20 Best Horror Movies of 1981

The films listed below include 1981 horror movies; including movies shown in movie theaters ranked in order of best to worst.

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List of horror movies released in 1981 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1981.

20 Best Horror Movies of 1981

20). The Prowler (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,824 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 4.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance. Tagline: You don't need a chainsaw to have a massacre. (1984 re-release as "Pitchfork Massacre")...

Director: Joseph Zito
Stars: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger, Cindy Weintraub


19). The Funhouse (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,337 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | Metascore: 5.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $7,886,857
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Plot / Synopsis: Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask. Tagline: Something is alive in the funhouse...something that has the form of a human, but not the face...something that feeds off the flesh and blood of young innocents...

Director: Tobe Hooper
Stars: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott, Cooper Huckabee


18). Eyes of a Stranger (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.15/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,389 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $1,118,634
Plot / Synopsis: Enterprising local news anchor Jane Harris discovers that one of her neighbors is actually the serial killer/rapist who has been terrorizing the city. Jane must prove her suspicions before the killer gets to her. Tagline: Sorry, your party is dead...

Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Stars: Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti, Peter DuPre, Gwen Lewis


17). Just Before Dawn (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,479 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the... Tagline: Will Anyone Survive Those Hours Just Before Dawn?...

Director: Jeff Lieberman
Stars: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson


16). Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 4.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 83,227 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.3/10 | Metascore: 2.6/10 | MPAA Rating: 0 | Gross: $21,722,776
Plot / Synopsis: Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason, who did not really drown in the lake some 30 years before? Tagline: 2x The Fear...2x The Carnage...2x The Terror! (Deluxe Edition DVD)...

Director: Steve Miner
Stars: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker, Stuart Charno


15). The Burning (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 23,928 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 4.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A janitor at a summer camp is accidently burned severely from a prank. Years later, he is released from an institute, and returns to the camp with a pair of hedge clippers to take revenge on the campers. Tagline: Gather Around the Campfire to Die!...

Director: Tony Maylam
Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander


14). Ghost Story (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 4.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,489 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $23,371,905
Plot / Synopsis: Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother's mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.Tagline: The time has come to tell the tale...

Director: John Irvin
Stars: Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson


13). Wolfen (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.52/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,083 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.7/10 | Metascore: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $10,626,725
Plot / Synopsis: A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.Tagline: It will tear the scream from your throat...

Director: Michael Wadleigh
Stars: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan


12). My Bloody Valentine (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.57/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 26,698 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.8/10 | Metascore: 4.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $5,672,031
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Plot / Synopsis: Valentine's Day is coming around and the young people of the small mining town of Valentine's BLuffs are organising a party. A few decades earlier an explosion at the mine trapped six miners underground. One, Harry Warden, survived, though in a deranged state. Warden is sent to a mental hospital but escapes and murders those he deems responsible for...

Director: George Mihalka
Stars: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck, Keith Knight, Alf Humphreys


11). Suddenly in the Dark (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.86/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 595 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Psychological and Supernatural drama/horror. Wife is suspecting husband's infidelity since arrival of their young housekeeper who carries a mysterious wooden doll with herself...

Director: Young Nam Ko
Stars: Il-bong Yun, Yeong-ae Kim, Ki-seon Lee, Hye-ri Han


Top 10 Horror Movies 1981

10). Dead & Buried (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,940 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life. Tagline: The writers of alien... ...bring a new terror to earth...

Director: Gary Sherman
Stars: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Nancy Locke


9). The Howling (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.96/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 42,278 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $17,985,893
Plot / Synopsis: After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.Tagline: All your nightmares are about to be transformed into one single inescapable fear!...

Director: Joe Dante
Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski


8). Halloween II (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.79/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 107,532 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.3/10 | Metascore: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $25,533,818
Plot / Synopsis: While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her.Tagline: More Of The Night He Came Home...

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest


7). Road Games (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.63/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,263 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: PG
Plot / Synopsis: A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer on a desolate Australian highway. Tagline: The truck driver plays games... The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!...

Director: Richard Franklin
Stars: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith


6). The Beyond (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 26,803 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.0/10 | Metascore: 3.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $123,843
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Plot / Synopsis: A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell. Tagline: Behind this doorway lie the terrifying and unspeakable secrets of hell. No one who sees it lives to describe it. And you shall live in darkness for all...

Director: Lucio Fulci
Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar


5). Heavy Metal (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.72/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 40,242 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6/10 | Metascore: 5.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $546,545
Plot / Synopsis: A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, er***cism and horror. Tagline: A Step Beyond Science Fiction...

Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas …
Stars: Don Francks, Caroline Semple, Richard Romanus, Susan Roman, Al Waxman


4). Scanners (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.68/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 65,539 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $14,225,876
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Plot / Synopsis: A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him. Tagline: There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. Scanners is the cornerstone of 1980s horror/sci-fi and a breakthrough for the now legendary director David Cronenberg (Crimes of the Future, The Fly, Videodrome), now the seminal...

Director: David Cronenberg
Stars: Jennifer O''Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside


3). Possession (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 51,074 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.5/10 | Metascore: 7.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $1,158,473
Plot / Synopsis: During a secretive business trip away, Mark learns that his wife Anna is growing restless in what he believed was their happy marriage. Upon his return home, he learns from her that she wants a divorce. They both go through a series of different emotions related to their situation, Mark's which is generally obsessive about learning why Anna, who...

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer


2). The Evil Dead (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.46/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 242,999 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: NC-17 | Gross: $2,400,000
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Plot / Synopsis: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Tagline: They got up on the wrong side of the grave...

