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List of horror movies released in 1984 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1984.
Plot / Synopsis: A family moves to a suburban town only to be coerced into joining a suspicious club.
Tagline: Horror Master Wes Craven turns a family's lifelong dream into their worst nightmare...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci, Joe Regalbuto, Kevin McCarthy
Plot / Synopsis: A homicidal maniac is accidentally released from a hospital because of a computer error and heads to the site (a sorority) of his past murders to continue his penchant for mayhem. Dr. Joan Gilmore takes off after him while the hospital administrators cover up the mistake and send some staff thugs out to get both the doctor and the...
Director: Simon Nuchtern Stars: Belinda Montgomery, Viveca Lindfors, Solly Marx, Sydney Lassick, David Greenan
Plot / Synopsis: A group of teenagers decide to take a vacation at the beach house of one of their fathers. The kid whose father owns the house just happened to accidentally kill his mother when he was a child. When they get to the house, the father has mysteriously disappeared. Hmmm...
Tagline: A vacation that became a nightmare...
Directors: Buddy Cooper, John Douglass Stars: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers, Frances Raines
Plot / Synopsis: The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.
Tagline: There's No Escape...
Director: Franco Prosperi Stars: Lorraine De Selle, Antonio Di Leo, Ugo Bologna, Louisa Lloyd, John Stacy
Plot / Synopsis: A bizarre series of murders in New York City seems to point toward the existence of a race of mutant cannibals living under the streets.Tagline: Ugly. Slobbering. Ferocious. Carnivorous...
Director: Douglas Cheek Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist, Laure Mattos
Plot / Synopsis: A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.Tagline: An adult nightmare...
Director: Fritz Kiersch Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains
Plot / Synopsis: A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Tagline: Alone and afraid... was she imagining or was it real...
Director: Michael Winner Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto, Lolita Lesheim
Plot / Synopsis: After his parents are murdered, a tormented teenager goes on a murderous rampage dressed as Santa, due to his stay at an orphanage where he was abused by the Mother Superior.
Tagline: You've made it through Halloween, now try and survive Christmas...
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson, Britt Leach
Plot / Synopsis: A lone survivor of a plane crash is haunted by a feeling unworthy of survival. Dead people start coming after her to collect her.
Tagline: Before "Final Destination" There Was ... "Sole Survivor"...
Director: Thom Eberhardt Stars: Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson, Caren L. Larkey, Andrew Boyer
Plot / Synopsis: A vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback. The first victim is a small child who is killed. The child's granddad is brought to trial for killing the child but acquitted. The next victim is an American TV-journalist. Her husband Carl gets there and starts to search for the truth. The local inhabitants won't really help him, but he...
Director: Russell Mulcahy Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue
Plot / Synopsis: After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.Tagline: Jason Meets His Match (Deluxe Edition DVD)...
Director: Joseph Zito Stars: Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton, Kimberly Beck, Tom Everett
Plot / Synopsis: A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telekinetic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.Tagline: She has the power . . . an evil destructive force...
Director: Mark L. Lester Stars: David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen
Plot / Synopsis: This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hed***stic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly...
Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard
Plot / Synopsis: Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen take us through some of Hollywood's most terrifying moments in horror history in this anthology, which features many of the finest science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s. Included are Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975),...
Director: Andrew J. Kuehn Stars: Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Fred Asparagus, Lainie Cooke, Joel S. Rice
Plot / Synopsis: A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Tagline: It was the last thing on earth they ever expected...
Director: Thom Eberhardt Stars: Robert Beltran, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov
Plot / Synopsis: A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine and she has a disturbing dream involving wolves which appears to take place in the woods visible from her bedroom window.
Tagline: Within the forests are strangers lying in wait for innocents . . . who stray from the path! [Australia Theatrical]...
Director: Neil Jordan Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Kathryn Pogson
Plot / Synopsis: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.Tagline: Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous...
Director: Joe Dante Stars: Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele, Susan Burgess
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Plot / Synopsis: Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.
Tagline: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives...
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Plot / Synopsis: Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.
Tagline: She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives...
