1982 Horror
All the US Theatrical Horror Releases for 1982
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- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsKevin VanHentenryckTerri Susan SmithBeverly BonnerA young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
- DirectorStephen CarpenterJeffrey ObrowStarsLaurie LapinskiStephen SachsDavid SnowFour 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.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsMichael IronsideLee GrantLinda PurlA deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
- DirectorDavid NelsonStarsSusan KigerMartin TuckerWilliam HicksIn a small town in North Carolina, a group of friends are stalked by a mysterious, machete wielding maniac.
- DirectorPeter F. BuffaStarsJulie AmatoVictor MohicaHenry BalThe spirit of a long-dead warrior possesses the body of an Indian medicine man and turns him into a homicidal maniac.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsJoe Don BakerStella StevensGeorge KennedyThirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsJanet JulianDavid WysockiJohn Wildman"Humongous" tells the tale of when the monstrous offspring of a violent criminal grow up in seclusion on a remote island. Then year later, a boat-full of teens become shipwrecked on the island, unaware of what is lurking in the woods.
- DirectorRobert DeubelStarsJulia MontgomeryJames CarrollSuzanne BarnesAt a remote Ohio college, a killer dressed in the school's bear mascot suit stalks several young women participating in an all-night scavenger hunt.
- DirectorAlan J. LeviStarsDonna WilkesRichard JaeckelAntoinette BowerA psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsJ'Len WintersJohn KellyJoe SpinellA New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsJack PalanceDonald PleasenceMartin LandauA 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.
- DirectorElly KennerNorman Thaddeus VaneStarsStephen KnightCassandra GavaJimmy StathisA serially unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every woman he brings there.
- DirectorJohn A. RussoStarsMelanie VerlinLawrence TierneyJohn HallA young woman fleeing her sexually abusive stepfather hitches a ride with two young men, but the three soon find themselves at the mercy of a backwoods Satanic cult.
- DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsRonny CoxBibi BeschPaul ClemensA young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.
- DirectorDick RichardsStarsPaul Le MatCatherine HicksStephen McHattieA 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.
- DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsKate MulgrewRip TornJames NaughtonThe 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker below Grand Central Station, the two plot their escape while the police try to track the kidnapper.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsLouis JourdanAdrienne BarbeauRay WiseAfter a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsSusan SwiftAlbert SalmiGuy StockwellIn 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, young Ann Putnam accuses several residents of being witches, and they are tried and put to death. In 1980, young Loreen Graham is on a school outing to the Salem Witch Museum when a wax figure of a man from 1692 comes to life and accosts her. It seems that she may be the reincarnation of Ann, who has accused the man's 5-year-old girl of witchcraft and the girl is scheduled to be burned at the stake. Loreen must fight being possessed by Ann Putnam and confront the evil minister from 1692 who is consorting with Ann to falsely accuse people of witchcraft.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsJohn CassavetesJohn IrelandKerrie KeaneA small town's doctor takes matters into his own hands after a series of gruesome and bizarre rape crimes perplex the clueless authorities.
- DirectorScott MansfieldStarsAlexandra MorganJo Ann HarrisSam GroomA woman falls to her death after getting attacked by a black-clad assailant. Her sister arrives in town and starts dating a police detective, who's friends with a strange movie theater curator, as other women fall prey to the killer.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsRobert GlaudiniDemi MooreLuca BercoviciIn a post-apocalyptic USA, a doctor/scientist infected with a new strain of parasite ends up in a small desert town, trying to find a cure.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsSteve RailsbackOlivia HusseyMichael CraigIn a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.
- DirectorLuis OspinaStarsGilberto ForeroCarlos MayoloFlorina LemaitreRoberto Hurtado, a rich old man suffers from a blood disease, so he requires transfusions of a rare type of blood from young men. His son Adolfo blackmails the nurse and two drivers, involved in a sexual crime, to get the blood kidnapping, killing and stealing the blood of their victims, which raises terror throughout Cali.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNastassja KinskiMalcolm McDowellJohn HeardA woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family.
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsChuck NorrisRon SilverSteven KeatsA sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.
- DirectorAlfred SoleStarsTom SmothersCarol KaneTammy AlversonA former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
- DirectorCarlo AusinoStarsBeba LoncarJean-Pierre AumontAnnarita GrapputoA couple inherits a mansion, but when they move in they discover that it is haunted by the murderous spirits of people who have died there.
