A number of horror films were released in 1980.
Title Director(s) Cast Country Notes Alien Dead United States Alligator Robert Forster, Robin Riker United States Altered States William Hurt, Drew Barrymore, Francis X. McCarthy United States Antropophagus George Eastman, Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone Italy The Attic Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Rosemary Murphy United States The Awakening Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend United States The Babysitter Patty Duke, William Shatner United States Television film Beyond Evil John Saxon, Lynda Day George, Michael Dante United States The Boogeyman Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Felicite Morgan United States Cannibal Apocalypse Giovanni Lombardo Radice, John Saxon, Wallace Wilkinson ItalySpain Cannibal Holocaust Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi Italy Cardiac Arrest Max Gail, Gary Goodrow, Mike Paul Chan United States The Changeling George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas Canada The Children Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers United States Christmas Evil Brandon Maggart, Gus Salud, Jeffrey DeMunn United States City of the Living Dead Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Michele Soavi Italy Contamination Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé, ItalyWest Germany The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Eva Marie Saint, Raymond Burr United KingdomUnited States Television film Death Ship George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso United KingdomCanada Demented Sallee Elyse, Harry Reems United States Don't Answer the Phone! James Westmoreland, Flo Gerrish, Ben Frank United States Don't Go in the House Dan Grimaldi, Robert Osth, Ruth Dardick United States Eaten Alive! Janet Agren, Mel Ferrer, Ivan Rassimov ItalySpain Effects Joseph Pilato, Susan Chapek, John Harrison United States Encounters of the Spooky Kind Sammo Hung, Chung Fat, Chan Lung Hong Kong Erotic Nights of the Living Dead Laura Gemser Italy Fade to Black Dennis Christopher, Linda Kerridge, Tim Thomerson United States The Fog Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh United States Friday the 13th Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby United States First film of Friday the 13th franchise Funeral Home Lesleh Donaldson, Kay Hawtrey Canada The Godsend Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence United Kingdom The Haunting of M Jo Scott Matthews, Nini Pitt, Isolde Cazelet United States He Knows You're Alone Don Scardino, Caitlin O'Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Hanks United States The Hearse Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux United States Hell of the Living Dead Margit Evelyn Newton, Franco Giraldi, Selan Karay ItalySpain The House on the Edge of the Park David Hess, Annie Belle, Christian Borromeo Italy Humanoids from the Deep Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow United States Inferno Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi Italy Island Claws Robert Lansing, Steve Hanks United States Long Island Cannibal Massacre John Smihula, Fred Borges, Michael Siegal United States Lost Souls Yen Hung, Chen Ming, Chan Shen Hong Kong Macabre Bernice Stegers, Veronica Zinny, Stanko Molnar Italy Mama Dracula Louise Fletcher, Maria Schneider, Marc-Henri Wajnberg Belgium Maniac Joe Spinell, Fred Borges United States The Monster Club Vincent Price, Donald Pleasence, John Carradine United Kingdom Motel Hell Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons United States Mother's Day Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce United States New Years Evil Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace United States Night of Death Ernest Menzer, Denise Montréal, Betty Beckers France Night of the Demon Joy Allen, Bob Collins United States The Night of the Hunted Brigitte Lahaie, Rachel Mhas, Vincent Gardère France Nightmare City Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio ItalyMexicoSpain Nightmares Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet Australia Patrick Still Lives Gianni Dei, Franco Silva, Mariangela Giordano Italy Prom Night Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens Canada First film of Prom Night film series Return of the Wolfman Paul Naschy, Julia Saly, Silvia Aguilar Spain Satan's Slave Sisworo Gautama Putra Ali Albar, Simon Cader, Adang Mansyur Indonesia Schizoid Klaus Kinski, Marianna Hill United States Sex and Black Magic Nieves Navarro, Lucia Ramirez, Richard Harrison Dominican RepublicItaly The Shining Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd United StatesUnited Kingdom Terror Train Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner Canada To All a Good Night Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swanson, Linda Gentile United States Toxic Zombies Chuck McCrann, Beverly Shapiro, Dennis Helfend United States The Unseen Barbara Bach, Sidney Lassick, Stephen Furst United States The Watcher in the Woods , Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards United States We're Going to Eat You Han Kuo Tsai, Kao Hsiung, Mel Wong Hong Kong Windows Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese, Elizabeth Ashley United States Without Warning Jack Palance, Martin Landau United States Zombie Holocaust , Francesco Martino Ian McCulloch, Alexandra Cole, Sherry Buchanan Italy
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External links Horror films of 1980 on Internet Movie Database