# List of horror films of 1986

A list of horror films released in 1986.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes |
| The Abomination | Bret McCormick | Gaye Bottoms, Victoria Chaney, Van Connery | United States | |
| April Fool's Day | Fred Walton | Deborah Foreman, Amy Steel, Ken Olandt | United States | |
| Chopping Mall | Jim Wynorski | Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd | United States | |
| Class of Nuke 'Em High | Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Gil Brenton, Elizabeth Lambert, Anthony Ventola | United States | |
| Critters | Stephen Herek | Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush | United States | |
| Dark Age | Arch Nicholson | Janet Kingsbury, John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill | Australia | |
| Dead End Drive-In | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry | United States | Alternative title(s) Dead End |
| Deadly Friend | Wes Craven | Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett | United States | |
| Deadtime Stories | Jeffrey S. Delman | Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Cathryn de Prume | United States | |
| Demons 2 | Lamberto Bava | Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes | Italy | |
| Dream Lover | Alan J. Pakula | Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar | United States | |
| Dreamaniac | David DeCoteau | Ashlyn Gere, Thomas Bern, Sylvia Summers | United States | |
| Entrails of a Beautiful Woman | Kazuo Komizu | | Japan | |
| Entrails of a Virgin | Kazuo Komizu | Kazuhiko Goda, Naomi Hagio, Taiju Kato | Japan | |
| Escapes | Clarence I. Steensen | Vincent Price | United Kingdom | |
| Evil Laugh | Dominick Bracsia | Myles O'Brien, Dominick Brascia, Jerold Pearson | United States | |
| The Fly | David Cronenberg | Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz | United States | |
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Tom McLoughlin | Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, Rene Jones | United States | |
| From Beyond | Stuart Gordon | Jeffrey Combs | United States | |
| Gothic | Ken Russell | Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson | United Kingdom | |
| Guzoo The Thing Forsaken By God Part I | Kazuo Komizu | Yumiko Ishikawa, Naomi Kajitani, Kyoko Komiyama, Tomoko Maruyama, Hidemi Maruyama | Japan | |
| Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | John McNaughton | Michael Rooker, Tom Towles | United States | |
| Haunted Honeymoon | Gene Wilder | Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith | United States | |
| The Hitcher | Robert Harmon | Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh | United States | |
| House | Steve Miner | William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll | United States | |
| Invaders from Mars | Tobe Hooper | Timothy Bottoms, Karen Black, James Karen | United States | |
| The Killer is Still Among Us | Camillo Teti | Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Giovanni Visentin, Riccardo Parisio Perrotti | Italy | |
| Killer Party | William Fruet | Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes | Canada United States | |
| Killer Workout | David A. Prior | David James Campbell, Marcia Karr, Ted Prior | United States | Alternative title(s) Aerobi-cide |
| Link | Richard Franklin | Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp | United Kingdom United States | |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | John Candy, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis | United States | |
| Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | Emilio Estevez, Yeardley Smith, Christopher Britton | United States | |
| Midnight Killer | Lamberto Bava | Valeria D'Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Paolo Malco | Italy | Alternative title(s) You'll Die at Midnight |
| Monster Dog | Claudio Fragasso | Alice Cooper, Victoria Vera, Carlos Santurio | Spain | |
| Murderlust | Donald Jones | Eli Rich, Rocky Taylor, Dennis Gannon | United States | |
| Neon Maniacs | Joseph Mangine | Alan Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke | United States | |
| Night of the Creeps | Fred Dekker | Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow | United States | |
| Night Ripper! | Jeff Hathcock | James Hansen, Larry Thomas | United States | |
| Nomads | John McTiernan | Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down | United States | |
| Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Brian Gibson | JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke | United States | |
| Psycho III | Anthony Perkins | Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Gary Bayer, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott, Karen Hensel, Jack Murdock, Katt Shea, Juliette Cummins | United States | |
| Rawhead Rex | George Pavlou | David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Niall Tóibín, Cora Venus Lunny | Ireland | |
| Screamtime | Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto | United Kingdom | |
| Slaughter High | George Dugdale, Mark Ezra | Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore | United Kingdom United States | |
| Sorority House Massacre | Carol Frank | Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross | United States | |
| Spookies | Eugenie Joseph, Thomas Doran, Brendan Faulkner | Felix Ward, Alec Nemser, Maria Pechukas | United States | |
| Terror at Tenkiller | Ken Meyer | Dale Buckmaster, Stacy Logan, Michelle Merchant | United States | |
| TerrorVision | Ted Nicolaou | Diane Franklin, Gerritt Graham, Mary Woronov | United States | |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Tobe Hooper | Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Chris Douridas, Ken Evert, Kirk Sisco, Kinky Friedman, Dan Jenkins, Joe Bob Briggs | United States | |
| The Tomb | Fred Olen Ray | John Carradine, Sybil Danning, Richard Hench | United States | |
| Trick or Treat | Charles Martin Smith | Ozzy Osbourne, Claudia Templeton, Gene Simmons | United States | |
| Troll | John Carl Buechler | Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack | United States | |
| Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness | Tim Ritter | Christopher Bontempo, Mary Fanaro, Mona Jones | United States | |
| Vamp | Richard Wenk | Chris Makepeace, Grace Jones, Sandy Baron | United States | |
| The Vindicator | Jean-Claude Lord | David McIlwraith, Teri Austin, Richard Cox | United States | Alternative title(s) Frankenstein '88 |
| The Wind | Nico Mastorakis | Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum | United States | Alternative title(s) Edge of Terror |
| Witchboard | Kevin Tenney | Tawny Kitaen, Todd Allen, Clare Bristol | United States | |
| The Wraith | Mike Marvin | Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn | United States | |
| Zombie Nightmare | Jack Bravman | Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, Adam West | Canada | |