Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface 1 Part I: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Or, Be Afraid ... Be Very Afraid...) An Introduction to Horror Films of the 1980s 00 Part II: A History of the Dead Teenager Decade 00 Part III: The Films (By Year of Release) 000 1980 Alligator 00 Altered States 00 The Attic 00 The Awakening 00 Beyond Evil 00 Blood Beach 00 Bloody Birthday 00 The Boogeyman 00 The Changeling 00 The Children 00 Death Ship 00 Don't Answer the Phone 00 Don't Go in the House 00 Dressed to Kill 00 Fade to Black 00 The Fog 00 Friday the 13th 00 He Knows You're Alone 00 The Hearse 00 Home Sweet Home 00 Humanoids from the Deep 00 Maniac 00 Motel Hell 00 Mother's Day 00 Murder By Phone 00 New Year's Evil 00 Night School 00 Nightmare City (a.k.a. City of the Walking Dead) 00 Phobia 00 Prom Night 00 Saturn 3 00 The Shining 00 The Silent Scream 00 Terror Train 00 The Watcher in the Woods 00 Without Warning 00 1981 An American Werewolf in London 00 Anthropophagus 00 Blood Tide 00 Dead and Buried 00 Deadly Blessing 00 The Dorm that Dripped Blood 00 The Fan 00 Fear No Evil 00 The Final Conflict: Omen III 00 Final Exam 00 Friday the 13th Part II 00 The Funhouse 00 Galaxy of Terror 00 Gates of Hell 00 Ghost Story 00 Graduation Day 00 Halloween 2 00 The Hand 00 The Howling 00 Looker 00 The Monster Club 00 Ms. 45 00 My Bloody Valentine 00 The Prowler 00 Scanners 00 Scared to Death 00 Southern Comfort 00 Strange Behavior 00 Wolfen 00 1982 Alone in the Dark 00 Amityville 2: The Possession 00 Basket Case 00 The Beast Within 00 Blood Link 00 The Boogens 00 The Burning 00 Cat People 00 Creepshow 00 Evilspeak 00 Friday the 13 III in 3-D 00 Funeral Home 00 Halloween III: Season of the Witch 00 Hell Night 00 Horror Planet (a.k.a. Inseminoid) 00 House by the Cemetery 00 The House on Sorority Row 00 The House Where Evil Dwells 00 Humongous 00 The Incubus 00 Just Before Dawn 00 The Killing Hour 00 Madman 00 Mausoleum 00 Parasite 00 Poltergeist 00 Q: The Winged Serpent 00 Road Games 00 The Sender 00 Slumber Party Massacre 00 Still of the Night 00 A Stranger is Watching 00 The Thing 00 Venom 00 Visiting Hours 00 1983 Amityville 3-D 00 The Being 00 A Blade in the Dark 00 Boogeyman 2 00 Brainstorm 00 Christine 00 Cujo 00 Curtains 00 The Dead Zone 00 The Entity 00 The Evil Dead 00 The Final Terror 00 The Hunger 00 Jaws 3-D 00 The Keep 00 The Lift 00 Mortuary 00 Night Warning 00 Nightmares 00 Of Unknown Origin 00 One Dark Night 00 Pieces 00 Piranha Part 2: The Spawning 00 Psycho 2 00 Seven Doors of Death (a.k.a. The Beyond) 00 Sleepaway Camp 00 Sole Survivor 00 Something Wicked This Way Comes 00 Spasms 00 Ten to Midnight 00 Twilight Zone: The Movie 00 Videodrome 00 1984 The Black Room 00 Blind Date 00 Blood Kill (a.k.a. Rats: Night of Terror) 00 Blood Simple 00 Body Double 00 Children of the Corn 00 C.H.U.D. 00 Crimes of Passion 00 Don't Open Till Christmas 00 Dreamscape 00 Firestarter 00 Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter 00 Gremlins 00 Impulse 00 The Initiation 00 Night of the Comet 00 Night of the Zombies (a.k.a. Virus, Hell of the Living Dead) 00 A Nightmare on Elm Street 00 The Prey 00 Silent Night, Deadly Night 00 The Terminator 00 1985 Biohazard 00 Bloody Wednesday 00 Boggy Creek 2 (And the Legend Continues) 00 The Bride 00 Cat's Eye 00 The Company of Wolves 00 Creature 00 Creepers (a.k.a. Phenomena) 00 Day of the Dead 00 Dead of Winter 00 Demons 00 Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning 00 Fright Night 00 Future Kill 00 Ghoulies 00 The Hills Have Eyes Part II 00 The Housekeeper 00 Lifeforce 00 Monster Dog 00 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 00 Re-Animator 00 The Return of the Living Dead 00 Silver Bullet 00 The Stuff 00 Thou Shalt Not Kill ... Except 00 Warning Sign 00 1986 Aliens 00 April