Census Bloodbath: 1986

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So I may have taken a years-long hiatus in the middle of 1985, but from now I do intend to keep on moving forward at a semi-regular pace with Census Bloodbath, my project to watch and review every slasher movie from the 1980s. Of course, that will get more and more difficult as the decade careens straight into the video boom, allowing a higher number of lower quality movies to flood the market all at once, but in 1986, that hasn't 100% kicked in yet.

That doesn't mean we don't have a lot on our plate though. At my latest count, the year has a whopping 48 titles to get through! While 1985 had just two more slashers than 1984, we're now inflating that year's number by an additional 19 titles. So let's take a look at what lies ahead, shall we?

I've already reviewed all the big franchise titles and most of the major releases from 1986. So what's left? Some of these titles are Z-list classics that I'm excited to finally take a look at (Hunter's Blood, Spookies, Crawlspace), some I had literally never heard of before doing the research for this list (Escape from Coral Cove, Neon Maniacs, Las Vegas Serial Killer), and at least one is recognized as a good movie by actual real people who exist outside of the cult film space (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer). I can't wait to find out which ones I love, which ones I hate, and which ones are so baffling I have no choice but to respect them!

Census Bloodbath: 1986

Movies in bold are films I had already reviewed at the time this was posted. Once I write each review, I will link to it from this page.

December Pookal (January 14)

The Killer is Still Among Us/L'assassino è ancora tra noi (February 7)

The Hitcher (February 21)
Night of Fear/Nag van Vrees (February 28)

Girls School Screamers (March)

Spookies (March)

Revenge/Blood Cult 2 (March)

Chopping Mall (March 21)

April Fool's Day (March 27)
The Zero Boys (March 27)

Torment (April)

Carnage (April 23)

Midnight Killer/Morirai a mezzanotte (April 24)
Doorman (May)
Mr. Wrong/Dark of the Night (May 2)

Killer Party (May 9)

Crawlspace (May 21)
Escape from Coral Cove/Tou chuet sam woo hoi (May 21)

Knife Under the Throat/Le couteau sous la gorge (June 18)

Psycho III (July 2)
The Fantasist (August)
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (August 1)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (August 22)
Psycho Girls (August 29)

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (September 24)
Mark of Cain (September 24)
Hunter's Blood (September 26)
Sorority House Massacre (October)
Deadly Friend (October 10)
Trick or Treat (October 24)
Bodycount/Camping del terrore (October 28)
Neon Maniacs (November 14)
Slaughter High (November 14)
The Wind (November 17)
Bestia Nocturna (December 6)
Body Count (unknown)
Cards of Death (unknown)
Dreamaniac (unknown)
Evil Laugh (unknown)

Goremet, Zombie Chef from Hell (unknown)

Hour of Fear/A hora do Medo (unknown)

The House of the Blue Shadows (unknown)

Into the Darkness (unknown)
Las Vegas Serial Killer (unknown)
Lucker the Necrophagus (unknown)
Night Ripper! (unknown)

Spine (unknown)

Truth or Dare?/A Critical Madness (unknown)

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