- DirectorJames PolakofStarsBritt EklandLana WoodKabir BediA woman in an unhappy marriage finds sexual fulfillment in her relationship with a ghostly, speechless presence who, obviously, doesn't quite say who he is.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsLee HorsleyKathleen BellerSimon MacCorkindaleA mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.
- DirectorAllan HolzmanStarsDon OliveraJesse VintJune ChadwickIn the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsEdward AlbertSusan GeorgeDoug McClureA young American family moves to a House in Kyoto, Japan. It turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her lover, who were killed by the woman's husband, as well as the ghost of the husband, who killed himself afterward.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ChamberlainJohn HousemanSara BotsfordA disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsJohn CarradineTracy MannJono SmithThe same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens they cross the murderer's path.
- DirectorPak Tong CheukStarsHan ChinAnna MalaiSally Yeh
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. NelsonA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
- DirectorDon JonesStarsDean RussellGary KentTomi BarrettA cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
- DirectorHarry PrestonStarsPaul IwanskiBob WagnerCheryl BlackImagine every newlywed's fantasy, a rustic secluded lover's paradise- Honeymoon Island. What starts as a weekend of love, turns into a nightmare of blood and terror for three young innocent couples. What lurks in the shadows of Honeymoon Lodge? Is it the caretaker, or perhaps something more fiendish and deadly? Honeymoon Island, where newlyweds joined in holy matrimony spend their wedding night screaming in terror!
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
- DirectorEdward D. MurphyStarsCameron MitchellGeoffrey BinneyHope HolidayMartial arts students visit an island with ghosts of dishonored fighters. They encounter a Hitler lookalike running a female slavery operation, leading to encounters with cannibals, piranhas, zombies, and chaos.
- DirectorTony VornoStarsLois AdamsLaura BorensteinRon BorensteinPaulie is falling to pieces. His every encounter with the opposite sex ends in violence, while stirring up memories of his prostitute mother and her brutal pimp and the sexually abusive hooker who molested him as a child.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsDana KimmellTracie SavageRichard BrookerJason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsChristopher GeorgeLynda Day GeorgeFrank BrañaThe co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarina PierroFrançoise BlanchardMike MarshallA toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
- DirectorJames W. RobersonStarsJames HoughtonAlbert SalmiLynn CarlinA witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.
- DirectorWilliam Byron HillmanStarsMichael CallanJoanna PettetJames StacyA photographer plagued by horrific nightmares in which he kills the young female models he shoots is shocked to discover that there is a serial killer in his city who is targeting attractive women.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsDavid CarradineMichael MoriartyCandy ClarkNYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.
- DirectorAlan BirkinshawStarsStuart WhitmanEdmund PurdomWoody StrodeJapanese WWII soldiers stash a gold treasure in a cave in the Philippines' forest after being attacked by a native tribe. Decades later, a ragtag team sets out to retrieve the gold.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsJames OlsonBurt YoungRutanya AldaA dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.
- DirectorRichard JefferiesStarsJames Earl JonesJosé FerrerLila KedrovaAn adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsBarbara HersheyRon SilverDavid LabiosaA woman is tormented by an invisible being.
- DirectorRobert J. AvrechStarsEllen BarberPhilip EnglishSam GrayA beautiful and charming betrothed is promised to a beautiful woman. But he is a completely insane killer and she will be his next victim. Everything that follows the wedding will be a carnival of wickedness, sadism and brutality.
- DirectorJ.S. CardoneStarsSarah KendallFrederick FlynnCarol KottenbrookTwo couples become stranded on a rugged isle, and are haunted by a supernatural beast, drawn to the wife of one of the couples, who dreams of its killings.
- DirectorDon GronquistStarsLaurel MunsonJanet PennerSara AnsleyThree young women who crash their car during a rainstorm are taken in by a bizarre family at their large, rural estate.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsMichael MoriartyPenelope MilfordGeraldine FitzgeraldHaunted by psychic visions of murder, an American man travels to Europe where he learns that a rash of murders are being committed by someone who looks exactly like him.
- DirectorTommy Lee WallaceStarsTom AtkinsStacey NelkinDan O'HerlihyKids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsKathryn HarroldZeljko IvanekShirley KnightA disturbed telepathic man is unable to fully control his ability to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him, or even influence reality. A female therapist tries to help him, but his mother gets in the way.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsSam GroomSara BotsfordScatman CrothersContaminated grain breeds overgrown, killer rats in this Golden Harvest production.
- DirectorGary GraverStarsJacqueline GirouxPeter JasonChris GraverA baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.
- DirectorTony WilliamsStarsJacki KerinJohn JarrattAlex ScottIn a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.
