80s SOV (Shot-on-Video) Horror
Listed in chronological order by release date, here's a list of all of the shot-on-video horror films of the decade that I know about. I'm including up to 1990 and also throwing on some titles that were shot in the 80s but didn't get released until the following decade.
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- DirectorJohn WintergateStarsJohn WintergateKalassuLindsay FreemanA boarding house is reopened years after gruesome murders were committed there. Suddenly, the body count begins once more!
- DirectorHans HatwigStarsÅke ErikssonSussi AxEva DanielssonOn tour through Sweden, the all-girl rock 'n' roll band "Rock Cats" suddenly find themselves trapped in no-man's land when their tour-bus breaks down. Soon they get to meet "the Bleeder", an insane beast of a man whose sole interest is to kill them all off, one by one. The hunt is on...aka The Bleeder.
- DirectorChester Novell TurnerStarsShirley L. JonesRicky RoachChester TankersleyA woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.
- DirectorLeland PaytonStarsJack RennerGretta RatliffDavid FrittsA crazed family lives in a swamp. The father's hobby is killing as many snakes as he can. One day the snakes decide to take their revenge.
- DirectorJulio AldamaStarsJulio AldamaJulio Aldama Jr.Luz María Ricoaka The Mad Monk.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsTed PriorLinda McGillJohn EastmanA young boy murders his mother and her lover with a hammer. Ten years later, a wave of teenage murders plagues the same area.The copyright date in the end credits is 1984.
- DirectorJames R. BuickStarsJim GreenwayJerry AndersonLarry BruceThis campy horror movie with a cast of hundreds was created in 1985. Bikers and Rock music counter culture people save Phoenix Arizona from a diabolical plot with flesh eating zombies and madmen and chemical warfare.
- DirectorChristopher LewisStarsJuli AndelmanCharles EllisJames VanceFemale students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.This film did so well on the video market, the producers decided to shoot the sequel; Revenge (1986), on 16mm.
- DirectorChristopher LewisStarsTom SchreierMona Van PernisWade TowerAn old antique ring turns a college professor into a homicidal maniac when he puts it on. The ring originaly belonged to Jack the Ripper, and the Ripper's spirit possesses whoever wears it.
- DirectorSteve DiMarcoStarsDoug StoneJacqueline SamudaRussell FerrierA trilogy of horror stories with ironic twists: a teenager tries out a love potion, a waitress gets involved in a kidnapping plot, two brothers plan to cheat an insurance company by faking their death.
- DirectorLouis FerriolStarsBarbara HellerThomas Stuart AschéJane De LeeuwAspiring models in a Soho photo studio, aiming for the centerfold, are getting molested, tortured and killed by a mysterious perpetrator, who hides its identity by wearing a cloth bag over its head.
- DirectorPeter McCubbinStarsNancy CzerJeff HolecCraig WilliamsIn this Canadian rendering of a potential "apocalypse then", in 1996, after the collapse of modern civilization (due to atomic "accidents" and the "failure" of the world's economy), a young couple tries to carry on a quiet life in an uncivilized world. They are joined by a wandering soldier-of-fortune, who helps them survive the repeated attacks of mutant packs of human scavengers that have begun to evolve (mysteriously) back into animals. Mister soldier also eats their dog at one point. But an even darker threat comes from a lone figure, shadowing them wherever they go.
- DirectorRobert WormsStarsCameron MitchellMark FenskeTim Noyes"Terror on Tape" is a 1985 horror anthology where a video store shows a compilation of scenes from various horror/exploitation films.The copyright date in the end credits is 1985.
- DirectorJohn DuncanStarsCraig MartinBruce PhillipsChuck KellyFamily and workers on a farm are being stalked by a Sasquatch-like creature known as "The Black River Monster."
- DirectorKazuo 'Gaira' KomizuStarsYumiko IshikawaNaomi KajitaniKyôko KomiyamaA group of girls go to a house to spend a time in which they lived horrible creeping monster with tentacles that tries to eat them one by one.
- DirectorJohn PoloniaMark PoloniaTodd Michael SmithStarsJohn PoloniaMark PoloniaTodd Michael SmithThree brothers (one who is slow and another who is adopted) have disturbing and violent hallucinations while their mother is at work.
- DirectorFelix GirardStarsRenee HarmonFrank NeuhausHenry LewisA family of sadistic psychopaths seeks out victims for its gruesome brain operations.
- DirectorJeff HathcockStarsJames HansenApril AudiaLarry ThomasA maniac stalks and kills models.
- DirectorJohn HowardJustin SimmondsStarsR. Eric HuxleyJanus BlytheLise RomanoffA madman stalks nurses, brutally stabbing them to death. In his fevered mind, he believes his victims to be a woman from his past named Linda. Police struggle to apprehend him before he can murder and mutilate again.
- DirectorPeter RoweStarsChris BrittonPaul James SaundersAmber WendleborgPseudo documentary about the making of a low-budget post-nuke sci-fi/action splatter movie.
- DirectorKen MeyerStarsMichael Shamus WilesStacey LoganMichele MerchantTwo girlfriends try to relax at Lake Tenkiller, but a slasher won't let them.
- DirectorTim BoggsStarsDoug BarryAngela DarterMike Kaufman6 teenagers are partying one weekend. One couple disappears, only to be found brutally murdered. A blood thirsty killer is stalking them. One by one bodies begin to show up, as they become prey to the vengeance-seeking maniac.
- DirectorLionel ShenkenStarsJonathan PottsJames LukieJames KnappA cab driver is falsely accused of murdering a young couple.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsDrew GodderisSky NicholasDonald TrimbornAs a sorority initiation, two girls have to pose as hookers. Then they turn into zombies and start killing and eating the locals.
- DirectorWill MacMillanStarsWill MacMillanRon KologieShamus SherwoodCenters around a cop and two brothers hot on the trail of a murderous card game in which masked participants must murder the loser or be killed themselves.