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

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555 | Wally Koz | B.K. Smith, Bob Grabill, Greg Neilson  | United States  |  | [1]
American Gothic | John Hough | Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo | United Kingdom
Canada  |  | [2]
Bad Dreams | Andrew Fleming | Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott | United States  |  | [3]
Black Roses | John Fasano | John Martin, Frank Dietz, Jesse D'Angelo  | United States
Canada  |  | [4]
The Blob | Chuck Russell | Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith | United States  |  | [5]
Blood Relations | Graeme Campbell | Jan Rubeš, Lydie Denier | Canada
United States  |  | [6]
The Brain | Ed Hunt | David Gale, Cynthia Preston | Canada
United States  |  | [7]
Brain Damage | Frank Henenlotter | Rick Hearst | United States  |  | [8]
Cellar Dweller | John Carl Buechler | Yvonne De Carlo | United States  |  | [9]
Cheerleader Camp | John Quinn | Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Rebecca Ferratti | United States  |  | [10]
Child's Play | Tom Holland | Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent | United States  |  | [11]
Chillers | Daniel Boyd | Jesse Emery, Kimberly Harbour, Thom Delventhal  | United States  |  | [12]
Curse of the Blue Lights | John Henry Johnson | Brent Ritter, Bettina Julius, Clayton A. McCaw  | United States  |  | [13]
Dead Heat | Mark Goldblatt | Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost | United States  |  | [14]
Deadly Dreams | Kristine Peterson | Juliette Cummins, Mitchell Anderson, Xander Berkeley | United States  |  | [15]
Destroyer | Robert Kirk | Lyle Alzado, Deborah Foreman, Anthony Perkins | United States  |  | [16]
Dial Help | Ruggero Deodato | Charlotte Lewis, Marcello Modugno, Mattia Sbragia | Italy  |  | [17]
The Discarnates | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Tsurutarō Kataoka, Yûko Natori, Kenjirō Ishimaru | Japan  |  |
Dracula's Widow | Christopher Coppola | Sylvia Kristel, Lenny von Dohlen | United States  |  | [18]
Dream Demon | Harley Cokeliss | Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Timothy Spall | United Kingdom  |  | [19]
Edge of the Axe | José Ramón Larraz | Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Moseley | Spain
United States  |  | [20]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | James Signorelli | Cassandra Peterson, Edie McClurg | United States  |  | [21]
Evil Clutch | Andrea Marfori | Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Diego Ribon  | Italy  |  | [22]
Evil Dead Trap | Toshiharu Ikeda | Miyuki Ono  | Japan  |  |
Evil Laugh | Dominick Brascia | Kim McKamy | United States  |  |
Faceless | Jesús Franco | Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas | France
Spain  |  |
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | Jennifer Banko, Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Spirtas | United States  |  | [23]
Fright Night Part 2 | Tommy Lee Wallace | Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale | United States  |  | [24]
Ghost Town | Richard McCarthy | Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs  | United States  |  | [25]
Ghosthouse | Umberto Lenzi | Lara Wendel | Italy  |  | [26]
Grandmother's House (a.k.a. Grandma's House)  | Peter Rader | Kim Valentine, Eric Foster, Len Lesser | United States  |  | [27]
Graverobbers | Straw Weisman | Elizabeth Mannino, David Gregory, Larry Bockius  | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Dead Mate

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dwight H. Little | Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris | United States  |  | [28]
Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Tony Randel | Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Richard Waugh | United Kingdom
United States  |  | [29]
Hide and Go Shriek | Skip Schoolnik | Brittain Frye, Donna Baltron  | United States  |  | [30]
Hobgoblins | Rick Sloane | Tamara Clatterbuck, Kari French, Duane Whitaker | United States  |  |
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers | Fred Olen Ray | Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson  | United States  |  | [31]
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare | John Hough | Romy Windsor, Michael T. Weiss, Anthony Hamilton | United Kingdom  |  | [32]
Iced | Jeff Kwitny | Debra A. Deliso, Doug Stevenson, Ron Kologie  | United States  |  |
Kadaicha | James Bogle | Zoe Carides, Eric Oldfield | Australia  |

