Best Body Horror Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest body horror films of the VHS era — chosen for standout pacing, personality, and pure rewatch value.
The Thing
1982
Dawn of the Dead
1978
The Fly
1986
Requiem for a Dream
2000
Food
1992
Threads
1984
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983
Braindead
1992
Jacob's Ladder
1990
An American Werewolf in London
1981
Videodrome
1983
Possession
1981
Fun Is Beautiful
1980
Audition
2000
Santa Sangre
1989
Dead Ringers
1988
Re-Animator
1985
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989
Safe
1995
The Beyond
1981
Ginger Snaps
2000
Hellraiser
1987
eXistenZ
1999
The Blob
1988
Cronos
1993
Meat Love
1989
Titus
1999
The Howling
1981
New Nightmare
1994
Dead & Buried
1981
The Fly
1980
Anguish
1987
Troll 2
1990
Naked Lunch
1991
Conspirators of Pleasure
1996
Tokyo Fist
1995
Society
1989
Brain Damage
1988
Wicked City
1987
The Hunger
1983
Scanners
1981
Altered States
1980
The Brood
1979
Zombie Flesh Eaters
1979
Demons
1985
Fire in the Sky
1993
The Boxer's Omen
1983
Event Horizon
1997
From Beyond
1986
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
The Addiction
1995
Darkman
1990
Friday the 13th
1980
Tales from the Hood
1995
The Fury
1978
The Burning
1981
Hiruko the Goblin
1991
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
Cat People
1982
Wishmaster
1997
Evil Dead Trap
1988
Begotten
1991
Gothic
1986
Guyver: Dark Hero
1994
Anatomy
2000
The Isle
2000
Night of the Living Dead
1990
The Kindred
1987
Bad Moon
1996
Hated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies
1993
Baby Blood
1990
Scarecrows
1988
Uzumaki
2000
Bride of Re-Animator
1990
Beyond the Darkness
1979
Maniac
1980
Angel Guts: Red Classroom
1979
Ebola Syndrome
1996
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Combat Shock
1986
Stigmata
1999
Creepshow 2
1987
Castle Freak
1996
Midori
1992
Frankenhooker
1990
Warlock
1989
Body Bags
1993
Street Trash
1987
Lord of Illusions
1995
Species
1995
The Dark Half
1993
Hollow Man
2000
Schramm
1993
964 Pinocchio
1991
The Living Dead Girl
1982
Body Parts
1991
A Cat in the Brain
1990
I, Madman
1989
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
The Grapes of Death
1978
The Wax Mask
1997
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
Basket Case 2
1990
Class of Nuke 'Em High
1986
The Dentist
1996
Aftermath
1994
The Manitou
1978
The Baby of Mâcon
1993
Tomie
1998
The Killer Condom
1996
Body Melt
1994
Bloodstone: Subspecies II
1993
Death Spa
1988
Contamination
1980
Thinner
1996
Nekromantik 2
1991
Nekromantik
1988
Xtro
1982
Strangeland
1998
Def by Temptation
1990
Bruiser
2000
Men Behind the Sun
1988
Warlock: The Armageddon
1993
Sleepwalkers
1992
Puppet Master II
1990
RoboCop 2
1990
Dr. Caligari
1989
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
1989
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
The Hand
1981
Splatter: Naked Blood
1996
Scanner Cop
1994
Faceless
1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
A Chinese Torture Chamber Story
1994
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
1992
The Fly II
1989
Slaughter High
1986
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
1999
The Flesh
1991
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
Spookies
1986
The Beast Within
1982
Absurd
1981
They Nest
2000
Virus
1999
The Spiral
1998
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1989
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
1988
The Mutilator
1985
Quicksilver Highway
1997
976-EVIL
1988
The Curse
1987
The Dentist 2
1998
The Borrower
1991
Demon Wind
1990
Witchery
1988
Troll
1986
Faust: Love of the Damned
2000
Nightwish
1989
Spontaneous Combustion
1990
Guinea Pig Part 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood
1985
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
1988
Tale of the Mummy
1998
Bleeders
1997
Sometimes They Come Back... for More
1998
Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation
1990
Inseminoid
1981
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
1998
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
1992
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
1996
Species II
1998
Boxing Helena
1993
Bloody Moon
1981
Don't Open Till Christmas
1984
Cannibal Ferox
1981
Alien 2: On Earth
1980
Supernova
2000
After Death
1990
Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
1985
Candyman: Day of the Dead
1999
Curse of the Puppet Master
1998