List of horror films of 1989
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A list of horror films released in 1989.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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976-EVIL | Robert Englund | Stephen Geoffreys, Jim Metzler, Patrick O'Bryan | United States | ||
3615 code Père Noël | René Manzor | Alain Lalanne, Louis Ducreux, Brigitte Fossey | France | [1] | |
After Midnight | Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Segall, Nadine Van Der Velde | United States | [2] | |
Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes | Sandor Stern | Patty Duke, Robert Alan Browne | United States | Television film | |
Beasties | Steven Paul Contreras | Denise Mora, Hector Yanez, Brenda Stubbe | United States | ||
Begotten | E. Elias Merhige | Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey | United States | [3] | |
Beyond Dream's Door | Jay Woelfel | Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky | United States | ||
Beyond the Door III | Jeff Kwitny | Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny | Italy | Alternative title(s)
| [4] |
Beware! Children at Play | Mik Cribben | Robin Lilly, Lori Tirgrath, Jamie Krause | United States | [5] | |
Black Past | Olaf Ittenbach | Andrea Arbter, Andre Stryi, Sonja Berg | West Germany | ||
The Carpenter | David Wellington | Wings Hauser | Canada | [6] | |
Celia | Ann Turner | Rebecca Smart | Australia | [7] | |
The Cellar | Kevin S. Tenney | Patrick Kilpatrick | United States | [8] | |
The Chill Factor (a.k.a. Demon Possessed) | David Irving | Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert | United States | Released on VHS in 1993 | [9] |
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Christopher Webster | Dawn Laurie, Aaron Kjenaas, Connie Snyder | United States | ||
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | David Irving | Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert | United States | ||
The Church | Michele Soavi | Hugh Quarshie, Asia Argento, Tomas Arana | Italy | [10] | |
Clownhouse | Victor Salva | Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell | United States | [11] | |
Curse II: The Bite | Frederico Prosperi | Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck | United States Japan Italy | ||
Cutting Class | Rospo Pallenberg | Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt | United States | ||
Dark Tower | Freddie Francis, Ken Wiederhorn | Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel | United States | [12] | |
The Dead Next Door | J. R. Bookwalter | Scott Spiegel, Maria Markovic, Bogdan Pecic | United States | [13] | |
Dear Diary | Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara, Leroy Salvador | Herbert Bautista, Gelli de Belen | Philippines | [citation needed] | |
The Death King | Jörg Buttgereit | Bela B., Susanne Betz, Hille Saul | West Germany | [14] | |
Deceit | Albert Pyun | Norbert Weisser, Diane Defoe, Christian Andrews | United States | ||
Don't Panic | Rubén Galindo Jr. | Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo | Mexico United States | [15] | |
Dr. Caligari | Stephen Sayadian | Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris | United States | [16] | |
Edge of Sanity | Gerard Kikoine | Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp | United Kingdom United States | [17] | |
Elves | Jeffrey Mandel | Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, Ken Carpenter | United States | [18] | |
Family Reunion | Michael Hawes | A.J. Woods, John Andes, Pam Phillips | United States | [19] | |
Flesh Eating Mothers | James Aviles Martin | Ramiro Oliveros, Donatella Hecht, Neal Rosen | United States | [20] | |
The Fly II | Chris Walas | Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, John Getz | United States | [21] | |
Freakshow | Constantino Magnatta | Timm Zemanek, Dean Richards Wiancko, Audrey Landers | Canada | [22] | |
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Mark Richman | United States | [23] | |
From the Dead of Night | Paul Wendkos | Lindsay Wagner, Bruce Boxleitner | United States | Television film | [24] |
Grave Robbers | Rubén Galindo Jr. | Fernando Almada, Edna Bolkan, Erika Buenfil, Ernesto Laguardia, María Rebeca | Mexico | [25] | |
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dominique Othenin-Girard | Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell | United States | [26] | |
Hanging Heart | Jimmy Lee | Barry Wyatt, John Stevens | United States | ||
Headhunter | Francis Schaeffer | Wayne Crawford, Kay Lenz, Steve Kanaly | United States South Africa | [27] | |
Hellgate | William A. Levey | Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott | United States | [28] | |
High Desert Kill | Harry Falk | Anthony Geary, Marc Singer, Micah Grant | United States | Television film | |
The Horror Show | James Isaac | Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart | United States | [29] | |
The House of Clocks | Lucio Fulci | Carla Cassola, Al Cliver | Italy | [30] | |
Howling V: The Rebirth | Neal Sundstrom | Philip Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth She | United States | [31] | |
I, Madman | Tibor Takács | Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner | United States | [32] | |
Intruder | Scott Spiegel | Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks | United States | [33] | |
Killer Crocodile | Fabrizio De Angelis | Sherrie Rose, Van Johnson, Ann Douglas | Italy | ||
Las Vegas Bloodbath | David Schwartz | Ari Levin, Rebecca Gandara, Jerry Raganesi | United States | [34] | |
Leviathan | George Pan Cosmatos | Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays | United States Italy | [35] | |
Lobster Man from Mars | Stanley Sheff | Diana Frank, Ava Fabian, Deborah Foreman | United States | [36] | |