Plot / Synopsis: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.Tagline: Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous...
Director: Joe Dante Stars: Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele, Susan Burgess
Plot / Synopsis: A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine and she has a disturbing dream involving wolves which appears to take place in the woods visible from her bedroom window.
Tagline: Within the forests are strangers lying in wait for innocents . . . who stray from the path! [Australia Theatrical]...
Director: Neil Jordan Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Kathryn Pogson
Plot / Synopsis: A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Tagline: It was the last thing on earth they ever expected...
Director: Thom Eberhardt Stars: Robert Beltran, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov
Plot / Synopsis: Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen take us through some of Hollywood's most terrifying moments in horror history in this anthology, which features many of the finest science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s. Included are Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975),...
Director: Andrew J. Kuehn Stars: Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Fred Asparagus, Lainie Cooke, Joel S. Rice
Plot / Synopsis: A vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback. The first victim is a small child who is killed. The child's granddad is brought to trial for killing the child but acquitted. The next victim is an American TV-journalist. Her husband Carl gets there and starts to search for the truth. The local inhabitants won't really help him, but he...
Director: Russell Mulcahy Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue
Plot / Synopsis: This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hed***stic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly...
Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard
Plot / Synopsis: A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.Tagline: An adult nightmare...
Director: Fritz Kiersch Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains
Plot / Synopsis: A bizarre series of murders in New York City seems to point toward the existence of a race of mutant cannibals living under the streets.Tagline: Ugly. Slobbering. Ferocious. Carnivorous...
Director: Douglas Cheek Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist, Laure Mattos
Plot / Synopsis: A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telekinetic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.Tagline: She has the power . . . an evil destructive force...
Director: Mark L. Lester Stars: David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen
Plot / Synopsis: A lone survivor of a plane crash is haunted by a feeling unworthy of survival. Dead people start coming after her to collect her.
Tagline: Before "Final Destination" There Was ... "Sole Survivor"...
Director: Thom Eberhardt Stars: Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson, Caren L. Larkey, Andrew Boyer
Plot / Synopsis: A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Tagline: Alone and afraid... was she imagining or was it real...
Director: Michael Winner Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto, Lolita Lesheim
Plot / Synopsis: The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.
Tagline: There's No Escape...
Director: Franco Prosperi Stars: Lorraine De Selle, Antonio Di Leo, Ugo Bologna, Louisa Lloyd, John Stacy
Plot / Synopsis: A group of teenagers decide to take a vacation at the beach house of one of their fathers. The kid whose father owns the house just happened to accidentally kill his mother when he was a child. When they get to the house, the father has mysteriously disappeared. Hmmm...
Tagline: A vacation that became a nightmare...
Directors: Buddy Cooper, John Douglass Stars: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers, Frances Raines
Plot / Synopsis: A homicidal maniac is accidentally released from a hospital because of a computer error and heads to the site (a sorority) of his past murders to continue his penchant for mayhem. Dr. Joan Gilmore takes off after him while the hospital administrators cover up the mistake and send some staff thugs out to get both the doctor and the...
Director: Simon Nuchtern Stars: Belinda Montgomery, Viveca Lindfors, Solly Marx, Sydney Lassick, David Greenan
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24 List of 1984 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 1984 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1984 list are "A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Gremlins (1984), The Company of Wolves (1984), Night of the Comet (1984), and Terror in the Aisles (1984)." 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 1984 is A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) scoring 8.09/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 277,990 votes for this movie. Starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) is John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, and Jsu Garcia. Director Wes Craven did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1984 best horror film which was remarkable.A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) is in Horror movie genres.
The next best 1984 horror movie is Gremlins (1984) with a score of 7.43/10 stars.
Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele, and Susan Burgess star in "Gremlins (1984)". Gremlins (1984) is directed by Joe Dante and has over 265,350 IMDB votes. You can find Gremlins (1984) in Horror, Fantasy, and Comedy movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 1984, and we hope you enjoy the 30 movies on our list of good 1984 horror movies sorted best to worst.
Please let us know if there is a movie that you think belongs on our list that we missed.