Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining opened May 23, 1980. A look at the Overlook Hotel, Jack Torrance, the Grady twins, and why the horror classic still holds up.
The Gate (1987) review: Tibor Takács's backyard-demon horror still terrifies, from the geode to the pint-sized demons and Stephen Dorff's debut.
Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) turns teleportation into body horror, with Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle and an Oscar-winning makeup job.
Re-Animator (1985): Stuart Gordon turns Lovecraft into gory comedy. Jeffrey Combs, the reagent, the unrated cut, and why it still works at 8.9/10.
Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982) review: a haunted house built on moved graves, a portal in the closet, and why the static still works.
Don Coscarelli's Phantasm (1979) reviewed: a self-financed horror nightmare with Angus Scrimm's Tall Man, flying silver spheres, and a 9.3/10 score.
Clive Barker's 1987 directorial debut Hellraiser: a $1M British horror film about a puzzle box, the Cenobites, and appetite without a ceiling.
Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II turns a haunted cabin into a comedy about a man fighting his own severed hand, and Bruce Campbell sells every minute of it.
An American Werewolf in London review: John Landis's horror-comedy, Rick Baker's Oscar-winning transformation, and why the pub scene still cuts deepest.
Wes Craven's 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced Freddy Krueger, launched New Line Cinema, and gave Johnny Depp his first role.
John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi horror The Thing: paranoia in Antarctica, Kurt Russell, practical effects, and the ending that still haunts us. Score: 9.8.
Sam Raimi's 1981 debut The Evil Dead, reviewed: five students, one cabin, a destroyed bridge, $90,000 and a franchise born at Cannes.
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