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1981 Horror Movies

Public list by WPS with 89 movies or TV shows/series

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The Evil Dead(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 25min | Horror
3.7/5 (with 1,692 votes)

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

Possession(1981)

2h 3min | Horror
3.7/5 (with 468 votes)

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Omen III: The Final Conflict(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 48min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 224 votes)

Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.

Directed by Graham Baker - With Sam Neill, Don Gordon, Rossano Brazzi, Barnaby Holm, Tony Vogel, Lisa Harrow, ...

An American Werewolf in London(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Horror
3.7/5 (with 1,086 votes)

Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

The Howling(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 31min | Horror
3.3/5 (with 312 votes)

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

Halloween II(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 32min | Horror
3.3/5 (with 863 votes)

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

Friday the 13th Part 2(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 27min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 749 votes)

Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, a new group of counselors roam the area, not sensing an ominous lurking presence that proves the grisly legend is real.

The Beyond(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 28min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 253 votes)

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

The House by the Cemetery(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 27min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 156 votes)

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his research and moves his family from New York City to the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.

The Prowler(1981)

1h 29min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 82 votes)

A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

The Burning(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 31min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 157 votes)

A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidently burned him.

Scanners(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 43min | Science Fiction, Horror
3.4/5 (with 536 votes)

After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

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Cannibal Ferox(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 33min | Adventure, Horror
2.7/5 (with 108 votes)

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Hell Night(1981)

1h 41min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 64 votes)

Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds.

Galaxy of Terror(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 21min | Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 80 votes)

As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The pyramid has to be behind it all somehow, but how can they save themselves from its influence?

My Bloody Valentine(1981)

1h 30min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 211 votes)

Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine's Day again. When a group of teenagers decides to defy that order, a murderous maniac in mining gear begins dispatching townsfolk in bloody and creative ways.

Happy Birthday to Me(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 75 votes)

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on...

Evilspeak(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 33min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 39 votes)

Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.

Ghost Story(1981)

1h 50min | Horror, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 60 votes)

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

Suddenly in the Dark(1981)

1h 35min | Horror, Mystery, Drama
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

A wife starts to suspect her husband's infidelity after the arrival of their new, young housekeeper, who carries a mysterious wooden doll with herself.

Directed by Go Yeong-nam - With Kim Young-ae

Bloody Birthday(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 25min | Science Fiction, Horror
3.0/5 (with 63 votes)

In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and innocent facades. A boy and his teenage sister become endangered when they stumble onto the bloody truth.

Directed by Edward Hunt - With Susan Strasberg

Wolfen(1981)

1h 55min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 89 votes)

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow(1981)

1h 36min | Horror, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 62 votes)

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

Directed by Frank De Felitta - With Larry Drake

Dead & Buried(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 34min | Horror, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 113 votes)

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

The Funhouse(1981)

1h 36min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 157 votes)

Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.

The Hand(1981)

1h 44min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 57 votes)

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Deadly Blessing(1981)

1h 40min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 69 votes)

After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.

Graduation Day(1981)

1h 36min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 39 votes)

A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker(1981)

1h 36min | Thriller, Horror
3.5/5 (with 48 votes)

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.

Sadomania(1981)

1h 24min | Action, Drama, Horror
2.3/5 (with 11 votes)

Soon after newlyweds Olga and Michel set foot on the grounds of a notorious women's prison, they're arrested by topless guards and ushered behind bars where the warden quickly dismisses Michel but demands that Olga do a little time.

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