The 1980s were defined by style and excess, and the horror films of that era were no exception. Innovations in practical effects made the nightmares more vivid than ever, and thanks to the rise of home video, the call now came from within. While established talents such as John Carpenter (PRINCE OF DARKNESS), Tobe Hooper (THE FUNHOUSE), David Cronenberg (SCANNERS), Michael Mann (THE KEEP) and Paul Schrader (CAT PEOPLE) brought terrifying spectacles to the screen, often with the help of from Hollywood studios, home video opened up a new market, allowing independent producers to take the genre to unexpected and – in the case of the British censorship of the infamous “Video Nasties” – controversial new heights. Curated by Clyde Folley, this gruesome tour through the decade of greed features ambitious art-pulp hybrids (WHITE OF THE EYE), a Hitchcock-inspired trucker film (ROAD GAMES), old-school creatures (Q: THE WINGED SERPENT), a vampire Nicolas Cage (VAMPIRE'S KISS) and utterly unclassifiable cult oddities (SOCIETY), bringing together some of the most stylish, terrifying and outrageous visions of the 1980s.

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