respected, familiar names, others are more obscure. All, I'd argue, deserve a bit more love and attention. The 50 Best Horror Films From the 1980s. Viewer beware, you're in for a scare. Two Evil Eyes (1. A pair of horror's most respected directors came together for this film of two halves, each based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. George A Romero directs the first segment, based on The Facts In The Case Of M Valdemar, which stars Adrienne Barbeau in a tale about old men, embezzlement and evil spirits. The true gem, however, is Dario Argento's rendering of The Black Cat. It features a brilliant performance from Harvey Keitel as one Roderick Usher, a crime scene photographer who takes a dislike to his girlfriend's moggy. With some great gore effects courtesy of Tom Savini, Kim Hunter and Martin Balsam among the supporting cast, and some satisfying nods to other Poe tales, it's a great modern spin on a classic horror yarn.
A Cat In The Brain (1. If you're familiar with Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci's classic horror work, you'll know what to expect from A Cat In The Brain, one of his last ever films. Years before meta horror arrived in America with films like New Nightmare and Scream, Fulci came up with his own: here, he plays an ageing film director driven half mad by his own work, which looms out of his memory in the form of clips from his back catalogue of movies. Surreal, gory - it was once banned in the UK - and threaded with some warped humour, A Cat In The Brain isn't the best film in Fulci's long career, but it's nevertheless an amusing self- examination of the director's grimy legacy. Jacob's Ladder (1. Just about breaking even in cinemas, this disturbing psychological horror film from Adrian Lyne found a new life on VHS. Tim Robbins stars as a Vietnam veteran plagued by hallucinations, which seem to become more tauntingly regular the more he tries to escape them. What makes Jacob's Ladder so powerful is the way Lyne manages to present the world from its protagonist's traumatised, haunted perspective - there are moments in this film which, once seen, are difficult to shake. Even in its calmer moments, Jacob's Ladder's shot through with a doomy, oppressive atmosphere that lingers like a fog. Hardware (1. 99. 0)Years before British director Richard Stanley went to America to try to make The Island Of Dr Moreau (with disastrous consequences), he made this low- budget, inventive piece of sci- fi horror. Set in a post- apocalyptic future, it sees a the remains of a killer robot reassemble itself in the flat of artist Jill (Stacey Travis) and her ex- soldier boyfriend Mo (Dylan Mc. Dermott). Inspired by a 2. AD comic story and reminiscent of The Terminator,Hardware has its own aggressive, gritty energy; it's also incredibly gory, and was even cut to achieve an R- rating back when it was first released. Nightbreed (1. 99. Clive Barker's dreamlike horror flick was hobbled by a meddling studio, but even in its earlier, more disjointed form, Nightbreed was full of captivating moments. David Cronenberg is unforgettably flesh- crawling as a psychiatrist more crazy than his patient, Boone (Craig Sheffer). There's also an underground city called Midian, populated by all kinds of exotic beings. It's a wild adult fantasy, full of imaginative creatures, copious blood and epic scope. Body Parts (1. 99. There isn't an original bone in this movie's body, but it gets by thanks to some entertainingly outlandish gore and tongue- in- cheek humour. Jeff Fahey stars as Bill, a psychologist who loses his arm in a spectacularly over- the- top car accident. A few days later, he's been fitted with an arm taken from the body of a (you probably guessed it) deceased criminal. Bill soon begins to suffer from nightmares, and occasionally notices that his new arm doesn't always do as it's told. Concerned about where this wayward limb came from, Bill visits the recipients of the dead criminal's other body parts, and finds out that they've been suffering from weird afflictions, too.. Body Parts wasn't well received on release, and it's fair to say it isn't a great film in the strictest sense. What it does have in its favour, though, is director and co- writer Eric Red; he takes a familiar (think Hands Of Orlac) plot to its absurd, extremely bloody conclusion. It's also worth seeing for a great mad scientist performance from Lindsay Duncan, and Brad Dourif on eccentric form as a tormented artist whose new arm paints lurid paintings for him. The Pit And The Pendulum (1. Many horror fans will be aware of Roger Corman's colourful (and loose) adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story, and Stuart Gordon's version of The Pit And The Pendulum