The Film-Lover's Check List: Most Watched Horrors of the 1980s

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Total:	391
Seen:	118	(30.2%)
See Again:	4	(1.0%)
Unseen:	269	(68.8%)

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Most Watched Horrors of the 1980s

TIER I


1.	The Shining (1980)
2.	Aliens (1986)
3.	The Thing (1982)
4.	Evil Dead II (1987)
5.	The Vanishing (1988)
6.	Blue Velvet (1986)
7.	The Evil Dead (1981)
8.	An American Werewolf In London (1981)
9.	The Fly (1986)
10.	A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
11.	Poltergeist (1982)
12.	Angel Heart (1987)
13.	The Changeling (1980)
14.	Re-Animator (1985)

15.	Videodrome (1983)
16.	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
17.	The Hitcher (1986)
18.	Manhunter (1986)
19.	The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
20.	Tenebre (1982)
21.	Gremlins (1984)
22.	They Live (1988)
23.	Dressed To Kill (1980)
24.	Near Dark (1987)
25.	Day of the Dead (1985)
26.	The Lost Boys (1987)
27.	Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
28.	Hellraiser (1987)
29.	The Monster Squad (1987)

30.	Dead Calm (1989)
31.	Fright Night (1985)
32.	The Beyond (1981)
33.	Phenomena (1985)
34.	The Fog (1980)
35.	Bad Taste (1987)
36.	Scanners (1981)
37.	Altered States (1980)
38.	Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
39.	Creepshow (1982)
40.	The 'burbs (1989)
41.	Prince of Darkness (1987)
42.	The Howling (1981)
43.	Christine (1983)
44.	The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

45.	The Hunger (1983)
46.	Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
47.	Child's Play (1988)
48.	Halloween II (1981)
49.	Pet Sematary (1989)
50.	Friday the 13th (1980)
51.	A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
52.	The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
53.	Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
54.	Psycho II (1983)
55.	Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
56.	The Blob (1988)
57.	Silver Bullet (1985)
58.	Cat's Eye (1985)
59.	Cat People (1982)

60.	The Toxic Avenger (1984)
61.	Lifeforce (1985)
62.	House (1986)
63.	Firestarter (1984)
64.	Cujo (1983)
65.	Critters (1986)
66.	Sleepaway Camp (1983)
67.	Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
68.	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
69.	Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
70.	Creepshow 2 (1987)
71.	Poltergeist II (1986)
72.	Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
73.	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
74.	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

75.	A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
76.	Children of the Corn (1984)
77.	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
78.	Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
79.	A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
80.	Maximum Overdrive (1986)
81.	A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
82.	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
83.	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
84.	The Fly II (1989)
85.	Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
86.	Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
87.	Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
88.	Jaws 3D (1983)
89.	Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

TIER II


1.	Santa Sangre (1989)
2.	Alice (1988)
3.	A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
4.	White Dog (1982)
5.	Possession (1981)
6.	Opera (1987)
7.	The Hidden (1987)
8.	The Stepfather (1987)
9.	From Beyond (1986)
10.	Inferno (1980)
11.	Night of the Creeps (1986)
12.	Lady In White (1988)
13.	The Company of Wolves (1984)
14.	Eating Raoul (1982)

15.	Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
16.	Dead & Buried (1981)
17.	Demoni (1985)
18.	The Entity (1981)
19.	Society (1989)
20.	Maniac (1980)
21.	Dreamscape (1984)
22.	Amsterdamned (1988)
23.	Wolfen (1981)
24.	Dolls (1987)
25.	Phantasm II (1988)
26.	Night of the Comet (1984)
27.	Monkey Shines (1988)
28.	New York Ripper (1982)
29.	The Burning (1981)
30.	City of the Living Dead (1980)
31.	House By the Cemetery (1981)

32.	Basket Case (1982)
33.	Ghost Story (1981)
34.	Waxwork (1988)
35.	Street Trash (1987)
36.	Pumpkinhead (1988)
37.	Warlock (1989)
38.	April Fool's Day (1986)
39.	Night of the Demons (1988)
40.	The Manhattan Project (1986)
41.	Motel Hell (1980)
42.	Crimewave (1985)
43.	My Bloody Valentine (1981)
44.	The Prowler (1981)
45.	Maniac Cop (1988)
46.	The Funhouse (1981)
47.	Alligator (1980)
48.	The Keep (1983)

