If you happen to’re a horror fan with a subscription to the Criterion Channel, you’ve received a hell of a month to sit up for. The streaming service will kick off the Halloween season with a group of thirty of the very best ’80s horror films on the market. With films from Dario Argento, John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, and extra, there’s one thing for everybody, from Amy Holden Jones’ sleazy slasher The Slumber Celebration Bloodbath to Kathryn Bigelow’s cult traditional vampire thriller Close to Darkish.
This assortment of ’80s horror was curated by Clyde Folley and can take you on a “ghastly tour via the last decade of greed options formidable art-pulp hybrids, old school creature options, a vampiric Nicolas Cage, and completely unclassifiable cult oddities, bringing collectively a few of the eighties’ most trendy, haunting, and outrageous visions.” Right here’s the total listing of horror films which will likely be accessible on the Criterion Channel on October 1st, however be aware that Tony Scott’s The Starvation gained’t arrive till November 1st.
- Inferno, Dario Argento, 1980
- The Unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, Walerian Borowczyk, 1981
- Useless & Buried, Gary Sherman, 1981
- The Home by the Cemetery, Lucio Fulci, 1981
- The Funhouse, Tobe Hooper, 1981
- Unusual Habits, Michael Laughlin, 1981
- Wolfen, Michael Wadleigh, 1981
- Scanners, David Cronenberg, 1981
- Highway Video games, Richard Franklin, 1981
- The Fan, Ed Bianchi, 1981
- Basket Case, Frank Henenlotter, 1982
- Subsequent of Kin, Tony Williams, 1982
- Cat Individuals, Paul Schrader, 1982
- Q: The Winged Serpent, Larry Cohen, 1982
- The Slumber Celebration Bloodbath, Amy Holden Jones, 1982
- The Preserve, Michael Mann, 1983
- The Starvation, Tony Scott, 1983 (not coming till November 1)
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, John McNaughton, 1986
- The Hidden, Jack Sholder, 1987
- Prince of Darkness, John Carpenter, 1987
- White of the Eye, Donald Cammell, 1987
- Close to Darkish, Kathryn Bigelow, 1987
- The Vanishing, George Sluizer, 1988
- Mind Injury, Frank Henenlotter, 1988
- Dream Demon, Harley Cokeliss, 1988
- The Blob, Chuck Russell, 1988
- Lair of the White Worm, Ken Russell, 1988
- Vampire’s Kiss, Robert Bierman, 1988
- Society, Brian Yuzna, 1989
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989
Which of those traditional ’80s horror films will you be trying out on the Criterion Channel?
