List of box office top fifty horror films of the 1980s in the United States

Work in progress.

1980

 * Alligator


 * Crocodile


 * Enter the Devil (re-issue)


 * Night Child Hair (re-issue)


 * Bloodwaters of Dr. Z (re-issue)
 * The Watcher in the Woods
 * Beyond Evil
 * The Attic
 * Christmas Evil
 * The Unseen
 * New Year's Evil
 * To All a Goodnight
 * The Ninth Configuration
 * Scared to Death

1981

 * The Beyond
 * Dead and Buried
 * Possession
 * X-Ray
 * Night Warning
 * The Nesting
 * The Prowler
 * Piranha Part II: The Spawning
 * The House by the Cemetery
 * Tattoo

1982

 * Don't Look in the Attic
 * Turkey Shoot
 * The Loch Ness Monster
 * Basket Case
 * The Slumber Party Massacre
 * Swamp Thing
 * A Stranger is Watching

1983

 * Mausoleum
 * Sleepaway Camp
 * The Deadly Spawn

1984

 * Razorback
 * The Initiation
 * Zombie Island Massacre
 * Ragewar
 * The Hills Have Eyes Part II
 * The Mutilator
 * The Toxic Avenger

1985

 * The Bride
 * Future-Kill
 * The Stuff

1986

 * Alien Predator
 * TerrorVision
 * Gothic
 * Killer Party
 * Deadtime Stories
 * Nomads
 * Vamp
 * Spookies
 * Class of Nuke 'Em High
 * Chopping Mall
 * Demons 2

1987

 * Hell High
 * My Best Friend is a Vampire
 * Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
 * Slaughterhouse
 * The Outing
 * Return to Horror High
 * Nightflyers
 * From a Whisper to a Scream
 * The Stepfather
 * The Kindred
 * The Monster Squad
 * Blood Diner
 * Howling III
 * Dolls
 * A Return to Salem's Lot
 * A Return to Salem's Lot

1988

 * Waxwork
 * Watchers
 * Night of the Demons
 * Spellbinder
 * Fright Night Part 2
 * Pumpkinhead
 * Ghost Town
 * Vampire's Kiss
 * The Lair of the White Worm
 * Lady in White

1989

 * The Terror Within
 * Stepfather 2
 * Parents
 * House III: The Horror Show
 * Communion

2020

 * The Lodge