Top 29 Horror Movies Highly Rated Released in 1980

A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer. Learn about Friday the 13th / IMDB / YouTube

Local legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance. Get info on The Fog / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder. Info on Dressed to Kill / IMDB / YouTube

After experiencing tragic personal losses, a music professor rents a Seattle mansion, haunted by a slain boy. Get info on The Changeling / IMDB / YouTube

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. Find out about Altered States / IMDB / YouTube

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead. See more about Zombie / IMDB / YouTube

An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book. Look into Inferno / IMDB / YouTube

At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. More about Prom Night / IMDB / YouTube

A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu. Find out about Alligator / IMDB / YouTube

Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train. Learn about Terror Train / IMDB / YouTube

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the special meat they are famous for. Find out about Motel Hell / IMDB / YouTube

Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot. Info on Saturn 3 / IMDB / YouTube

Humanoid sea creatures start killing a fishing town's residents, and raping their women. It's up to the townsfolk and a visiting biologist to fight back and fend them off. See more about Humanoids from the Deep / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-marine psychiatrist attempts to rehabilitate his patients by indulging their fantasies, and seeks to prove the existence of a loving God to one especially troubled inmate. Explore The Ninth Configuration / IMDB / YouTube

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree. Read about Christmas Evil / IMDB / YouTube

A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim. Details on The Psychic / IMDB / YouTube

Two brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother. More about Mother's Day / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel. Info on Death Ship / IMDB / YouTube

A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower. Find out about Don't Go in the House / IMDB / YouTube

Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriend's murder. Read about The Boogey Man / IMDB / YouTube

A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. Check out Fade to Black / IMDB / YouTube

Sandy and Greg are teenagers who go camping, despite warnings not to, with their friends. They soon encounter aliens, who are using the area as a hunting ground. Info on Without Warning / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman works with a mercenary to search for her sister in the jungles of New Guinea, where they find her living with a cult in an area inhabited by cannibals. Look into Eaten Alive! / IMDB / YouTube

Journalist Blair Maynard takes his son Justin to investigate pirate activity off the Florida coast. A plane crash strands them on an island of modern-day pirates, who brainwash Justin. Blair tries to rescue him and take him home. Read about The Island / IMDB / YouTube

The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers and her mother become the prize in a battle between good ETs and evil ETs. See more about The Visitor / IMDB / YouTube

A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape? Learn about He Knows You're Alone / IMDB / YouTube

During New Year's celebrations, a killer calls a disc jockey as he murders one reveler at midnight in each time zone. See more about New Year's Evil / IMDB / YouTube

Scotland Yard sends a goofy pair to check on foul play at a mansion outside 1920s London. Info on The Private Eyes / IMDB / YouTube

A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret. More about Fascination / IMDB / YouTube