# List of horror films of 1989

A list of horror films released in 1989.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 976-EVIL | Robert Englund | Stephen Geoffreys, Jim Metzler, Patrick O'Bryan | United States | |
| 3615 code Père Noël | René Manzor | Alain Lalanne, Louis Ducreux, Brigitte Fossey | France | |
| After Midnight | Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Segall, Nadine Van Der Velde | United States | |
| Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes | Sandor Stern | Patty Duke, Robert Alan Browne | United States | Television film |
| Beasties | Steven Paul Contreras | Denise Mora, Hector Yanez, Brenda Stubbe | United States | |
| Begotten | E. Elias Merhige | Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey | United States | |
| Beyond Dream's Door | Jay Woelfel | Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky | United States | |
| Beyond the Door III | Jeff Kwitny | Mary Kohnert, Bo Svenson, Victoria Zinny | Italy | Alternative title(s) Amok TrainDeath Train |
| Beware! Children at Play | Mik Cribben | Robin Lilly, Lori Tirgrath, Jamie Krause | United States | |
| Black Past | Olaf Ittenbach | Andrea Arbter, Andre Stryi, Sonja Berg | West Germany | |
| The Carpenter | David Wellington | Wings Hauser | Canada | |
| Celia | Ann Turner | Rebecca Smart | Australia | |
| The Cellar | Kevin S. Tenney | Patrick Kilpatrick | United States | |
| The Chill Factor (a.k.a. Demon Possessed) | David Irving | Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert | United States | Released on VHS in 1993 |
| Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Christopher Webster | Dawn Laurie, Aaron Kjenaas, Connie Snyder | United States | |
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | David Irving | Brian Robbins, Bill Calvert | United States | |
| The Church | Michele Soavi | Hugh Quarshie, Asia Argento, Tomas Arana | Italy | |
| Clownhouse | Victor Salva | Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell | United States | |
| Curse II: The Bite | Frederico Prosperi | Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck | United States Japan Italy | |
| Cutting Class | Rospo Pallenberg | Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt | United States | |
| Dark Tower | Freddie Francis, Ken Wiederhorn | Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Theodore Bikel | United States | |
| The Dead Next Door | J. R. Bookwalter | Scott Spiegel, Maria Markovic, Bogdan Pecic | United States | |
| Dear Diary | Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara, Leroy Salvador | Herbert Bautista, Gelli de Belen | Philippines | |
| The Death King | Jörg Buttgereit | Bela B., Susanne Betz, Hille Saul | West Germany | |
| Deceit | Albert Pyun | Norbert Weisser, Diane Defoe, Christian Andrews | United States | |
| Don't Panic | Rubén Galindo Jr. | Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo | Mexico United States | |
| Dr. Caligari | Stephen Sayadian | Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris | United States | |
| Edge of Sanity | Gerard Kikoine | Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp | United Kingdom United States | |
| Elves | Jeffrey Mandel | Dan Haggerty, Deanna Lund, Ken Carpenter | United States | |
| Family Reunion | Michael Hawes | A.J. Woods, John Andes, Pam Phillips | United States | |
| Flesh Eating Mothers | James Aviles Martin | Ramiro Oliveros, Donatella Hecht, Neal Rosen | United States | |
| The Fly II | Chris Walas | Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, John Getz | United States | |
| Freakshow | Constantino Magnatta | Timm Zemanek, Dean Richards Wiancko, Audrey Landers | Canada | |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Mark Richman | United States | |
| From the Dead of Night | Paul Wendkos | Lindsay Wagner, Bruce Boxleitner | United States | Television film |
| Grave Robbers | Rubén Galindo Jr. | Fernando Almada, Edna Bolkan, Erika Buenfil, Ernesto Laguardia, María Rebeca | Mexico | |
| Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dominique Othenin-Girard | Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell | United States | |
| Hanging Heart | Jimmy Lee | Barry Wyatt, John Stevens | United States | |
| Headhunter | Francis Schaeffer | Wayne Crawford, Kay Lenz, Steve Kanaly | United States South Africa | |
| Hellgate | William A. Levey | Ron Palillo, Abigail Wolcott | United States | |
| High Desert Kill | Harry Falk | Anthony Geary, Marc Singer, Micah Grant | United States | Television film |
| The Horror Show | James Isaac | Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart | United States | |
| The House of Clocks | Lucio Fulci | Carla Cassola, Al Cliver | Italy | |
| Howling V: The Rebirth | Neal Sundstrom | Philip Davis, Victoria Catlin, Elizabeth She | United States | |
| I, Madman | Tibor Takács | Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner | United States | |
