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Subgenre Sampler

 
Survivor, TheSurvivor, The (1981)
Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten
Aussie horror following a pilot who is the only survivor of a crashed Boeing 747–200, and subsequently begins to experience strange…
Turkey ShootTurkey Shoot (1981)
Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Steve Railsback
Vicious Ozzie cult film set in a future society where criminals are hunted in a controlled environment. Intended to make MAD MAX look like THE SOUND…
WolfenWolfen (1981)
Dir. Michael Wadleigh
Feat. Albert Finney, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines
Well–made werewolf yarn based around detective Albert Finney's investigation into a series of flesh–shredding killings in…
Alligator (1980)
Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo
Post–Jaws monster thriller, with giant alligator lurking in Chicago sewers. John Sayles script.
Awakening, The (1980)
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Charlton Heston, Susannah York
Based on Bram Stoker's "The Jewel of Seven Stars", this large budget horror film fails to capitalise on a great cast and authentic Egyptian locations…
Black Cat, TheBlack Cat, The (1980)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Patrick Magee
Village crank Patrick Magee is suspected in a gruesome series of killings, linked by the presence of the black puss. Dodgy (dubbed) acting aside,…
Boogeyman, TheBoogeyman, The (1980)
Dir. Ulli Lommel
Feat. Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Ron James
Supernatural slasher directed by Fassbinder regular Ulli Lommel, who was part of the New German Cinema movement. An American production starring…
Burial Ground - Nights of TerrorBurial Ground - Nights of Terror (Le Notti del terrore) (1980)
Dir. Andrea Bianchi
A low–rent, bloodily awful Italian zombie–fest with a scientist accidentally awakening corpses in a desecrated graveyard. As one critic…
Cannibal HolocaustCannibal Holocaust (1980)
Dir. Ruggero Deodato
Enormously controversial apex of the Italian 'cannibal' horror subgenre, concerning an anthropologist who journeys to the Amazon to locate a…
City of the Living DeadCity of the Living Dead (The Gates of Hell) (1980)
Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Christopher George, Katriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo
Gory, maggot–infested Italian zombie movie from one of the erratic masters of the form, Lucio Fulci. Set in Dunwich, USA, a priest's suicide…

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