Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 1596 Films to Rent
Burning, The (1981)
- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer…
- A proficient slasher in the wake of FRIDAY THE 13TH in which a former summer camp caretaker plots bloody revenge on the teenagers who accidentally…
Cannibal Ferox (Make Them Die Slowly, aka Woman From Deep River) (1981)
- Dir. Umberto Lenzi
Feat. John Morghen, Lorraine De Selle, Bryan Redford…
- Prime example of the notorious "Cannibal" subgenre of Italian horror films, that creates a dubious mythology of its own as it exploits our mythical…
Darkroom (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. James Coburn
- James Coburn hosts this cultish NIGHT GALLERY spinoff, with weekly episodes presenting two or three shorts tales of the mysterious and macabre.
Dead and Buried (1981)
- Dir. Gary A Sherman
Feat. James Farentino, Melody Anderson
- Low key horror set around a series of murders in Smalltown, USA, in which the victims refuse to stay in the ground. The makers of ALIEN (Dan…
Dead Kids (Strange Behaviour) (1981)
- Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher
- Minor cult item concerning a series of nasty murders in a small town, which may be connected to a deranged scientist and his psychology experiments.…
Deadly Blessing (1981)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Ernest Borgnine
- Blacklisted by a quasi–Amish farming community for marrying one of their own, city girl Martha (Jensen) and her two college friends fend off…
Entity, The (1981)
- Dir. Sidney J Furie
Feat. Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver
- Controversial sleazy horror, which has Barbara Hershey sexually molested by an invisible demon. Psychiatrist Ron Silver thinks it’s all in her…
Evil Dead, The (1981)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Bruce Campbell
- Made on a budget of less than $100,000, this explosive splatter movie takes gore to the very limits. Colossal amounts of tomato sauce fill the screen…
Final Conflict, The (The Omen III) (1981)
- Dir. Graham Baker
Feat. Sam Neill
- Anti–christ Damien Thorn is now a 33–year–old corporate tycoon planning a diabolical takeover bid. This installment has the…
Full Moon High (1981)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Elizabeth Hartman…
- Wry horror–comedy with Adam Arkin as a jocular teen whose good time in Transylvannia is marred by his transformation into a werewolf. Change of…