49.	The Stuff (1985)
50.	Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
51.	The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
52.	Terror Train (1980)
53.	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
54.	Happy Birthday To Me (1981)
55.	Gothic (1986)
56.	Vampire's Kiss (1988)
57.	Leviathan (1989)
58.	Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
59.	The Gate (1987)
60.	Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
61.	Demons 2 (1986)
62.	Nekromantik (1987)
63.	Swamp Thing (1982)
64.	The Wraith (1986)

65.	Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
66.	High Spirits (1988)
67.	Puppetmaster (1989)
68.	Chopping Mall (1986)
69.	The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
70.	Prom Night (1980)
71.	Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
72.	The Hand (1981)
73.	C.H.U.D. (1984)
74.	Shocker (1989)
75.	Once Bitten (1985)
76.	Deadly Friend (1986)
77.	Cannibal Ferox (1981)
78.	Flowers In the Attic (1987)
79.	Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
80.	Psycho III (1986)
81.	House II: The Second Story (1987)

82.	Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
83.	Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
84.	Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
85.	The Toxic Avenger, Part II (1989)
86.	Deepstar Six (1989)
87.	Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
88.	Poltergeist III (1988)
89.	Troll (1986)
90.	Amityville 3D (1983)
91.	Faces of Death (1978)
92.	Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
93.	King Kong Lives (1986)
94.	Ghoulies (1985)
95.	Silent Night, Deadly Night II (1987)
96.	Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)
97.	Howling II (1985)
98.	Hobgoblins (1988)

TIER III


1.	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
2.	Atomic Cafe (1982)
3.	Mr. Vampire (1985)
4.	The Woman In Black (1989)
5.	The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey (1988)
6.	Paperhouse (1988)
7.	Stage Fright (1987)
8.	Zu Warriors (1983)
9.	Pin... (1988)
10.	Brain Damage (1988)
11.	De Lift (1983)
12.	Godzilla Vs. Biollante (1989)
13.	Dead of Winter (1987)
14.	Evil Dead Trap (1988)

15.	The Church (1989)
16.	Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
17.	Parents (1989)
18.	Intruder (1989)
19.	The Watcher In the Woods (1980)
20.	Just Before Dawn (1981)
21.	Epidemic (1987)
22.	The Believers (1987)
23.	Scarecrows (1988)
24.	Alone In the Dark (1982)
25.	Prison (1988)
26.	Clownhouse (1989)
27.	House On the Edge of the Park (1980)
28.	Razorback (1984)
29.	The House On Sorority Row (1983)
30.	Communion (1989)

31.	My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
32.	Dead Heat (1988)
33.	Godzilla 1985 (1984)
34.	Nomads (1986)
35.	Pieces (1982)
36.	Student Bodies (1981)
37.	Nightmare City (1980)
38.	Antropophagus (1980)
39.	Hell Night (1981)
40.	Humanoids From the Deep (1980)
41.	Vamp (1986)
42.	Witchboard (1986)
43.	Stepfather II (1989)
44.	Deadly Blessing (1981)
45.	Silent Rage (1982)
46.	Trick Or Treat (1986)
47.	Burial Ground (1981)

48.	Guinea Pig 2 (1985)
49.	The Bride (1985)
50.	American Gothic (1987)
51.	Zombie Holocaust (1980)
52.	Eaten Alive! (1980)
53.	Mother's Day (1980)
54.	Invaders From Mars (1986)
55.	The Dead Next Door (1989)
56.	The Island (1980)
57.	Bad Dreams (1988)
58.	The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
59.	Xtro (1983)
60.	Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
61.	Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
62.	Galaxy of Terror (1981)

63.	Watchers (1988)
64.	Zombi 3 (1988)
65.	Madman (1982)
66.	Virus (1980)
67.	976-EVIL (1988)
68.	House III: The Horror Show (1989)
69.	He Knows You're Alone (1980)
70.	The Boogeyman (1980)
71.	You Better Watch Out (1980)
72.	Rawhead Rex (1986)
73.	A Return To Salem's Lot (1987)
74.	Redneck Zombies (1987)
75.	Blood Diner (1987)
76.	Slugs: The Movie (1988)
77.	Slaughter High (1986)
78.	Creature (1985)
79.	Saturday the 14th (1981)

