
1980
Altered States
A head-trip that never forgets the man at its centre: curiosity, marriage and a tank of trouble.
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The 1980s were a defining decade for horror. Slashers, supernatural stories, body horror, zombies, vampires, monsters and practical-effects showcases arrived at an extraordinary pace.
Established franchises grew while filmmakers created new villains and cult favourites, making 80s horror one of the richest corners of the entire decade.
153 movies so far

1980
A head-trip that never forgets the man at its centre: curiosity, marriage and a tank of trouble.
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1980
Voyeurs, doubles and a very composed doctor.
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1980
Friday the 13th: mortality and friendship, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
Inferno: mortality and mortality and lifespan, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
Maniac: mortality and family, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
Motel Hell: heroism and freedom, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
New Year's Evil: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
Prom Night: mortality and lifespan and loss, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
Terror Train: mortality, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
The Changeling: family and the safety of home, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
A radio voice, a lighthouse and a sea of revenge — Stevie Wayne stands between Antonio Bay and the fog.
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1980
The Island: family and freedom, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
The Ninth Configuration: humanity and authority, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1980
A hotel that remembers you — and a man who forgets who he is.
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1980
The Watcher in the Woods: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1980 movie still matters.
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1981
A ghost, a bite and a man trying not to become a monster — and somehow all three stay interesting.
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1981
A labour of gods, monsters and one man who won't be pushed around.
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1981
Dark Night of the Scarecrow: family and mortality, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Dead & Buried: mortality and fear, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Friday the 13th Part 2: mortality and loss, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Galaxy of Terror: fear and parents protecting their children, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Ghost Story: family and the safety of home, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Laurie Strode, a hospital corridor and a revelation that rewrites everything — Halloween II doubles down and gets messy in the best 80s way.
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1981
Happy Birthday to Me: family and the safety of home, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Ms. 45: family and the safety of home, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
My Bloody Valentine: courage and parents protecting their children, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Omen III: The Final Conflict: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Possession: family and love, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Roar: family and the safety of home, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Telepathy, corporate control and one of cinema’s most unforgettable practical stunts.
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1981
The Beyond: the safety of home and loss, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
The Boogens: family and love, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
The Burning: fear and freedom, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
The Evil Dead: fear and freedom, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
The Funhouse: fear and greed, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
The House by the Cemetery: the safety of home and loss, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
A TV reporter, a therapist's retreat and an appetite for practical prosthetics — The Howling still bites.
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1981
The Prowler: the safety of home and mortality, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1981
Wolfen: fear and humanity, and why this 1981 movie still matters.
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1982
Amityville II: The Possession: family and the safety of home, and why this 1982 movie still matters.
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1982
Cat People: love and loss, and why this 1982 movie still matters.
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1982
Five nasty little tales, a comic-book wrapper and one perfectly awkward professor.
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1982
Friday the 13th Part III: the safety of home and fear, and why this 1982 movie still matters.
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1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch: family and freedom, and why this 1982 movie still matters.
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1982
A suburban home, a frightened child and a television that isn't just background noise — Poltergeist still makes the domestic uncanny feel dangerously familiar.
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1982
Swamp Thing: freedom and fear, and why this 1982 movie still matters.
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1982
Tenebrae: the safety of home and mortality, and why this 1982 movie still matters.
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1982
A frozen outpost, a dog, and a man who must choose who to trust — The Thing still knows how to make suspicion feel like a physical thing.
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1983
Obsession, adolescence and a car that won't let go.
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1983
A mother, a boy and a locked car — Donna Trenton holds the line.
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1983
De Lift: corporate power and our relationship with technology, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
Jaws 3-D: freedom and authority, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
Psycho II: family and the safety of home, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
Sleepaway Camp: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
A quiet schoolteacher, an awful glimpse of tomorrow and the heavy work of knowing too much.
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1983
The Hunger: the safety of home and family, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
The Keep: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
The Man with Two Brains: love and authority, and why this 1983 movie still matters.
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1983
Television as a drug, a weapon and a wound — and Max Renn is the addict in the middle of it.
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1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
A small-town crime with very big, very stupid consequences — and Ray is at the centre of the mess.
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1984
A film about watching — and about what watching does to the watcher.
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1984
C.H.U.D.: fear and authority, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
Children of the Corn: parents protecting their children and family, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
Dreamscape: authority and freedom, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
Firestarter: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
A ragged band of scientists, a sardonic frontman and a city that refuses to behave — Ghostbusters still sells the joke.
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1984
A cuddly Christmas present, three simple rules — and a small town that learns what consequences look like.
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1984
Sisters, malls and a comet — Night of the Comet is a B-movie that learned how to be fun and oddly wise about survival.
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1984
Silent Night, Deadly Night: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
The Company of Wolves: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1984
The Initiation: family and mortality, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge: the safety of home and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
Cat's Eye: family and fear, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
A bunker drama with zombies, a scientist who won a festival, and a soldier who won't listen.
