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A list of horror films released in 1983.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Nightmare | Don McBrearty | Lawrence Day, Michael Ironside, Lora Staley | Canada | |||
| Amityville 3-D | Richard Fleischer | Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Lori Loughlin | United States | [1] | ||
| A Blade in the Dark | Lamberto Bava | Andrea Occhipinti, Anna Papa, Fabiola Toledo | Italy | [2] | ||
| Boogeyman II | Ulli Lommel, Bruce Starr | Rhonda Aldrich, Shoto von Douglas, Shannah Hall | United States | [3] | ||
| Christine | John Carpenter | John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Keith Gordon | United States | [4] | ||
| Cujo | Lewis Teague | Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelley | United States | [5] | ||
| Curtains | Richard Ciupka | John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson | Canada | [6] | ||
| The Deadly Spawn | Douglas McKeown | United States | [7] | |||
| Death Warmed Up | David Blyth | Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn | Australia New Zealand |
Alternative title(s)
|
[8] | |
| Le Démon dans l'île | Francis Leroi | Anny Duperey, Jean-Claude Brialy, Pierre Santini | France | [9] | ||
| The Demon Murder Case | William Hale | Charles Fields, Joyce Van Patten, Kevin Bacon | United States | Television film | [10] | |
| The Demons of Ludlow | Bill Rebane | Paul von Hausen, Stephanie Cushna | United States | [11] | ||
| The Devonsville Terror | Ulli Lommel | Suzanna Love, Paul Willson, Donald Pleasence | United States | [12] | ||
| Dracula Tan Exarchia | Nikos Zervos | Konstantinos Tzoumas, Vangelis Kotronis | Greece | [13] | ||
| Eyes of Fire | Avery Crounse | Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley | United States | Alternative title(s)
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| The Final Terror | Andrew Davis | Rachel Ward, Adrian Zmed, Daryl Hannah | United States | Alternative title(s)
|
[14] | |
| Frightmare | Norman Thaddeus Vane | Barbara Pilavin, Leon Askin, Jennifer Starrett | United States | [15] | ||
| Grizzly II: Revenge | Joseph Ford Proctor | Steve Inwood | United States | [16] | ||
| Hansel and Gretel | Tim Burton | United States | TV movie[17] | |||
| House of the Long Shadows | Pete Walker | Vincent Price, Christopher Lee | United Kingdom | [18] | ||
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon | United Kingdom | [19] | ||
| Jaws 3-D | Joe Alves | Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale | United States | [20] | ||
| Julie Darling | Paul Nicholas | Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning | Canada West Germany |
[21] | ||
| The Keep | Michael Mann | Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Ian McKellen | United Kingdom | [22] | ||
| The Killing of Satan | Efren C. Piñon | Ramon Revilla, Elizabeth Oropesa | Philippines | [23] | ||
| Mausoleum | Michael Dugan | Bobbie Bresee, Marjoe Gortner, Norman Burton | United States | [24] | ||
| Mongrel | Robert A. Burns | Janis Dickerson, John Dodson, Terry Evans | United States | [25] | ||
| Mortuary | Howard Aveids | Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton | United States | Alternative title(s)
|
[26] | |
| Mountaintop Motel Massacre | Jim McCullough Sr. | Anna Chappell, Amy Hill | United States | [27] | ||
| A Night to Dismember | Doris Wishman | Samantha Fox | United States | |||
| Nightmares | Joseph Sargent | Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Veronica Cartwright | United States | [28] | ||
| Of Unknown Origin | George P. Cosmatos | Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale | United States Canada |
[29] | ||
| Ogroff | N. G. Mount | Howard Vernon | France | Alternative title(s)
|
[30] | |
| Olivia | Ulli Lommel | Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr. | United States | Alternative title(s)
|
[31] | |
| One Dark Night | Tom McLoughlin | Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman | United States | [32] | ||
| Panic Beats | Paul Naschy | Spain | [33] | |||
| The Prey | Edwin Brown | Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond | United States | [34] | ||
| Psycho II | Richard Franklin | Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia, Meg Tilly | United States | [35] | ||
| Scalps | Fred Olen Ray | Kirk Alyn, Carroll Borland, Jo Ann Robinson | United States | [36] | ||
| Screamtime | Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto | United Kingdom | [37] | ||
| Skullduggery | Ota Richter | Thom Haverstock, Wendy Crewson | Canada | |||
| Sledgehammer | David A. Prior | Ted Prior, Linda McGill | United States | [38] | ||
| Sleepaway Camp | Robert Hiltzik | Mike Kellin, Karen Fields, Felissa Rose | United States | [39] | ||
| Sole Survivor | Thom Eberhardt | Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson | United States | [40] | ||
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Jack Clayton | Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Pam Grier | United States | [41] | ||
| Spasms | William Fruet | Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane | Canada | Alternative title(s)
|
[42] | |
| Sweet Sixteen | Jim Sotos | Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg | United States | [43] | ||
| Twilight Zone: The Movie | John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller | Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow | United States | [44] | ||
| Videodrome | David Cronenberg | James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits | Canada | [45] | ||
| Zeder | Pupi Avati | Gabriele Lavia, Anne Canovas, Cesare Barbetti | Italy | [46] |
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