Grody to the max!
Here’s our list of the 25 best horror movies of the ’80s.
But this is the quintessential (and the best)Friday the 13thmovie.
Jack Nicholson in ‘The Shining; Doug Bradley in ‘Hellraiser’; Robert Englund in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.Credit:Warner Brothers/Getty; New World Releasing/Courtesy Everett Collection; New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection
Adapted from Barker’s novellaThe Hellbound Heart,Hellraiserrevolves around a mysterious puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration.
Full of vibrant color and good-natured humor, this entertaining sci-fi hybrid holds up even if the fashions don’t.K.R.
Argento’s work has always incorporated the melodramatic sweep and heightened emotion of opera.
Katherine MacColl in ‘The Beyond’.Everett Collection
The story follows your run-of-the-mill suburbanite family besieged by angry spirits emerging from their television.
On one level, it’s a shocking, disturbingly sexual arthouse creature feature.
Dig deeper, and it’s a painfully personal divorce movie.
Carrick Glenn in ‘The Burning’.Everett Collection
Directed by Stuart Gordon from a short story by H.P.
Decades later, it’s an undisputed classic.
Where to watchVideodrome: Peacock
Tridh Van Devere in ‘The Changeling’.Everett Collection
Stephen King in ‘Creepshow’.Everett Collection
The cast of ‘The Day of the Dead’.Everett
James Farentino and Michael Pataki in ‘Dead and Buried’.Avco Embassy Pictures/Getty
Bruce Campbell in ‘Evil Dead II’.Everett Collection
Ted White in ‘Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter’.Everett Collection
Amanda Bearse in ‘Fright Night’.Columbia Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty
Doug Bradley in ‘Hellraiser’.Everett Collection
(From left to right) Lance Henrikseon, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein in ‘Near Dark’.Everett Collection
The cast of ‘Night of the Comet’.Everett Collection
Heather Langenkamp in ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’.Everett Collection
William McNamara in ‘Opera’.Everett Collection
Heather O’Rourke in ‘Poltergeist’.MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection
Sam Neill and Heinz Bennet in ‘Possession’.Everett Collection
Jeffrey Combs and David Gale in ‘Re-Animator’.Everett Collection
(Standing from left to right) Don Calfa and Clu Gulager in ‘The Return of the Living Dead’.Everett Collection
Jack Nicholson in ‘The Shining’.Warner Brothers/Getty
(From left to right) Michelle Michaels, Debra Deliso, Andree Honore, and Robin Stille (lying down) in ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’.Everett Collection
Billy Warlock in ‘Society’.Society Prods/Wild Street/Kobal/Shutterstock
Tomorô Taguchi and Nobu Kanaoka in ‘Testuo: The Iron Man’.Moviestore/Shutterstock
Roddy Piper in ‘They Live’.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty
Kurt Russell in ‘The Thing’.Everett Collection
James Woods in ‘Videodrome’.Everett Collection
