Horror Films of the 1980s

Horror Films of the 1980s | John Kenneth Muir

Since #StepfordSummerParty was a total blast I‘m throwing another party and you‘re ALL INVITED 🎈🎈🎈#HELLoWeen October 25 - 28, 2018❣️I‘m asking you to suggest some classic 80s horror reads ( preferably under 350 pages) and we can chose our next group read👻🤡☠️ If you thought the 70s were fun, welcome to the 80s 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️

RealLifeReading, Bookzombie, KarenUK, DebinHawaii, mabell, ValerieAndBooks, peaKnit, erzascarletbookgasm, asiriusreader, CarolynM, BluestockingDuchess, Reviewsbylola, Mdargusch, Pamwurtzler, BookBabe, CoffeeAndABook, Bklover, TrishB, Librarybelle, batsy, bookandbedandtea, ElishaLovesBooks, Cathythoughts, GripLitGrl, SledgeReader

Cinfhen I‘m thinking you might be interested @Lizpixie 7y

MinDea Me me me! I want to join! This sounds awesome! 7y

TrishB I was about to start typing and then saw 350 pages .....will go away and check 😁 sounds like great fun. 7y

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CarolynM I'm in! 7y

batsy Fun!! I'm so in! Off to do some research 🤓 7y

Cinfhen Excellent, I‘m putting together the guest list @MinDea @TrishB @CarolynM @batsy ❤️ 7y

Cathythoughts I‘m in 👍🏻❤️ 7y

BookwormAHN I'm in 🖤 7y

BookwormAHN

Cold Moon Over Babylon

MrsV Can I join? 7y

Cinfhen Yay!!! Our first suggestion @BookwormAHN 💕and glad to have some new party guests @MrsV and my old time friend @Cathythoughts 7y

mabell I'm a total weenie, so I may have to just spectate this one! (While peeking through my fingers) 😳 7y

erzascarletbookgasm

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story

CoffeeAndABook Count me in!!! I‘m such a scaredy-cat, I‘m not sure I can contribute book suggestions but I promise I‘ll read along with you guys by my side 😬😬😬 👻👻👻 And the 80s!!! I was there full on!! While the 70s were childishly cute for me, the 80s were in my bones, as painful as it gets music-, fashion- & especially hair-wise!!! This is going to be so much fun 🎀 7y

Cinfhen Hahahahaha, me too @mabell so I‘m hoping we can agree on something scary BUT not blood curling! I think @erzascarletbookgasm book choice is meant to be horror-lite😗so that might be a good option for us weenies 😜 7y

Cinfhen Same !!!!! @CoffeeAndABook #OnceAnEightiesGirlALWAYSanEightiesGirl 7y

erzascarletbookgasm @mabell @CoffeeAndABook @Cinfhen I‘m a scaredy-cat too, that‘s why I suggested a ‘mild‘ one! 😄 Depending on the choice of book, I may have to sit this out till the next party. 7y

Lizpixie

Cujo

Cathythoughts Is Frankenstein long ? Would that be an option. ? Maybe @TrishB a short book ? ( novella) by SK ?? 7y

Lizpixie I got you @Cinfhen 7y

Cinfhen I knew I could count on my #greeneyedpixie @Lizpixie 💚 7y

Lizpixie @Cinfhen 😘💚💚💚 #GoGoShirtsAndRaRaSkirts 7y

batsy @mabell Me too! I'm hoping whatever we read is not too gory 😆 7y

batsy Love the idea of a good haunted house horror so I'm suggesting this one published in 1988 :)

Night Things

batsy Also tagging @Reggie and @rohit-sawant because I think #HELLoWEEN screams their name 😁 7y

Reggie @TrishB did they make good horror back then that was anything less than 500 pgs.? Lol I wanted to suggest Stinger by Robert McCammon but it sits at 542 pgs. I‘m totally up for this though, @batsy. 7y

Librarybelle @erzascarletbookgasm @mabell @CoffeeAndABook @Cinfhen @batsy Consider me a squeamish one as well! I stay away from a lot of horror, so depending upon the book choice, I may have to bow out of this one. 👻 Sorry - can‘t offer any suggestions - I‘m a tad more in tune with gothic horror (Poe)! 7y

thereadingowlvina Oh count me in please! 😁 7y

Pamwurtzler Count me in!! 7y

SledgeReader I‘m with the squeamish team. But don‘t let me hold the group back! 👻 7y

Velvetsun Ooh I want to be included. 7y

Reviewsbylola Fun!! I don‘t have any suggestions so I‘m excited to see what gets chosen! 7y

Mdargusch I have to join in for the 80‘s theme but I‘m not a big horror fan. This will be a fun way to get into a new genre 7y

Bookzombie Count me in! I will have to look for some suggestions. 👻🎃💀 7y

GripLitGrl 🙌🙌count me in such fun! The only one I can think of that's not too long

Legion

RealLifeReading I don‘t read much horror but I do make an exception for Halloween 🎃 7y

RealLifeReading I just found this Japanese horror novel - written in the 80s but only translated into English in 2017. Nothing scares me more than Japanese horror!