follows in a similar camp tradition. Lance Henriksen stars as a decidedly kinky Grand Inquisitor Torquemada, who likes being tied up and whipped when he isn't terrorising Spain in the name of the church. All temptation, heaving bosoms and torture, The Pit And The Pendulum is pure schlock from start to finish, but that's all part of the fun; Oliver Reed and Gordon regular Jeffrey Combs are among the cast, but Henriksen steals just about every scene as the evil Torquemada. The way he angrily commands someone to . Gordon's something of a cult film factory, having made the likes of Re- Animator, From Beyond and Fortress, and The Pit And The Pendulum may be one of his most underrated films. The Devil's Daughter (1. Variously known as The Sect and Demons 4, this is a superb, atmospheric film from Michele Soavi, director of The Church (1. Dellamorte Dellamore (1. A reworking of ideas previously explored in the classic Rosemary's Baby, The Devil's Daughter sees a young teacher, Miriam (Kelly Curtis, sister of Jamie Lee) encounter an old man (the great Herbert Lom) who wants her to sire the son of Old Nick himself. From such familiar cloth, Soavi crafts a memorable horror - it isn't as good as the spectacular Dellamorte (see later), but it's still a full of really eerie, inventive imagery. The Resurrected (1. Dan O'Bannon will probably be remembered by history as the writer of films like Blue Thunder Life Force, Dark Star, Total Recall - oh, and a little genre piece called Alien. But he also directed on occasion; he directed the 1. The Return Of The Living Dead, and also this adaptation of HP Lovecraft's The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward. John Terry (later seen as Jack's dad Christian Shephard in Lost) stars as a private detective on the trail of Ward (Chris Sarandon) who dabbles in raising the dead. Little- seen but really well made, this is one of the best - and certainly most serious - adaptations of Lovecraft's work yet. Sarandon, in particular, turns in a performance of real depth. Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer (1. Like Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II,The Body Hammer is a both a remake and sequel to director Shinya Tsukamoto's 1. Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Weird and deliriously violent, The Body Hammer sees an ordinary salary man mutated into a hulking metal monstrosity and fight an underground army of bald body builders. Like a Marvel movie filtered through the mind of David Lynch, Body Hammer's a wild, hallucinatory ride. Body Snatchers (1. This second remake may not be quite as essential as Don Siegel's 5. Philip Kaufman's 1. It's certainly an unusual choice of film from the wayward Abel Ferrara, but he creates an effective air of suspense as the members of an Alabama military base succumb to the usual invasion of soulless pod people. The script, which credits Stuart Gordon and his screenwriting partner Dennis Paoli as well as Ferrara's frequent collaborator Nicholas St John, also comes up with a fresh angle on the story, in that it's told from a young woman's perspective (Gabriel Anwar) rather than a middle- aged male professional. Barely released in cinemas, Body Snatchers was nowhere near as big a hit as its predecessors, but it's well worth seeking out - certainly, it's infinitely superior to the woeful 2. The Invasion. Trauma (1. Dario Argento seems to have lost his creative mojo of late, but this 1. American feature - sees him closer to his 7. The pace drags in places, but the presence of Piper Laurie and Brad Dourif (who was seemingly ubiquitous in the 9. Argento attacks his scenes of gore and mayhem with evident relish. One scene even features a decapitated head falling down a lift shaft, screaming. Ridley Scott and Cormac Mc. Carthy certainly seem to have seen and liked Trauma; their 2. The Counsellor features a remarkably similar Garotte- O- Matic murder weapon. The Dark Half (1. There have been great Stephen King adaptations and absolutely terrible ones, and George Romero's The Dark Half is definitely one of the more underrated. Timothy Hutton stars in a dual role as writer Thad Beaumont, who's menaced by a physical incarnation of his own nom de plume. Romero, usually only given a few pence with which to make his films by stingy investors, was given a handsome $1. Castle Rock is superbly handled. Sadly, it failed to make its money back in cinemas, and The Dark Half isn't a film people really talk about much these days, unless it's when they're compiling lists like these. Michael Rooker's also in The Dark Half. All films are better with Michael Rooker in them. Best (and Worst) Horror Movies of the '9.
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