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1985
Demons: freedom and friendship, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning: family and loss, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
A suburban boy, a suave neighbour and a late‑night horror show — Fright Night makes vampire panic feel uncomfortably domestic.
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1985
Lifeforce: mortality and freedom, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
Before Jim Carrey became one of the biggest comedy stars on the planet, he was being chased around Los Angeles by a centuries-old vampire looking for a very particular kind of blood.
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1985
Phenomena: family and the safety of home, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
A medical-school madman, a glowing green reagent and enough stage blood to cause moral indigestion.
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1985
Silver Bullet: loss and family, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1985
Brains, bad decisions and Burt — a punky, gory little time-bomb.
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1985
The Stuff: corporate power and mortality, and why this 1985 movie still matters.
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1986
Motherhood, marines and monsters: why Ripley still makes Aliens sing.
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1986
April Fool's Day: friendship and mortality, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
Chopping Mall: our relationship with technology and freedom, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
Critters: freedom and family, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives: parents protecting their children and family, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
A doo‑wop musical about bad decisions, worse plants and one man’s awkward climb out of obscurity.
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1986
Profiling, loneliness and the thin line between hunter and hunted.
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1986
Maximum Overdrive: humanity and freedom, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
Night of the Creeps: the safety of home and mortality, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
The Fly: humanity and our relationship with technology, and why this 1986 movie still matters.
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1986
A lift you regret for the rest of your life.
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1986
A murder mystery where books are as fragile — and dangerous — as secrets.
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1986
A chainsaw, a grieving ex‑ranger and a very loud 1986 satire — bloody ridiculous and oddly stubborn.
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1987
Nancy comes back to teach a new generation to fight Freddy — and she brings a team.
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1987
Angel Heart: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Creepshow 2: freedom and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Dolls: family and fear, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A one-man brawl with the Book of the Dead: nasty, daft and brilliantly alive.
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1987
Harry and the Hendersons: love, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II: mortality and loss, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A puzzle box, a family that’s already broken, and a heroine who refuses to be another victim.
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1987
House II: The Second Story: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Lost Boys made them cool. Fright Night made them frightening again. Once Bitten turned vampirism into a dating problem. And then there was My Best Friend Is A Vampire.
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1987
A road romance that turns into a hunt — and Caleb is the moral compass that keeps you watching.
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1987
A squad of soldiers, a silent hunter — and mud becomes a weapon.
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1987
Prince of Darkness: fear and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Summer School: family and authority, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Believers: the safety of home and family, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Gate: family and the safety of home, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
The Hidden: mortality and lifespan and mortality, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
A seaside teen vampire movie about belonging, bad choices and the family that refuses to let you go.
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1987
A band of kids, Van Helsing’s diary and a rooftop full of monsters — Sean Crenshaw leads the charge.
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1987
The Stepfather: family and mortality, and why this 1987 movie still matters.
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1987
Seduction, sisterhood and a very inconvenient devil — and yes, it's still worth the trouble.
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1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master: parents protecting their children and friendship, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
A haunted house, a rules-bound afterlife and one gloriously unhelpful bio‑exorcist.
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1988
Child's Play: family and freedom, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Critters 2: The Main Course: fear and mortality, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Revisiting Dead Ringers and the reasons it still deserves to be watched.
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1988
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood: the safety of home and fear, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Fright Night Part 2: friendship and fear, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers: the safety of home and freedom, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Hellbound: Hellraiser II: freedom and family, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Teenagers spot a circus in the woods, everyone else shrugs — then the popcorn guns start firing.
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1988
Night of the Demons: the safety of home and freedom, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Phantasm II: freedom and mortality, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Pumpkinhead: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Return of the Living Dead Part II: freedom and family, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Scrooged: fear and belief in the supernatural, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Teenagers, a creeping alien goo and a whole town that won't listen — welcome back to The Blob.
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1988
Is it a vampire movie? Folk horror? Monster movie? Black comedy? A wildly sexual Gothic nightmare involving an ancient snake g
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1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow: mortality and lifespan and corporate power, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1988
Sunglasses, slogans and a man who will not let you look away.
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1988
There are vampire movies that creep quietly through the shadows, and then there is Vampire’s Kiss.
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1988
Waxwork: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1988 movie still matters.
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1989
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
DeepStar Six: fear and parents protecting their children, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
A whisper in a cornfield, a man who listens, and a small miracle of a movie about fathers and second chances.
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1989
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan: freedom and loss, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
A sequel that doubles down on goo, grumpiness and grown-up responsibilities — and still depends on Venkman to keep it human.
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1989
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers: authority and parents protecting their children, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
Grief, temptation and a very bad burial decision.
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1989
Puppet Master: mortality and humanity, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
Shocker: our relationship with technology and family, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
Suburban suspicion, small-time vigilantes — and one man who would rather spy than sunbathe.
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1989
The Fly II: family and humanity, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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1989
The Toxic Avenger Part II: family and the safety of home, and why this 1989 movie still matters.
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