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| 1 |  | Evil Dead, The (1981) |  3.1519 152 reviews | NC-17 | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$6.84
| Five college friends are forced to spend the night in a remote abandoned cabin. There they find the ...more about Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell and Ellen Sandweiss |
| 2 |  | American Werewolf in London, An (1981) | 3.0937 97 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$4.49
| A Werewolf attacks two American students on tour of England. The surviving student begins to have ...more about American Werewolf in London starring David Naughton and Jenny Agutter |
| 3 |  | Howling, The (1981) | 3.0507 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$4.76
| After a traumatizing incident with a serial killer and a series of nightmares, Karen checks herself ...more about Howling starring Patrick Macnee and Dennis Dugan |
| 4 |  | Dead & Buried (1981) | 2.9439 48 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.62
| Potters Bluff, Rhode Island. may seem to be a sleepy little town. At least for the casual visitor ...more about Dead & Buried starring James Farentino and Melody Anderson |
| 5 |  | Entity, The (1981) | 2.8439 21 reviews | NA | Horror |
$6.06
| Carla Moran awakens one night to find herself being beaten and raped by an unseen presence. ...more about Entity starring Barbara Hershey and Ron Silver |
| 6 |  | Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) | 2.8414 61 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$2.10
| After killing the crazy Mrs. Voorhees, who was avenging her son Jason's death, Alice can finally ...more about Friday the 13th Part 2 starring Amy Steel and John Furey |
| 7 |  | Scanners (1981) | 2.8357 50 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.10
| Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner ...more about Scanners starring Jennifer O'Neill and Stephen Lack |
| 8 |  | Wolfen (1981) | 2.8005 24 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$4.49
| A city cop is assigned to solve a bizarre set of violent murders where it appears that the victoms ...more about Wolfen starring Albert Finney and Diane Venora |
| 9 |  | Just Before Dawn (1981) |  2.7437 15 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$12.28
| Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by ...more about Just Before Dawn starring George Kennedy and Chris Lemmon |
| 10 |  | Funhouse, The (1981) | 2.7152 20 reviews | NA | Horror |
$9.99
| Two young couples on a double date go to a mysterious carnival. As a prank they decide to spend the ...more about Funhouse starring Elizabeth Berridge and Shawn Carson |
| 11 |  | Prowler, The (1981) | 2.7152 29 reviews | NA | Horror |
$13.47
| The film begins with the return home of a wwII veteran who was the recipient of a "Dear John ...more about Prowler starring Vicky Dawson and Christopher Goutman |
| 12 |  | My Bloody Valentine (1981) | 2.6854 44 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$7.99
| There's a big valentine-party planned in the little miningtown Valentine's Bluff. It is the first ...more about My Bloody Valentine starring Paul Kelman and Lori Hallier |
| 13 |  | Hell Night (1981) | 2.6555 35 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.49
| Before being able to join Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity and its sister sorority, four pledges must ...more about Hell Night starring Linda Blair and Vincent Van Patten |
| 14 |  | Burning, The (1981) | 2.6349 23 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | A janitor at a summer camp is accidently burned severely from a prank. Years later, he is released ...more about Burning starring Leah Ayres and Brian Backer |
| 15 |  | Evilspeak (1981) | 2.6232 33 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.97
| A military cadet (Clint Howard) who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons ...more about Evilspeak starring Clint Howard and R.G. Armstrong |
| 16 |  | Halloween II (1981) | 2.5635 33 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$3.92
| It's the same night as the original Halloween. Michael Myers is around the neighborhood, after ...more about Halloween II starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence |
| 17 |  | Incubus, The (1981) | 2.5587 20 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$7.82
| In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women ...more about Incubus starring John Cassavetes and John Ireland |
| 18 |  | Ghost Story (1981) | 2.4756 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$7.17
| Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old ...more about Ghost Story starring Fred Astaire and Melvyn Douglas |
| 19 |  | Inseminoid (1981) | 2.4696 20 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$44.98
| A group of scientists are working in a lab located on a distant planet. One of them, Sandy, is ...more about Inseminoid starring Robin Clarke and Jennifer Ashley |
| 20 |  | Possession (1981) | 2.4577 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror | N/A | A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the ...more about Possession starring Isabelle Adjani and Margit Carstensen |
| 21 |  | Bloody Birthday (1981) | 2.4263 14 reviews | NA | Horror |
$4.29
| In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking ...more about Bloody Birthday starring Susan Strasberg and José Ferrer |
| 22 | | Deadly Blessing (1981) | 2.3555 13 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | A former Hittite (a member of an Amish-like sect) dies in a mysterious tractor "accident", and his ...more about Deadly Blessing starring Maren Jensen and Sharon Stone |
| 23 |  | Happy Birthday to Me (1981) | 2.3514 15 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$17.99
| Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before ...more about Happy Birthday to Me starring Melissa Sue Anderson and Michel-René Labelle |
| 24 |  | Shock Treatment (1981) | 2.3070 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Musical, Comedy |
$9.99
| Following on from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", this musical is set several years later in Brad ...more about Shock Treatment starring Jessica Harper and Cliff De Young |
