List of horror films of 1986
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A list of horror films released in 1986.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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The Abomination | Bret McCormick | Gaye Bottoms, Victoria Chaney, Van Connery | United States | [1] | |
April Fool's Day | Fred Walton | Deborah Foreman, Amy Steel, Ken Olandt | United States | [2] | |
Chopping Mall | Jim Wynorski | Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd | United States | [3] | |
Class of Nuke 'Em High | Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Gil Brenton, Elizabeth Lambert, Anthony Ventola | United States | [4] | |
Critters | Stephen Herek | Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush | United States | [5] | |
Dark Age | Arch Nicholson | Janet Kingsbury, John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill | Australia | [6] | |
Dead End Drive-In | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry | United States | Alternative title(s)
| |
Deadly Friend | Wes Craven | Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett | United States | [7] | |
Deadtime Stories | Jeffrey S. Delman | Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Cathryn de Prume | United States | [8] | |
Demons 2 | Lamberto Bava | Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes | Italy | [9] | |
Dream Lover | Alan J. Pakula | Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar | United States | [10] | |
Dreamaniac | David DeCoteau | Ashlyn Gere, Thomas Bern, Sylvia Summers | United States | [11] | |
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman | Kazuo Komizu | Japan | [12] | ||
Entrails of a Virgin | Kazuo Komizu | Kazuhiko Goda, Naomi Hagio, Taiju Kato | Japan | [13] | |
Escapes | Clarence I. Steensen | Vincent Price | United Kingdom | [14] | |
Evil Laugh | Dominick Bracsia | Myles O'Brien, Dominick Brascia, Jerold Pearson | United States | ||
The Fly | David Cronenberg | Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz | United States | [15] | |
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Tom McLoughlin | Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, Rene Jones | United States | [16] | |
From Beyond | Stuart Gordon | Jeffrey Combs | United States | [17] | |
Gothic | Ken Russell | Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson | United Kingdom | [18] | |
Guzoo The Thing Forsaken By God Part I | Kazuo Komizu | Yumiko Ishikawa, Naomi Kajitani, Kyoko Komiyama, Tomoko Maruyama, Hidemi Maruyama | Japan | [19] | |
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | John McNaughton | Michael Rooker, Tom Towles | United States | [20] | |
Haunted Honeymoon | Gene Wilder | Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith | United States | [21] | |
The Hitcher | Robert Harmon | Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh | United States | [22] | |
House | Steve Miner | William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll | United States | [23] | |
Invaders from Mars | Tobe Hooper | Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, James Karen | United States | [24] | |
The Killer is Still Among Us | Camillo Teti | Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Giovanni Visentin, Riccardo Parisio Perrotti | Italy | [25] | |
Killer Party | William Fruet | Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes | Canada United States | [26] | |
Killer Workout | David A. Prior | David James Campbell, Marcia Karr, Ted Prior | United States | Alternative title(s)
| |
Link | Richard Franklin | Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp | United Kingdom United States | [27] | |
Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | John Candy, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis | United States | [28] | |
Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | Emilio Estevez, Yeardley Smith, Christopher Britton | United States | [29] | |
Midnight Killer | Lamberto Bava | Valeria D'Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Paolo Malco | Italy | Alternative title(s)
| [30] |
Monster Dog | Claudio Fragasso | Alice Cooper, Victoria Vera, Carlos Santurio | Spain | [31] | |
Murderlust | Donald Jones | Eli Rich, Rocky Taylor, Dennis Gannon | United States | [32] | |
Neon Maniacs | Joseph Mangine | Alan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke | United States | [33] | |
Night of the Creeps | Fred Dekker | Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow | United States | [34] | |
Night Ripper! | Jeff Hathcock | James Hansen, Larry Thomas | United States | [35] | |
Nomads | John McTiernan | Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down | United States | [36] | |
Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Brian Gibson | JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke | United States | [37] | |
Psycho III | Anthony Perkins | Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Gary Bayer, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott, Karen Hensel, Jack Murdock, Katt Shea, Juliette Cummins | United States | [38] | |
Rawhead Rex | George Pavlou | David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Tóibín, Cora Venus Lunny | Ireland | [39] | |
Screamtime | Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto | United Kingdom | [40] | |
Slaughter High | George Dugdale, Mark Ezra | Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore | United Kingdom United States | [41] | |
Sorority House Massacre | Carol Frank | Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross | United States | [42] | |
Spookies | Eugenie Joseph, Thomas Doran, Brendan Faulkner | Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas | United States | [43] | |
Terror at Tenkiller | Ken Meyer | Dale Buckmaster, Stacy Logan, Michelle Merchant | United States | [44] | |
TerrorVision | Ted Nicolaou | Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov | United States | [45] | |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Tobe Hooper | Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Chris Douridas, Ken Evert, Kirk Sisco, Kinky Friedman, Dan Jenkins, Joe Bob Briggs | United States | [46] | |
The Tomb | Fred Olen Ray | John Carradine, Sybil Danning, Richard Hench | United States | [47] | |
Trick or Treat | Charles Martin Smith | Ozzy Osbourne, Claudia Templeton, Gene Simmons | United States | [48] | |
Troll | John Carl Buechler | Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack | United States | [49] | |
Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness | Tim Ritter | Christopher Bontempo, Mary Fanaro, Mona Jones | United States | [50] | |
Vamp | Richard Wenk | Chris Makepeace, Grace Jones, Sandy Baron | United States | [51] | |
The Vindicator | Jean-Claude Lord | David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [52] |
The Wind | Nico Mastorakis | Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [53] |
Witchboard | Kevin Tenney | Tawny Kitaen, Todd Allen, Clare Bristol | United States | [54] | |
The Wraith | Mike Marvin | Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn | United States | [55] | |
Zombie Nightmare | Jack Bravman | Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, Adam West | Canada | [56] |
References
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "The Abomination". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 481–482.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 100.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 106.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 485–486.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Dark Age". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Deadtime Stories". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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- ^ Stine 2003, p. 111.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Beautiful Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Virgin". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Escapes". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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- ^ Muir 2010, p. 499–502.
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- ^ "GUZOO 神に見捨てられしもの".
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- ^ AllMovie. "Haunted Honeymoon (1986)". AllMovie. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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- ^ Young 2000, p. 310.
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- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 533–534.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 537–539.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 620.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 547.
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- ^ Albright 2012, p. 269.
- ^ Albright 2012, p. 284.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (February 14, 1986). "Screen: TerrorVision". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 545–548.
- ^ "The Tomb". AllMovie. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 549.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 551.
- ^ Albright 2012, p. 201.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 553.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Vindicator". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "The Wind (1986)". Archived from the original on March 5, 2020.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 553–554.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 555–556.
- ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Zombie Nightmare". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
Sources
- Albright, Brian (2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-60042-0.
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
- Dyer, Richard (2016). Lethal Repetition: Serial Killing in European Cinema. London, England: British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1-844-57394-3.
- Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
- Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-45501-0.
- Paul, Louis (2015). Italian Horror Film Directors. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-48749-3.
- Stine, Scott Aaron (2003). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-61132-7.
- Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.
External links
- Horror films of 1986 on Internet Movie Database