TO WATCH – Great 80s B-Movie psychological Thrillers

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1. The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Four college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished.

Directors: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow | Stars: Laurie Lapinski, Stephen Sachs, David Snow, Pamela Holland

Votes: 2,464

2. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

71 Metascore

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her...at all costs.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson, Marcia Lewis

Votes: 4,844

3. The Attic (1980)

PG | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. She fantasizes about causing deaths of the men who most wronged her and ... See full summary »

Directors: George Edwards, Gary Graver | Stars: Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox, Rosemary Murphy

Votes: 868

4. Deadly Messages (1985 TV Movie)

94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Laura Daniels, single and bored, finds new interest in life when she discovers an old ouija board. It appears, however, that the object's previous owner was murdered - and messages from beyond warn Laura that she may be next.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Michael Brandon, Dennis Franz, Scott Paulin

Votes: 278

5. The Clairvoyant (1982)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.

Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Perry King, Norman Parker, Elizabeth Kemp, Kenneth McMillan

Votes: 708

6. Vultures (1984)

Unrated | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

A dying wealthy patriarch, Ramon summons his relatives to his bedside, setting the tone for intriguing suspense when a bizarre set of murders occurs. The terror begins with the arrival of ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Leder | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Yvonne De Carlo, Aldo Ray, Greg Mullavey

Votes: 141

7. Death Valley (1982)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.

Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley

Votes: 1,868

8. Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)

R | 95 min | Horror

A mentally-unstable elderly woman recently released from a mental asylum proceeds to slaughter all the guests staying at her motel.

Director: Jim McCullough Sr. | Stars: Bill Thurman, Anna Chappell, Will Mitchell, Virginia Loridans

Votes: 1,836

9. He Knows You're Alone (1980)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

41 Metascore

A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?

Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Don Scardino, Caitlin O'Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing

Votes: 4,243

10. Motel Hell (1980)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

64 Metascore

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod

Votes: 13,617 | Gross: $6.34M

11. Alone in the Dark (1982)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

63 Metascore

A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 6,997

12. Lies (1983)

R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not knowing she's really being set up as a surrogate for the real girl who'd been murdered.

Directors: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Stars: Ann Dusenberry, Gail Strickland, Bruce Davison, Clu Gulager

Votes: 225

13. Abducted (1986)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman jogger is abducted by a crazy mountain man, and taken to his cabin.

Director: Boon Collins | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Roberta Weiss, Lawrence King-Phillips, William Nunn

Votes: 322



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