| 25 |  | Dawn of the Mummy (1981) | 2.2719 13 reviews | NA | Horror |
$4.79
| A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of a mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the ...more about Dawn of the Mummy starring Brenda King and George Peck |
| 26 |  | Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) |  2.1986 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$10.50
| A sunken US supply ship off a Caribbean island resort is the focus for a series of mysterious ...more about Piranha Part Two: The Spawning starring Tricia O'Neil |
| 27 | | Blood Beach (1981) | 2.1870 18 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Mystery | N/A | Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but ...more about Blood Beach starring David Huffman and Marianna Hill |
| 28 | | Final Conflict, The (1981) | 2.0368 17 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$6.96
| Now come into his full knowledge and power, the Anti-Christ in the body of Damien Thorne is about ...more about Final Conflict starring Rossano Brazzi and Don Gordon |
| 29 |  | Strange Behavior (1981) | 1.8742 8 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$17.99
| ...more about Strange Behavior starring Louise Fletcher and Dan Shor |
| 30 | | Galaxy of Terror (1981) | 1.8697 11 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.99
| As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a ...more about Galaxy of Terror starring Edward Albert and Erin Moran |
| 31 |  | Looker (1981) | 1.8400 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.71
| A plastic surgeon gets suspicious when models he has operated on begin to die in mysterious ways. ...more about Looker starring Albert Finney and James Coburn |
| 32 | | Night School (1981) | 1.7996 14 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds ...more about Night School starring Rachel Ward and Drew Snyder |
| 33 | | Eyes of a Stranger (1981) |  1.7195 7 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | Enterprising local news anchor Jane Harris (Lauren Tewes) discovers that one of her neighbors is ...more about Eyes of a Stranger starring Lauren Tewes and Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| 34 | | Saturday the 14th (1981) | 1.7091 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy | N/A | Primarily a spoof of the Friday the 13th series, but also takes shots at several other horror films. ...more about Saturday the 14th starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss |
| 35 | | Nightmare (1981) | 1.6817 16 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | A mental-patient, who is troubled with horrible nightmares, has escaped from his hospital. Now on ...more about Nightmare starring Baird Stafford and Sharon Smith |
| 36 | | Full Moon High (1981) | 1.6239 4 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Full Moon High starring Adam Arkin and Roz Kelly |
| 37 | | Scared to Death (1981) | 1.6208 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance | N/A | An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string ...more about Scared to Death starring John Stinson and Diana Davidson |
| 38 | | Appointment, The (1981) | 1.5980 3 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | A British haunting/horror film that starts with a bang, but then settles into a slow-moving ...more about Appointment starring Edward Woodward and Jane Merrow |
| 39 | | Student Bodies (1981) | 1.5067 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds ...more about Student Bodies starring Kristen Riter and Richard Brando |
| 40 | | Chorake (1981) | 1.4260 5 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | ...more about Chorake starring Nat Puvanai and Kirk Warren |
| 41 | | Deadline (1981) | 1.3925 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror | N/A | A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world ...more about Deadline starring Stephen Young and Sharon Masters |
| 42 | | Unseen, The (1981) | 1.3788 4 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror | N/A | Freelance reporter Jennifer and her two friends, Karen and Vicki, accept an invitation for cheap ...more about Unseen starring Stephen Furst and Barbara Bach |
| 43 | | Loch Ness Horror, The (1981) | 1.3743 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror | N/A | An increasing number of people are dying mysterious deaths in the dark waters of Loch Ness, victims ...more about Loch Ness Horror starring Sandy Kenyon and Miki McKenzie |
| 44 | | Nesting, The (1981) | 1.3103 2 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | ...more about Nesting starring Robin Groves and Christopher Loomis |
| 45 |  | Hand, The (1981) | 1.2989 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror | N/A | Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not ...more about Hand starring Michael Caine and Andrea Marcovicci |
| 46 | | Night of the Zombies (1981) | 1.2571 6 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. ...more about Night of the Zombies starring Jamie Gillis and Samantha Grey |
| 47 | | Frankenstein Island (1981) |  1.1734 2 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.85
| When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor ...more about Frankenstein Island starring Robert Clarke and Robert Christopher |
| 48 |  | Graduation Day (1981) | 1.1300 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$12.14
| After a high school track runner, named Laura, suddenly dies from a heart attack after finishing a ...more about Graduation Day starring Christopher George and Patch Mackenzie |
| 49 |  | Pit, The (1981) | 0.8880 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$6.06
| Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin (Sammy Snyder) is a misunderstood lad. His classmates pick on him, ...more about Pit starring Sammy Snyders and Jeannie Elias |
| 50 | | Final Exam (1981) | 0.7990 6 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Horror | N/A | In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, ...more about Final Exam starring Cecile Bagdadi and Joel S. Rice |
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