The Best 50 Trash-Horror Films of the 1980s on Blu-ray

[Leslie Dame]

The 50 Best in Trash-Horror from the 1980s according to Bleeding Skull. Image indicates available on Blu-ray.

1. A Night to Dismember (Doris Wishman, 1983)
2. The Last Slumber Party (Stephen Tyler, 1988)
3. Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzik, 1983)

4. Tales From The Quadead Zone (Chester Turner, 1987)
5. Pieces (Juan Piquer Simón, 1982)

6. Basket Case (Frank Henenlotter, 1982)

7. Things (Andrew Jordan, 1989)
8. Burial Ground (Andrea Bianchi, 1981)

9. Long Island Cannibal Massacre (Nathan Schiff, 1980)
10. Hallucinations (Mark and John Polonia and Todd Michael Smith, 1987)
11. Silent Night, Deadly Night (Charles Sellier, 1984)

12. Don’t Go In the Woods (James Bryan, 1981)

13. Frozen Scream (Frank Roach and Renee Harmon, 1981)

14. Don’t Panic (Rubén Galindo Jr., 1988)
15. The Slumber Party Massacre (Amy Holden Jones, 1982)

16. The Toxic Avenger (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, 1984)

17. Sledgehammer (David Prior, 1983)
18. Blood Rage (John Grissmer, 1987)

19. Boardinghouse (John Wintergate, 1982)
20. Ogroff (N.G. Mount, 1983)
21. Slumber Party Massacre II (Deborah Brock, 1987)

22. Death Spa (Michael Fischa, 1989)

23. The Deadly Spawn (Douglas McKeown, 1983)
(Elite Blu-ray not really recommended)
24. Night of the Demon (James C. Wasson, 1980)
25. Class of Nuke ‘Em High (Richard W. Haines and Lloyd Kaufman, 1986)

26. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (Lee Harry, 1987)

27. Killer Workout (David Prior, 1987)

28. Slime City (Greg Lamberson, 1988)

29. Slugs (Juan Piquer Simón, 1988)

30. Day of the Reaper (Tim Ritter, 1984)

31. The Uninvited (Greydon Clark, 1988)

32. Truth Or Dare?: A Critical Madness (Tim Ritter, 1986)

33. The Boogeyman (Ulli Lommel, 1980)
(No Region A)
34. The Abomination (Bret McCormick, 1986)
35. Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (Romano Scavolini, 1981)

36. Iced (Jeff Kwitny, 1988)
37. Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare (John Fasano, 1987)
38. Bloodstream (Michael J. Murphy, 1985)
39. The Oracle (Roberta Findlay, 1985)
40. Mystics In Bali (H. Tjut Djalil, 1981)
41. Anthropophagus (Joe D’Amato, 1981)

42. The Children (Max Kalmanowicz, 1981)

43. Bloody Moon (Jess Franco, 1981)

44. Blood Lake (Tim Boggs, 1987)
45. Beyond Dream’s Door (Jay Woelfel, 1989)
46. The Dead Next Door (J.R. Bookwalter, 1989)

47. Nightbeast (Don Dohler, 1982)

48. Nail Gun Massacre (Bill Leslie and Terry Lofton, 1985)

49. The Video Dead (Robert Scott, 1987)

50. Violent Sh*t (Andreas Schnaas, 1989)