List of horror films of 1986

A list of horror films released in 1986.

Horror films released in 1986

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
The Abomination	Bret McCormick	Gaye Bottoms, Victoria Chaney, Van Connery		[1]
Aliens	James Cameron	Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen		[2]
April Fool's Day	Fred Walton	Jay Baker, Deborah Foreman		[3]
Chopping Mall	Jim Wynorski	Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd		[4]
Class of Nuke 'Em High	Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz, Samuel Weil	Gil Brenton, Elizabeth Lambert, Anthony Ventola		[5]
Critters	Stephen Herek	Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush		[6]
Dark Age	Arch Nicholson	Janet Kingsbury, John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill		[7]
Dead End Drive-In	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry		Alternative titles   Also known as:Dead End (USA) (short title). [8]
Deadly Friend	Wes Craven	Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett		[9]
Deadtime Stories	Jeffrey S. Delman	Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Cathryn de Prume		[10]
Demons 2	Lamberto Bava	Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes		[11]
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman	Kazuo Komizu			[12]
Entrails of a Virgin	Kazuo Komizu	Kazuhiko Goda, Naomi Hagio, Taiju Kato		[13]
Escapes	Clarence I. Steensen	Vincent Price		[14]
The Fly	David Cronenberg	Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz		[15][16]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Tom McLoughlin	Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, Rene Jones		[17]
From Beyond	Stuart Gordon	Jeffrey Combs		[18]
Gothic	Ken Russell	Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson		[19]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	John McNaughton	Michael Rooker, Tom Towles		[20]
The Hitcher	Robert Harmon	Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh		[21]
House	Steve Miner	William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll		[22]
Invaders from Mars	Tobe Hopper	Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, James Karen		[23]
Killer Party	William Fruet	Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes		[24]
Killer Workout	David A. Prior	David James Campbell, Marcia Karr, Ted Prior		Alternative titles   Also known as:Aerobi-cide (UK) (video title).
Link	Richard Franklin	Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp		[25]
Little Shop of Horrors	Frank Oz	John Candy, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis		[26]
Maximum Overdrive	Stephen King	Emilio Estevez, Yeardley Smith, Christopher Britton, Bernhard Pock, Connie Smith		[27]
Moon in Scorpio	Gary Graver	Britt Ekland, John Phillip Law, William Smith		[28]
Mountaintop Motel Massacre	Jim McCullough Sr.	Bill Thurman, Anna Chappell, Will Mitchell		[29]
Murderlust	Donald Jones	Eli Rich, Rocky Taylor, Dennis Gannon		[30]
Neon Maniacs	Joseph Mangine	Alan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke		[31]
Night of the Creeps	Fred Dekker	Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow		[32]
Night Ripper!	Jeff Hathcock	James Hansen, Larry Thomas		[33]
Nomads	John McTiernan	Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down
Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Brain Gibson	JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson		[34]
Psycho III	Anthony Perkins	Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey		[35]
Screamtime	Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long	Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto		[36]
Shadows Run Black				[37]
Slaughter High	George Dugdale, Mark Ezra	Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore	,	[38]
Sorority House Massacre	Carol Frank	Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross		[39]
Spookies	Genie Joseph, Thomas Doran, Brendan Faulkner	Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas		[40]
Terror at Tenkiller	Ken Meyer	Dale Buckmaster, Stacy Logan, Michelle Merchant
TerrorVision	Ted Nicolaou	Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	Tobe Hooper	Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley, Bill Johnson		[41]
Trick or Treat	Charles Martin Smith	Ozzy Osbourne, Claudia Templeton, Gene Simmons		[42]
Troll	John Carl Buechler	Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack		[43]
Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness	Tim Ritter	Christopher Bontempo, Mary Fanaro, Mona Jones		[44]
Vamp	Richard Wenk	Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler		[45]
The Vindicator	Jean-Claude Lord	David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox		[46] Alternative titles   Also known as:Frankenstein '88.
Witchboard	Kevin Tenney	Todd Allen, Clare Bristol		[47]
The Wraith	Mike Marvin	Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn		[48]
You'll Die at Midnight	Lamberto Bava	Valeria D'Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Paolo Malco		Alternative titles   Also Known As: The Midnight Killer.
Zombie Nightmare	Jack Bravman	Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, Adam West		[49]

References

1. Firsching, Robert. "The Abomination". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
2. Williams, Karl. "Aliens". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
3. Dillard, Brian J. "April Fool's Day". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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11. Legare, Patrick. "Demons 2". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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13. Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Virgin". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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23. Young 2000, p. 310.
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26. Erickson, Hal. "Little Shop of Horrors". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
27. Beday, Jeremy. "Maximum Overdrive". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
28. Blaise, Judd. "Moon in Scorpio". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
29. Mannikka, Eleanor. "Mountaintop Motel Massacre". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
30. Bush, John. "Murderlust". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
31. Hockley, Mark. "Neon Maniacs". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
32. Binion, Cavett. "Night of the Creeps". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
33. Brennan, Sandra. "Night Ripper!". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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35. Deming, Mark. "Psycho 3". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
36. Young 2000, p. 547.
37. Gibron, Bill. "Shadows Run Black". DVD Verdict. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
38. Erlewine, Iotis. "Slaughter High". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
39. Pavlides, Dan. "Sorority House Massacre". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
40. Brennan, Sandra. "Spookies". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
41. Reed, Anthony. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
42. Brenner, Paul. "Trick or Treat". Allmovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
43. Brennan, Sandra. "Troll". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
44. Erickson, Hal. "Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
45. Firsching, Robert. "Vamp". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
46. Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Vindicator". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
47. MacLaggan, Sean D. "Witchboard". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
48. Hardy 1995, p. 412.
49. Pavlides, Dan. "Zombie Nightmare". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

Citations

• Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
• Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.