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A list of horror films released in 1986.

Title  | Director(s)  | Cast  | Country  | Notes  | Ref.

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The Abomination | Bret McCormick | Gaye Bottoms, Victoria Chaney, Van Connery  | United States  |  | [1]
April Fool's Day | Fred Walton | Deborah Foreman, Amy Steel, Ken Olandt | United States  |  | [2]
Chopping Mall | Jim Wynorski | Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd | United States  |  | [3]
Class of Nuke 'Em High | Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz,
Lloyd Kaufman | Gil Brenton, Elizabeth Lambert, Anthony Ventola  | United States  |  | [4]
Critters | Stephen Herek | Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush | United States  |  | [5]
Dark Age | Arch Nicholson | Janet Kingsbury, John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill | Australia  |  | [6]
Dead End Drive-In | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry  | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Dead End

Deadly Friend | Wes Craven | Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett | United States  |  | [7]
Deadtime Stories | Jeffrey S. Delman | Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Cathryn de Prume  | United States  |  | [8]
Demons 2 | Lamberto Bava | Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes  | Italy  |  | [9]
Dream Lover | Alan J. Pakula | Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar | United States  |  | [10]
Dreamaniac | David DeCoteau | Ashlyn Gere, Thomas Bern, Sylvia Summers  | United States  |  | [11]
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman | Kazuo Komizu |  | Japan  |  | [12]
Entrails of a Virgin | Kazuo Komizu | Kazuhiko Goda, Naomi Hagio, Taiju Kato  | Japan  |  | [13]
Escapes | Clarence I. Steensen | Vincent Price | United Kingdom |  | [14]
Evil Laugh | Dominick Bracsia | Myles O'Brien, Dominick Brascia, Jerold Pearson  | United States  |  |
The Fly | David Cronenberg | Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz | United States  |  | [15]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Tom McLoughlin | Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, Rene Jones  | United States  |  | [16]
From Beyond | Stuart Gordon | Jeffrey Combs | United States  |  | [17]
Gothic | Ken Russell | Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson | United Kingdom  |  | [18]
Guzoo The Thing Forsaken By God Part I | Kazuo Komizu | Yumiko Ishikawa, Naomi Kajitani, Kyoko Komiyama, Tomoko Maruyama, Hidemi Maruyama  | Japan  |  | [19]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | John McNaughton | Michael Rooker, Tom Towles | United States  |  | [20]
Haunted Honeymoon | Gene Wilder | Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith | United States  |  | [21]
The Hitcher | Robert Harmon | Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh | United States  |  | [22]
House | Steve Miner | William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll | United States  |  | [23]
Invaders from Mars | Tobe Hooper | Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, James Karen | United States  |  | [24]
The Killer is Still Among Us | Camillo Teti | Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Giovanni Visentin, Riccardo Parisio Perrotti  | Italy  |  | [25]
Killer Party | William Fruet | Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes  | Canada
United States  |  | [26]
Killer Workout | David A. Prior | David James Campbell, Marcia Karr, Ted Prior | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Aerobi-cide

Link | Richard Franklin | Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp | United Kingdom
United States  |  | [27]
Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | John Candy, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis | United States  |  | [28]
Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | Emilio Estevez, Yeardley Smith, Christopher Britton | United States  |  | [29]
Midnight Killer | Lamberto Bava | Valeria D'Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Paolo Malco | Italy  |

Alternative title(s)

