List of horror films of 1989 explained

A list of horror films released in 1989.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes
	976-EVIL			United States
	3615 code Père Noël			France		^[1]
	After Midnight		Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Segall, Nadine Van Der Velde	United States
				United States	Television film
	Beasties		Denise Mora, Hector Yanez, Brenda Stubbe	United States
	Begotten		Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey	United States		^[2]
	Beyond Dream's Door	Jay Woelfel	Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky	United States
style="text-align:left;"	Beyond the Door III		Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny	Italy		^[3]
	Beware! Children at Play		Robin Lilly, Lori Tirgrath, Jamie Krause	United States		^[4]
	Black Past		Andrea Arbter, Andre Stryi, Sonja Berg	West Germany
data-sort-value="Carpenter"	The Carpenter			Canada		^[5]
	Celia			Australia
data-sort-value="Cellar"	The Cellar			United States		^[6]
	The Chill Factor (a.k.a. Demon Possessed)		Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert	United States	Released on VHS in 1993	^[7]
	Chopper Chicks in Zombietown	Christopher Webster	Dawn Laurie, Aaron Kjenaas, Connie Snyder	United States
			Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert	United States
data-sort-value="Church"	The Church			Italy
	Clownhouse		Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell	United States
				United States Japan Italy
	Cutting Class			United States
	Dark Tower	,		United States
data-sort-value="Dead Next Door"	The Dead Next Door	J. R. Bookwalter	Scott Spiegel, Maria Markovic, Bogdan Pecic	United States
	Dear Diary	,	Herbert Bautista, Gelli de Belen	Philippines
data-sort-value="Death"	The Death King		Bela B., Susanne Betz, Hille Saul	West Germany		^[8]
	Deceit		Norbert Weisser, Diane Defoe, Christian Andrews	United States
	Don't Panic			Mexico United States		^[9]
	Dr. Caligari		Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris	United States
data-sort-value="Edge Sanity"	Edge of Sanity		Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp	United Kingdom United States		^[10]
	Elves		Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, Ken Carpenter	United States
	Family Reunion		A.J. Woods, John Andes, Pam Phillips	United States
	Flesh Eating Mothers		Ramiro Oliveros, Donatella Hecht, Neal Rosen	United States		^[11]
	The Fly II		Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, John Getz	United States		^[12]
	Freakshow			Canada		^[13]
				United States
	From the Dead of Night			United States	Television film	^[14]
	Grave Robbers		Fernando Almada, Edna Bolkan, Erika Buenfil, Ernesto Laguardia, María Rebeca	Mexico		^[15]
			Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell	United States
	Hanging Heart		Barry Wyatt, John Stevens	United States
	Headhunter			United States South Africa
	Hellgate		Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott	United States
	High Desert Kill		Anthony Geary, Marc Singer, Micah Grant	United States	Television film
data-sort-value="Horror Show"	The Horror Show			United States
data-sort-value="House Clocks"	The House of Clocks			Italy
			Philip Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth She	United States
	I, Madman			United States
	Intruder			United States
	Killer Crocodile		Sherrie Rose, Van Johnson, Ann Douglas	Italy
data-sort-value="Las Vegas"	Las Vegas Bloodbath		Ari Levin, Rebecca Gandara, Jerry Raganesi	United States
	Leviathan			United States Italy		^[16]
	Lobster Man from Mars		Diana Frank, Ava Fabian, Deborah Foreman	United States
	Mangetsu no Kuchizuke		Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura	Japan		^[17]
	Masque of the Red Death	Larry Brand, Jeffrey Delman	Patrick Macnee, Adrian Paul	United States	Produced by Roger Corman
	Masque of the Red Death			United States	Produced by Harry Alan Towers
	Maya		William Berger, Peter Phelps, Mariangélica Ayala	Italy
			Diana Flaherty, Marcus Powell, Tara Leigh	United States
	Monster High		Diana Frank, Robert Lind, Doug Kerzner	United States
	Murder Weapon			United States
	Mutator		Brion James, Carolyn Ann Clark, Milton Raphael Murill	United States
	Night Life		Scott Grimes, John Astin, Cheryl Pollak	United States
	Night Visitor			United States		^[18]
data-sort-value="Nightmare Elm Street"				United States
	Offerings		Loretta Leigh Bowman, Elizabeth Greene, G. Michael Smith	United States
	Out of the Dark			United States
	Paganini Horror		Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, Pascal Persiano	Italy
	Parents			United States
	Pet Sematary			United States
				United States		^[19]
	Psycho Cop			United States
	Puppet Master		Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe	United States
			Gerardo Merrato, Daniela Barnes, Malisa Longo	Italy
	Shocker			United States
				United States
	Skinned Alive		J. R. Bookwalter, Lester Clark	United States		^[20]
				United States
	Society			United States
	Speak of the Devil		Dan Patrick Brady, David Campbell, William Cannon	United States		^[21] ^[22]
	Spontaneous Combustion		Jaime Alba, Cynthia Bain	United States
	Stepfather II			United States
	Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator		Catherine Dee, William Dame, M.R. Murphy	United States
				United States
				Japan		^[23]
	Things		Robert (Tex) Allen, Amber Lynn, Patricia Sadler	United States		^[24]
	The Toxic Avenger Part II	, Michael Herz	Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura	United States		^[25]
		, Michael Herz	Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura	United States		^[26]
	Vampire's Kiss	Robert Bierman	Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley	United States	Comedy horror	^[27]
data-sort-value="Vineyard"	The Vineyard			United States Canada		^[28]
	Violent Shit	Andreas Schnaas	Karl Inger, Gabi Banner, Wolfgang Hinz	West Germany		^[29]
	Warlock			United States
	Witch Story			Italy
data-sort-value="Woman Black"	The Woman in Black			United Kingdom	Television film
	Zombie Rampage		Dave Byerly, Erin Kehr, Stanna Bippus	United States	Led to sequel Zombie Bloodbath (1993)