Alternative title(s)

* Stones of Death

| [33]
The Jitters | John Fasano | Sal Viviano, Marilyn Tokuda, James Hong | United States
Japan  |  |
Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Stephen Chiodo | Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson | United States  |  | [34]
Killing Birds | Joe D'Amato, Claudio Lattanzi  | Robert Vaughn, Lara Wendel | Italy  |  | [35]
The Kiss | Pen Densham | Joanna Pacuła, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk | United States  |  | [36]
Lady in White | Frank LaLoggia | Lukas Haas, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond | United States  |  | [37]
The Lair of the White Worm | Ken Russell | Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg | United Kingdom  |  | [38]
Lone Wolf | John Callas | Luciano Saber, Ann Douglas, Kevin Hart | United States  |  |
Maniac Cop | William Lustig | Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell | United States  |  | [39]
Matinee | Richard Martin | Ron White, Gillian Barber, Jeff Schultz | Canada  |  |
Memorial Valley Massacre | Robert C. Hughes | John Kerry, Mark Mears, John Caso, Cameron Mitchell | United States  |  |
Men Behind the Sun | T. F. Mou | Gang Wang, Hsu Gou, Tie Long Jin  | Hong Kong | [40]
Midnight Movie Massacre | Mark Stock, Laurence Jacobs  | Ann Robinson, Tamara Sue Hill, Jeanne Beachwood  | United States  |  |
Monkey Shines | George A. Romero | Jason Beghe, Kate McNeil | United States  |  | [41]
The Moonlight Sonata | Olli Soinio | Tiina Björkman  | Finland  |  | [42][43]
Månguden | Jonas Cornell | Agneta Ekmanner, Heinz Hopf, Tomas Laustiola  | Sweden  |  |
Necromancer | Dusty Nelson | Elizabeth Kaitan, Russ Tamblyn, John Tyler | United States  |  |
The Nest | Terence H. Winkless | Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois | United States  |  |
Night of the Demons | Kevin Tenney | Alvin Alexis, Allison Barron, Amelia Kinkade | United States  |  | [44]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Rodney Eastman | United States  |  | [45]
Not of This Earth | Jim Wynorski | Traci Lords, Ace Mask, Becky LeBeau  | United States  |  | [46]
Out of the Body | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries | Australia  |  | [47]
Out of the Dark | Michael Schroeder | Karen Witter, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Black | United States  |  |
Phantasm II | Don Coscarelli | James LeGros, Reggie Bannister | United States  |  | [48]
Phantom Brother | William Szarka | Jon Hammer, Patrick Molloy  | United States  |  |
Pin | Sandor Stern | David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn | Canada  |  | [49]
Poltergeist III | Gary Sherman | Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke | United States  |  | [50]
Pulse | Paul Golding | Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence | United States  |  | [51]
Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston | Lance Henriksen, Florence Schauffler, Jeff East | United States  |  | [52]
Rabid Grannies | Emmanuel Kervyn | Caroline Braeckman, Elie Lison, Catherine Aymerie  | Belgium
France
Netherlands  |  |
Ratman | Giuliano Carnimeo | Nelson de la Rosa, Werner Pochath, David Warbeck | Italy  |  | [53]
Return of the Living Dead Part II | Ken Wiederhorn | James Karen, Thom Matthews, Michael Kenworthy  | United States  |  | [54]
Rush Week | Robert Bralver | Pamela Ludwig, Dean Hamilton, Roy Thinnes | United States  |  | [55]
Scarecrows | William Wesley | Mike Balog, David Campbell  | United States  |  | [56]
The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae | United States  |  | [57]
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers | Michael A. Simpson | Pamela Springsteen, Brian Patrick Clarke, Renée Estevez | United States  |  | [58]
Slime City | Greg Lamberson | T.J. Merrick, Bunny Levine, Dick Biel  | United States  |  |
Slugs | Juan Piquer Simón | Michael Garfield  | Spain
United States  |  | [59]
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama | David DeCoteau | Andras Jones, Robin Stille, Linnea Quigley | United States  |  | [60]
The Spider Labyrinth | Gianfranco Giagni | Roland Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Margareta von Krauss  | Italy  |  | [61]
Tales from the Gimli Hospital | Guy Maddin | Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck  | Canada  |  | [62]
The Unholy | Camilo Vila | Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, Claudia Robinson  | United States  |  | [63]
Uninvited | Greydon Clark | Alex Cord, George Kennedy, Shari Shattuck | United States  |  | [64]
Unmasked Part 25 | Anders Palm | Edward Brayshaw, Gary Brown, Gregory Cox  | United Kingdom  |  |
The Unnamable | Jean-Paul Ouellette | Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell  | United States  |  |
Until Death | Lamberto Bava | Urbano Barberini, David Brandon | Italy  | Television film  | [65]
Vampire in Venice | Augusto Caminito, Klaus Kinski | Klaus Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Donald Pleasence | Italy  |  | [66]
Veerana | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay  | Gulshan Grover, Sahila Chaddha, Hemant Birje | India  |  |
Watchers | Jon D. Hess | Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, Michael Ironside | Canada
United States  |  | [67]
Waxwork | Anthony Hickox | Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, David Warner | United States  |  | [68]
Witchcraft | Rob Spera | Anat Topol, Gary Sloan, Mary Shelley, Lee Kissman  | United States  |  |
Witchery | Fabrizio Laurenti | David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland | Italy  |  | [69]
Woodchipper Massacre | Jon McBride | Jon McBride, Denice Edeal  | United States  |  | [70]
Zombi 3 | Lucio Fulci, Bruno Mattei | Marina Loi, Alex Mc Bride, Richard Raymond  | Italy  |  |