Fool's Day 00 Cassandra 00 Crawlspace 00 Critters 00 Deadly Friend 00 Demons 2 00 Dream Lover 00 The Fantasist 00 The Fly 00 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives! 00 From Beyond 00 Gothic 00 The Hitcher 00 House 00 Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf 00 Invaders from Mars 00 The Kindred 00 King Kong Lives 00 Link 00 Manhunter 00 Maximum Overdrive 00 Neon Maniacs 00 Night of the Creeps 00 Nomads 00 Poltergeist II: The Other Side 00 Psycho 3 00 Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 00 Slaughter High 00 The Supernaturals 00 Terror at Tenkiller 00 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II 00 Trick or Treat 00 Troll 00 Vamp 00 Witchboard 00 The Wraith 00 1987 Angel Heart 00 The Believers 00 Blood Hook 00 Bloody New Year 00 Blue Monkey 00 A Chinese Ghost Story 00 Creepozoids 00 Creepshow 2 00 The Curse 00 Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn 00 Flowers in the Attic 00 The Gate 00 Ghoulies 2 00 Hellraiser 00 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 00 The Hidden 00 House 2: The Second Story 00 Howling 3: The Marsupials 00 It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive 00 Jaws: The Revenge 00 The Lost Boys 00 Monster in the Closet 00 The Monster Squad 00 Near Dark 00 New York Ripper 00 Nightflyers 00 A Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors 00 Opera (a.k.a. Terror at the Opera) 00 Predator 00 Prince of Darkness 00 Rawhead Rex 00 Return of the Living Dead 2 00 Slumber Party Massacre 2 00 The Stay Awake 00 The Stepfather 00 Street Trash 00 Unsane (a.k.a. Tenebrae) 00 1988 Anguish 00 Bad Dreams 00 The Blob 00 Bloodspell 00 Brain Damage 00 Cellar Dweller 00 Child's Play 00 Critters 2: The Main Course 00 The Deceivers 00 Freeway 00 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 00 Fright Night 2 00 Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers 00 Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 00 Hide and Go Shriek 00 Howling IV: The Original Nightmare 00 Jack's Back 00 Killer Klowns from Outer Space 00 The Kiss 00 Lady in White 00 Lair of the White Worm 00 Maniac Cop 00 Miracle Mile 00 Monkey Shines 00 Moontrap 00 Night of the Demons 00 A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master 00 Phantasm II 00 Poltergeist III 00 Prison 00 Pumpkinhead 00 The Serpent and the Rainbow 00 The Seventh Sign 00 Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers 00 Spellbinder 00 They Live 00 The Unholy 00 The Unnamable 00 Vampire at Midnight 00 Waxwork 00 1989 Bad Taste 00 Blind Fear 00 Burndown 00 Cameron's Closet 00 The Church 00 Communion 00 Cutting Class 00 Dead Calm 00 Deep Star Six 00 The Drifter 00 Edge of Sanity 00 The Fly II 00 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 00 Halloween V: The Revenge of Michael Myers 00 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 00 The Horror Show 00 I, Madman 00 Intruder 00 Leviathan 00 Lisa 00 Lords of the Deep 00 A Nightmare on Elm Street V: The Dream Child 00 976-EVIL 00 Out of the Dark 00 Parents 00 Pet Sematary 00 Phantom of the Opera 00 Shocker 00 Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! 00 Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland 00 Society 00 Spontaneous Combustion 00 The Stepfather 2: Make Room for Daddy 00 A Conclusion to Horror Films of the 1980s: The Nineties Loom 000 Appendix A: 1980s Horror Conventions 000 Appendix B: The 1980s Horror Hall of Fame 000 Appendix C: Memorable Ad Lines 000 Appendix D: They Starred in Eighties Horror Flicks 000 Appendix E: Then and Now-Recommended Viewing 000 Appendix F: A Brief Conversation with Director Ken Russell (by Ken Flanagan) 000 Appendix G: The Fifteen Best Horror Films of the 1980s 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Horror films -- United States -- History and criticism.