Best Serial Killer movies of 1980s

Actors : Lee Ann Nestegard, Edward Chester, David Christopher Adamson, Peter Roberts,
Directors : Robert Bouvier,

A detective teams up with a talk-show host to take down a homophobic serial killer on the streets of Toronto.

Actors : Suzanne Snyder, Season Hubley, David Birney, Susannah York,
Directors : George Kaczender,

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental problems, which are gradually deteriorating ...

Actors : Barbara De Rossi, Marina Suma, Athina Cenci, Mara Venier,
Directors : Franco Ferrini,

A serial killer is terrifying the prostitutes in a big Italian city. After few barbaric murdering four prostitutes Lena, Angela, Nadine and Stella decide to unify and try to self-defend ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Hugh Farrington, Ron Briskman, Denise Crosby, Michael Parks,
Directors : John G. Thomas,

A tough Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian cop to catch a serial killer who is murdering police officers.

Actors : Jayne Hutton, Heath Porter, Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon,
Directors : John Bernard,

The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls' school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.

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

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

Actors : Andrey Krasko, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Sergey Kokovkin, Aleksey Krychenkov,
Directors : Dmitriy Svetozarov,

A group of hunters enters a ghost town in Central Asia with a mission to kill packs of abandoned, and now wild cannibal dogs. But tables turn and there seems to be no way for the hunters to survive the horrific battle.

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 : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Féodor Atkine, Richard Berry, Carole Laure,
Directors : Michel Vianey,

The story of a serial killer but bears little resemblance to a slasher movie. We know almost at once who the killer is and the emphasis is not on the murders but on his psychology as he ...

Actors : Marcie Severson, Janet Galen, Russ Fast, B. Joe Medley,
Directors : George Hood,

While awaiting execution, a convicted serial killer relates the story of the circumstances that led to his present situation.

Actors : Jørgen Kiil, Agneta Ekmanner, Masja Dessau, Buster Larsen,

A mortuary worker uncovers the identity of a serial killer after finding one of his victims in the mortuary's coffins. However, instead of turning him over to the police, he blackmails him. Complications ensue.

Actors : Kumiko Ohba, Masato Furuoya, Isao Natsuyagi, Misako Tanaka,
Directors : Noboru Tanaka,

An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon by his fellow villagers.

Actors : Tien-Lang Li, Man-Biu Bak, Kuo-Chu Chang, James Yi Lui,
Directors : Long Jiang,

A cop suffering from "posterior ulcers" tries to catch a serial killer who seeks out victims with medical problems. One suspect is a man who makes pies from guts, which the cop ...

Actors : Martin Balsam, P.J. Soles, Grigor Taylor, Kit Taylor,
Directors : Colin Eggleston,

A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes. She helps the authorities arrest him, and he is sent to a ...

Actors : Boris Kralj, Marina Nemet, Katalin Ladik, Charles Millot,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

A lighthouse keeper lives on an isolated island together with his wife, ailing father and retarded sister. News of a serial killer stalking the isolated lighthouses makes him leave in order...