List of horror films of 1983

A list of horror films released in 1983.

Horror films released in 1983

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
American Nightmare	Don McBrearty	Lawrence Day, Michael Ironside, Lora Staley		[1]
A Blade in the Dark	Lamberto Bava	Andrea Occhipinti, Anna Papa, Fabiola Toledo		[2]
Boogeyman II	Bruce Starr, Ulli Lommel	Rhonda Aldrich, Shoto von Douglas, Shannah Hall		[3]
Chained Heat	Paul Nicholas	Linda Blair, Nita Talbot, John Vernon		[4]
Christine	John Carpenter	John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Keith Gordon		[5]
Cujo	Lewis Teague	Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelley		[6]
Curtains	Richard Ciupka, Jonathan Stryker	John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson		[7]
The Deadly Spawn	Douglas McKeown	Tom de Franco, Charles George Hildebrandt, Richard Lee Porter		[8]
Death Warmed Up	David Blyth	Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn		Alternative titles   Also known as:Death Warmed Over (USA) . [9]
Le Démon dans l'île	Francis Leroi	Anny Duperey, Jean-Claude Brialy, Pierre Santini		[10]
The Demon Murder Case	William Hale	Charles Fields, Liane Langland, Joyce Van Patten, Kevin Bacon		Television film[11]
The Demons of Ludlow	Bill Rebane	Paul von Hausen, Stephanie Cushna		[12]
The Devonsville Terror	Ulli Lommel	Suzanna Love, Paul Willson, Donald Pleasence		[13]
Dracula Tan Exarchia	Nikos Zervos	Konstantinos Tzoumas, Vangelis Kotronis		[14]
Eyes of Fire	Avery Crounse	Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley		Alternative titles   Also known as:Cry Blue Sky.
The Forest	Donald M. Jones	Dean Russell		[15]
Frightmare	Norman Thaddeus Vane	Barbara Pilavin, Leon Askin, Jennifer Starrett		[16]
House of the Long Shadows	Pete Walker	Vincent Price, Christopher Lee		[17]
The House on Sorority Row	Mark Rosman, Paul Schiff	Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson		[18]
The Hunger	Tony Scott	Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon		[19]
Jaws 3-D	Joe Alves	Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale		[20]
Julie Darling	Paul Nicholas	Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning		[21]
The Keep	Michael Mann	Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Ian McKellen		[22]
The Killing of Satan	Efren C. Piñon	Ramon Revilla, Elizabeth Oropesa		[23]
Mausoleum	Michael Dugan	Bobbie Bresee, Marjoe Gortner, Norman Burton		[24]
Microwave Massacre	Wayne Berwick	Jackie Vernon, Loren Schein, Al Troupe		[25]
Mongrel	Robert A. Burns	Janis Dickerson, John Dodson, Terry Evans		[26]
Mortuary	Howard Avedis	Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton		Alternative titles   Also known as:Embalmed (UK). [27]
Nightmares	Joseph Sargent			[28]
One Dark Night	Tom McLoughlin	Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman		[29]
Panic Beats	Paul Naschy			[30]
Psycho II	Richard Franklin	Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles		Slasher film[31]
Scalps	Fred Olen Ray	Kirk Alyn, Carroll Borland, Jo Ann Robinson		[32]
Screamtime	Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long	Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto		[33]
Skullduggery	Ota Richter	Thom Haverstock, Wendy Crewson
Sledgehammer	David A. Prior	Ted Prior, Linda McGill		[34]
Sleepaway Camp	Robert Hiltzik	Mike Kellin, Johnathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Felissa Rose		[35]
Sole Survivor	Thom Eberhardt	Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson		[36]
Something Wicked This Way Comes	Jack Clayton	Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier		[37]
Spasms	William Fruet	Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane		Alternative titles   Also known as:Death Bite. [38]
Sweet Sixteen	Jim Sotos	Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg		Alternative titles   Also known as:Sweet Sixteen (USA). [39]
Thriller	John Landis	Michael Jackson, Vincent Price		Short film[40][41]
Videodrome	David Cronenberg	James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits		[42]
Xtro	Harry Bromley Davenport	Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin		[43]
Zeder	Pupi Avati	Gabriele Lavia, Anne Canovas, Cesare Barbetti		[44]

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