1980s ghost films

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film presents the descent into insanity of a recovering alcoholic and aspiring novelist who takes a job as winter caretaker for a mountain resort hotel with his wife and clairvoyant son.

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, and William Atherton in supporting roles.

1988 anime film directed by Isao Takahata

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

1984 film directed by Wes Craven

1989 film directed by Ivan Reitman

1982 film directed by Tobe Hooper

1987 film by Wes Craven, Chuck Russell

1989 film by Phil Alden Robinson

1985 film by Jack Sholder

1980 film directed by John Carpenter

1989 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1986 film by Brian Gibson

1986 film by Corey Yuen

Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Inspired by Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, the film is a metafictional modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive who, while prepping for a live broadcast adaptation of A Christmas Carol, is visited on Christmas Eve by a succession of ghosts intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The supporting cast includes Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane,

1980 film directed by Peter Medak

1988 film by Gary Sherman

1987 Hong Kong film directed by Ching Siu-tung

1985 comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner

1982 film directed by Damiano Damiani

1982 film by Sidney J. Furie

1983 film directed by Richard Fleischer

1987 television film directed by Carl Urbano Paul Sommer

1988 film

1980 film directed by Alvin Rakoff

1983 film by Tsui Hark

1989 film by John Derek

1988 film by Neil Jordan

1986 film by John McTiernan

1981 film by John Irvin

Witchboard is a 1986 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin Tenney in his directorial debut, and starring Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, and Todd Allen. The plot centers on college student Linda Brewster who becomes entranced into using her friend's Ouija board alone after it was left behind at her party. She is subsequently terrorized and eventually possessed by the spirit of malevolent serial killer Carlos Malfeitor, who committed a series of axe murders in the 1930s.

1984 US television film directed by Clive Donner

1980 film by John Hough, Vincent McEveety

1988 film by Umberto Lenzi

1988 animated feature film

1983 film directed by Ray Cameron

1986 film by Charles Martin Smith

1985 film by Gisaburō Sugii

1980 film by Ulli Lommel

1980 film by Sammo Hung

1989 film directed by James Isaac

1987 Canadian film by Bruce Pittman

1988 film by Frank LaLoggia

Hollywood-Monster (working title - released as Ghost Chase in the United States) is a 1987 horror comedy film directed by Roland Emmerich, about a film crew working in a haunted mansion. Emmerich's third film, it starred Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Paul Gleason, Chuck Mitchell, and Tim McDaniel. A co-production between West Germany and the United States, the film was released theatrically in Germany on June 25, 1987.

1981 television film directed by Frank De Felitta

1982 television film by Igor Maslennikov

1986 television film directed by Paul Bogart

1980 film by Seijun Suzuki

1987 film

1985 Hong Kong film

1985 film by Paul Aaron

1989 film by Paul Bartel

1986 film by Philip Chan

1986 Hong Kong comedy film

1982 film by Kevin Connor

Sundel Bolong or Sundelbolong is a 1981 Indonesian cult horror film directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra. The film is about the Javanese mythical prostitute ghost Sundel Bolong and stars Suzzanna. A remake titled Suzzanna: Bernapas dalam Kubur, directed by Rocky Soraya and Anggy Umbara, was released on November 15, 2018.

1984 comedy ghost series directed by Clifton Ko

1987 film directed by Lee Madden

1981 film by Giorgio Capitani