Best Serial Killer movies of 1980s

Actors : Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, George C. Scott, Brad Dourif,
Directors : William Peter Blatty,

A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased 'Gemini' serial killer, lead him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, John P. Ryan, Kay Lenz,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.

Actors : James Woods, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Lesley Ann Warren,
Directors : James B. Harris,

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

Actors : Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones, Gaylen Ross,
Directors : Joe Giannone,

A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Dwight Schultz, Martin Landau, Jack Palance,
Directors : Jack Sholder,

A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Howard Ross, Almanta Suska, Jack Hedley,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Actors : Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson,
Directors : Robert Resnikoff,

Dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic are trying to stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, ...

Actors : Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino,
Directors : Armand Mastroianni,

A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?

Actors : Toni Kalem, Ron Silver, Chuck Norris, Steven Keats,
Directors : Michael Miller,

A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a mute maniacal murderer who, as the result of years of medical experimentation, has the ability to self-heal.

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Robert Davi,
Directors : William Lustig,

A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.

Actors : Alan Bates, Kathy Baker, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Philippe Setbon,

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes ...

Actors : Robert Picardo, Jim Haynie, James Spader, Cynthia Gibb,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Jamie Lee Curtis,
Directors : Richard Franklin,

A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer on a desolate Australian highway.

Actors : Brandon Maggart, Andy Fenwick, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull,
Directors : Lewis Jackson,

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

Actors : Peter DuPre, Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti,
Directors : Ken Wiederhorn,

A reporter suspects a creepy neighbor, who lives in the high-rise building across from hers, is a serial killer terrorizing the Miami area.

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, George Coe,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.

Actors : C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith,
Directors : Romano Scavolini,

A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.

Actors : Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Àngel Jové,
Directors : Bigas Luna,

A controlling mother uses telepathic powers to send her middle-aged son on a killing spree.

Actors : Leo Rossi, Judd Nelson, Meg Foster, Robert Loggia,
Directors : William Lustig,

Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.