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List of horror movies released in 1988 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1988.
Plot / Synopsis: Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
Tagline: Angela is having a party, Jason and Freddy are too scared to come. But You'll have a hell of a time...
Director: Kevin Tenney Stars: Hal Havins, Allison Barron, Alvin Alexis, Harold Ayer, Billy Gallo
Plot / Synopsis: After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.Tagline: Seduction. Romance. Murder. The things one does for love...
Director: Robert Bierman Stars: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley, Kasi Lemmons
Plot / Synopsis: Nami hosts a late night home video program. She receives a tape which appears to be a real snuff film. She and her crew investigate the location where she meets a man looking for his brother who warns her to stay away. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare...
Plot / Synopsis: A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.Tagline: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil...
Director: George A. Romero Stars: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest
Plot / Synopsis: After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.Tagline: Cruel, devious, pure as venom. All hell's broken loose...
Director: Stan Winston Stars: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D''Aquino, Kimberly Ross, Joel Hoffman
Plot / Synopsis: In this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo...
Tagline: Three heart stopping tales in one film. Three new dimensions in terror, treachery and time travel...
Director: Charles Band Stars: Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, David Warner, David Gale, Una Brandon-Jones
Plot / Synopsis: Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.Tagline: Now, the horrifying truth is about to be revealed...and all it took was a little digging...
Director: Don Coscarelli Stars: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips
Plot / Synopsis: An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Tagline: Don't bury me...I'm not dead!...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings
Plot / Synopsis: Kirsty is brought to an institution after the death of her family, where the occult-obsessive head resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites once again.Tagline: It will tear your soul apart... again...
Director: Tony Randel Stars: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, Sean Chapman
Plot / Synopsis: Isolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father's doctor office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon's life, and his sister's life as well.
Tagline: Is Pin alive? Leon knows... but nobody believes him!...
Director: Sandor Stern Stars: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O`Quinn, Terry O''Quinn, Bronwen Mantel
Plot / Synopsis: One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
Tagline: The movie that will blow your mind!...
Director: Frank Henenlotter Stars: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter
Plot / Synopsis: An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a small town during the 1960's, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.
Tagline: The year is 1962. The place is Willowpoint Falls. Nobody talks about what happened in the school cloakroom 10 years ago. Now, in the dead of night,...
Director: Frank LaLoggia Stars: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond, Jason Presson
Plot / Synopsis: Upon arriving in a small town where she has inherited a rundown mansion, a famous horror hostess battles an evil uncle who wants her burned at the stake.
Tagline: Elvira busts out in her outrageously funny feature film debut!...
Director: James Signorelli Stars: Phil Rubenstein, Larry Flash Jenkins, Cassandra Peterson, Damita Jo Freeman, Tress MacNeille
Plot / Synopsis: Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and his girlfriend to help him win the contest.
Tagline: The New Scooby-Doo Movie You'll Howl For!...
Director: Ray Patterson Stars: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Hamilton Camp, Jim Cummings, Joan Gerber
Plot / Synopsis: A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Tagline: No one believes the truth...or lives to tell it.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Are we having fun now?... Everyone’s friend ‘til the end is here for more fun as...
Director: Tom Holland Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff
Plot / Synopsis: Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Tagline: Two bodies. Two minds. One soul...
Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas
Plot / Synopsis: A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.Tagline: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George ''Buck'' Flower, Peter Jason
Plot / Synopsis: Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Tagline: Two bodies. Two minds. One soul...
Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas
Plot / Synopsis: A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.Tagline: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George ''Buck'' Flower, Peter Jason
Plot / Synopsis: An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Tagline: Don't bury me...I'm not dead!...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings
Plot / Synopsis: An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a small town during the 1960's, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.
Tagline: The year is 1962. The place is Willowpoint Falls. Nobody talks about what happened in the school cloakroom 10 years ago. Now, in the dead of night,...
Director: Frank LaLoggia Stars: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond, Jason Presson
Plot / Synopsis: A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Tagline: No one believes the truth...or lives to tell it.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Are we having fun now?... Everyone’s friend ‘til the end is here for more fun as...
Director: Tom Holland Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff
Plot / Synopsis: One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
Tagline: The movie that will blow your mind!...
Director: Frank Henenlotter Stars: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter
Plot / Synopsis: A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.Tagline: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil...
Director: George A. Romero Stars: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest
Plot / Synopsis: A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.Tagline: One hundred years ago in the city of London a man shocked the world by murdering, r**ing and mutilating five women. He was never caught. (Video Australia)...
Director: Rowdy Herrington Stars: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo, Rod Loomis
Plot / Synopsis: An intelligent pulse of electricity is moving from house to house. It terrorizes the occupants by taking control of the appliances...
Tagline: It traps you in your own house... then pulls the plug...
Director: Paul Golding Stars: Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Charles Tyner
Plot / Synopsis: Kirsty is brought to an institution after the death of her family, where the occult-obsessive head resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites once again.Tagline: It will tear your soul apart... again...
Director: Tony Randel Stars: Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham, Imogen Boorman, Sean Chapman
Plot / Synopsis: Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
Tagline: Angela is having a party, Jason and Freddy are too scared to come. But You'll have a hell of a time...
Director: Kevin Tenney Stars: Hal Havins, Allison Barron, Alvin Alexis, Harold Ayer, Billy Gallo
Plot / Synopsis: In this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo...
Tagline: Three heart stopping tales in one film. Three new dimensions in terror, treachery and time travel...
Director: Charles Band Stars: Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, David Warner, David Gale, Una Brandon-Jones
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24 List of 1988 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 1988 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1988 list are "Dead Ringers (1988), They Live (1988), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Lady in White (1988), and Child's Play (1988)." 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 1988 is Dead Ringers (1988) scoring 8.09/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 56,810 votes for this movie. Starring in Dead Ringers (1988) is Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, and Shirley Douglas. Director David Cronenberg did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1988 best horror film which was remarkable.Dead Ringers (1988) is in Horror, Thriller, and Drama movie genres.
The next best 1988 horror movie is They Live (1988) with a score of 7.09/10 stars.
Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George ''Buck'' Flower, and Peter Jason star in "They Live (1988)". They Live (1988) is directed by John Carpenter and has over 155,730 IMDB votes. You can find They Live (1988) in Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action, and Comedy movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 1988, and we hope you enjoy the 70 movies on our list of good 1988 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.
The next best 1988 horror movie is They Live (1988) with a score of 7.09/10 stars.
Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George ''Buck'' Flower, and Peter Jason star in "They Live (1988)". They Live (1988) is directed by John Carpenter and has over 155,730 IMDB votes. You can find They Live (1988) in Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action, and Comedy movie genres.