Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Company of Wolves (1984)
- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea
- This modest, dream–like horror fantasy was liked so much by author Anne Rice, it led to the Irish director calling the shots on INTERVIEW WITH…
Firestarter (1984)
- Dir. Mark Lester
Feat. Drew Barrymore
- Pedestrian Stephen King adaptation with two assets – a pre–pubescent Drew Barrymore and a terrific soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.
Gremlins (1984)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Hoyt Axton, Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates…
- Comedy–horror gold just mild enough for the kids, about a boy's new pet that spawns a legion of furry, unruly monsters.
Initiation, The (1984)
- Dir. Larry Stewart
Feat. Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager…
- A department store–set 80's slasher flick starring Daphne Zuniga (BEVERLY HILLS 90210) as an amnesiac sorority member plagued by a recurring…
Murder Rock (Dancing Death) (1984)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli
- Enjoyably bonkers Italian giallo horror with a retro–futuristic vibe, set in a prestigious New York ballet school beset by a series of sexually…
Night of the Comet (1984)
- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney
- Terrific B–movie where a comet hits earth and two surviving valley girls must fight the resulting cannibal zombie apocalypse. Trashy in all the…
Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp…
- The maiden nightmare of the razor–fingered dream–demon Freddie Krueger, who went on to become the pre–eminent horror icon of the…
Phenomena (Creepers) (1984)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi
- Argento once again forgoes plot to concentrate on his strengths, namely stalk and slash set pieces and kinetic visuals staged like a bad dream. VHS…
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984-1987)
- Dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Feat. Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick…
- Cheesy, but amusingly blasphemous 80s horror in which a maniac in a Santa Clause costume (Wilson) goes on a Christmas spree. Mostly he directs his…
Christine (1983)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul
- A persecuted teen finds unlikely kinship in a girl with a diff – a demonically–charged 1958 Plymouth that indulges in dispatching…