I really kind of hate lists and think they're reductive, but also they're irresistible and I've obviously just spent ages compiling and formatting this despite almost never actually posting here.
1. Videodrome (Cronenberg, 1983)
2. The Thing (Carpenter, 1982)
3. The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1981)
4. Evil Dead 2 (Raimi, 1987)
5. The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986)
6. An American Werewolf in London (Landis, 1981)
7. Day of the Dead (Romero, 1985)
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven, 1984)
9. Re-Animator (Gordon, 1986)
10. The Fog (Carpenter, 1980)
11. Possession (Zulawski, 1981)
12. Creepshow (Romero, 1982)
13. Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
14. Near Dark (Bigelow, 1987)
15. Ghost Busters (Reitman, 1984)
16. Fright Night (Holland, 1985)
17. The Beyond (Fulci, 1981)
18. Hellraiser (Barker, 1987)
19. Return of the Living Dead (O’Bannon, 1985)
20. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Russell, 1987)
21. Gremlins (Dante, 1984)
22. Night of the Creeps (Dekker, 1986)
23. The Monster Squad (Dekker, 1987)
24. Night of the Demons (Tenney, 1988)
25. Prince of Darkness (Carpenter, 1987)
26. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Wallace, 1982)
27. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989)
28. Cannibal Holocaust (Deodato, 1980)
29. Pumpkinhead (Winston, 1988)
30. Christine (Carpenter, 1983)
31. From Beyond (Gordon, 1986)
32. Phantasm II (Coscarelli, 1988)
33. Society (Yuzna, 1989)
34. Bad Taste (Jackson, 1987)
35. Poltergeist (Hooper, 1982)
36. Scrooged (Donner, 1988)
37. The Gate (Takács, 1987)
38. Spooky Encounters (Hung, 1980)
39. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Chiodo, 1988)
40. The Stuff (Cohen, 1985)
41. Demons (Bava, 1985)
42. The Prowler (Zito, 1981)
43. The Company of Wolves (Jordan, 1984)
44. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Clayton, 1983)
45. Creepshow 2 (Gornick, 1987)
46. A Chinese Ghost Story (Ching, 1987)
47. Scanners (Cronenberg, 1981)
48. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (McNaughton, 1986)
49. Mr. Vampire (Lau, 1985)
50. Christmas Evil (Jackson, 1980)
51. The Serpent and the Rainbow (Craven, 1988)
52. My Bloody Valentine (Mihalka, 1981)
53. Return of the Living Dead: Part II (Wiederhorn, 1988)
54. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (Pittman, 1987)
55. The Hitcher (Harmon, 1986)
56. Poltergeist III (Sherman, 1988)
57. Pet Sematary (Lambert, 1989)
58. Night of the Comet (Eberhardt, 1984)
59. House (Miner, 1986)
60. Razorback (Mulcahy, 1984)
61. Vampire's Kiss (Bierman, 1988)
62. Dead & Buried (Sherman, 1981)
63. Parents (Balaban, 1989)
64. The Blob (Russell, 1988)
65. The Deadly Spawn (McKeown, 1983)
66. Brain Damage (Henenlotter, 1988)
67. Street Trash (Muro, 1987)
68. Amityville II: The Possession (Damiani, 1982)
69. Prison (Harlan, 1988)
Distinctions between a few places are fairly arbitrary; I can't realistically choose between say Creepshow and Dead Ringers.
Also, I curiously found myself omitting stuff like The Shining and all the Friday the 13th films? Dunno why really.
I'll be sure to send the PM nearer the time.
Last edited by Manchester Morgue; 16th February 2013 at 11:45 PM.
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