1982 Horror
All the US Theatrical Horror Releases for 1982
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- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsKevin VanHentenryckTerri Susan SmithBeverly BonnerA young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
- DirectorsStephen CarpenterJeffrey ObrowStarsLaurie LapinskiStephen SachsDavid SnowFour college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsMichael IronsideLee GrantLinda PurlA deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
- DirectorDavid NelsonStarsSusan KigerMartin TuckerWilliam HicksIn a small town in North Carolina, a group of friends are stalked by a mysterious, machete wielding maniac.
- DirectorPeter F. BuffaStarsJulie AmatoVictor MohicaHenry BalThe spirit of a long-dead warrior possesses the body of an Indian medicine man and turns him into a homicidal maniac.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsJoe Don BakerStella StevensGeorge KennedyThirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsJanet JulianDavid WysockiJohn WildmanA woman's son, born after a traumatic assault, grows into a monstrous killer haunting a group of shipwrecked teenagers stranded on his island.
- DirectorRobert DeubelStarsJulia MontgomeryJames CarrollSuzanne BarnesAt a remote Ohio college, a killer dressed in the school's bear mascot suit stalks several young women participating in an all-night scavenger hunt.
- DirectorAlan J. LeviStarsDonna WilkesRichard JaeckelAntoinette BowerA 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.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsJ'Len WintersJohn KellyJoe SpinellA New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsJack PalanceDonald PleasenceMartin LandauA few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
- DirectorsElly KennerNorman Thaddeus VaneStarsStephen KnightCassandra GavaJimmy StathisA 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 brings there.
- DirectorJohn A. RussoStarsMelanie VerlinLawrence TierneyJohn HallA young woman fleeing her sexually abusive stepfather hitches a ride with two young men, but the three soon find themselves at the mercy of a backwoods Satanic cult.
- DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsRonny CoxBibi BeschPaul ClemensA young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.
- DirectorDick RichardsStarsPaul Le MatCatherine HicksStephen McHattieA divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.
- DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsKate MulgrewRip TornJames NaughtonThe 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker below Grand Central Station, the two plot their escape while the police try to track the kidnapper.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsLouis JourdanAdrienne BarbeauRay WiseAfter a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsSusan SwiftAlbert SalmiGuy StockwellIn 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, young Ann Putnam accuses several residents of being witches, and they are tried and put to death. In 1980, young Loreen Graham is on a school outing to the Salem Witch Museum when a wax figure of a man from 1692 comes to life and accosts her. It seems that she may be the reincarnation of Ann, who has accused the man's 5-year-old girl of witchcraft and the girl is scheduled to be burned at the stake. Loreen must fight being possessed by Ann Putnam and confront the evil minister from 1692 who is consorting with Ann to falsely accuse people of witchcraft.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsJohn CassavetesJohn IrelandKerrie KeaneA small town's doctor takes matters into his own hands after a series of gruesome and bizarre rape crimes perplex the clueless authorities.
- DirectorScott MansfieldStarsAlexandra MorganJo Ann HarrisSam GroomA woman falls to her death after getting attacked by a black-clad assailant. Her sister arrives in town and starts dating a police detective, who's friends with a strange movie theater curator, as other women fall prey to the killer.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsRobert GlaudiniDemi MooreLuca BercoviciIn a post-apocalyptic USA, a doctor/scientist infected with a new strain of parasite ends up in a small desert town, trying to find a cure.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsSteve RailsbackOlivia HusseyMichael CraigIn a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.
- DirectorLuis OspinaStarsGilberto ForeroCarlos MayoloFlorina LemaitreRoberto Hurtado, a rich old man suffers from a blood disease, so he requires transfusions of a rare type of blood from young men. His son Adolfo blackmails the nurse and two drivers, involved in a sexual crime, to get the blood kidnapping, killing and stealing the blood of their victims, which raises terror throughout Cali.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNastassja KinskiMalcolm McDowellJohn HeardA woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family.
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsChuck NorrisRon SilverSteven KeatsA sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.