ic ▁and ▁g ory ▁Sc ann ers ▁( 1 9 8 1 ). ▁Se qu els ▁to ▁Hall owe en ▁( 1 9 7 8 ), ▁Friday ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁( 1 9 8 0 ), ▁and ▁A ▁Night m are ▁on ▁El m ▁Street ▁( 1 9 8 4 ) ▁were ▁the ▁popular ▁face ▁of ▁horror ▁films ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁un kill able ▁as ▁their ▁ant agon ists ▁were , ▁a ▁tr end ▁rev iled ▁by ▁most ▁critics . ▁Dan ▁O ' B annon ' s ▁The ▁Return ▁of ▁the ▁Living ▁Dead ▁and ▁Stuart ▁Gordon ' s ▁Re - Anim ator ▁soon ▁followed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁the ▁James ▁Camer on ▁film ▁Ali ens ▁was ▁released ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁before ▁David ▁C ron enberg ' s ▁re make ▁of ▁The ▁Fly . ▁Films ▁such ▁as ▁Ghost b ust ers , ▁Joe ▁D ante ' s ▁Gre ml ins ▁( both ▁ 1 9 8 4 ) ▁and ▁Tim ▁Bur ton ' s ▁Be et le ju ice ▁( 1 9 8 8 ) ▁started ▁a ▁tr end ▁for ▁horror ▁com ed ies . ▁Child ' s ▁Play ▁( 1 9 8 8 ) ▁started ▁the ▁popular ▁k iller ▁doll ▁franch ise ▁st arring ▁Brad ▁D our if ▁as ▁the ▁inf am ous ▁k iller ▁doll ▁Ch ucky . ▁Out side ▁of ▁film , ▁Michael ▁Jackson ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁genre ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁extremely ▁successful ▁album ▁Th r iller ▁in