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Subgenre Sampler

 
Full Moon HighFull Moon High (1981)
Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Elizabeth Hartman
Wry horror–comedy with Adam Arkin as a jocular teen whose good time in Transylvannia is marred by his transformation into a werewolf. Change of…
Funhouse, TheFunhouse, The (1981)
Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Sylvia Miles
A seedy carnival plays host to four teenagers, who against their best judgement, decide to spend the night in an ominous–looking funhouse. Dir.…
Ghost StoryGhost Story (1981)
Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Fred Astaire, Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Melvyn Douglas
Eerie chiller based on the Peter Straub potboiler has four elderly gentlemen who are bound by a dark secret gather each week to tell each other…
Halloween 2Halloween 2 (Halloween II) (1981)
Dir. Rick Rosenthal
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence
Obligatory sequel to John Carpenter's horror landmark sees Michael Myers more invincible than ever, returning to terrorise the surprisingly durable…
Hand, TheHand, The (1981)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Caine
Michael Caine stars in this early Oliver Stone mess (still suffering from shell–shock?) as a cartoonist whose severed hand goes about murdering…
Happy Birthday To MeHappy Birthday To Me (1981)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane
Fairly good entry in the 80s slasher cycle, with Anderson playing a student at a private school who is recovering from a traumatic car accident in…
House By the CemeteryHouse By the Cemetery (1981)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezza, Catriona MacColl
One of the most notable from the filmography of director Lucio Fulci is this haunted house movie in which the guests at a New England home are…
Howling, TheHowling, The (1981) Recommended
Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan
A well–regarded werewolf movie that gets funnier and scarier as it progresses. Rob Bottin's bone–crunching werewolf transformation scenes…
InseminoidInseminoid (Horror Planet) (1981)
Dir. Norman J. Warren
Feat. Judy Geeson
An interplanetry archaelogical team unleash a female vampire (Geeson) into their spaceship, in this super–trashy ALIEN knockoff. Unconvincing…
My Bloody ValentineMy Bloody Valentine (1981)
Dir. George Mihalka
Feat. Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck
Apart from having one of the coolest titles of any ‘slasher movie’, this HALLOWEEN–inspired is both bloodier and more grotesque than…

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