Best 18 Horror Movies Releases from 1982

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. Explore The Thing / IMDB / YouTube

A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the other side. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back. Info on Poltergeist / IMDB / YouTube

Jason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake. Look into Friday the 13th: Part 3 / IMDB / YouTube

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran. Look into Halloween III: Season of the Witch / IMDB / YouTube

Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. Details on Creepshow / IMDB / YouTube

A woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family. Details on Cat People / IMDB / YouTube

A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will. Read about Basket Case / IMDB / YouTube

A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood. Learn about The Slumber Party Massacre / IMDB / YouTube

After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster. Check out Swamp Thing / IMDB / YouTube

A dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son. Details on Amityville II: The Possession / IMDB / YouTube

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city. Get info on The New York Ripper / IMDB / YouTube

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to attack black people. Check out White Dog / IMDB / YouTube

NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is. Read about Q: The Winged Serpent / IMDB / YouTube

A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort. Get info on Piranha II: The Spawning / IMDB / YouTube

A ragtag spaceship crew sent on a rescue mission encounter a formidable enemy, their worst fears projected by their own imaginations. Explore Galaxy of Terror / IMDB / YouTube

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant. More about Eating Raoul / IMDB / YouTube

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land. Look into The Sword and the Sorcerer / IMDB / YouTube

A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor. Learn about Alone in the Dark / IMDB / YouTube