Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 1596 Films to Rent
Hunger, The (1983)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon
- Ultra–slick sci–fi vampire film featuring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie as a couple of chic bloodsuckers. A sexy, stylish piece,…
Keep, The (1983)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow…
- German soldiers camping in a Romanian castle are visited by various ghoulies in Michael Mann's off–beat supernatural yarn set during WWII,…
Lift, The (1983)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine Van Dalsum
- Stylish Dutch suspense concerning high–rise elevators dispatching their human contents. Dubbed into English.
Of Unknown Origin (1983)
- Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Peter Weller, Shannon Tweed
- A mostly inspired horror, this suburban myth plays like an extended episode of 'The Twilight Zone', with claws. Peter Weller is a happily married…
Phantom of the Opera (1983)
- Dir. Robert Markowitz
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Jane Seymour, Michael York
- Nicely–produced TV version of the Gaston Leroux classic, that while straying far from the source, puts perhaps the darkest twist on the story…
Psycho 2 (1983)
- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Anthony Perkins
- Much better than expected sequel sees Anthony Perkins reprise his role 23 years later as endearing nutcase Norman Bates. Thoughtful and suspenseful.
Razorback (1983)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whitely, Bill Kerr
- The expat–Oz director exercises his burgeoning talent with this local debut about a giant wild pig that terrorises a small country town.
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd…
- Classic Ray Bradbury story of good and evil, set in a small American town, where two adventurous boys become entangled with a diabolical carnival and…
Sweet Sixteen (1983)
- Dir. Jim Sotos
Feat. Aleisa Shirley, Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg…
- Forgotten slasher from the 80's that instead slashes the boys instead of the girls, when a soon–to–be sixteen–year–old girl…
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1983-1988)
- This popular horror/fantasy anthology TV series from the 1980's features more misses than hits, but all are gloriously tacky relics of their time.…