80.	The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
81.	Cutting Class (1989)
82.	Cheerleader Camp (1988)
83.	The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
84.	The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
85.	Sorority Babes In the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
86.	Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
87.	Ghoulies II (1987)
88.	C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989)
89.	Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
90.	Chopper Chicks In Zombietown (1989)
91.	Horror Planet (1981)
92.	Zombie Lake (1981)
93.	Howling III (1987)
94.	Terror In the Aisles (1984)
95.	Zombie Nightmare (1986)
96.	Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues... (1985)

TIER IV


1.	Black Rain (1989)
2.	Angst (1983)
3.	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
4.	The Day of the Triffids (1981)
5.	Spooky Encounters (1980)
6.	Ghosts...Of the Civil Dead (1988)
7.	In a Glass Cage (1987)
8.	Baxter (1989)
9.	Fortress (1986)
10.	Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988)
11.	Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
12.	Anguish (1987)
13.	Rampage (1987)
14.	The End (1980)
15.	House of Long Shadows (1983)
16.	Combat Shock (1986)
17.	Zeder (1983)

18.	The Deadly Spawn (1983)
19.	Of Unknown Origin (1983)
20.	A Blade In the Dark (1983)
21.	Macabre (1980)
22.	I, Madman (1989)
23.	Black Rainbow (1989)
24.	The Living Dead Girl (1982)
25.	Jack's Back (1988)
26.	The Visitors (1988)
27.	Terror In the Aisles (1984)
28.	Warning Sign (1985)
29.	The Murders In the Rue Morgue (1986)
30.	The Black Cat (1981)
31.	Superstition (1982)
32.	Link (1986)
33.	Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
34.	Cut and Run (1985)
35.	Fade To Black (1980)
36.	Spellbinder (1988)

37.	One Dark Night (1983)
38.	The Dead Pit (1989)
39.	2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
40.	Nightmare (1981)
41.	Nightmares (1983)
42.	Bloody Birthday (1981)
43.	The Monster Club (1980)
44.	Guinea Pig 5 (1988)
45.	Venom (1981)
46.	Troma's War (1988)
47.	Contamination (1980)
48.	The Kiss (1988)
49.	Absurd (1981)
50.	After Midnight (1989)
51.	The Children (1980)
52.	Terrorvision (1986)
53.	Pulse (1988)
54.	Don't Go In the House (1980)
55.	The Beast Within (1982)

56.	Evilspeak (1981)
57.	The Video Dead (1987)
58.	Conquest (1983)
59.	FleshEater (1988)
60.	Crawlspace (1986)
61.	The Awakening (1980)
62.	Great White (1981)
63.	Aenigma (1987)
64.	The Curse (1987)
65.	The Unnamable (1988)
66.	Manhattan Baby (1982)
67.	Rabid Grannies (1988)
68.	Visiting Hours (1982)
69.	It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
70.	Death Ship (1980)
71.	Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
72.	Without Warning (1980)
73.	Monster In the Closet (1986)

74.	Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)
75.	Guinea Pig (1985)
76.	Blood Beach (1980)
77.	Return To Horror High (1987)
78.	Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
79.	Night Shadows (1984)
80.	Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story (1985)
81.	The Hearse (1980)
82.	Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
83.	Demon Island (1982)
84.	Not of This Earth (1988)
85.	Neon Maniacs (1986)
86.	Body Count (1987)
87.	Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989)
88.	Munchies (1987)
89.	Rats (1984)
90.	Sorority House Massacre (1986)
91.	Graduation Day (1981)

92.	Fear No Evil (1981)
93.	Witchery (1988)
94.	After Death (1988)
95.	The Creature Wasn't Nice (1983)
96.	Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
97.	Parasite (1982)
98.	Wicked Stepmother (1989)
99.	Breeders (1986)
100.	Humongous (1982)
101.	Don't Go In the Woods (1981)
102.	Night Train To Terror (1985)
103.	Creepozoids (1987)
104.	Zombie 5: Killing Birds (1987)
105.	Time Walker (1982)
106.	Oasis of the Zombies (1981)
107.	Food of the Gods II (1989)
108.	Grave of the Living Dead (1983)
109.	Boogeyman II (1983)