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Cannibal Ferox is a 1981 Italian exploitation horror film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi. It can be considered one of the ‘unholy trinity’ of superior Italian cannibal films, alongside Last Cannibal World and Cannibal Holocaust. In …
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Ferat Vampire aka Upír z Feratu (the name is a pun on Upír Nosferatu, or Nosferatu the Vampire) is a 1981 Czechoslovak horror film directed by Juraj Herz (The Cremator). …
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Evilspeak is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by Eric Weston from a screenplay co-written with Joseph Garofalo. The movie stars Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joseph Cortese and Claude Earl Jones. …
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‘Many people visit, few ever leave the…’ Madhouse – aka There Was a Little Girl – is a 1981 Italian horror film produced and directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis (The Visitor; …
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‘Pray for day’ Hell Night is a 1981 American slasher horror film directed by Tom DeSimone (Terror in the Jungle) from a screenplay written by Randy Feldman. The movie stars Linda Blair, …
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Bewitched is a 1981 Hong Kong supernatural horror film directed by Chih-Hung Kuei (Hex after Hex; Curse of Evil; Corpse Mania; et al). The movie stars Fei Ai, Melvin Wong and …
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‘He is the destroyer’ Incubus – promoted as The Incubus – is a 1981 Canadian horror film directed by John Hough (American Gothic; The Legend of Hell House; Twins of Evil), from a screenplay …
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‘They came from the dead… A monstrous, chilling terror stalking the living.’ Dawn of the Mummy is a 1981 American/Egyptian supernatural horror film produced and directed by Frank (Farouk) Agrama (Queen Kong), from …
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‘At last! A motion picture made by, for, and about people… just like you!’ Wacko is a 1981 (released 1982) American comedy horror film produced and directed by Greydon Clark (Uninvited; …
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‘Crawling horror from the depths of Hell!’ The Devil – aka Devil’s Express and original title Xie Mo – is a 1981 Hong Kong-Taiwan supernatural horror film directed by Jen-Chieh Chang …
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Frankenstein is a 1981 Japanese animated television film based on Mary Shelley’s novel and the Marvel comic book Monster of Frankenstein. In this Toei Animation 98-minute adult-oriented film, the creature was …
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‘Pilot error? Or supernatural terror?’ The Survivor is a 1981 Australian horror thriller film directed by David Hemmings (actor in Harlequin; Thirst; Deep Red) from a screenplay by David Ambrose (Blackout), …
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Suddenly in the Dark is a 1981 South Korean supernatural horror film directed by Go Yeong-nam [Young Nam Ko] from a screenplay by Sam-yuk Yoon. The movie stars Il-bong Yun, …
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‘The dream you can’t escape alive!’ Nightmare is a 1981 American slasher horror film written and directed by Italian filmmaker Romano Scavolini (Spirits of Death). The movie has also been …
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‘Recourse to evil runs rampant against the laws of human restraint’ Docteur Jekyll et les femmes – also known as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne – is …
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‘Something you wouldn’t dare to imagine is alive!’ Jaws of Satan is a 1981 horror film directed by Bob Claver from a screenplay by James Callaway and Gerry Holland. It was photographed …
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‘The screams you hear may be your own!’ The Demon is a 1981 South African slasher film co-produced, written and directed by Percival Rubens (Survival Zone; Sweet Murder). The movie …
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The Creature Wasn’t Nice is a 1981 (released 1983) American science fiction comedy film written and directed by Bruce Kimmel. It attempts to satirise extraterrestrial monster movies such as Alien and …
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Dahshat is a 1981 Bollywood Indian Hindi horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay from a screenplay by producer Kumar Ramsay. The original title, दहशत, translates as “Scare”. …
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Graduation Day is a 1981 American slasher horror film directed by ex-rabbi Herb Freed (Beyond Evil) from a screenplay co-written with Anne Marisse. The movie stars Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie …
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‘Pray you never have one.’ American Nightmare is a 1981 Canadian horror film directed by Don McBrearty (The Haunting of Lisa) from a screenplay by John Sheppard (Mania, Never Cry Werewolf) based on a …
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La Momia Nacional (which translates as “The National Mummy”) is a 1981 Spanish horror sex comedy film directed by José Ramón Larraz (Vampyres, Scream – and Die!, Rest in Pieces, Edge of …
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‘When make believe is just not enough!’ Faces of Death II is a 1981 American documentary (or shockumentary) film and the first sequel to the 1978 mondo movie Faces of Death. Also known …
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The Appointment is a 1981 British horror film written and directed by Lindsey C. Vickers (The Lake, 1978 short). The movie stars Edward Woodward (The Wicker Man), Jane Merrow (Hands of the Ripper; Night …
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Night of the Zombies is an American horror film directed by Joel M. Reed and starring Jamie Gillis, released under many titles, all of which are equally confusing and cause endless …
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The Nightmare Man is a British science fiction and horror television serial, produced by the BBC in 1981. It was transmitted 1st – 22nd May 1981 and has never been …
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‘Some things shouldn’t be disturbed…’ The Boogens is a 1981 American horror film produced by Charles E. Sellier (director of Silent Night, Deadly Night) and directed by James L Conway …
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‘There are worse things than getting lost in the snow’ Ghostkeeper is a 1981 Canadian horror film directed by Jim Makichuk. Also known as Ghost Keeper The movie stars Riva …
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‘It’s dead of night and everyone’s asleep. …Almost everybody!’ Strange Behavior – original title Dead Kids; also released as Small Town Massacre and Human Experiments – is a 1981 New Zealand mystery horror …
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’13½ murders + 1423 laughs =’ Student Bodies is a 1981 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mickey Rose, with an uncredited Michael Ritchie co-directing. A spoof of films such …
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Great White – aka The Last Shark, The Last Jaws, L’ultimo squalo – is a 1981 Italian action horror film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring James Franciscus and Vic Morrow. The film …
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‘Pray you’re not blessed’ Deadly Blessing is a 1981 American horror film directed by Wes Craven (The Last House on the Left; The Hills Have Eyes; Scream) from a screenplay …
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Mystics in Bali is a 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film directed by H. Tjut Djalil and based on the novel “Leák Ngakak” by Putra Mada. The original Indonesian title is …
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‘You’ll believe it just before you die!’ Superstition is a 1982 Canadian supernatural horror film, also later released as The Witch. It was directed by James Robinson from a screenplay …
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‘The time has come to tell the tale.’ Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin based on the 1979 novel of the same name …
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‘Man is the only animal that kills for pleasure’ Night School is a 1981 American Giallo-style slasher horror film about a series of gruesome decapitation murders happening in Boston, Massachusetts. …
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‘Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.’ Possession is a 1981 French-German film directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski from a screenplay co-written with Frederic Tuten. Żuławski has stated that he wrote the screenplay …
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‘The body count continues…’ Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher horror film directed by Steve Miner, who also directed its sequel, Friday the 13th Part III and House. The film was a …
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