Graveyard Apartment

RealLifeReading Night Things sounds good @batsy 7y

batsy @RealLifeReading I have that on my TBR and didn't realise it was written in the 80s! Nice. True, I expect Japanese horror to be terrifying (which is why I've been putting it off 😅) 7y

peaKnit I was looking around and remember Different Seasons by Stephen King, my own 80‘s obsession😂 it has four novellas, 3 whichbecame movies, we all know Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, then Apt Pupil was also a movie. Leaving Breathing Method, but it‘s only 60+ pages, maybe The Body (Stand by Me) and Breathing Method? I loved that whole book, wore the pages out in 7th grade! That said, Night Things also sounds interesting. Excited! (edited) 7y

Cinfhen Thanks for the suggestions @RealLifeReading @peaknit @GripLitGrl @batsy I‘ll compile a list and then put it to vote! So glad you‘re all back in @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @Pamwurtzler @Librarybelle @SledgeReader @Bookzombie It looks like most of us prefer horror-lite 😜 7y

Cinfhen So glad for new faces @Velvetsun @thereadingowlvina @reggie 😍 7y

Reviewsbylola I actually prefer as gory as possible but I see that I‘m in the minority. 🤣🤣 7y

bookandbedandtea I'm team squeamish but when you guys finalize your choice I'll see if I think I can handle it. 👾 7y

DebinHawaii Late to the party as usual. I saw this last night but sleep beckoned harder. 😉I'm in, but struggling with a book recommendation that's under 350 pages & from the 80s, readily available now, that isn't a total gore-fest. There's this one which is first in a series and I haven't read although it gets good reviews on Amazon. And it put I Wear My Sunglasses at Night in my head. 😎👂🏻🐛 Oh-it was first published in 1989 too so right on the cusp.

Sunglasses After Dark (Anniversary)

(edited) 7y

TrishB @Reggie I haven‘t found any yet! 7y

TrishB I‘m not squeamish !! Will give most things a go! 7y

Cinfhen Love you @DebinHawaii and love that song by Corey Hart but I don‘t think I can handle a vampire book 🤪 7y

Cinfhen Hahaha we‘ve got #TeamSqueamish @bookandbedandtea and #TeamGore @Reviewsbylola @TrishB 7y

mabell I agree with @Librarybelle - gothic horror may be more my speed! I'm looking forward to seeing what is chosen and whether I think I can handle it 😬 I can't wait for the 80s posts! 😎 7y

mabell @Cinfhen and #teammickeysnotsoscaryhalloween @mabell 😂 7y

DebinHawaii @Cinfhen It's OK. I love you too. 😍😆That's all I got at the moment that hasn't been mentioned. 80s horror was a lot about the page count. I'll try to look for something else later if I get a minute. 7y

DebinHawaii I probably lean to #TeamGore with @Reviewsbylola and @TrishB 😱😆 7y

Cinfhen I‘m throwing in my suggestion it has TONS of #LitsyLove @DebinHawaii @TrishB @Reggie @Reviewsbylola @mabell @bookandbedandtea

The Elementals

TrishB Not read that one! Looks good 👍🏻 7y

DebinHawaii Works for me! 👍 7y

LeahBergen Count me in! 7y

LeahBergen The Elementals sounds great (I may have read it back in the day 🤔). I love a good haunted house story. 👻 7y

Bookzombie I second @RealLifeReading on Graveyard Apartment! Also, Night Things @batsy posted. 7y

Bookzombie I lean toward #teamgore. 😁 7y

Cinfhen Woohoo 🎉🙌🏻💜 @LeahBergen NOW the party‘s getting started !!!!!! 7y

Cinfhen I‘m gonna whittle down the list a bit and put it up for vote tomorrow @Bookzombie 👻 7y

GripLitGrl Nice suggestions so far looking forward to seeing what we end up with👻🎑🙌 7y

Bookzombie @Cinfhen That‘s great! Thank you for putting this together again! 7y

BluestockingDuchess This will be fun! 7y

peaKnit #nerdalert I just entered this buddy read into my calendar! 7y

Bklover Oh this sounds like fun! I missed the discussion but read all about it (I‘m vacationing with my oldest daughter). This next one should be great! Can‘t wait! 7y

bookandbedandtea @Cinfhen @DebinHawaii @TrishB @Reggie @Reviewsbylola @mabell I went to look up The Elementals and I accidentally one-clicked it! 😯 So if that's the one that gets picked I'll try to participate despite being #TeamSqueamish ! 7y

TrishB @bookandbedandtea accidentally one-clicked - love it 💕😁 7y

Cinfhen Oh Man @bookandbedandtea I‘ve done that before🤪it‘s gonna get my vote so 🤞🏼🤞🏼that the others vote for it too!!! I bet if you contact Amazon, they will credit you. 7y

vivastory I'm definitely down for a horror read! I see The Elementals has gotten a lot of mentions. That's been on my TBR for awhile now! 7y

Reggie I kinda wanna 3rd @RealLifeReading. When I looked up best 80‘s horror fiction that book was in the top ten. 7y

ElishaLovesBooks Oh boy! I‘m the biggest scaredy-cat. I once started reading a Dean Koontz while I was babysitting in the 90‘s and have been traumatized ever since! 😱😳 I may be open to it if it‘s not too scary! #imabigbaby 7y

bookandbedandtea @TrishB @Cinfhen I was on a business call and didn't realize it at first, then was pretty annoyed at myself! But I decided to keep it. Maybe, if it's the one, reading it with a group will make it easier. 7y

bookandbedandtea @ElishaLovesBooks Same! I read something when I was a teen (blocked the name due to trauma I guess! Or maybe because it was so long ago! 🤔) then couldn't sleep for days. #scaredycatsunite 7y

asiriusreader Awesome, I‘m in!! 7y

ValerieAndBooks Maybe something by V.C. Andrews? I remember her being popular during the 1980s! 7y

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