| Intruder | Scott Spiegel | Elizabeth Cox, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks | United States | |
| Killer Crocodile | Fabrizio De Angelis | Sherrie Rose, Van Johnson, Ann Douglas | Italy | |
| Las Vegas Bloodbath | David Schwartz | Ari Levin, Rebecca Gandara, Jerry Raganesi | United States | |
| Leviathan | George Pan Cosmatos | Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays | United States Italy | |
| Lobster Man from Mars | Stanley Sheff | Diana Frank, Ava Fabian, Deborah Foreman | United States | |
| Mangetsu no Kuchizuke | Ryū Kaneda | Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura | Japan | |
| Masque of the Red Death | Larry Brand, Jeffrey Delman | Patrick Macnee, Adrian Paul | United States | Produced by Roger Corman |
| Masque of the Red Death | Alan Birkinshaw | Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom | United States | Produced by Harry Alan Towers |
| Maya | Marcello Avallone | William Berger, Peter Phelps, Mariangélica Ayala | Italy | |
| Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor | Glenn Takajian | Diana Flaherty, Marcus Powell, Tara Leigh | United States | |
| Monster High | Rudy Poe | Diana Frank, Robert Lind, Doug Kerzner | United States | |
| Murder Weapon | David DeCoteau | Karen Russell, Allen First, Linnea Quigley | United States | |
| Mutator | John R. Bowey | Brion James, Carolyn Ann Clark, Milton Raphael Murill | United States | |
| Night Life | David Acomba | Scott Grimes, John Astin, Cheryl Pollak | United States | |
| Night Visitor | Rupert Hitzig | Elliott Gould, Richard Roundtree, Michael J. Pollard | United States | |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Minter | United States | |
| Offerings | Christopher Reynolds | Loretta Leigh Bowman, Elizabeth Greene, G. Michael Smith | United States | |
| Out of the Dark | Michael Schroeder | Karen Witter, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Black | United States | |
| Paganini Horror | Luigi Cozzi | Daria Nicolodi, Jasmine Maimone, Pascal Persiano | Italy | |
| Parents | Bob Balaban | Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt | United States | |
| Pet Sematary | Mary Lambert | Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby | United States | |
| Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge | Richard S. Friedman | Morgan Fairchild, Derek Rydall, Jonathan Goldsmith | United States | |
| Psycho Cop | Wallace Potts | | United States | |
| Puppet Master | David Schmoeller | Paul Le Mat, Irene Miracle, Matt Roe | United States | |
| The Red Monks | Gianni Martucci | Gerardo Merrato, Daniela Barnes, Malisa Longo | Italy | |
| Shocker | Wes Craven | Peter Berg, Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi | United States | |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Monte Hellman | Bill Moseley, Laura Harring, Richard Beymer | United States | |
| Skinned Alive | Jon Killough | J. R. Bookwalter, Lester Clark | United States | |
| Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland | Michael A. Simpson | Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard | United States | |
| Society | Brian Yuzna | Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Heidi Kozak | United States | |
| Speak of the Devil | Raphael Nussbaum | Dan Patrick Brady, David Campbell, William Cannon | United States | |
| Spontaneous Combustion | Tobe Hooper | Jaime Alba, Cynthia Bain | United States | |
| Stepfather II | Jeff Burr | Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams | United States | |
| Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator | Don Nardo | Catherine Dee, William Dame, M.R. Murphy | United States | |
| Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Anthony Hickox | David Carradine, Bruce Campbell | United States | |
| Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | |
| Things | Andrew Jordan | Robert (Tex) Allen, Amber Lynn, Patricia Sadler | United States | |
| The Toxic Avenger Part II | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura | United States | |
| The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz | Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura | United States | |
| Vampire's Kiss | Robert Bierman | Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley | United States | Comedy horror |
| The Vineyard | James Hong, William "Bill" Rice | Cheyl Madsen, Karen Witter, Michael Wong | United States Canada | |
| Violent Shit | Andreas Schnaas | Karl Inger, Gabi Banner, Wolfgang Hinz | West Germany | |
| Warlock | Steve Miner | Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant | United States | |
| Witch Story | Alessandro Capone | Amy Adams, Jeff Bankert, Ian Bannen | Italy | |
| The Woman in Black | Herbert Wise | Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker | United Kingdom | Television film |
| Zombie Rampage | Todd Sheets | Dave Byerly, Erin Kehr, Stanna Bippus | United States | Led to sequel Zombie Bloodbath (1993) |