List of horror films of 1986

A list of horror films released in 1986.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes	Ref.
The Abomination	Bret McCormick	Gaye Bottoms, Victoria Chaney, Van Connery	United States		^[1]
Aliens	James Cameron	Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen	United States		^[2]
April Fool's Day	Fred Walton	Deborah Foreman, Amy Steel, Ken Olandt	United States		^[3]
L'assassino è ancora tra noi	Camillo Teti	Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Giovanni Visentin, Riccardo Parisio Perrotti	Italy		^[4]
Chopping Mall	Jim Wynorski	Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd	United States		^[5]
Class of Nuke 'Em High	Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman	Gil Brenton, Elizabeth Lambert, Anthony Ventola	United States		^[6]
Critters	Stephen Herek	Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush	United States		^[7]
Dark Age	Arch Nicholson	Janet Kingsbury, John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill	Australia		^[8]
Dead End Drive-In	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry	United States	Alternative title(s) Dead End
Deadly Friend	Wes Craven	Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett	United States		^[9]
Deadtime Stories	Jeffrey S. Delman	Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Cathryn de Prume	United States		^[10]
Demons 2	Lamberto Bava	Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes	Italy		^[11]
Dream Lover	Alan J. Pakula	Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar	United States		^[12]
Dreamaniac	David DeCoteau	Ashlyn Gere, Thomas Bern, Sylvia Summers	United States		^[13]
Entrails of a Beautiful Woman	Kazuo Komizu		Japan		^[14]
Entrails of a Virgin	Kazuo Komizu	Kazuhiko Goda, Naomi Hagio, Taiju Kato	Japan		^[15]
Escapes	Clarence I. Steensen	Vincent Price	United Kingdom		^[16]
Evil Laugh	Dominick Bracsia	Myles O'Brien, Dominick Brascia, Jerold Pearson	United States
The Fly	David Cronenberg	Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz	United States		^[17]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Tom McLoughlin	Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, Rene Jones	United States		^[18]
From Beyond	Stuart Gordon	Jeffrey Combs	United States		^[19]
Gothic	Ken Russell	Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson	United Kingdom		^[20]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	John McNaughton	Michael Rooker, Tom Towles	United States		^[21]
The Hitcher	Robert Harmon	Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh	United States		^[22]
House	Steve Miner	William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll	United States		^[23]
Invaders from Mars	Tobe Hooper	Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, James Karen	United States		^[24]
Killer Party	William Fruet	Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes	Canada United States		^[25]
Killer Workout	David A. Prior	David James Campbell, Marcia Karr, Ted Prior	United States	Alternative title(s) Aerobi-cide
Link	Richard Franklin	Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp	United Kingdom United States		^[26]
Little Shop of Horrors	Frank Oz	John Candy, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis	United States		^[27]
Maximum Overdrive	Stephen King	Emilio Estevez, Yeardley Smith, Christopher Britton	United States		^[28]
Midnight Killer	Lamberto Bava	Valeria D'Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Paolo Malco	Italy	Alternative title(s) 'You'll Die at Midnight	^[29]
Monster Dog	Claudio Fragasso	Alice Cooper, Victoria Vera, Carlos Santurio	Spain		^[30]
Murderlust	Donald Jones	Eli Rich, Rocky Taylor, Dennis Gannon	United States		^[31]
Neon Maniacs	Joseph Mangine	Alan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke	United States		^[32]
Night of the Creeps	Fred Dekker	Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow	United States		^[33]
Night Ripper!	Jeff Hathcock	James Hansen, Larry Thomas	United States		^[34]
Nomads	John McTiernan	Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down	United States		^[35]
Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Brian Gibson	JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke	United States		^[36]
Psycho III	Anthony Perkins	Anthony Perkins , Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Gary Bayer, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott, Karen Hensel, Jack Murdock, Katt Shea, Juliette Cummins	United States		^[37]
Rawhead Rex	George Pavlou	David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Tóibín, Cora Venus Lunny	Ireland		^[38]
Screamtime	Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long	Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto	United Kingdom		^[39]
Slaughter High	George Dugdale, Mark Ezra	Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore	United Kingdom United States		^[40]
Sorority House Massacre	Carol Frank	Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross	United States		^[41]
Spookies	Eugenie Joseph, Thomas Doran, Brendan Faulkner	Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas	United States		^[42]
Terror at Tenkiller	Ken Meyer	Dale Buckmaster, Stacy Logan, Michelle Merchant	United States		^[43]
TerrorVision	Ted Nicolaou	Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov	United States		^[44]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	Tobe Hooper	Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman,Chris Douridas, Ken Evert, Kirk Sisco, Kinky Friedman, Dan Jenkins, Joe Bob Briggs	United States		^[45]
The Tomb	Fred Olen Ray	John Carradine, Sybil Danning, Richard Hench	United States		^[46]
Trick or Treat	Charles Martin Smith	Ozzy Osbourne, Claudia Templeton, Gene Simmons	United States		^[47]
Troll	John Carl Buechler	Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack	United States		^[48]
Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness	Tim Ritter	Christopher Bontempo, Mary Fanaro, Mona Jones	United States		^[49]
Vamp	Richard Wenk	Chris Makepeace, Grace Jones, Sandy Baron	United States		^[50]
The Vindicator	Jean-Claude Lord	David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox	United States	Alternative title(s) Frankenstein '88	^[51]
Witchboard	Kevin Tenney	Tawny Kitaen, Todd Allen, Clare Bristol	United States		^[52]
The Wraith	Mike Marvin	Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn	United States		^[53]
Zombie Nightmare	Jack Bravman	Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, Adam West	Canada		^[54]

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[FOOTNOTEMuir2010477–479-2] Muir 2010, pp. 477–479.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010481–482-3] Muir 2010, pp. 481–482.

[FOOTNOTEDyer2016222-4] Dyer 2016, p. 222.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000100-5] Young 2000, p. 100.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000106-6] Young 2000, p. 106.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010485–486-7] Muir 2010, pp. 485–486.

[8] Binion, Cavett. "Dark Age". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010486–487-9] Muir 2010, pp. 486–487.

[10] Binion, Cavett. "Deadtime Stories". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010488–489-11] Muir 2010, pp. 488–489.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010489–491-12] Muir 2010, pp. 489–491.

[FOOTNOTEStine2003111-13] Stine 2003, p. 111.

[14] Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Beautiful Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[15] Firsching, Robert. "Entrails of a Virgin". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[16] Binion, Cavett. "Escapes". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010728–731-17] Muir 2010, pp. 728–731.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010499–502-18] Muir 2010, p. 499–502.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010502–504-19] Muir 2010, pp. 502–504.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010504–505-20] Muir 2010, pp. 504–505.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010738–740-21] Muir 2010, pp. 738–740.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010506–508-22] Muir 2010, pp. 506–508.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010508-23] Muir 2010, p. 508.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000310-24] Young 2000, p. 310.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000333-25] Young 2000, p. 333.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010521–522-26] Muir 2010, pp. 521–522.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000358-27] Young 2000, p. 358.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010526–528-28] Muir 2010, pp. 526–528.

[FOOTNOTEPaul201582-29] Paul 2015, p. 82.

[FOOTNOTECurti2019130,_133-30] Curti 2019, pp. 130, 133.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000427-31] Young 2000, p. 427.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010528–530-32] Muir 2010, pp. 528–530.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010530–531-33] Muir 2010, pp. 530–531.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000450-34] Young 2000, p. 450.

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[FOOTNOTEMuir2010533–534-36] Muir 2010, pp. 533–534.

[FOOTNOTEMuir2010537–539-37] Muir 2010, pp. 537–539.

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