Mangetsu no Kuchizuke | Ryū Kaneda | Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura | Japan | [37] | |
Masque of the Red Death | Larry Brand, Jeffrey Delman | Patrick Macnee, Adrian Paul | United States | Produced by Roger Corman | [38] |
Masque of the Red Death | Alan Birkinshaw | Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom | United States | Produced by Harry Alan Towers | [38] |
Maya | Marcello Avallone | William Berger, Peter Phelps, Mariangélica Ayala | Italy | ||
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor | Glenn Takajian | Diana Flaherty, Marcus Powell, Tara Leigh | United States | ||
Monster High | Rudy Poe | Diana Frank, Robert Lind, Doug Kerzner | United States | ||
Murder Weapon | David DeCoteau | Karen Russell, Allen First, Linnea Quigley | United States | ||
Mutator | John R. Bowey | Brion James, Carolyn Ann Clark, Milton Raphael Murill | United States | ||
Night Life | David Acomba | Scott Grimes, John Astin, Cheryl Pollak | United States | [39] | |
Night Visitor | Rupert Hitzig | Elliott Gould, Richard Roundtree, Michael J. Pollard | United States | [40] | |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Minter | United States | [41] | |
Offerings | Christopher Reynolds | Loretta Leigh Bowman, Elizabeth Greene, G. Michael Smith | United States | [42] | |
Out of the Dark | Michael Schroeder | Karen Witter, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Black | United States | ||
Paganini Horror | Luigi Cozzi | Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, Pascal Persiano | Italy | [43] | |
Parents | Bob Balaban | Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt | United States | [44] | |
Pet Sematary | Mary Lambert | Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby | United States | [45] | |
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge | Richard S. Friedman | Morgan Fairchild, Derek Rydall, Jonathan Goldsmith | United States | [46] | |
Psycho Cop | Wallace Potts | United States | [47] | ||
Puppet Master | David Schmoeller | Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe | United States | [48] | |
The Red Monks | Gianni Martucci | Gerardo Merrato, Daniela Barnes, Malisa Longo | Italy | [49] | |
Shocker | Wes Craven | Peter Berg, Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi | United States | [50] | |
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Monte Hellman | Bill Moseley, Laura Harring, Richard Beymer | United States | [51] | |
Skinned Alive | Jon Killough | J. R. Bookwalter, Lester Clark | United States | [52] | |
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland | Michael A. Simpson | Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard | United States | [53] | |
Society | Brian Yuzna | Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Heidi Kozak | United States | [54] | |
Speak of the Devil | Raphael Nussbaum | Dan Patrick Brady, David Campbell, William Cannon | United States | [55][56] | |
Spontaneous Combustion | Tobe Hooper | Jaime Alba, Cynthia Bain | United States | [57] | |
Stepfather II | Jeff Burr | Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams | United States | [58] | |
Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator | Don Nardo | Catherine Dee, William Dame, M.R. Murphy | United States | ||
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Anthony Hickox | David Carradine, Bruce Campbell | United States | [59] | |
Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | [60] | |
Things | Andrew Jordan | Robert (Tex) Allen, Amber Lynn, Patricia Sadler | United States | [61] | |
The Toxic Avenger Part II | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura | United States | [62] | |
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura | United States | [63] | |
Vampire's Kiss | Robert Bierman | Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley | United States | Comedy horror | [64] |
The Vineyard | James Hong, William "Bill" Rice | Cheyl Madsen, Karen Witter, Michael Wong | United States Canada | [65] | |
Violent Shit | Andreas Schnaas | Karl Inger, Gabi Banner, Wolfgang Hinz | West Germany | [66] | |
Warlock | Steve Miner | Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant | United States | [67] | |
Witch Story | Alessandro Capone | Amy Adams, Jeff Bankert, Ian Bannen | Italy | [67] | |
The Woman in Black | Herbert Wise | Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker | United Kingdom | Television film | [68] |
Zombie Rampage | Todd Sheets | Dave Byerly, Erin Kehr, Stanna Bippus | United States | Led to sequel Zombie Bloodbath (1993) | [69] |
References
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Sources
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- Clark, Randall (1995). At a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The History, Culture and Politics of the American Exploitation Film. New York City, New York: Garland. ISBN 978-0-815-31951-1.
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
- Dendle, Peter (2010). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
- Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
- Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits, Supplement 2: Through 1993. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-899-50927-3.
- Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-45501-0.
- Shelley, Peter (2012). Australian Horror Films, 1973-2010. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-46167-7.
- Stanley, John (2000). Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide. New York: Berkley Boulevard Books. ISBN 978-0-425-17517-0.
- Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. New York City, New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-13149-4.
- 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 1989 on Internet Movie Database