- DirectorLarry FessendenStarsLarry FessendenMeredith SnaiderBrendan MeeSam has just lost his father and to top it off, he breaks up with his girlfriend. Drunk and neglected, he finds solace in a strange woman, Ana, a mysterious vampire who draws him into a world of madness and murder.
- DirectorTasciottiStarsKeith GrimesJohn ForoglouTasciottiWorld War Mud takes place on an apocalyptic Earth in an alternative universe or the future.
- DirectorAmy Holden JonesStarsMichele MichaelsRobin StilleMichael VillellaA female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.
- DirectorLarry BuchananStarsSandy KenyonMiki McKenzieBarry BuchananAn increasing number of people are dying mysterious deaths in the dark waters of Loch Ness, victims of the famous monster. But what other mysteries does the Loch hold? What about the monster's egg, and the insane scientist who'll do anything to exploit it? What secrets does the sunken Nazi plane near the monster's layer hold, and why will the military do anything to cover it up?
- DirectorDon DohlerDave GeattyStarsTom GriffithJamie ZemarelKarin KardianA creature from outer space crash lands in a small town and starts killing people.
- DirectorTom KennedyStarsBen MurphyNina AxelrodKevin BrophyAn alien, buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus.
- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsPhilip SayerBernice StegersDanny BraininAn alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinMichael SchroederStarsMeg TillyMelissa NewmanRobin EvansAs part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum.
- DirectorWilliam T. NaudStarsMarie-Alise RecasnerRick DeanRon GardnerA group of actors are assembled in a small island to film a low-budget movie. Soon, they begin to fall prey to a mysterious killer who uses the lyrics of a weird song to determine his method of murder.
- DirectorMike CartelStarsMike CartelAl VallettaSeeska VandenbergTwo dorky Nevada worm wranglers are kidnapped by a gang of beautiful women as part of a plot to steal plutonium from the Mafia.
- DirectorRobert A. BurnsStarsJanis DickersonJohn DodsonTerry EvansAt a boarding house, a vicious dog gets loose from his chain and chews up a tenant's ass that was teasing him with a piece of raw meat. As a result, the dog is shot to death. Another tenant, a very high strung book editor, is picked on alot. Soon he starts having dreams that the dog has returned and dead chewed up tenants begin popping up everywhere.
- DirectorMartin GreenStarsAldo RayKory ClarkChuck JamisonA woman with psychic visions and an alcoholic past moves into a house where the previous occupant was mysteriously decapitated, and soon suspects the visions she's seeing are her own future.
- DirectorGeoffrey BrownDavid HannayBrian McDuffieStarsDiana McLeanJon BlakeJanet KingsburyA divorce investigation leads to the discovery of a corpse.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsRichard AlfieriGale SondergaardRuth RomanAn artist is plagued by nightmares of a love triangle and murder. A psychic says the dream figure is his brother, a "troubled soul" from an ancient past life. Nearly born as his twin but miscarried, this past life rival now breaks through in nightmares in attempt to repeat history.
- DirectorMichael J. MurphyStarsBecky SimpsonJoseph SheahanColin EffordA young girl attends her high school reunion, but when it's discovered she is still a virgin, she is taken prisoner and planned to be used as a sacrifice in a Druid ceremony for the spring equinox.
- DirectorTony MalanowskiStarsSteve SandkuhlerChristopher GummerRebecca BachA group of Southern deer hunters stop at a church graveyard in the woods. Their activities arouse the corpses of long-dead Confederate soldiers, who attack them.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsSimon ReedHarry CarterHenry SteeleA murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother.
- DirectorChris GabrinStarsYazooAlison MoyetVince ClarkeArriving into some sort of a haunted mansion, Alison Moyet meets Vince Clarke as several influential horror figures.
- DirectorKenneth ZolloStarsCharles WardMela SilvestriRobert ZolloTrapped at work by a nearby train crash that has released toxic fumes, warehouse workers also have to survive a toxic slime creature.
- StarsDominik GuerinStephen HillGraeme RevellThe forefront of the local post-punk, electronic/experimental movement of the late 1970s.
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsGerrit GrahamMichael LernerFred McCarrenIt's been 10 years since Lizzie Borden High School's class of '72 graduated, and the preppies, the hippies and the in-crowd have returned to reminisce over good times past. Classmate Walter Baylor has returned too, but with a vengeance.
- DirectorJohn WintergateStarsJohn WintergateKalassuLindsay FreemanA boarding house is reopened years after gruesome murders were committed there. Suddenly, the body count begins once more!