* You'll Die at Midnight

| [30]
Monster Dog | Claudio Fragasso | Alice Cooper, Victoria Vera, Carlos Santurio  | Spain  |  | [31]
Murderlust | Donald Jones | Eli Rich, Rocky Taylor, Dennis Gannon  | United States  |  | [32]
Neon Maniacs | Joseph Mangine | Alan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke  | United States  |  | [33]
Night of the Creeps | Fred Dekker | Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow | United States  |  | [34]
Night Ripper! | Jeff Hathcock | James Hansen, Larry Thomas | United States  |  | [35]
Nomads | John McTiernan | Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down | United States  |  | [36]
Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Brian Gibson | JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke | United States  |  | [37]
Psycho III | Anthony Perkins | Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Gary Bayer, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott, Karen Hensel, Jack Murdock, Katt Shea, Juliette Cummins | United States  |  | [38]
Rawhead Rex | George Pavlou | David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Tóibín, Cora Venus Lunny | Ireland  |  | [39]
Screamtime | Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long  | Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto  | United Kingdom  |  | [40]
Slaughter High | George Dugdale, Mark Ezra | Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore  | United Kingdom
United States  |  | [41]
Sorority House Massacre | Carol Frank | Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross  | United States  |  | [42]
Spookies | Eugenie Joseph, Thomas Doran,
Brendan Faulkner | Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas  | United States  |  | [43]
Terror at Tenkiller | Ken Meyer | Dale Buckmaster, Stacy Logan, Michelle Merchant  | United States  |  | [44]
TerrorVision | Ted Nicolaou | Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov | United States  |  | [45]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Tobe Hooper | Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Chris Douridas, Ken Evert, Kirk Sisco, Kinky Friedman, Dan Jenkins, Joe Bob Briggs | United States  |  | [46]
The Tomb | Fred Olen Ray | John Carradine, Sybil Danning, Richard Hench  | United States  |  | [47]
Trick or Treat | Charles Martin Smith | Ozzy Osbourne, Claudia Templeton, Gene Simmons | United States  |  | [48]
Troll | John Carl Buechler | Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack | United States  |  | [49]
Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness | Tim Ritter | Christopher Bontempo, Mary Fanaro, Mona Jones  | United States  |  | [50]
Vamp | Richard Wenk | Chris Makepeace, Grace Jones, Sandy Baron | United States  |  | [51]
The Vindicator | Jean-Claude Lord | David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Frankenstein '88

| [52]
The Wind | Nico Mastorakis | Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Edge of Terror

| [53]
Witchboard | Kevin Tenney | Tawny Kitaen, Todd Allen, Clare Bristol  | United States  |  | [54]
The Wraith | Mike Marvin | Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn | United States  |  | [55]
Zombie Nightmare | Jack Bravman | Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, Adam West | Canada  |  | [56]

## References

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1. ^ Firsching, Robert. "The Abomination". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
2. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 481–482.
3. ^ Young 2000, p. 100.
4. ^ Young 2000, p. 106.
5. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 485–486.
6. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Dark Age". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
7. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 486–487.
8. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Deadtime Stories". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
9. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 488–489.
10. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 489–491.
11. ^ Stine 2003, p. 111.
12. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Beautiful Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
13. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Virgin". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
14. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Escapes". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
15. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 728–731.
16. ^ Muir 2010, p. 499–502.
17. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 502–504.
18. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 504–505.
19. ^ "GUZOO 神に見捨てられしもの".
20. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 738–740.
21. ^ AllMovie. "Haunted Honeymoon (1986)". AllMovie. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
22. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 506–508.
23. ^ Muir 2010, p. 508.
24. ^ Young 2000, p. 310.
25. ^ Dyer 2016, p. 222.
26. ^ Young 2000, p. 333.
27. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 521–522.
28. ^ Young 2000, p. 358.
29. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 526–528.
30. ^ Paul 2015, p. 82.
31. ^ Curti 2019, pp. 130, 133.
32. ^ Young 2000, p. 427.
33. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 528–530.
34. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 530–531.
35. ^ Young 2000, p. 450.
36. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 531–533.
37. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 533–534.
38. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 537–539.
39. ^ Muir 2010, p. 620.
40. ^ Young 2000, p. 547.
41. ^ Muir 2010, p. 541.
42. ^ Young 2000, p. 583.
43. ^ Albright 2012, p. 269.
44. ^ Albright 2012, p. 284.
45. ^ Maslin, Janet (February 14, 1986). "Screen: TerrorVision". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
46. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 545–548.
47. ^ "The Tomb". AllMovie. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020.
48. ^ Muir 2010, p. 549.
49. ^ Muir 2010, p. 551.
50. ^ Albright 2012, p. 201.
51. ^ Muir 2010, p. 553.
52. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Vindicator". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
53. ^ "The Wind (1986)". Archived from the original on March 5, 2020.
54. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 553–554.
55. ^ Muir 2010, p. 555–556.
56. ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Zombie Nightmare". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

## Sources

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* Albright, Brian (2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-60042-0.
* Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.
* Dyer, Richard (2016). Lethal Repetition: Serial Killing in European Cinema. London, England: British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1-844-57394-3.
* Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3\. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
* Muir, John Kenneth (2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-45501-0.
* Paul, Louis (2015). Italian Horror Film Directors. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-48749-3.
* Stine, Scott Aaron (2003). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-61132-7.
* Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.

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