The Best '80s Horror Movies on Netflix, From Hellraiser to Ghostbusters

Ah yes, this is the inspiration for every creepy Halloween haunted corn maze that has terrorized your dreams. Many moons ago, director Fritz Kiersch adapted Stephen King's short story into one of the creepiest movies of all time. The story is about a group of young children who participate in a religious cult around a bloodthirsty deity.

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Bill Murray stars as a curmudgeonly parapsychologist named Peter Venkman who starts a ghoul terminating business with his buddies. There are a few spooks and demons throughout the horror comedy, but it'll more likely evoke a dry chuckle than give you incurable nightmares.

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The squeaky clean PG rating of this '80s classic belies its creepy and sad plot about an older couple that battles eviction until mini robot aliens come to their rescue. Occurrences of alien invasions, arson, and vandal definitely make this movie borderline the horror genre.

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Clive Barker is one of the most notable names in the world of scary entertainment, from books to movies. In his feature debut, the horror master tells the tale of an undead man who requests his ex-mistress to get him human sacrifices to recreate his body.

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What's the '80s without a teen horror flick? In The Lost Boys, two young brothers move to California and end up fighting a vampire biker gang after one of them drinks tainted blood.

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This '80s project is basically a compilation of of 47 gruesome movie trailers presented by a chained cannibal projectionist named Mad Ron. Enough said.

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Winona Ryder plays the protagonist Veronica, whose edgy new boyfriend is a lot more sinister than he lets on. You won't find gratuitous gore or jump scares in Heathers, but high school hierarchies and serial murderers will give you your creepy '80s entertainment fix.

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Venkman and the gang are back for a Ghostbusters sequel. This time, Venkman's ex has a possessed baby on her hands, prompting the Ghostbusters to reconvene.

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Hellraiser launched into a nine-part franchise, and you can watch the sequel right on Netflix. In the body horror film Hellbound: Hellraiser II, a psychiatric patient becomes victim to incessant nightmares about her father's skinned corpse and her uncle's reanimated body.

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In this dark comedy, a preteen boy (Fred Savage) befriends a prank-pulling monster named Maurice (Howie Mandel). The PG-rated movie is a slightly creepy coming-of-age tale with a sweet core.

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