Top Ten for 1983

Overview coming soon.

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1983

Top 5

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1. Angst

Austria / Gerald Kargl / ★★★★

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2. De vierde man (The Fourth Man)

Netherlands / Paul Verhoeven / ★★★1/2

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3. Psycho II

USA / Richard Franklin / ★★★1/2

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4. Mo (The Boxer's Omen)

Hong Kong / Chih-Hung Kuei / ★★★1/2

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5. Videodrome

Canada / David Cronenberg / ★★★

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Rounding Out the Top 10:

6. Demon of the Island (Le démon dans l'île) / France / Francis Leroi / ★★★
7. Trail, The (Jui gwai chat hung) / Hong Kong / Ronny Yu / ★★★
8. Dead Zone, The / USA / David Cronenberg / ★★★

9. Seeding of a Ghost (Zhong gui) / Hong Kong / Richard Yeung Kuen / ★★★

10. Strange Invaders / USA / Michael Laughlin / ★★★

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Also seen:

- Accident, The (Blood of the Black Dog; Che wan) / Hong Kong / Pao-Lun Lu / ★★1/2
- Adam and Eve Versus the Cannibals (Adamo ed Eva, la prima storia d'amore) / Italy, Spain / Enzo Doria and Luigi Russo / ★★1/2
- Amityville 3 / USA / Richard Fleischer / ★★
- Black Room, The / USA / Elly Kenner and Norman Thaddeus Vane / ★★1/2

- Black Magic with Buddha (Nao mo) / Hong Kong / Lieh Lo / ★★
- Blade in the Dark, A (La casa con la scala nel buio) / Italy / Lamberto Bava / ★★
- Bleeder, The (Blödaren) / Sweden / Hans G. Hatwig / SBIG
- Cannibal Mercenary (The Mercenary) / Thailand / Hong Lu Wong / ★★
- China Lake / USA [short] / Robert Harmon / ★★1/2
- Christine / USA / John Carpenter / ★★
- Commando Fury (Shao nu ji zhong ying) / Taiwan / Chung-Kuang Wang / ★★

- Conquest (The Barbarian; Mace the Outcast) / Italy, Mexico, Spain / Lucio Fulci / ★1/2

- Cujo / USA / Lewis Teague / ★★★

- Curtains / Canada / Richard Ciupka / ★★

- Deadly Spawn, The (Return of the Aliens) / USA / Douglas McKeown / ★★1/2
- Devil Fetus (Mo tai) / Hong Kong / Hung-Chuen Lau / SBIG
- Disciples of the Crow / USA [short] / John Woodward / ★★1/2

- Final Terror, The (Campsite Massacre) / USA / Andrew Davis / ★1/2
- Frightmare (The Horror Star) / USA / Norman Thaddeus Vane / ★★

- House, The (Húsið; Húsið: Trúnaðarmál) / Iceland / Egill Eðvarðsson / ★★1/2
- House on Sorority Row, The / USA / Mark Rosman / ★1/2

- Jaws 3 (Jaws 3-D) / USA / Joe Alves / ★1/2
- Killing of Satan, The (Lumaban ka, Satanas) / Philippines / Efren C. Piñon / ★★

- Lift, The (De lift) / Netherlands / Dick Maas / ★★1/2
- Macumba Sexual / Spain / Jesus Franco / ★★

- Mad Mutilator (Ogroff) / France / Norbert Georges Mount / NO STARS!

- Man with Two Brains, The / USA / Carl Reiner / ★★★
- Microwave Massacre / USA / Wayne Berwick / ★1/2
- Mortuary / USA / Howard Avedis / ★★1/2
- Night to Dismember, A / USA / Doris Wishman / SBIG

- Olivia (Faces of Fear; A Taste of Sin) / USA, West Germany / Ulli Lommel / ★★★
- On the 3rd Day (On the Third Day) / UK / Stanley O'Toole / ★★
- Panic Beats (Frantic Heartbeats; Latidos de pánico) / Spain / Paul Naschy / ★★1/2
- Play Dead (Breed; Killer Dog; Satan's Dog) / USA / Peter Wittman / ★★
- Possessed (Meng gui chu long) / Hong Kong / David Lai / ★★

- Returning, The (Witch Doctor) / USA / Joel Bender / ★1/2
- Rose for Emily, A / USA [short] / Lyndon Chubbuck / ★★1/2

- Sadism: Sexual Aberrations (Sadismo – Aberrações Sexuais) / Brazil / Fauzi Mansur / ★★
- Scalps / USA / Fred Olen Ray / ★1/2

- Sledge Hammer / USA / David A. Prior / ★1/2

- Sleepaway Camp / USA / Robert Hiltzik / ★★1/2

- Spasms (Death Bite) / Canada / William Fruet / ★1/2

- Suffer, Little Children / UK / Alan Briggs / SBIG

- Sweet 16 (Sweet Sixteen) / USA / Jim Sotos / ★★1/2

- Terror on Tape / USA [trailer compilation] / Robert A. Worms III / ★★

- 10 to Midnight / USA / J. Lee Thompson / ★★

- Trial by Terror / USA / Hildy Brooks / ★1/2
- Twilight Zone: The Movie / USA / Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller and Stephen Spielberg / ★★1/2
- War Victims (Kamp tawanan wanita) / Indonesia / Jopi Burnama / ★★
- Woman in the Room, The / USA [short] / Frank Darabont / ★★★

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