Top Ten for 1984

Overview coming soon.

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1984

Top 5

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1. Threads

Australia, UK, USA [TV] / Mick Jackson / ★★★★

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2. A Nightmare on Elm Street

USA / Wes Craven / ★★★1/2

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3. The Company of Wolves

UK / Neil Jordan / ★★★1/2

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4. Gremlins

USA / Joe Dante / ★★★1/2

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5. Purana Mandir (The Old Temple)

India / Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay / ★★★

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Rounding Out the Top 10:

6. Toxic Avenger, The / USA / Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman / ★★★

7. Death Wish Club, The (Carnival of Fools; Gretta) / USA / John Carr / ★★★

8. Mermaid Legend (Ningyo densetsu) / Japan / Toshiharu Ikeda / ★★★

9. Ninja III: The Domination / USA / Sam Firstenberg / ★★★

10. Love with the Ghost in Lushan (Lao Shan gui lian) / Hong Kong / Fong Pau / ★★★

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Also seen:

- Anita: Female Snake (Anita; Anita (Ular Betina)) / Indonesia / M. Sharieffudin A. / ★★★

- Bloodbath at the House of Death / UK / Ray Cameron / ★★
- Body Double / USA / Brian De Palma / ★★1/2

- Carnage / USA / Andy Milligan / ★

- Children of the Corn / USA / Fritz Kiersch / ★1/2
- C.H.U.D. / USA / Douglas Cheek / ★1/2
- Clouds (Alapaap; High Clouds) / Philippines / Tata Esteban / ★★1/2

- Combat Shock (American Nightmare) / USA / Buddy Giovinazzo / ★★1/2
- Crazy (Basag ang pula; Insane) / Philippines / Ben Yalung) ★1/2
- Crazy Monk, The (El monje loco; The Mad Monk) / Mexico / Julio Aldama / ★★
- Dark Enemy / UK / Colin Finbow / ★★
- Day of the Reaper / USA / Tim Ritter / NO STARS!
- Death of the Jackal, The (La muerte del chacal) / Mexico / Pedro Galindo III / ★★
- Death Warmed Up (Death Warmed Over) / Australia, New Zealand / David Blyth / ★★

- Devilfish (Monster Shark; Shark: Rosso nell'oceano) / France, Italy / Lamberto Bava / ★★

- Devil's Gift, The / USA / Kenneth J. Berton / ★
- Devil's Sword, The (Golok Setan) / Indonesia / Ratno Timoer / ★★1/2
- Don't Open Till Christmas / UK / Derek Ford, Edmund Purdom and Ray Selfe / ★1/2

- Driller / USA [X] / Joyce James / ★
- Enchanted, The / USA / Carter Lord / ★★★

- Fatal Games (The Killing Touch, Olympic Nightmare) / USA / Michael Elliot / ★1/2

- Firestarter / USA / Mark L. Lester / ★★

- Fleshburn (Fear in a Handful of Dust) / USA / George Gage / ★★
- Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie / Mexico, UK, USA / Myron J. Gold / NO STARS!
- Frankenweenie / USA [short] / Tim Burton / ★★★

- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter / USA / Joseph Zito / ★★

- Game, The (The Cold) / USA / Bill Rebane / ★★

- Ghostbusters / USA / Ivan Reitman / ★★★

- High Noon Ripper (Mahiru no kirisakima) / Japan /  Yôjirô Takita / ★★
- Hills Have Eyes, Part II, The / USA / Wes Craven / ★
- Hocus Pocus (Hogus Pogus; Ren xia gui) / Hong Kong / Yuet Sang Chin / ★★
- Horror Heaven / West Germany / Jörg Buttgereit / ★1/2
- Initiation, The / USA / Larry Stewart / ★★

- Invitation to Hell / USA [TV] / Wes Craven / ★★1/2
- Karma - Enigma of Fear (Karma - Enigma do Medo) / Brazil / C. Gomes, F. Mansur / ★★

- Lake Eerie (Telaga Angker) / Indonesia / Sisworo Gautama Putra / ★★1/2

- Lost Empire, The / USA / Jim Wynorski / ★★1/2
- Making of a Horror Film, The / UK / Director Unknown / ★★★
- Movie House Massacre (Blood Theater) / USA / Rick Sloane / ★
- Murderock (Murderock - Uccide a passo di danza) / Italy / Lucio Fulci / ★★
- Murderous Follies (Deadly Insanity; Folies Meurtrières) / France / Antoine Pellissier / ★1/2
- Night Has a Thousand Desires (Mil sexos tiene la noche) / Spain / Jesus Franco / ★★1/2
- Night of the Comet / USA / Thom Eberhardt / ★★1/2
- Nine Demons, The (Jiu zi tian mo) / Hong Kong, Taiwan / Cheh Chang / ★★1/2

- Occupant, The (Ling qi bi ren; The Tenant) / Hong Kong / Ronny Yu / ★★

- Pallet on the Floor (Murder on the Rocks) / New Zealand / Lynton Butler / ★1/2

- Pit, the Pendulum and Hope, The (Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje) / Czechoslovakia [short] / Jan Svankmajer / ★★★1/2

- Possessed II (Yan gui fa kuang) / Hong Kong / David Lai / ★★1/2
- Prey, The / USA / Edwin Scott Brown / ★1/2

- Professor Dowell's Testament (Zaveshchaniye professora Douelya) / Soviet Union / Leonid Menaker / ★★1/2

- Queen of Ghost Snakes, The (Nangphaya Ngu Phee) / Thailand / Suriyon Duangthongdee, Anan Chonwanit / ★1/2
- Scourge of Blood (Chi no sangeki) / Japan [short] / Shozin Fukui / ★★

- Scream for Help / USA / Michael Winner / SBIG
- Sea Serpent, The (Serpiente de mar) / Spain / Amando de Ossorio / SBIG
- Shock: Evil Entertainment (Shock: Diversão Diabólica) / Brazil / Jair Correia / ★1/2

- Silent Madness (Beautiful Screamers; The Nightkillers) / USA / Simon Nuchtern / ★★1/2

- Silent Night, Deadly Night / USA / Charles E. Sellier Jr. / ★★1/2

- Snake Sisters / Philippines / Celso Ad. Castillo / ★★1/2

- Splatter University / USA / Richard W. Haines / ★1/2

- Surrogate, The (Blind Rage; Schizophrenia) / Canada / Don Carmody / ★★1/2

- Teenage Ghost Girl (Phi Ao Ao) / Thailand / Naruecha Pengphol / ★★1/2

- Terminator, The / UK, USA / James Cameron / ★★★1/2

- Terror in the Aisles (Time for Terror) / USA [documentary] / Andrew J. Kuehn / ★★
- Terror, Sex and Witchcraft (Terror, sexo y brujería) / Mexico / Rafael Portillo / SBIG
- They're Playing with Fire / USA / Howard Avedis / ★1/2
- Werewolf Orderlies (Sanitary-oborotni) / Soviet Union [short] / Evgeniy Yufit / ★1/2

- Wild Beasts (Wild beasts - Belve feroci) / Italy / Franco Prosperi / ★★

- Zombie Island Massacre / USA / John N. Carter / ★★

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