| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | United States |
| Men Behind the Sun | Mou Tun-fei | People's Republic of China |
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dwight H. Little | United States |
| The Blob | Chuck Russell | United States |
| Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| Monster in the Closet | Bob Dahlin | United States |
| The Devil | Andrzej Żuławski | Poland |
| Specters | Marcello Avallone | Italy |
| Angel Heart | Alan Parker | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Manhunter | — | United States |
| Link | Richard Franklin | United Kingdom |
| Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Danny Steinmann | United States |
| Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | United States |
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Tom McLoughlin | United States |
| Turn of the Screw | Eloy de la Iglesia | Spain |
| The Bride | Franc Roddam | United Kingdom, United States |
| Cat's Eye | Lewis Teague | United States |
| Firestarter | Mark L. Lester | United States |
| Amityville II: The Possession | Damiano Damiani | United States, Mexico |
| The Evil Dead | Sam Raimi | United States |
| Empire of Passion | Nagisa Ōshima | France, Japan |
| Friday the 13th Part III | Steve Miner | United States |
| The Hunger | Tony Scott | United Kingdom, United States |
| Videodrome | David Cronenberg | Canada, United States |
| Creepshow | George A. Romero | United States |
| Vincent | Tim Burton | United States |
| Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh | United States |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | Roy Ward Baker | United Kingdom, Australia |
| Altered States | Ken Russell | United States |
| Full Circle | Richard Loncraine | United Kingdom, Canada |
| The Howling | Joe Dante | United States |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | United States |
| Antropophagus | Joe D'Amato | Italy |
| The Awakening | Mike Newell | United Kingdom |
| Friday the 13th | Sean S. Cunningham | United States |
| The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States |
| Patrick | Richard Franklin | Australia |
| Macabre | Lamberto Bava | United States, Italy |
| Nightwing | Arthur Hiller | United States |
| Dracula | John Badham | United Kingdom |
| The Mountain of the Cannibal God | Sergio Martino | Italy |
| Piranha | Joe Dante | United States |
| The Swarm | Irwin Allen | United States |
| Damnation Alley | Jack Smight | United States |
| The Shout | Jerzy Skolimowski | United Kingdom, Australia |
| The Last Wave | Peter Weir | Australia |
| Audrey Rose | Robert Wise | United States |
| Oczy uroczne | Piotr Szulkin | Poland |