List of horror films of 1988
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A list of horror films released in 1988.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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555 | Wally Koz | B.K. Smith, Bob Grabill, Greg Neilson | United States | [1] | |
American Gothic | John Hough | Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo | United Kingdom Canada |
[2] | |
Bad Dreams | Andrew Fleming | Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott | United States | [3] | |
Black Roses | John Fasano | John Martin, Frank Dietz, Jesse D'Angelo | United States Canada |
[4] | |
The Blob | Chuck Russell | Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith | United States | [5] | |
Blood Relations | Graeme Campbell | Jan Rubeš, Lydie Denier | Canada United States |
[6] | |
The Brain | Ed Hunt | David Gale, Cynthia Preston | Canada United States |
[7] | |
Brain Damage | Frank Henenlotter | Rick Hearst | United States | [8] | |
Cellar Dweller | John Carl Buechler | Yvonne De Carlo | United States | [9] | |
Cheerleader Camp | John Quinn | Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Rebecca Ferratti | United States | [10] | |
Child's Play | Tom Holland | Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent | United States | [11] | |
Chillers | Daniel Boyd | Jesse Emery, Kimberly Harbour, Thom Delventhal | United States | [12] | |
Curse of the Blue Lights | John Henry Johnson | Brent Ritter, Bettina Julius, Clayton A. McCaw | United States | [13] | |
Dead Heat | Mark Goldblatt | Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost | United States | [14] | |
Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold | Canada United States |
[15] | |
Deadly Dreams | Kristine Peterson | , Mitchell Anderson, Xander Berkeley | United States | [16] | |
Destroyer | Robert Kirk | Lyle Alzado, Deborah Foreman, Anthony Perkins | United States | [17] | |
Dial Help | Ruggero Deodato | Charlotte Lewis, Marcello Modugno, Mattia Sbragia | Italy | [18] | |
The Discarnates | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Tsurutarō Kataoka, Yûko Natori, Kenjirō Ishimaru | Japan | ||
Dracula's Widow | Christopher Coppola | Sylvia Kristel, Lenny von Dohlen | United States | [19] | |
Dream Demon | Harley Cokeliss | Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Timothy Spall | United Kingdom | [20] | |
Edge of the Axe | José Ramón Larraz | Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Moseley | Spain United States |
[21] | |
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | James Signorelli | Cassandra Peterson, Edie McClurg | United States | [22] | |
Evil Clutch | Andrea Marfori | Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Diego Ribon | Italy | [23] | |
Evil Dead Trap | Toshiharu Ikeda | Miyuki Ono | Japan | ||
Evil Laugh | Dominick Brascia | Kim McKamy | United States | ||
Faceless | Jesús Franco | Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas | France Spain |
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | Jennifer Banko, Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Spirtas | United States | [24] | |
Fright Night Part 2 | Tommy Lee Wallace | Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale | United States | [25] | |
Ghost Town | Richard McCarthy | Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs | United States | [26] | |
Ghosthouse | Umberto Lenzi | Lara Wendel | Italy | [27] | |
Grandmother's House (a.k.a. Grandma's House) | Peter Rader | Kim Valentine, Eric Foster, Len Lesser | United States | [28] | |
Graverobbers | Straw Weisman | Elizabeth Mannino, David Gregory, Larry Bockius | United States | show
Alternative title(s) |
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dwight H. Little | Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris | United States | [29] | |
Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Tony Randel | Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Richard Waugh | United Kingdom United States |
[30] | |
Hide and Go Shriek | Skip Schoolnik | Brittain Frye, Donna Baltron | United States | [31] | |
Hobgoblins | Rick Sloane | Tamara Clatterbuck, Kari French, Duane Whitaker | United States | ||
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers | Fred Olen Ray | Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson | United States | [32] | |
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare | John Hough | Romy Windsor, Michael T. Weiss, Anthony Hamilton | United Kingdom | [33] | |
Iced | Jeff Kwitny | Debra A. Deliso, Doug Stevenson, Ron Kologie | United States | ||
Kadaicha | James Bogle | Zoe Carides, Eric Oldfield | Australia | show
Alternative title(s) |
[34] |
The Jitters | John Fasano | Sal Viviano, Marilyn Tokuda, James Hong | United States Japan |
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Stephen Chiodo | Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson | United States | [35] | |
Killing Birds | Joe D'Amato, Claudio Lattanzi | Robert Vaughn, Lara Wendel | Italy | [36] | |
The Kiss | Pen Densham | Joanna Pacuła, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk | United States | [37] | |
Lady in White | Frank LaLoggia | Lukas Haas, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond | United States | [38] | |
The Lair of the White Worm | Ken Russell | Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg | United Kingdom | [39] | |
Lone Wolf | John Callas | Luciano Saber, Ann Douglas, Kevin Hart | United States | ||
Maniac Cop | William Lustig | Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell | United States | [40] | |
Matinee | Richard Martin | Ron White, Gillian Barber, Jeff Schultz | Canada | ||
Memorial Valley Massacre | Robert C. Hughes | John Kerry, Mark Mears, John Caso, Cameron Mitchell | United States | ||
Midnight Movie Massacre | Mark Stock, Laurence Jacobs | Ann Robinson, Tamara Sue Hill, Jeanne Beachwood | United States | ||
Monkey Shines | George A. Romero | Jason Beghe, Kate McNeil | United States | [41] | |
The Moonlight Sonata | Olli Soinio | Tiina Björkman | Finland | [42][43] | |
Månguden | Jonas Cornell | Agneta Ekmanner, Heinz Hopf, Tomas Laustiola | Sweden | ||
Necromancer | Dusty Nelson | Elizabeth Kaitan, Russ Tamblyn, John Tyler | United States | ||
The Nest | Terence H. Winkless | Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois | United States | ||
Night of the Demons | Kevin Tenney | Alvin Alexis, Allison Barron, Amelia Kinkade | United States | [44] | |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Rodney Eastman | United States | [45] | |
Not of This Earth | Jim Wynorski | Traci Lords, Ace Mask, Becky LeBeau | United States | [46] | |
Out of the Body | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries | Australia | [47] | |
Phantasm II | Don Coscarelli | James LeGros, Reggie Bannister | United States | [48] | |
Phantom Brother | William Szarka | Jon Hammer, Patrick Molloy | United States | ||
Pin | Sandor Stern | David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn | Canada | [49] | |
