A list of horror films released in 1981.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | ||
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Absurd | George Eastman, Annie Belle, Charles Borromel | Italy | ||||
data-sort-value="Alchemist" | The Alchemist | , | Robert Ginty, Lucinda Dooling, John Sanderford | United States | [1] | |
Alison's Birthday | Australia | |||||
data-sort-value="American Werewolf" | An American Werewolf in London | United States | ||||
data-sort-value="Beyond" | The Beyond | Italy | ||||
data-sort-value="Black" | The Black Cat | Italy United Kingdom | [2] | |||
Blood Beach | United States | |||||
Bloody Moon | Nadja Gerganoff, Otto Retzer, Jasmin Losensky | Germany | [3] | |||
data-sort-value="Boogens" | The Boogens | Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin | United States | |||
data-sort-value="Burial" | The Burial Ground | Italy | [4] | |||
data-sort-value="Burning" | The Burning | Leah Ayres, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander | United States | |||
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker | , | Susan Tyrrell, Jimmy McNichol, Julia Duffy | United States | |||
Cannibal Ferox | Italy Spain | [5] | ||||
Cataclysm | , | United States | [6] | |||
Dark Night of the Scarecrow | United States | Television film | ||||
Dawn of the Mummy | , Armand Weston | Brenda King, Barry Sattels, George Peck | United States | |||
A Day of Judgment | Charles Reynolds | William T. Hicks, Harris Bloodworth, Deborah Bloodwoth | United States | [7] | ||
Dead & Buried | United States | |||||
Deadly Blessing | United States | |||||
Demonoid | Samantha Eggar, Stuart Whitman, Roy Jenson | Mexico | ||||
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes | France | [8] | ||||
data-sort-value="Dont Go Near Park" | Don't Go Near the Park | United States | ||||
data-sort-value="Dont Go Woods" | Don't Go in the Woods | Nick McClelland, James P. Hayden, Mary Gail Artz | United States | |||
data-sort-value="Evil" | The Evil Dead | Ellen Sandweiss, Bruce Campbell, Theresa Tilly | United States | |||
Evilspeak | Clint Howard, R. G. Armstrong, Lynn Hancock | United States | ||||
Eyes of a Stranger | Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti | United States | ||||
Fear No Evil | Stefan Arngrim, Elizabeth Hoffman, Kathleen Rowe McAllen | United States | ||||
Final Exam | Sam Kilman, Cecile Bagdadi, DeAnna Robbins | United States | ||||
Friday the 13th Part 2 | United States | |||||
Full Moon High | Adam Arkin, Roz Kelly, Elizabeth Hartman | United States | ||||
data-sort-value="Funhouse" | The Funhouse | United States | ||||
Galaxy of Terror | United States | |||||
Ghost Story | United States | |||||
Ghostkeeper | Jim Makichuk | Riva Spier, Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden | Canada | |||
Graduation Day | Christopher George, Patch MacKenzie, E. Danny Murphy | United States | ||||
Halloween II | United States | |||||
data-sort-value="Hand" | The Hand | Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe | United States | |||
Happy Birthday to Me | Canada | |||||
Hell Night | United States | |||||
Home Sweet Home | United States | |||||
data-sort-value="House Cemetery" | The House by the Cemetery | Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Kenneth A. Olsen | Italy | |||
data-sort-value="Howling" | The Howling | United States | ||||
Inseminoid | Judy Geeson, Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley | United Kingdom | ||||
The Intruder Within | Chad Everett, Joseph Bottoms, Jennifer Warren | United States | Television film | |||
Just Before Dawn | United States | |||||
data-sort-value="Loch" | The Loch Ness Horror | Sandy Kenyon, Miki MacKenzie | United States | |||
Madhouse | Trish Everly, Michael MacRae, Dennis Robertson | United States | ||||
data-sort-value="Monster Club" | The Monster Club | United Kingdom | ||||
Ms .45 | United States | |||||
My Bloody Valentine | Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck | Canada | ||||
Mystics in Bali | H. Tjut Djalil | Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D. | Indonesia | [9] | ||
data-sort-value="Nesting" | The Nesting | Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, Michael David Lally | United States | |||
Night School | Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder | United States | ||||
Nightmare | Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C. J. Cooke | United States | [10] | |||
United Kingdom United States | ||||||
Italy | [11] | |||||
data-sort-value="Pit" | The Pit | Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Laura Hollingsworth | Canada United States | [12] | ||
Porno Holocaust | , | George Eastman, Annj Goren, Dirce Funari | Italy | [13] | ||
Possession | France West Germany | |||||
data-sort-value="Prowler" | The Prowler | Vicki Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Cindy Weintraub | United States | |||
Scanners | Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside | Canada | ||||
Scared to Death | John Stinson, Diana Davidson, Jonathon David Moses | United States | ||||
Strange Behavior | Australia New Zealand | |||||
Suddenly at Midnight | Kim Young-ae, Yoon Il-bong, Lee Ki-seon | South Korea | [14] | |||
data-sort-value="Survivor" | The Survivor | Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten | Australia | |||
This House Possessed | Parker Stevenson, Lisa Eilbacher | United States | Television film | |||
Venom | Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Sterling Hayden, Sarah Miles | United Kingdom | [15] | |||
Wolfen | United States | |||||