# List of horror films of 1983

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