Poltergeist III | Gary Sherman | Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke | United States | [50] | |
Pulse | Paul Golding | Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence | United States | [51] | |
Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston | Lance Henriksen, Florence Schauffler, Jeff East | United States | [52] | |
Rabid Grannies | Emmanuel Kervyn | Caroline Braeckman, Elie Lison, Catherine Aymerie | Belgium France Netherlands |
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Ratman | Giuliano Carnimeo | Nelson de la Rosa, Werner Pochath, David Warbeck | Italy | [53] | |
Return of the Living Dead Part II | Ken Wiederhorn | James Karen, Thom Matthews, Michael Kenworthy | United States | [54] | |
Rush Week | Robert Bralver | Pamela Ludwig, , Roy Thinnes | United States | [55] | |
Scarecrows | William Wesley | Mike Balog, David Campbell | United States | [56] | |
The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae | United States | [57] | |
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers | Michael A. Simpson | Pamela Springsteen, Brian Patrick Clarke, Renée Estevez | United States | [58] | |
Slime City | Greg Lamberson | T.J. Merrick, Bunny Levine, Dick Biel | United States | ||
Slugs | Juan Piquer Simón | Michael Garfield | Spain United States |
[59] | |
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama | David DeCoteau | Andras Jones, Robin Stille, Linnea Quigley | United States | [60] | |
The Spider Labyrinth | Gianfranco Giagni | Roland Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Margareta von Krauss | Italy | [61] | |
Tales from the Gimli Hospital | Guy Maddin | Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck | Canada | [62] | |
The Unholy | Camilo Vila | Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, Claudia Robinson | United States | [63] | |
Uninvited | Greydon Clark | Alex Cord, George Kennedy, Shari Shattuck | United States | [64] | |
Unmasked Part 25 | Anders Palm | Edward Brayshaw, Gary Brown, Gregory Cox | United Kingdom | ||
The Unnamable | Jean-Paul Ouellette | Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell | United States | ||
Until Death | Lamberto Bava | Urbano Barberini, David Brandon | Italy | Television film | [65] |
Vampire in Venice | Augusto Caminito, Klaus Kinski | Klaus Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Donald Pleasence | Italy | [66] | |
Veerana | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Gulshan Grover, Sahila Chaddha, Hemant Birje | India | ||
Watchers | Jon D. Hess | Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, Michael Ironside | Canada United States |
[67] | |
Waxwork | Anthony Hickox | Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, David Warner | United States | [68] | |
Witchcraft | Rob Spera | Anat Topol, Gary Sloan, Mary Shelley, Lee Kissman | United States | ||
Witchery | Fabrizio Laurenti | David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland | Italy | [69] | |
Woodchipper Massacre | Jon McBride | Jon McBride, Denice Edeal | United States | [70] | |
Zombi 3 | Lucio Fulci, Bruno Mattei | Marina Loi, Alex Mc Bride, Richard Raymond | Italy |
References[]
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- ^ Muir 2010, p. 632.
- ^ Weldon 1996, p. 58.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 635–636.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 63.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 71.
- ^ Albright 2012, p. 247.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 91.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 97.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 641–643.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Chillers". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 126.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 140.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 648.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 141.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 153.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 160.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 179.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 180.
- ^ Stine 2003, p. 118.
- ^ Hallenbeck 2009, pp. 161–162.
- ^ Curti 2019, p. 152.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 651–652.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 652–653.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 245.
- ^ Curti 2019, pp. 154–155.
- ^ Lentz 1994, p. 453.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 657–660.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 660–662.
- ^ Armstrong 2003, pp. 160–161.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 283.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 284.
- ^ Shelley 2012, pp. 128–129.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 667–668.
- ^ Curti 2019, pp. 159–160.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 669–670.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 670–671.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 672–674.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 675.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 678–680.
- ^ Hänninen, Harto (August 15, 2014). "04.09. Kino Suomi: Kuutamosonaatti ja Transvestjan tarinoita" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 683–685.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 455.
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- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 686–687.
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- ^ Muir 2010, p. 689.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Pulse". AllMovie. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 692–693.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 414.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 621.
- ^ Armstrong 2003, pp. 243–244.
- ^ Albright 2012, p. 198.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 695.
- ^ Muir 2010, p. 699.
- ^ Gusse, Brian. "Slugs". AllMovie. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ Hallenbeck 2009, p. 222.
- ^ Curti 2019, p. 162.
- ^ Reed, Anthony. "Tales from the Gimli Hospital". AllMovie. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
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- ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Uninvited". AllMovie. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ Curti 2019, pp. 199–201.
- ^ Curti 2019, pp. 167–169.
- ^ Weldon 1996, p. 610.
- ^ Muir 2010, pp. 709–711.
- ^ Curti 2019, p. 157.
- ^ Albright 2012, p. 186.
Sources[]
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- Armstrong, Kent Byron (2003). Slasher Films: An International Filmography, 1960 Through 2001. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-41462-8.
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 1476672431.
- Dendle, Peter (2010). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
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