Sources

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External links

• Horror films of 1989 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Horowitz . Joy . March 15, 1992 . Hollywood Law: Whose Idea Is It, Anyway? . The New York Times. New York City, New York. 31 December 2016.
2. News: Griffin. John. High definition is becoming horror show for organizers. The Gazette. October 26, 1989. Montreal, Quebec. 64. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: Beyond the Door III. Allmovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
4. Web site: Beware! Children at Play. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Deming, Mark.
5. Web site: The Carpenter. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
6. Web site: The Cellar. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
7. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805.
8. Web site: The Death King. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Gusse, Brian.
9. Web site: Don't Panic. AllMovie. August 7, 2011.
10. Web site: Edge of Sanity. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
11. Web site: Flesh Eating Mothers. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
12. Web site: The Fly II. AllMovie. May 30, 2020. Brenner, Paul.
13. Web site: Freakshow. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Fountain, Clarke.
14. Web site: From the Dead of Night. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erickson, Hal.
15. Web site: Cemetery of Terror/Grave Robbers. Jane. Ian. DVD Talk. 8 August 2006. dvdtalk.com. 1 April 2020.
16. Web site: Leviathan. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Rasmussen, Linda.
17. Web site: 満月のくちづけ(1989). June 11, 2015. allcinema. Stingray. ja.
18. Web site: Night Visitor. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
19. Web site: Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Fountain, Clarke.
20. Web site: Skinned Alive. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
21. "Creature Features" by John Stanley, Copyright 1997, ISBN 1-57297-225-4
22. Web site: Speak of the Devil. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Ralske, Josh.
23. Web site: Tetsuo: The Iron Man. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Blaise, Judd.
24. Web site: Tetsuo: The Iron Man. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Blaise, Judd.
25. Web site: Tetsuo: The Iron Man. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Blaise, Judd.
26. Web site: Things. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
27. Web site: Vampire's Kiss (1989) - Robert Bierman, Don Sharp | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
28. Web site: The Vineyard. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erickson, Hal.
29. Web site: Film Review: Violent Shit (1989). April 4, 2017.