Description: As with most of my lists, some of the movies show a different year, but they were all released in 1981.
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The Incubus
( 1982 )
A small town's doctor takes matters into his own hands after a series of gruesome and bizarre rape crimes perplex the clueless authorities.
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The Munsters' Revenge
( 1981 )
When the owner of a wax museum attempts to frame Herman and Grandpa Munster for pulling a jewelry heist, they must both prove their innocence and find out who the true thieves are.
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Under the Rainbow
( 1981 )
A visiting dignitary, a CIA agent, a Nazi spy, Japanese tourists, an assassin and a group of "midget" actors from The Wizard of Oz (1939) all check into an elite Los Angeles hotel called Under the Rainbow.
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The Hand
( 1981 )
A comic book artist loses his hand, which in turn takes on a murderous life of its own.
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Pennies from Heaven
( 1982 )
During the Great Depression, a sheet-music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow
( 1981 )
In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
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Saturday the 14th
( 1981 )
A family inherits an old mansion which houses the dangerous 'Book of Evil' that has all the monsters of the world trapped inside it.
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Student Bodies
( 1981 )
A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.
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Zorro: The Gay Blade
( 1981 )
Zorro, the legendary swordsman, has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.
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An Eye for an Eye
( 1981 )
A SFPD undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner's death and destroy a drug-smuggling ring operated by the Chinese Triads.
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Rubberface
( 1981 )
This film was shot in Canada and released there as, "Introducing...Janet." Janet is an overweight girl who has a knack for making the other children in school laugh...by making fun of her own weight. In seeing the other kids' reaction, she feels that she might have a career as a comedian. She visits the local comedy club, where she finds Tony Moroni, a struggling come...Read all
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Modern Problems
( 1981 )
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
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Rich and Famous
( 1981 )
Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.
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The Fan
( 1981 )
Douglas, a record salesman, is an obsessive fan of actress Sally Ross. When his letters are rejected, he strikes out at her and her loved ones.
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Final Exam
( 1981 )
An unknown, nameless, psycho killer shows up on college campus to slash up pretty co-eds and dumb jocks on the final day of exams.
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Tattoo
( 1981 )
Unbalanced tattoo artist Karl Kinsky grows obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he's hired for a photo shoot. As Karl's obsession grows, he determines that Maddy should bear his mark forever.
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The Monster Club
( 1981 )
A horror writer is summoned to a "monster club" by an enigmatic elder. There, three macabre tales unfold before him, interspersed with musical interludes. The convergence of storytelling and performance creates an eerie atmosphere.
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
( 1981 )
A housewife grows smaller and smaller in reaction to chemicals found in cosmetics and household products.
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Graduation Day
( 1981 )
A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.
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Buddy Buddy
( 1981 )
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems.
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Evilspeak
( 1982 )
An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.
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The Bunker
( 1981 )
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's (Sir Anthony Hopkins) last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
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Raggedy Man
( 1981 )
A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.
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Heartbeeps
( 1981 )
Two household robots run away and try to start a family.
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Back Roads
( 1981 )
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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All Night Long
( 1981 )
A middle-aged executive's lifestyle and values are turned upside down after he is demoted to chain-store night manager.
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Hard Country
( 1981 )
Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle wants to stay in Texas.
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Miracle on Ice
( 1981 )
The fact-based story of how the U. S. Olympic hockey team beat the Soviets at the 1980 Lake Placid, N. Y., winter Olympics, then went on to win the gold medal.
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The Boogens
( 1981 )
A few miners prepare to open up an old mine abandoned decades ago after a deadly accident, not knowing that the mine's tunnels, which are connected to the surrounding local community houses by bootlegging tunnels, hide a deadly secret.
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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
( 1982 )
Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
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Jaws of Satan
( 1982 )
A preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
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The Devil and Max Devlin
( 1981 )
Max, a dead corrupt businessman, makes a Faustian pact with Satan's henchman to drive three people to Hell in exchange for longer life. Soon Max realizes that there still may be good in him.
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St. Helens
( 1982 )
Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20, 1980 and ends with its eruption on May 18.
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Faces of Death II
( 1981 )
This film continues along the same lines as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of material related to death. Mortuaries, accidents, police work are filmed by television equipment and domestic video cameras.
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Paternity
( 1981 )
A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.
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Going Ape!
( 1981 )
When 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes for the next five years.
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