Best Fantasy movies of 1980s

Actors : Allison Barron, Cathy Podewell, Hal Havins, Alvin Alexis,
Directors : Kevin Tenney,

Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.

Actors : Douglas Seale, Noelle Parker, Jim Varney, Oliver Clark,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.

Actors : Mitsuko Baishô, Mieko Harada, Akira Terao, Toshie Negishi,

A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Actors : William Katt, George Wendt, Kay Lenz, Richard Moll,
Directors : Steve Miner,

A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.

Actors : Donal McCann, Steve Guttenberg, Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah,
Directors : Neil Jordan,

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.

Actors : Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.

Actors : Jack Nance, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Peter Liapis,
Directors : Luca Bercovici,

A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.

Actors : Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Jenny Beck, Shelley Hack,
Directors : John Carl Buechler,

A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will return him to his human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.

Actors : Robert Mandan, Felice Schachter, Scott Baio, Willie Aames,
Directors : Robert J. Rosenthal,

A high school science nerd gains telekinetic powers after a laboratory accident and uses them for revenge upon bullies.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Katherine Helmond, Alex Rocco,
Directors : Frank LaLoggia,

An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a small town during the 1960's, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.

Actors : Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker,

Anthology movie by, and starring, Michael Jackson in his prime, combining a number of music videos from his bestselling "Bad" album with a fantasy tale of Michael's confrontation with a ruthless drug dealer known as Mr. Big (Joe Pesci).

Actors : Abe Vigoda, Rutanya Alda, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman,
Directors : John D. Hancock,

A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.

Actors : Joshua John Miller, Robyn Lively, Caren Kaye, Dan Gauthier,
Directors : Dorian Walker,

High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?

Actors : Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Joe Camp,

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

Actors : Pamela Reed, Thomas G. Waites, Daryl Hannah, James Remar,
Directors : Michael Chapman,

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Actors : Satoko Kifuji, Michie Tomizawa, Seizô Katô, Kaneto Shiozawa,
Directors : Toyoo Ashida,

A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her, and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Jacqueline Tong, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson,
Directors : Bruce Robinson,

Dennis Dimbleby Bagley is a brilliant young advertising executive who can't come up with a slogan to sell a revolutionary new pimple cream. His obsessive worrying affects not only his ...

Actors : Carol Kane, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr., Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Rudy De Luca,

Tabloid reporters Jack Harrison and Gil Turner are sent to Transylvania with two choices: find the Frankenstein monster or find new jobs. But before the jumpy journalists can dig up their ...

Actors : Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, George Maharis, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.

Actors : Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power,
Directors : Jan Svankmajer,

A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.