List of horror films of 1989

A list of horror films released in 1989.

Horror films released in 1989

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
976-EVIL	Robert Englund	Stephen Geoffreys, Jim Metzler, Patrick O'Bryan		[1]
After Midnight	Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat	Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Segall, Nadine Van Der Velde		[2]
Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes	Sandor Stern	Robert Alan Browne		Television film[3]
Beasties	Steven Paul Contreras	Denise Mora, Hector Yanez, Brenda Stubbe
Beware! Children at Play	Mik Cribben	Robin Lilly, Lori Tirgrath, Jamie Krause		[4]
Beyond the Door III	Jeff Kwitny	Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny		[5]
Black Past	Olaf Ittenbach	Andrea Arbter, Andre Stryi, Sonja Berg
Black Rainbow	Mike Hodges	Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce		Television film
Edgar Allan Poe's: Buried Alive	Gérard Kikoïne	Donald Pleasence, Karen Witter, John Carradine		[6]
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.	David Irving	Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert		[7]
The Carpenter	David Wellington	Wings Hauser		[8]
The Cellar	Kevin S. Tenney	Patrick Kilpatrick		[9]
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown	Dan Hoskins	Jamie Rose, Don Calfa, Catherine Carlin
The Church	Michele Soavi	Hugh Quarshie, Asia Argento, Tomas Arana		[10]
Clownhouse	Victor Salva	Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh		[11]
Cutting Class	Rospo Pallenberg	Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt		[12]
The Dead Next Door	J.R. Bookwalter	Scott Spiegel, Maria Markovic, Bogdan Pecic		[13]
The Death King	Jörg Buttgereit	Bela B., Susanne Betz, Hille Saul		[14]
Deceit	Albert Pyun	Norbert Weisser, Diane Defoe, Christian Andrews
Don't Panic	Rubén Galindo Jr.	Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo		[15]
Dr. Caligari	Stephen Sayadian	Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris		[16]
Edge of Sanity	Gerard Kikoine	Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp		[17]
Edge of the Axe	José Ramón Larraz	Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Mosely		[18]
Elves	Jeffrey Mandel	Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, Ken Carpenter		[19]
The Exorcist III	William Peter Blatty	Brad Dourif, Ed Flanders, Nicol Williamson		[20]
Family Reunion	Michael Hawes	A.J. Woods, John Andes, Pam Phillips		[21]
Flesh Eating Mothers	James Aviles Martin	Ramiro Oliveros, Donatella Hecht, Neal Rosen		[22]
Freakshow	Constantino Magnatta	Timm Zemanek, Dean Richards Wiancko, Audrey Landers		[23]
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan	Rob Hedden	Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Mark Richman		[24]
From the Dead of Night	Paul Wendkos	Lindsay Wagner, Bruce Boxleitner		Television film[25]
Grandmother's House	Nico Mastorakis	Kim Valentine, Eric Foster, Len Lesser
Grim Prairie Tales	Wayne Coe	James Earl Jones, Brad Dourif		[26]
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Dominique Othenin-Girard	Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr		[27]
Headhunter	Francis Schaeffer	Wayne Crawford, Kay Lenz, Steve Kanaly		[28]
Hellgate	William A. Levey	Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott		[29]
High Desert Kill	Harry Falk	Anthony Geary, Marc Singer, Micah Grant		Television film
The Horror Show	James Isaac	Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart		[30]
The House of Clocks	Lucio Fulci	Carla Cassola, Al Cliver		[31]
Howling V: The Rebirth	Neal Sundstrom	Philip Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth She		[32]
I, Madman	Tibor Takács	Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner		[33]
Intruder	Scott Spiegel	Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks		[34]
Killer Crocodile	Fabrizio De Angelis	Sherrie Rose, Van Johnson, Ann Douglas
Las Vegas Bloodbath	David Schwartz	Ari Levin, Rebecca Gandara, Jerry Raganesi		[35]
Leviathan	George Pan Cosmatos	Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays		[36][37]
Lobster Man from Mars	Stanley Sheff	Diana Frank, Ava Fabian, Deborah Foreman
Mangetsu no Kuchizuke	Ryū Kaneda	Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura		[38]
Maya	Marcello Avallone	William Berger, Peter Phelps, Mariangélica Ayala
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor	Glenn Takajian	Diana Flaherty, Marcus Powell, Tara Leigh
Monster High	Rudy Poe	Diana Frank, Robert Lind, Doug Kerzner		[39]
Murder Weapon	Ellen Cabot	Karen Russell, Allen First, Linnea Quigley
Mutator	John R. Bowey	Brion James, Carolyn Ann Clark, Milton Raphael Murill
Night Life	David Acomba	Scott Grimes, John Astin, Cheryl Pollak		[40]
Night Visitor	Rupert Hitzig	Elliott Gould, Richard Roundtree, Michael J. Pollard		[41]
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child	Stephen Hopkins	Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Minter		[42]
Offerings	Christopher Reynolds	Loretta Leigh Bowman, Elizabeth Greene, G. Michael Smith		[43]
Out of the Dark	Michael Schroeder	Karen Witter, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Black
Paganini Horror	Luigi Cozzi	Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, Pascal Persiano
Parents	Bob Balaban	Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt		[44]
Pet Sematary	Mary Lambert	Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby		[45]
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge	Richard S. Friedman	Morgan Fairchild, Derek Rydall, Jonathan Goldsmith		[46]
Psycho Cop	Wallace Potts			[47]
Puppet Master	David Schmoeller	Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe		[48]
Shocker	Wes Craven	Peter Berg, Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi		[49]
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!	Monte Hellman	Bill Moseley, Laura Harring, Richard Beymer		[50]
Skinned Alive	Jon Killough	J.R. Bookwalter, Lester Clark		[51]
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland	Michael A. Simpson	Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard		[52]
Society	Brian Yuzna	Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Heidi Kozak		[53]
Spontaneous Combustion	Tobe Hooper	Jaime Alba, Cynthia Bain		[54]
Stepfather II	Jeff Burr	Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams		[55]
Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator	Don Nardo	Catherine Dee, William Dame, M.R. Murphy
The Suckling	Francis Teri	Marie Michaels, Frank Rivera, Gerald Preger		[56]
Tetsuo: The Iron Man	Shinya Tsukamoto	Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto		[57]
Things	Andrew Jordan	Robert (Tex) Allen, Amber Lynn, Patricia Sadler		[58]
Vampire's Kiss	Robert Bierman	Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals		[59]
The Vineyard	James Hong, William "Bill" Rice	Cheyl Madsen, Karen Witter, Michael Wong		[60]
Warlock	Steve Miner	Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant
Whispers	Douglas Jackson	Victoria Tennant, Chris Sarandon		[61]
Wicked Stepmother	Larry Cohen	Bette Davis, David Rasche, Lori Singer		[62]
The Woman in Black	Herbert Wise	Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker		[63]

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