# List of horror films of 1988

A list of horror films released in 1988.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 555 | Wally Koz | B.K. Smith, Bob Grabill, Greg Neilson | United States | |
| American Gothic | John Hough | Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo | United Kingdom Canada | |
| Bad Dreams | Andrew Fleming | Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott | United States | |
| Black Roses | John Fasano | John Martin, Frank Dietz, Jesse D'Angelo | United States Canada | |
| The Blob | Chuck Russell | Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith | United States | |
| Blood Relations | Graeme Campbell | Jan Rubeš, Lydie Denier | Canada United States | |
| The Brain | Ed Hunt | David Gale, Cynthia Preston | Canada United States | |
| Brain Damage | Frank Henenlotter | Rick Hearst | United States | |
| Cellar Dweller | John Carl Buechler | Yvonne De Carlo | United States | |
| Cheerleader Camp | John Quinn | Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Rebecca Ferratti | United States | |
| Child's Play | Tom Holland | Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent | United States | |
| Chillers | Daniel Boyd | Jesse Emery, Kimberly Harbour, Thom Delventhal | United States | |
| Curse of the Blue Lights | John Henry Johnson | Brent Ritter, Bettina Julius, Clayton A. McCaw | United States | |
| Dead Heat | Mark Goldblatt | Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost | United States | |
| Deadly Dreams | Kristine Peterson | Juliette Cummins, Mitchell Anderson, Xander Berkeley | United States | |
| Destroyer | Robert Kirk | Lyle Alzado, Deborah Foreman, Anthony Perkins | United States | |
| Dial Help | Ruggero Deodato | Charlotte Lewis, Marcello Modugno, Mattia Sbragia | Italy | |
| The Discarnates | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Tsurutarō Kataoka, Yûko Natori, Kenjirō Ishimaru | Japan | |
| Dracula's Widow | Christopher Coppola | Sylvia Kristel, Lenny von Dohlen | United States | |
| Dream Demon | Harley Cokeliss | Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Timothy Spall | United Kingdom | |
| Edge of the Axe | José Ramón Larraz | Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Moseley | Spain United States | |
| Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | James Signorelli | Cassandra Peterson, Edie McClurg | United States | |
| Evil Clutch | Andrea Marfori | Coralina Cataldi Tassoni, Diego Ribon | Italy | |
| Evil Dead Trap | Toshiharu Ikeda | Miyuki Ono | Japan | |
| Evil Laugh | Dominick Brascia | Kim McKamy | United States | |
| Faceless | Jesús Franco | Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas | France Spain | |
| Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | Jennifer Banko, Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Spirtas | United States | |
| Fright Night Part 2 | Tommy Lee Wallace | Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale | United States | |
| Ghost Town | Richard McCarthy | Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs | United States | |
| Ghosthouse | Umberto Lenzi | Lara Wendel | Italy | |
| Grandmother's House (a.k.a. Grandma's House) | Peter Rader | Kim Valentine, Eric Foster, Len Lesser | United States | |
| Graverobbers | Straw Weisman | Elizabeth Mannino, David Gregory, Larry Bockius | United States | Alternative title(s) Dead Mate |
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dwight H. Little | Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris | United States | |
| Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Tony Randel | Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Richard Waugh | United Kingdom United States | |
| Hide and Go Shriek | Skip Schoolnik | Brittain Frye, Donna Baltron | United States | |
| Hobgoblins | Rick Sloane | Tamara Clatterbuck, Kari French, Duane Whitaker | United States | |
| Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers | Fred Olen Ray | Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson | United States | |
| Howling IV: The Original Nightmare | John Hough | Romy Windsor, Michael T. Weiss, Anthony Hamilton | United Kingdom | |
| Iced | Jeff Kwitny | Debra A. Deliso, Doug Stevenson, Ron Kologie | United States | |
| Kadaicha | James Bogle | Zoe Carides, Eric Oldfield | Australia | Alternative title(s) Stones of Death |
| The Jitters | John Fasano | Sal Viviano, Marilyn Tokuda, James Hong | United States Japan | |
| Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Stephen Chiodo | Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson | United States | |
| Killing Birds | Joe D'Amato, Claudio Lattanzi | Robert Vaughn, Lara Wendel | Italy | |
| The Kiss | Pen Densham | Joanna Pacuła, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk | United States | |
| Lady in White | Frank LaLoggia | Lukas Haas, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond | United States | |
