Best Serial Killer movies of 1980s

Actors : Blue Thompson, Brad McCormick, Scott Davis, Jude Johnson,
Directors : Bret McCormick,

An old woman coughs up what she believes to be a tumor. While asleep, the thing crawls inside of her son and reproduces inside him, then causes him to go on a killing spree to feed it.

Actors : Marie Claes, Helga Vandevelde, Let Jotts, Nick Van Suyt,
Directors : Johan Vandewoestijne,

A serial killer awakens from a coma and escapes from a mental hospital to kill a survivor of his slayings years ago, all the while stalking, terrifying, and killing women on the way.

Actors : Shoshana Ascher, Ryan Hilliard, Ron Armstrong, Jamie Gillis,
Directors : Joel M. Reed,

Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA ...

Actors : David Moses, Diana Davidson, Toni Jannotta, John Stinson,
Directors : William Malone,

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the ...

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Renée Simonsen, Nicola Perring, Tom Schanley,
Directors : Carlo Vanzina,

A serial killer roams the city of Milan, Italy, using scissors to assassinate and kill top-models. A park ranger from USA arrives in the city to protect his sister, but realizes that she ...

Actors : Bety Robles, Leo Villanueva, José Gómez Parcero, Hugo Stiglitz,
Directors : Rubén Galindo Jr.,

A professor suspects that a vicious killer may have discovered a way to return from the grave and continue his violent spree. His fears are proved true when a group of teenagers decide to ...

Actors : Julie Amato, Frank Salsedo, Victor Mohica, Henry Bal,
Directors : Peter F. Buffa,

The spirit of a long-dead warrior possesses the body of an Indian medicine man and turns him into a homicidal maniac.

Actors : Nassar, Sukumaran, Mohanlal, Renjini,
Directors : Mohan,

A police officer tries to uncover and stop an unknown serial killer who sniped three victims and plans for a fourth one.

Actors : Charles Napier, Katherine Kelly Lang, Robert Viharo, Michelle Reese,
Directors : Max Kleven,

A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

Actors : Roger Ward, Chard Hayward, Louise Howitt, Deborah Coulls,
Directors : Terry Bourke,

A Young woman is looking after her sister's house, unaware that her sister and neighbor have been murdered by their handyman who also happens to be a serial killer.

Actors : Katrina Alexy, Richard Dry, Addison Randall, Patricia Jacques,
Directors : Ray Di Zazzo,

At a Halloween party, a young boy is almost killed by his drunken, alcoholic father. Ten years afterward, the boy goes on a murder spree.

Actors : Rick Rossovich, Julie Carmen, Doug Savant, Sally Kirkland,

A serial killer covers his victims in modeling clay, and a local sculptor is accused of the crimes.

Actors : Aldo Ray, Renee Harmon, Antoine John Mottet, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : James Bryan,

An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.

Actors : Cliff De Young, Zoe Trilling, Kay Lenz, Scott Schwartz,
Directors : Robert A. Ferretti,

A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is ...

Actors : Jimmy Stathis, Clara Perryman, Cassandra Gava, Stephen Knight,

A serially unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every woman he bring there.

Actors : Terence Reis, Michelle Constant, Ron Smerczak, Liam Cundill,
Directors : John Murlowski,

A group of tourists from different corners of the world are planning to stay in an abandoned house, which happens to be the place where an insane serial killer massacred his complete family...

Actors : Moira Sinise, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Bottoms, John Kavanagh,
Directors : Robin Hardy,

When an Irish woman moves from the suburbs to Dublin, she begins receiving phone calls from a stranger. Coincidentally, the city is being plagued by a serial killer who uses this method to ...

Actors : Chris Holder, Danny Bonaduce, Molly Cheek, Tony Crupi,
Directors : John McCauley,

A serial killer escapes from a mental hospital and hides out in a small town. A local cop must catch him before he starts on another killing spree.

Actors : Donna Wilkes, Dane Clark, Antoinette Bower, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Alan J. Levi,

A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.

Actors : Margie Newton, Gabriele Gori, Chuck Valenti, Rod Robinson,
Directors : Vanio Amici,

In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree.