Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
San Francisco is besieged by an invisible enemy, an alien parasite capable of mimicking humans and adopting their day-to-day lives.
Phantasm (1979)
An unlikely team of two brothers and an ice-cream man takes on their town’s local mortician, who’s using the dead for his own nefarious purposes.
Alien (1979)
A commercial space tug becomes the killing grounds of the Xenomorph, a genetically perfect predator.
The Shining (1980)
Writer Jack Torrance brings his family to a ski resort to finish his newest novel, but is instead driven mad by the hotel’s haunted past.
American Werewolf in London (1981)
Two Americans on a trek across Europe are attacked by a supernatural beast; the survivor inherits the curse and rampages across London.
Videodrome (1983)
The president of a trashy TV channel takes on a new, gratuitous gore-filled program, but discovers the violence might be real when his girlfriend gets involved in the show.
The Re-Animator (1985)
Scientist Herbert West develops a serum capable of reviving the dead, but is forced to fight with a jealous coworker who seeks to steal away his discovery.
Fright Night (1985)
A teenager enlists the aid of a has-been television vampire-killer in order to defeat his own neighbor, who he suspects of being a genuine blood-sucker.
The Hitcher (1986)
While driving across the country, a young man is plagued by the indiscriminate killings of a murderous hitchhiker.
Evil Dead II (1987)
The only survivor of a deadly camping trip with his friends, Ash Williams continues to battle demonic forces while quickly losing his sanity.
Santa Sangre (1990)
In Mexico, the traumatized son of a knife-thrower and a trapeze artist bonds grotesquely with his now-armless mother.
Scream (1996)
The small town of Woodsboro is disturbed by a series of killings by a masked psychopath with a penchant for horror films.
The Descent (2006)
A group of recreational cavers comes across the remains of a previous expedition, and are hunted by subterranean predators with a taste for human flesh.