Amazing Movie Posters

After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her. Director: Wes Craven Writers: Glenn M. Benest (story), Matthew Barr (story) Stars: Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner

A female creature created in space tries to live on earth and has special (and sometimes dangerous) powers. Directors: Richard Viktorov, Nikolay Viktorov Writers: Kir Bulychyov, Richard Viktorov Stars: Yelena Metyolkina, Vadim Ledogorov, Uldis Lieldidz

A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror. Director: Gerald Potterton Writers: Daniel Goldberg (screenplay) (as Dan Goldberg), Len Blum (screenplay) Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty

SciFi suspense thriller in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations. Director: Bruce D. Clark (as B.D. Clark) Writers: Marc Siegler, Bruce D. Clark (as B.D. Clark) Stars: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston

A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak. Release date: March 27, 1981 (USA) Director: Ken Wiederhorn Running time: 1h 24m MPAA rating: R Screenplay: Ron Kurz, Eric L. Bloom

Comin' at Ya! is a 3-D Western film, featuring Tony Anthony, Victoria Abril and Gene Quintano and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. Release date: August 21, 1981 (USA) Director: Ferdinando Baldi Running time: 1h 31m Music composed by: Carlo Savina Screenplay: Gene Quintano, Lloyd Battista, Esteban Cuenca Sevilla, Wolf Lowenthal, Ramón Plana Castell

Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead when it's read aloud. The friends inadvertently release a flood of evil and must fight for their lives or become one of the evil dead. Ash watches his friends become possessed, and must make a difficult decision before daybreak to save his own life in this, the first of Sam Raimi's trilogy. Release date: October 15, 1981 (USA) Director: Sam Raimi MPAA rating: NC-17 Screenplay: Sam Raimi

In 1997, a major war between the United States and the Soviet Union is concluding, and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president (Donald Pleasence) is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom. Release date: July 10, 1981 (USA) Director: John Carpenter Featured song: Bandstand Boogie Screenplay: John Carpenter, Nick Castle

enowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the ten commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy, and his ex-flame Marion, escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo. Release date: June 1, 1981 (USA) Director: Steven Spielberg Running time: 1h 55m MPAA rating: PG Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey

Resort islanders (Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen) face flying killer-fish left over from a government experiment that flopped. Release date: November 5, 1982 (USA) Directors: James Cameron, Ovidio G. Assonitis Running time: 1h 34m MPAA rating: R