| The Lair of the White Worm | Ken Russell | Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg | United Kingdom | |
| Lone Wolf | John Callas | Luciano Saber, Ann Douglas, Kevin Hart | United States | |
| Maniac Cop | William Lustig | Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell | United States | |
| Matinee | Richard Martin | Ron White, Gillian Barber, Jeff Schultz | Canada | |
| Memorial Valley Massacre | Robert C. Hughes | John Kerry, Mark Mears, John Caso, Cameron Mitchell | United States | |
| Men Behind the Sun | T. F. Mou | Gang Wang, Hsu Gou, Tie Long Jin | Hong Kong | |
| Midnight Movie Massacre | Mark Stock, Laurence Jacobs | Ann Robinson, Tamara Sue Hill, Jeanne Beachwood | United States | |
| Monkey Shines | George A. Romero | Jason Beghe, Kate McNeil | United States | |
| The Moonlight Sonata | Olli Soinio | Tiina Björkman | Finland | |
| Månguden | Jonas Cornell | Agneta Ekmanner, Heinz Hopf, Tomas Laustiola | Sweden | |
| Necromancer | Dusty Nelson | Elizabeth Kaitan, Russ Tamblyn, John Tyler | United States | |
| The Nest | Terence H. Winkless | Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois | United States | |
| Night of the Demons | Kevin Tenney | Alvin Alexis, Allison Barron, Amelia Kinkade | United States | |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Rodney Eastman | United States | |
| Not of This Earth | Jim Wynorski | Traci Lords, Ace Mask, Becky LeBeau | United States | |
| Out of the Body | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries | Australia | |
| Phantasm II | Don Coscarelli | James LeGros, Reggie Bannister | United States | |
| Phantom Brother | William Szarka | Jon Hammer, Patrick Molloy | United States | |
| Pin | Sandor Stern | David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn | Canada | |
| Poltergeist III | Gary Sherman | Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O'Rourke | United States | |
| Pulse | Paul Golding | Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence | United States | |
| Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston | Lance Henriksen, Florence Schauffler, Jeff East | United States | |
| Rabid Grannies | Emmanuel Kervyn | Caroline Braeckman, Elie Lison, Catherine Aymerie | Belgium France Netherlands | |
| Ratman | Giuliano Carnimeo | Nelson de la Rosa, Werner Pochath, David Warbeck | Italy | |
| Return of the Living Dead Part II | Ken Wiederhorn | James Karen, Thom Matthews, Michael Kenworthy | United States | |
| Rush Week | Robert Bralver | Pamela Ludwig, Dean Hamilton, Roy Thinnes | United States | |
| Scarecrows | William Wesley | Mike Balog, David Campbell | United States | |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | Wes Craven | Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae | United States | |
| Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers | Michael A. Simpson | Pamela Springsteen, Brian Patrick Clarke, Renée Estevez | United States | |
| Slime City | Greg Lamberson | T.J. Merrick, Bunny Levine, Dick Biel | United States | |
| Slugs | Juan Piquer Simón | Michael Garfield | Spain United States | |
| Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama | David DeCoteau | Andras Jones, Robin Stille, Linnea Quigley | United States | |
| The Spider Labyrinth | Gianfranco Giagni | Roland Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Margareta von Krauss | Italy | |
| Tales from the Gimli Hospital | Guy Maddin | Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck | Canada | |
| The Unholy | Camilo Vila | Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, Claudia Robinson | United States | |
| Uninvited | Greydon Clark | Alex Cord, George Kennedy, Shari Shattuck | United States | |
| Unmasked Part 25 | Anders Palm | Edward Brayshaw, Gary Brown, Gregory Cox | United Kingdom | |
| The Unnamable | Jean-Paul Ouellette | Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell | United States | |
| Until Death | Lamberto Bava | Urbano Barberini, David Brandon | Italy | Television film |
| Vampire in Venice | Augusto Caminito, Klaus Kinski | Klaus Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Donald Pleasence | Italy | |
| Veerana | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Gulshan Grover, Sahila Chaddha, Hemant Birje | India | |
| Watchers | Jon D. Hess | Corey Haim, Barbara Williams, Michael Ironside | Canada United States | |
| Waxwork | Anthony Hickox | Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, David Warner | United States | |
| Witchcraft | Rob Spera | Anat Topol, Gary Sloan, Mary Shelley, Lee Kissman | United States | |
| Witchery | Fabrizio Laurenti | David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland | Italy | |
| Woodchipper Massacre | Jon McBride | Jon McBride, Denice Edeal | United States | |
| Zombi 3 | Lucio Fulci, Bruno Mattei | Marina Loi, Alex Mc Bride, Richard Raymond | Italy | |