The movie is set in a small Texas town where a dangerous gas has turned many locals into flesh-eating zombies. There are two sets of survivors, a military unit and a group of ragtag locals who squabble with each other throughout the film. It features gross-out effects, bad dialogue, and amputee action. 

There is an alternative version of this film which is supposed to make it more horrifying than it already is, which is available outside the US. 

5. The Return of the Living Dead

If you’re looking for a combination of fun and terror, then you’re in for a treat with The Return Of The Living Dead. On the Fourth of July weekend, two medical warehouse employees accidentally release a death-dealing gas in the air. The vapor makes the dead rise again as zombies and terror ensures. 

Director Dan O’Bannon veers away from flesh-eating zombies and introduces the concept of brain-eating zombies. This new wave of zombies featured in the Return of the Living Dead can also speak, run, and survive being shot in the head. 

Aside from the next-level zombies, the 1985 horror also promotes punk music, as heard in its soundtrack. Like REC, the Return of the Living Dead also spawned sequels – Return of the Living Dead II (1988), Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993), Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005), and Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005). However, none of the four sequels were able to achieve the same immense success as the first. 

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6. Re-Animator

Another horror/comedy released in 1985, Re-Animator revolves around a medical student named Herbert West and his invention that allows the re-animation of deceased bodies. 

Directed by Stuart Gordon, Re-Animator injects science fiction into the horror film genre of the 80s. This movie, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-animator novelette of 1922, has evolved from theatrical stage production to a half-hour television pilot to a feature film.