7 best ’80s horror movies ever, ranked. Blair Marnell. Sun, October 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM UTC. 6 min read. The 1980s were a very good time to be a horror fan.

The greatest horror movies of the 1980s From arthouse horror like The Shining to low-budget fright fests like Basket Case , here are 20 films that prove the '80s was the scariest movie decade ever ...

Here's where to watch the best '80s horror movies and slasher films like The Chopping Mall, Halloween II, Child's Play, the Chucky movies, Psycho II, & more.

Featuring references to '80s pulp novels, heavy metal bands and even a Ronald Reagan speech, Mandy is a quintessentially '80s ...

The 1980s was a great decade for horror, with genre giants Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sam Raimi and David Cronenberg were making some of their most iconic movies ever.

‘Lisa Frankenstein’ brings the ’80s vibes, but plenty of other modern horror movies do the same, from Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ trilogy to ‘Mandy’’s psychedelic nightmare.

But when it came time to determine the best ’80s horror movies, only one of the slasher movies made the cut. That’s because there was an embarrassment of riches to choose from.