Director: Sam Raimi
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly


1). An American Werewolf in London (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 129,846 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | Metascore: 5.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $30,565,292
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Plot / Synopsis: Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.Tagline: John Landis - the director of Animal House brings you a different kind of animal...

Director: John Landis
Stars: Joe Belcher, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, David Schofield, Brian Glover


Horror Movies of 1981 List

1). Road Games (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Road Games poster
Score: 7.63/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,263 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: PG
Plot / Synopsis: A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer on a desolate Australian highway. Tagline: The truck driver plays games... The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!...

Director: Richard Franklin
Stars: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith


2). An American Werewolf in London (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 129,846 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | Metascore: 5.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $30,565,292
An American Werewolf in London is Streaming on Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.Tagline: John Landis - the director of Animal House brings you a different kind of animal...

Director: John Landis
Stars: Joe Belcher, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, David Schofield, Brian Glover


3). Possession (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 51,074 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.5/10 | Metascore: 7.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $1,158,473
Plot / Synopsis: During a secretive business trip away, Mark learns that his wife Anna is growing restless in what he believed was their happy marriage. Upon his return home, he learns from her that she wants a divorce. They both go through a series of different emotions related to their situation, Mark's which is generally obsessive about learning why Anna, who...

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer


4). The Evil Dead (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Our Take on The Evil Dead (1981)The Evil Dead poster
Score: 7.46/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 242,999 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: NC-17 | Gross: $2,400,000
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Plot / Synopsis: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Tagline: They got up on the wrong side of the grave...

Director: Sam Raimi
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly


5). The Howling (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: The Howling (1981)The Howling poster
Score: 6.96/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 42,278 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $17,985,893
Plot / Synopsis: After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.Tagline: All your nightmares are about to be transformed into one single inescapable fear!...

Director: Joe Dante
Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski


6). Dead & Buried (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,940 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life. Tagline: The writers of alien... ...bring a new terror to earth...

Director: Gary Sherman
Stars: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Nancy Locke


7). Strange Behavior (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,538 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Widowed John Brady is the Chief of Police in small town Galesburg, Illinois, where he has lived most of his life. His only offspring, Pete Brady, is a bright high school senior. John has been in turmoil since the suspicious death of his wife Catherine years earlier, which he always believed had something to do with her boss, Dr...

Director: Michael Laughlin
Stars: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam


8). Scanners (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Scanners (1981)Scanners poster
Score: 6.68/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 65,539 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $14,225,876
Scanners is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him. Tagline: There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. Scanners is the cornerstone of 1980s horror/sci-fi and a breakthrough for the now legendary director David Cronenberg (Crimes of the Future, The Fly, Videodrome), now the seminal...

Director: David Cronenberg
Stars: Jennifer O''Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside


9). Wolfen (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.52/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,083 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.7/10 | Metascore: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $10,626,725
Plot / Synopsis: A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.Tagline: It will tear the scream from your throat...

Director: Michael Wadleigh
Stars: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan


10). The Burning (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 23,928 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 4.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A janitor at a summer camp is accidently burned severely from a prank. Years later, he is released from an institute, and returns to the camp with a pair of hedge clippers to take revenge on the campers. Tagline: Gather Around the Campfire to Die!...

Director: Tony Maylam
Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander


11). The Beyond (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 26,803 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.0/10 | Metascore: 3.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $123,843
The Beyond is Streaming on Shudder
Plot / Synopsis: A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell. Tagline: Behind this doorway lie the terrifying and unspeakable secrets of hell. No one who sees it lives to describe it. And you shall live in darkness for all...

Director: Lucio Fulci
Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar


12). The Funhouse (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Funhouse poster
Score: 6.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,337 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | Metascore: 5.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $7,886,857
The Funhouse is Streaming on Peacock
Plot / Synopsis: Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask. Tagline: Something is alive in the funhouse...something that has the form of a human, but not the face...something that feeds off the flesh and blood of young innocents...

Director: Tobe Hooper
Stars: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott, Cooper Huckabee


13). Bloody Birthday (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.03/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,023 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 4.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and innocent facades. A boy and his teenage sister become endangered when they stumble onto the bloody...

Director: Ed Hunt
Stars: Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny, Bert Kramer


14). Just Before Dawn (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,479 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the... Tagline: Will Anyone Survive Those Hours Just Before Dawn?...

Director: Jeff Lieberman
Stars: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson


15). The Monster Club (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,912 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 4.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three... Tagline: You'll meet some interesting people and hear some great songs at The Monster Club...

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Stars: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Anthony Steel, Roger Sloman, Fran Fullenwider


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24 List of 1981 Horror Films Worth Watching!

Best Horror Movies of 1981

Looking for the best 1981 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1981 list are "Road Games (1981), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Possession (1981), The Evil Dead (1981), and The Howling (1981)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.

The best horror film of 1981 is Road Games (1981) scoring 7.63/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 10,260 votes for this movie. Starring in Road Games (1981) is Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, and Thaddeus Smith. Director Richard Franklin did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1981 best horror film which was remarkable.Road Games (1981) is in Horror, Thriller, and Mystery movie genres.

Next Best Horror Movies of 1981 The next best 1981 horror movie is An American Werewolf in London (1981) with a score of 7.55/10 stars. Joe Belcher, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, David Schofield, and Brian Glover star in "An American Werewolf in London (1981)". An American Werewolf in London (1981) is directed by John Landis and has over 129,850 IMDB votes. You can find An American Werewolf in London (1981) in Horror, and Comedy movie genres.

These are the best horror films of 1981, and we hope you enjoy the 56 movies on our list of good 1981 horror movies sorted best to worst.

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