Best Psychopath movies of 1980s

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Kim Coates, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Allan A. Goldstein,

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.

Actors : Eli Rich, Bonnie Sikowitz, Rochelle Taylor, Dennis Gannon,
Directors : Donald M. Jones,

A serial killer, who is actually a handsome Sunday school teacher, abducts young women and disposes their bodies in the Mojave Desert.

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 : Wadeck Stanczak, Lucas Belvaux, Rémi Martin, Ann-Gisel Glass,
Directors : Olivier Assayas,

Desorder:in spite of relatively violent scenes,it's a psychological disorder .

Actors : John Judd, Jane Merrow, Edward Woodward, Samantha Weysom,
Directors : Lindsey C. Vickers,

A family is confronted in their house by an evil force.

Actors : Alex Fong, Elaine Lui, Ting-Wai Chan, Moon Lee,
Directors : Teresa Woo,

Action movie about a group of female renegades stopping a fascist psychopath who has formed a guerrilla army in his jungle hideaway

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 : Y.G. Parthasarathy, Kamal Haasan, Radha, Madhavi,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

A fashion photographer gets embroiled in a series of grisly murders

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 : Ingrid Vold, John Marzilli, Blake Gibbons, Tom Hamil,
Directors : Michael S. O'Rourke,

A family of tourists vacationing in the woods and a group of camp counselors training in the same forest both find themselves being terrorized by a vicious unhinged psycho.

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 : Stephen Bittrich, Joe Paradise, Robert Barrera, Michael Balin,
Directors : Jenö Hodi,

A psycho college janitor threatens to start killing female students if he isn't given a million dollars.

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 : Stuart Whitman, Blair Weickgenant, Joe Guzaldo, Paul Raci,
Directors : Tom Milo,

A cop tracks down a serial killer who goes after women who work for a phone-sex company.

Actors : Suzanna Smith, Brian Burt, S.E. Zygmont, Sheila Lussier,
Directors : Leland Thomas,

A psychopath with a mother fixation terrorizes a city, picking out young beautiful women as his victims.

Actors : Xinghai Wang, Junyi Shen,
Directors : Teyuan Mu,

The Tianjin chief of police has a rough time investigating the murders of unidentified women whose bodies are found floating in a river in the 1930s.

Actors : Hanna Fernholm, Marc Klein Essink, Kjell Bergqvist, Charlotta Larsson,
Directors : Vilgot Sjöman,

A woman about to start in psychoanalysis finds out that it's a long waiting period, during which she goes to Asia. Seven months later, she's back. In an inner monologue, she describes what happened during the trip in Asia.

Actors : Charlene Kaleina, Cookie Mueller, Robbie Coltrane, John Lurie,
Directors : Amos Poe,

A Psychotic saxophone player (played both by Amos Poe and John Lurie) lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.

Actors : Cynthia Beatt, Ilona Halberstadt, Annette Michelson, Vito Acconci,
Directors : Yvonne Rainer,

An epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia.

Actors : Daniel MacIvor, Valerie Buhagiar, Thomas Rickert, Stan Lake,
Directors : Catherine Ord,

A girl who is stalked by a psychotic manic hides out with transvestites who aren't at all what they seem.