80’s Horror Memories staff’s favorite 80’s horror movies

John “The Arrow” Fallon and the staff of 80’s Horror Memories shares their favorite horror movies from the 80’s!

Hey all! John Fallon here aka The Arrow. Our docu-series, Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian: 80’s Horror Memories (binge it here), which thoroughly explores the decade in horror, is now 15 episodes in. We just wrapped 1980, 1981 and 1982 and we are about to go in balls deep into 1983 this coming Monday, August 28 on our JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel.

A series of this ilk doesn’t happen by itself, it takes an army of producers, writers, editors and our sole narrator to make the magic happens. So we thought it would be dandy to get our core staff to share with you their 10 favorite (not best) horror movies from the 80’s. Yes, it was tough on all of us to pick just 10 – but we knocked a few back and did what we could. Scroll down and peep our choices!

John “The Arrow” Fallon (Producer / Ball Breaker)

• Tenebrae
• The Thing
• Nightmare On Elm Street
• The Terminator
• Aliens
• Evil Dead II
• Near Dark
• Predator
• Trick or Treat
• The Hitcher

Mike Conway (Showrunner, Writer, Editor)

• The Lost Boys
• The Thing
• Christine
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
• Possession
• Demons
• The Slumber Party Massacre
• The Blob
• The Monster Squad

Tyler Nichols (Narrator)

• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• The Monster Squad
• The Shining
• An American Werewolf in London
• The Evil Dead
• My Bloody Valentine
• The Thing
• Fright Night
• Night of the Creeps
• Day of the Dead

Jessica Dwyer (Writer / Interview Coordinator)

• Fright Night
• The Lost Boys
• Evil Dead 2
• Re-Animator
• Waxwork
• Hellraiser
• The Monster Club
• Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat
• The Lair of The White Worm
• The Company of Wolves

Cody Hamman (Writer)

• Friday the 13th (every one of them)
• The Shining
• The Evil Dead
• Day of the Dead
• The Return of the Living Dead
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
• Trick or Treat
• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
• FleshEater
• Intruder

Adam Walton (Writer / Editor)

• The Thing
• The Shining
• The Return of the Living Dead
• Hellraiser
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• An American Werewolf in London
• The Evil Dead
• The Fly
• Aliens
• The Company of Wolves

Lance Vlcek (Writer)

• Friday The 13th Part 7
• Evil Dead 2
• An American Werewolf in London
• They Live
• Day Of The Dead
• Nightmare On Elm Street 3
• Return of the Living Dead
• From Beyond
• Gremlins
• Night Of The Demons

Niki Minter (writer)

• Evil Dead 2
• The Lost Boys
• Re-Animator
• Night of the Comet
• Nightmare On Elm Street 4
• Waxwork
• Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
• The Thing
• Poltergeist
• Gremlins

James Oster (Writer)

• The Funhouse
• The Shining
• An American Werewolf in London
• Happy Birthday to Me
• Videodrome
• Dressed to Kill
• The Fog
• The Changeling
• Friday the 13th
• Blue Velvet

There you have it! Feel free to share with us your own fav 80’s horror movies in the comment section below. And again, follow our 80’s Horror Memories series here! We got all kinds of guests in our series, horror talent like Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Patrick Lussier (Srream), Eric Red (Body Parts), Craig Perry (Final Destination), Sandy King (Ghost of Mars), Steve Johnson (Ghostbusters) and more! Enjoy.