The Best Horror Movies of 1988

 The Top Ten

#10

Killer Klowns

from Outer Space

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.

#9

The Serpent and the Rainbow

An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.

#8

Pin

Isolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father's doctor office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon's life, and his sister's life as well.

#7

The Blob

A deadly entity from space crashes near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.

#6

Brain Damage

One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.

#5

Lady in White

An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a 1960s small town, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.

#4

Child's Play

A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.

#3

Dead Ringers

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.

#2

They Live

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

#1

The Vanishing

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.

A Guilty Pleasure

Pumpkinhead

After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.

The Best Horror Movies of 1987

 The Top Ten

#10

StageFright

A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.

#9

The Stepfather

After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.

#8

Hellraiser

A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body so he can escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their sadistic underworld.

#7

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

#6

The Hidden

A cop and an FBI agent race for answers after law abiding people suddenly become violent criminals.

#5

The Lost Boys

After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

#4

Angel Heart

A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

#3

Opera

A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.

#2

Near Dark

A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.

#1

Evil Dead 2

The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

A Guilty Pleasure

Street Trash

A liquor store owner sells alcoholic beverages to homeless people, unaware of what the bottles actually contain: toxic brew.

The Best Horror Movies of 1986

 The Top 10

#10

Friday the 13th Part VI: 

Jason Lives

Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all but inadvertently brings him back to life instead.

#9

Demons 2

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a ten-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

#8

Critters

A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.

#7

The Hitcher

A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.

#6

Night of the Creeps

Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.

#5

From Beyond

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine that allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

#4

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

#3

Manhunter

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.

#2

The Fly

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

#1

Aliens

Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.

A Guilty Pleasure

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.

The Best Horror Movies of 1985

 The Top Ten

#10

The Stuff

A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

#9

Lifeforce

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

#8

Cat's Eye

A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.

#7

Silver Bullet

In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.

#6

Demons

A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.

#5

Creepers

(Aka Phenomena)

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

#4

Day of the Dead

As the world is overrun by zombies, a small group of scientists and military personnel dwelling in an underground bunker in Florida must determine whether they should educate, eliminate or escape the undead horde.

#3

Fright Night

A teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead.

#2

The Return of the Living Dead

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

#1

Re-Animator

After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

A Guilty Pleasure

House

A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.

The Best Horror Movies of 1984

 The Top Ten

#10

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Little Billy witnessed his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now, Billy is out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa.

#9

Friday the 13th: 

The Final Chapter

After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.

#8

Razorback

As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.

#7

Firestarter

A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.

#6

Combat Shock

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

#5

Night of the Comet

A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

#4

Body Double

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.

#3

The Company of Wolves

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

#2

Gremlins

A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

#1

A Nightmare on Elm Street

The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.

A Guilty Pleasure

The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.