How Well Do You Remember These 1980s Horror Films?
The ’80s were a banner decade for horror movies. Building on the success of 1970s hits like Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the 1980s saw horror movies turn from scrappy indies into one of Hollywood’s biggest genres. ’70s directors like John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper and Wes Craven were given big budgets in the ’80s, and movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist and An American Werewolf in London pushed the limits of special effects. Freddy and Jason began their decades-long murderous rampages, and even highbrow directors like Stanley Kubrick got in on the era’s bloody on-screen mayhem.
Did you spend the decade permanently stationed at the mall movie theater, waiting to see which camp counselor or babysitter would be running for their life in each week’s new release? Then take our quiz, and see how well you remember the decade when horror reigned.
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