List of horror films of 1987 explained

This is a list of horror films released in 1987.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes
	Aenigma		Jared Martin, Lara Naszinsky	Italy		^[1]
	Angel Heart			United States
	Anguish		Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul	Spain
	Backwoods		Brad Armacost, Dick Kreusser	United States		^[2]
	Bad Taste		Terry Potter, Peter Vere-Jones, Michael Gooch	New Zealand
	Bates Motel	Richard Rothstein	Bud Cort, Lori Petty	United States	Television film
	Bay Coven			United States		^[3]
			Christopher Atkins, Michelle Johnson, Sonia Infante	Mexico		^[4]
data-sort-value="Believers"	The Believers			United States
	Berserker		Joseph Alan Johnson, Greg Dawson, Valerie Sheldon	United States		^[5]
	Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire		Louise Gold, Alun Armstrong, Eve Ferret	United States
	Blood Diner		Rick Burks, Carl Crew, LaNette La France	United States
	Blood Frenzy		Wendy MacDonald, Tony Montero, Claire Cassano	United States
	Blood Harvest		Tiny Tim, Itonia Salchek, Albert Jaggard	United States
	Blood Hook		Mark Jacobs, Lisa Todd, Patrick Danz	United States
	Blood Lake		Tiny Frazier, Angela Darter	United States
	Blood Rage		Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Marianne Kanter	United States
	Blood Sisters		Amy Brentano, Shannon McMahon, John Fasano	United States
	Bloody New Year		Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Steve Wilsher	United Kingdom
	Bloody Wednesday		Jeff O'Haco, Pamela Baker, Dale E. Turner	United States
	Blue Monkey			Canada United States
	Cannibal Hookers		Drew Godderis, Sky Nicholas, Katina Garner	United States
data-sort-value="Carrier"	The Carrier		Gregory Fortescue, Stevie Lee	United States		^[6]
	Cassandra		Tessa Humphries, Briony Behets, Natalie McCurry	Australia
data-sort-value="Chinese"	A Chinese Ghost Story			Hong Kong		^[7]
	Creepozoids		Linnea Quigley, Ashlyn Gere, Joi Wilson	United States
	Creepshow 2			United States
data-sort-value="Curse"	The Curse			United States
	Dark Age			Australia
	Dead of Winter		Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall	United States
	Demon of Paradise		David Anderson, Joe Mari Avellana, Leslie Scarborough	Philippines United States		^[8]
	Deranged		Jane Hamilton, Paul Siederman, Jennifer Delora	United States
	Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei			Japan		^[9]
	Dolls		Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Hilary Mason	United States
	Doom Asylum		Patty Mullen, Ruth Collins, Kristin Davis	United States
	Epidemic		Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst, Michael Gelting	Denmark		^[10]
	Epitaph		Paula Jamison, Liz Kane	United States
	Evil Cat			Hong Kong		^[11]
	Evil Dead II			United States
	Evil Spawn	,,	Bobbi Bresee, Suzanne Ager, Michael Deak	United States
	Evil Town	, Larry Spiegel	James Keach, Michele Marsh, Doria Cook	United States
data-sort-value="Falling"	The Falling		Dennis Christopher, Martin Hewitt, Lynn-Holly Johnson	United States Spain		^[12]
	Forever Evil		Tracey Huffman, Howard Jacobsen, Kent Johnson	United States
data-sort-value="From A Whisper"	From a Whisper to a Scream		Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Nicos Argentiogorgis	United States
data-sort-value="Gate"	The Gate		Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton	Canada United States
	Ghost Riders			United States
	Ghoulies II			United States
	Graveyard Disturbance		Gregory Lech Thaddeus, Lea Martino, Beatrice Ring	Italy	Television film
	Grotesque			United States
	Hell High			United States
				Canada
	Hellraiser
data-sort-value="Hidden"	The Hidden		Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Richard Brooks, Claudia Christian, Chris Mulkey, William Boyett, David Schwimmer, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager, Ed O'Ross, Steve Eastin, Katherine Cannon, Larry Cedar, James Luisi, Danny Trejo, Lin Shaye	United States
				United States
	Howling III		Barry Otto, William Yang, Imogen Annesley	Australia
				United States
	Jack's Back			United States
			Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Michael Caine	United States
	Killing Birds	, Claudio Lattanzi		Italy
	Killing Spree		Rachel Rutz, Asbestos Felt, Courtney Lercara	United States
data-sort-value="Kindred"	The Kindred			United States
data-sort-value="Lost"	The Lost Boys		Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Jami Gertz, Ed Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alexander Winter, Kelly Jo Minter, Tim Cappello	United States
	Lucifer		Emma Sutton, Frank Rozelaar-Green, Jared Morgan	United Kingdom
	Mindkiller		Wade Kelley, Dawn Jacobs, Daniel Selby	United States		^[13]
	Mirror of Death		John Reno, Julie Merrill, Aarin Teich	United States
data-sort-value="Monster"	The Monster Squad			United States
	Monster in the Closet			United States
	Moon in Scorpio			United States
	Munchies		Harvey Korman, Charles Stratton, Alix Elias	United States		^[14]
	My Best Friend Is a Vampire		LeeAnne Locken, Cheryl Pollak, Fannie Flagg	United States
