Best Fantasy movies of 1980s

Night of the Demons(1988)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 9

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.



Ernest Saves Christmas(1988)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.



House(1985)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



Yume(1990)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



High Spirits(1988)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 11

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.



Ghoulies(1984)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 10

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



All of Me(1984)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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.



Troll(1986)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 8

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.



Zapped!(1982)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 12

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



Lady in White(1988)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 11

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.



Moonwalker(1988)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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).



Oh Heavenly Dog(1980)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Joe Camp,

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



Kyûketsuki hantâ D(1985)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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.



Teen Witch(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 7

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?



How to Get Ahead in Advertising(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 11

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 ...



Prancer(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 15

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.



Transylvania 6-5000(1985)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 9

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 ...



The Clan of the Cave Bear(1986)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.



The Sword and the Sorcerer(1982)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 9

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.



Hello Again(1987)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.




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