Query: Teen horror films from 1980s that are not about serial killers
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
The New Kids
Summer Camp Nightmare
The Evil Dead
Christine (1983 film)
Night of the Comet
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Slaughterhouse Rock
I Saw What You Did (1988 film)
Zombie Nightmare
The Lost Boys
Deadly Friend
Zombie High
Bloody New Year
One Dark Night
Night of the Demons (1988 film)
Evidence from documents: The New Kids: Teen horror films from 1980s: '''''The New Kids''''' is a 1985 American thriller film, directed by Sean S. Cunningham and starring Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin and James Spader. The film was released on January 18, 1985, by Columbia Pictures.
When Abby and Loren McWilliams' parents are killed in an accident, it is decided that they will live in the small town of Glenby, Florida with their uncle Charlie and aunt Fay, who own a gas station and a small amusement park, both of which share the property.
not about serial killers: Loren and Abby do not have much trouble making friends at their new school; Loren starts dating local sheriff's daughter Karen, while Abby begins seeing a guy named Mark. However, trouble arises when Loren sees a guy harassing Abby one day at school in the cafeteria. Mark tells Loren and Abby that the thug is Eddie Dutra, a drug-addicted teenager who heads a gang as bad as he is, with Gideon, Moonie, Gordo and Joe Bob.
Summer Camp Nightmare: Teen horror films from 1980s: '''''Summer Camp Nightmare''''' is an American 1987 thriller film directed by Bert L. Dragin and starring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton
not about serial killers: The police arrive suddenly, breaking up the fight, revealing they received Donald's broadcast the previous night. They take Donald's tape recorded diary for evidence, and Donald and Chris are dismissed as unwilling participants. Franklin and Runk are taken into custody by the police.
The Evil Dead: After they find an audio tape that, when played, releases a legion of demons and spirits, four members of the group suffer from demonic possession, forcing the fifth member, Ash Williams (Campbell), to survive an onslaught of increasingly gory mayhem.
Christine (1983 film): '''''Christine''''' (titled onscreen as '''''John Carpenter's Christine''''') is a 1983 American supernatural thriller horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and Harry Dean Stanton. The film also features supporting performances from Roberts Blossom and Kelly Preston.
Night of the Comet: '''''Night of the Comet''''' is a 1984 American science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney as survivors of a comet that has turned most people into either dust or zombies.
My Best Friend Is a Vampire: Teen horror films from 1980s: '''''My Best Friend Is a Vampire''''' (also known as '''''I Was a Teenage Vampire''''') is a 1987 American comedy horror film
that are not about serial killers: The story revolves around a newly made vampire who is trying to live as a "good" vampire and not feed on humans.
Teen: The film's themes include prejudice, identity, gender roles, and adolescence.
Slaughterhouse Rock: '''''Slaughterhouse Rock''''' (also known as '''''Hell Island''''' in the United Kingdom) is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Dimitri Logothetis, and starring Nicholas Celozzi, Tom Reilly, Donna Denton, Hope Marie Carlton, Tammara Hyler, Steven Brian Smith, Ty Miller, and Toni Basil. Its plot follows a college student who travels to Alcatraz Island with his friends, after having recurring nightmares of a rock band that was killed there.
I Saw What You Did (1988 film): horror films from 1980s: '''I Saw What You Did''''' is a 1988 American made-for-television horror film directed by Fred Walton, with a screenplay by Cynthia Cidre.
Teen: The film stars Shawnee Smith and Tammy Lauren as teenage friends Kim Fielding and Lisa Harris, respectively, and Candace Cameron as Kim's younger sister Julie; opposite them is Robert Carradine as the mentally disturbed Adrian Lancer, and David Carradine as his brother Stephen.
Zombie Nightmare: '''''Zombie Nightmare''''' is a 1987 Canadian zombie film produced and directed by Jack Bravman, written by John Fasano, and starring Adam West, Tia Carrere, Jon Mikl Thor, and Shawn Levy. The film centres around a baseball player who is killed by a group of teenagers and is resurrected as a zombie by a Haitian voodoo priestess. The zombie goes on to kill the teens, whose deaths are investigated by the police. The film was shot in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada. It was originally written to star mostly black actors but, at the request of investors, the characters' names were changed to more typically white names. While Bravman was credited as director, Fasano directed the majority of the film. Problems occurred between Fasano and the production crew, who believed him to be assistant director and ignored his directions.
The Lost Boys: Teen horror films from 1980s: a 1987 American supernatural black comedy horror film
that are not about serial killers: The film's title is a reference to the characters featured in J.M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'' stories, who – like vampires – never grow old
Deadly Friend: ''''Deadly Friend''''' is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed by Wes Craven, and starring Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, and Anne Ramsey. Its plot follows a teenage computer prodigy who implants a robot's processor into the brain of his teenage neighbor after she is pronounced brain dead; the experiment proves successful, but she swiftly begins a killing spree in their neighborhood. It is based on the 1985 novel ''Friend'' by Diana Henstell, which was adapted for the screen by Bruce Joel Rubin.
Zombie High: '''''Zombie High''''' (also known as '''''The School That Ate My Brain''''') is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Ron Link. The film was released theatrically on October 2, 1987, and stars Virginia Madsen as a beautiful young teenager who must fight against a boarding school that is intent on turning everyone into a Stepford-esque "perfect" student.
Andrea (Virginia Madsen) is a teenage girl that has won a scholarship to Ettinger, a formerly all-male boarding school. She leaves behind her boyfriend Barry (James Wilder) in the hopes of scholastic achievement, but soon discovers that things are not as they seem at Ettinger. Andrea finds that her friends are slowly changing from regular teenagers into personality-less drones. Some investigation shows that the school's faculty has been harvesting life-sustaining chemicals from the student body, which results in them becoming seemingly perfect students that are only focused on doing well in school and obeying rules. Andrea is spared from this fate by one of her professors, Philo (Richard Cox), who takes pity on her due to her resemblance to a former lover. Along with her boyfriend, Andrea discovers that the staff uses classical music as a way of stabilizing the students. Philo gives her a tape to play over the loudspeaker system that he claims will stop the faculty and students from capturing her and turning her into a zombie, only for her to lose it while she is chased by the school's students. With nothing to lose, Barry plays a tape of rock music in its place, which accomplishes the desired task of stopping the students and saving their lives.
Bloody New Year: horror films from 1980s: '''''Bloody New Year''''' (also known as '''''Time Warp Terror''''' and '''''Horror Hotel''''') is a 1987 British supernatural horror film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood, Mark Powley, Catherine Roman and Julian Ronnie.
Teen: The plot concerns a group of teenagers who are trapped in a haunted hotel on a remote island.
One Dark Night: '''''One Dark Night''''' is a 1983 American supernatural horror film directed by Tom McLoughlin and starring Meg Tilly, E. G. Daily, and Adam West. The film follows three teenagers sent to a mausoleum for the night as part of a high school initiation rite. A dead, telekinetic occultist returns from the dead and haunts them, forcing the three to survive the night inside the crypt.
Night of the Demons (1988 film): '''''Night of the Demons''''' is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Kevin S. Tenney, written and produced by Joe Augustyn, and starring Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Linnea Quigley, Hal Havins, and Alvin Alexis. The plot follows a group of high school students who throw a party inside an isolated funeral parlor on Halloween night. While attempting a séance, they accidentally release a demon locked in the crematorium that begins to possess them one by one.