## References

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2. ^ Weldon 1996, p. 16.
3. ^ Muir 2010, p. 632.
4. ^ Weldon 1996, p. 58.
5. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 635–636.
6. ^ Young 2000, p. 63.
7. ^ Young 2000, p. 71.
8. ^ Albright 2012, p. 247.
9. ^ Young 2000, p. 91.
10. ^ Young 2000, p. 97.
11. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 641–643.
12. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Chillers". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
13. ^ Young 2000, p. 126.
14. ^ Young 2000, p. 140.
15. ^ Young 2000, p. 141.
16. ^ Young 2000, p. 153.
17. ^ Young 2000, p. 160.
18. ^ Young 2000, p. 179.
19. ^ Young 2000, p. 180.
20. ^ Stine 2003, p. 118.
21. ^ Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 161–162.
22. ^ Curti 2019, p. 152.
23. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 651–652.
24. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 652–653.
25. ^ Young 2000, p. 245.
26. ^ Curti 2019, pp. 154–155.
27. ^ Lentz 1994, p. 453.
28. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 657–660.
29. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 660–662.
30. ^ Armstrong 2003, pp. 160–161.
31. ^ Young 2000, p. 283.
32. ^ Young 2000, p. 284.
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34. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 667–668.
35. ^ Curti 2019, pp. 159–160.
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38. ^ Muir 2010, pp. 672–674.
39. ^ Muir 2010, p. 675.
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## 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.
* Armstrong, Kent Byron (2003). Slasher Films: An International Filmography, 1960 Through 2001. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-41462-8.
* Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7243-4.
* Dendle, Peter (2010). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
* Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-45520-1.
* Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3\. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
* Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra (2011). Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4961-3.
* Joshi, S. T. (2007). Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares. Vol. 2\. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33782-6.
* Kerekes, David; Slater, David (2005). See No Evil: Banned Films and Video Controversy. London, England: Headpress. ISBN 978-1-900-48610-1.
* Lentz, Harris M. III (1994). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits, Supplement 2: Through 1993. McFarland & Company. p. 453\. ISBN 978-0-89950-927-3.
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* Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-55783-269-2. Retrieved June 29, 2011.

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