1980s exploitation films

1981 film by Sam Raimi

1981 film directed by George Miller

1981 film directed by John Landis

Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker in his directorial debut. Based on Barker's 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, the film's plot concerns a mystical puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between pain and pleasure. It stars Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, and Doug Bradley as the leader of the Cenobites.

1980 Italian horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato

1986 film directed by John McNaughton

1982 film by Dario Argento

1981 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1985 film by Dario Argento

1988 Hong Kong–Chinese historical horror film directed by Mou Tun-fei

1980 film directed by Paul Lynch

1984 film by Charles Sellier

1989 film by Peter Jackson

1981 film directed by George Mihalka

1982 film by Frank Henenlotter

1981 film directed by Umberto Lenzi

1989 film directed by David Schmoeller

1982 film directed by Damiano Damiani

1980 Canadian film by Roger Spottiswoode

1980 film by Julien Temple

1983 film by J. Lee Thompson

1980 film by William Lustig

1981 film by Abel Ferrara

1989 film directed by Brian Yuzna

1982 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1982 film by Enzo G. Castellari

Antropophagus (also known as Anthropophagus: The Beast, The Savage Island, and The Grim Reaper) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato, co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, and starring Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini, Mark Bodin, and Eastman, who portrays a cannibal stalking tourists on a remote island.

1981 Nigerian film by Sharad Patel

1982 film by Amy Holden Jones

1984 film by Just Jaeckin

TerrorVision is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ted Nicolaou, produced and written by Albert and Charles Band and composed by Richard Band, all of whom would go on to found and work with Full Moon Features in 1989. TerrorVision was made by Empire International Pictures, the production company owned by Charles Band prior to Full Moon, and was released in February 1986.

Witchboard is a 1986 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Tenney in his directorial debut, and starring Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, and Todd Allen. The plot centers on college student Linda Brewster who becomes entranced into using her friend's Ouija board alone after it was left behind at her party. She is subsequently terrorized and eventually possessed by the spirit of malevolent serial killer Carlos Malfeitor, who committed a series of axe murders in the 1930s.

1983 film by Sergio Martino

1988 film directed by David Winters and Neal Sundstrom

1987 film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri

1983 film by Enzo G. Castellari

1982 film by Bruno Mattei

1980 film by Charlie Kaufman

1988 film by Keenen Ivory Wayans

1987 film by Peter George

1985 film by Michael Schultz

1982 Spanish horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón

1981 film by Joe D'Amato

1987 film by Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso

1980 film by Ruggero Deodato

1986 film by Tsui Hark

1984 film by Danny Steinmann

1989 film by Luigi Cozzi

1982 film by Jesús Franco

1982 film by Philippe Mora

1984 film by George Eastman, Joe D'Amato

1982 Italian film directed by Joe D'Amato

1983 film directed by Lucio Fulci

Screwballs is a 1983 Canadian teen sex comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski and released by New World Pictures. It was one of several films inspired by the success of ''Porky's''.

Ratman () is a 1988 Italian exploitation horror film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo.

1980 film by Jesús Franco

1986 film directed by George Pavlou

1985 film directed by Satoru Ogura

1980 film by Mario Landi

1984 film directed by Robert Vincent O'Neill