	Near Dark		Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein	United States
	Necropolis		LeeAnne Baker, Michael Conte, Jacquie Fitz	United States		^[15]
	Nekromantik		Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski	West Germany
data-sort-value="Newlydeads"	The Newlydeads		Rebecca Barrington, Michelle Mania, Scott Kaske	United States
	Night Screams		Megan Wyss, Randy Lundsford, Janette Caldwell	United States
	Night Vision		Tony Carpenter, Stacy Carson, Daniel Selby	United States
	Nightflyers		Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Praed, Helene Udy	United States
data-sort-value="Nightmare Elm Street 3"				United States
	Nightmare Sisters			United States
	Open House			United States
	Opera		Christina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini	Italy
data-sort-value="Outing"	The Outing		Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivanyi	United States		^[16]
	Prince of Darkness			United States
	Prison			United States
	Psychos in Love		Carmine Capobianco, Debi Thibeault	United States
	Rat Man			Italy
	Redneck Zombies			United States
	Reflections		Anica Dobra, Mustafa Nadarevic, Milorad Mandic	Yugoslavia United Kingdom
	Rest in Pieces		Scott Thompson Baker, Lorin Jean Vail	Spain United States
	Retribution			United States		^[17]
	Return to Horror High		Vince Edwards, Scott Jacoby, Lori Lethin	United States
data-sort-value="Return Salem's Lot"	A Return to Salem's Lot			United States
	Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare		Jon Mikl Thor, Jillian Peri, Frank Dietz	Canada
	Rosa Mistica		Snooky Serna, Gabby Concepcion, Aga Muhlach	Philippines
	Scared Stiff			United States
	Shallow Grave		Tony March, Carol Cadby, Tom Law	United States
	Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2		Eric Freeman, James Newman	United States
	Slaughterhouse		Sherry Bendorf, Don Barrat	United States
	Slumber Party Massacre 2			United States
	Specters			Italy
	Stage Fright		David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore	Italy
data-sort-value="Stay Awake"	The Stay Awake		Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon, Jayne Hutton	South Africa
data-sort-value="Stepfather"	The Stepfather			United States
data-sort-value="Stepford Childre"	The Stepford Children		Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren	United States	Television film
	The Stranger		Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Riegert	United States
	Street Trash		Mike Lackey, Vic Noto	United States
	Terror Night	,		United States
	Twisted Nightmare			United States		^[18]
	Vicious Lips		Angela O'Neill, Tanya Papanicolas, Eric Bartsch	United States
	The Video Dead		Roxanna Augesen, Rocky Duvall	United States
	Wicked City	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Yūsaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirō Nagai	Japan	Animated film	^[19]
	Zombie Death House	,	Dennis Cole, Anthony Franciosa, Joe Zimmerman	United States
	Zombie High			United States

Sources

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External links

• Horror films of 1987 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aenigma. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
2. Web site: Backwoods. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erlewine, Phillip.
3. Web site: Bay Coven. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
4. Web site: Beaks – The Movie. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
5. Web site: Berserker. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
6. Web site: The Carrier. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Hassen, Kristie.
7. Web site: A Chinese Ghost Story. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Crow, Jonathan.
8. Web site: Demon of Paradise. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
9. Web site: Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Story. Justin Sevakis. April 30, 2013. August 22, 2014. Anime News Network.
10. Web site: Epidemic. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.
11. Web site: Evil Cat. AllMovie. Firsching, Robert. June 28, 2013.
12. Web site: Alien Predator. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Blaise, Judd.
13. Web site: Mindkiller. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
14. Web site: Munchies. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Bush, John.
15. Web site: Necropolis. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
16. Web site: The Outing. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Blaise, Judd.
17. Web site: Retribution. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
18. Web site: Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Willman, Chris. November 8, 1988. 'Twisted Nightmare' Writhes in Its Twisted Plot. live. https://archive.today/20200119033541/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-08-ca-139-story.html. January 19, 2020.
19. Web site: Wicked City (1992) - Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Carl Macek | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie .