Halloween
The Night He Came Home!
Released: October 27, 1978
Compass International
Directed by John Carpenter
Setting: A small Illinois town named Haddonfield on Halloween
Primary Victims: Teenaged babysitters
Future Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis
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Friday the 13th
A 24 hour nightmare of terror.
Released: May 9, 1980
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
Setting: Camp Crystal Lake on Friday the 13th
Primary Victims: Camp counselors
Future Stars: Kevin Bacon
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Prom Night
If you're not back by midnight... you won't be coming home!
Released: August 15, 1980
AVCO/Embassy
Directed by Paul Lynch
Setting: High school on prom night
Primary Victims: High school students
Future Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis
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Terror Train
The boys and girls of Sigma Phi. Some will live. Some will die.
Released: October 3, 1980
20th Century Fox
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Setting: A college graduation party on a train
Primary Victims: Medical students
Future Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis
The Prowler
a.k.a. Rosemary's Killer
Released: 1980
Directed by Joseph Zito
Setting: A college graduation dance
Primary Victims: College students
Sweet Sixteen
Released: 1980
Directed by Jim Sotos
Setting: A small rural town around the time of a girl's sixteenth birthday party
Primary Victims: Teenage to young adult men
My Bloody Valentine
There's more than one way to lose your heart...
Released: February 11, 1981
Paramount Pictures
Directed by George Mihalka
Setting: A mine on Valentine's Day
Primary Victims: Miners and their girlfriends
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The Funhouse
a.k.a. The Carnival of Terror
Something is alive in the Funhouse!
Released: March 13, 1981
Universal Pictures
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Setting: A funhouse at a travelling carnival
Primary Victims: Young adults
Friday the 13th Part 2
The terror continues...
Released: May 1, 1981
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Steve Miner
Setting: A counselor training camp
Primary Victims: Camp counselors
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Happy Birthday To Me
Six of the most bizarre murders you will ever see.
Released: May 15, 1981
Columbia Pictures
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Setting: The Crawford Academy, a prep school
Primary Victims: The Crawford Top Ten
Hell Night
Pray for day
Released: September 4, 1981
Compass International
Directed by Tom DeSimone
Setting: Garth Manor on pledge night
Primary Victims: Fraternity and sorority pledges
Night School
a.k.a. Terror Eyes
Released: October 16, 1981
Directed by Ken Hughes
Setting: An all-girl college in New York City
Primary Victims: Attractive students
Future Stars: Rachel Ward
Halloween 2
More Of The Night He Came Home.
Released: October 30, 1981
Universal Pictures
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Setting: Haddonfield Memorial Hospital on the night of Halloween
Primary Victims: Hospital staff
Future Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Dana Carvey
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Graduation Day
Released: 1981
Directed by Herb Freed
Setting: High school graduation
Primary Victims: High school track team
Future Stars: Vanna White
Final Exam
Some pass the test... God help the rest!!!
Released: 1981
AVCO/Embassy
Directed by Jimmy Huston
Setting: Exam week at a college campus
Primary Victims: College students
Hospital Massacre
a.k.a. X-Ray
Released: 1981
MGM
Directed by Boaz Davidson
Setting: A hospital
Primary Victims: Hospital staff
Humongous
Here are the monster's little toys. Once they were little girls and boys.
Released: June 11, 1982
Embassy Pictures
Directed by Paul Lynch
Setting: Dog Island
Primary Victims: Shipwrecked teenagers
Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D
A New Dimension in Terror...
Released: August 13, 1982
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Steve Miner
Setting: Higgins Haven
Primary Victims: Young adults
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The Burning
The REAL story of the Cropsy Horror
Released: November 5, 1982
Orion Pictures
Directed by Tony Maylam
Setting: Summer camp
Primary Victims: Kids at camp
Future Stars: Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter
The Slumber Party Massacre
Released: November 12, 1982
Directed by Amy Holden Jones
Setting: A teenger's slumber party
Primary Victims: Teenaged girls
Madman
They thought they were alone
Released: January 7, 1983
Jensen Farley Pictures
Directed by Joe Giannone
Setting: Woods
Primary Victims: Camp counselors and kids
Future Stars: Kevin Bacon
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Pieces
a.k.a. Mil gritos tiene la noche
You Don't Have To Go To Texas For A Chainsaw Massacre!
Released: September 23, 1983
Directed by Juan Piquer Simon
Setting: A college campus
Primary Victims: Attractive female students
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Sleepaway Camp
...you won't be coming home!
Released: November 18, 1983
United Film Distribution Company
Directed by Robert Hiltzik
Setting: Summer camp
Primary Victims: Kids at camp
Girl's Nite Out
a.k.a. The Scaremaker
Released: 1983
Directed by Robert Deubel
Setting: A scavenger hunt on a college campus
Primary Victims: College students
Mortuary
Before you are buried... be sure you are really dead!
Released: January 6, 1984
Directed by Howard Avedis
Future Stars: Bill Paxton
Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter
Jason is back. And this is the one you've been screaming for.
Released: April 13, 1984
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Joseph Zito
Setting: Two houses and the surrounding woods
Primary Victims: Partying teens and a family
Future Stars: Corey Feldman
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The Final Terror
...a horrifying tale of survival
Released: May 18, 1984
Aquarius Films
Directed by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Under Siege)
Setting: The woods
Primary Victims: Forest rangers
Future Stars: Daryl Hannah, Rachel Ward
Silent Night, Deadly Night Updated October 13, 1997
Santa's here!
Released: November 9, 1984
TriStar Pictures
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Setting: Christmas
Primary Victims: Premiscuous teens
