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Aug 29, 2022 · A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer. Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan. Votes: 157,256 | Gross: $39.75M. 2nd only to Halloween in its responsibility for the 80's ...
Best 80's Campy Horror Movies. 1. An American Werewolf in London (1981) R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror. Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Director: John Landis | Stars: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family. When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger.
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Friday the 13th
The movie that started the whole 1980s slasher craze as well as the trope that it’s pretty much impossible to go camping without being murdered. Purposely capitalizing on both the gore of Halloween (1978) and the summer-camp setting of Meatballs (1979), the film was sold to investors based on nothing beyond the idea that it would take place on Friday the 13th. It also made back $77 for every dollar that it cost to make and led to a torrent of sequels and copycats. But if you’re looking for Ci...
Happy Birthday to Me
The plot in a nutshell: Just as a girl achieves “cool girl” status at her school, all the other cool girls start dying. If you’re looking for a movie — possibly the only one in world history — that shows footage of actual brain surgery along with someone getting killed with a kebab, look no further than Happy Birthday to Me.According to a blurb on a promotional poster: There’s also more disco music than a slasher movie should probably have. According to an IMDb reviewer: “Sure, it’s phony, bu...
Pieces
This exploitation film is as shocking and violent as it is absurd and stupid. narrative is pedestrian as hell, but damn, the execution. Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club explains the campiness of the film quite well: “[Pieces] manages to luck into that ideal combination of over-the-top bloodshed, gratuitous nudity(of both male and female types, though the latter is, as expected, the mainstage show), and unintentional absurdity for which enthusiasts of the genre are perpetually on the hunt.”
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- Photo: Paramount Pictures. 33 votes. Friday the 13th. Friday the 13th is the film that helped start the summer camp craze that swept the horror world throughout the 80s, and there is arguably no greater camp in horror than Camp Crystal Lake.
- Photo: United Film Distribution Company. 31 votes. Sleepaway Camp. One of the most bizarre and beloved campy horror classics, Sleepaway Camp has just about everything horror fans who are looking for a fun and sleazy summer camp horror movie could ever want.
- Photo: Fear Street Part Two: 1978 / Netflix. 27 votes. Fear Street Part Two: 1978. When two rival groups at Camp Nightwing discover there is a murderous killer on the loose, they must band together to survive the night in the second installment in Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, Fear Street Part Two: 1978.
- Photo: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives / Paramount Pictures. 44 votes. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. Widely regarded as the best entry in the franchise, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is everything that casual fans think of when they think of the Friday the 13th franchise.
Aug 5, 2022 · The Burning (1981) The Burning is another classic made at the height of the ’80s summer-camp horror wave. After being badly burnt by pranking teen campers, a former caretaker called Cropsy (Lou ...
Jul 8, 2021 · 1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - $240,118,856. Universal Pictures. Steven Spielberg had the biggest summer hit of 1981 with "Raiders of the Lost Ark," then did one better the next summer ...
