Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Scarecrows (1988)
- Dir. William Wesley
Feat. Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan…
- 80's horror following a group of mercenaries who steal three million dollars from a military base and flee in a hijacked plane, only to find…
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae
- Based on an apparently true story of a man's nightmare journey to into the eerie world of voodoo. Filmed on location in Haiti and scarier for it.
Seventh Sign, The (1988)
- Dir. Carl Schultz
Feat. Demi Moore
- Apocalyptic thriller should find favour with those that prefer supernatural disquiet to visceral shocks. Demi Moore portrays a…
Slugs (Slugs, Muerte Viscosa) (1988)
- Dir. Juan Piquer Simon
Feat. Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale
- Creature feature based on the UK horror novel of the same name by Shaun Hutson.
A rural town is invaded by mutant killer slugs, spawned from…
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
- Nicolas Cage gives a wildly uninhibited performance as a psychotic yuppie who thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. From the pen that wrote the…
Anguish (1987)
- Dir. Bigas Luna
Feat. Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul…
- What starts off as a run–of–the–mill slasher suddenly takes a turn into a highly effective movie–within–a–movie.…
Bad Taste (1987)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson
- New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
Believers, The (1987)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Martin Sheen
- Martin Sheen investigates serial killings connected to the Santaria cult in New York.
Creepshow 2 (1987)
- Dir. Michael Gornick
Feat. George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini…
- George Romero and Stephen King present three stories of bloodcurdling horror that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a…
Evil Dead 2 (1987)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell
- Not so much a sequel as a big–budget remake, it's a tour–de–force of slapstick horror with camera theatrics that confirm a major…