Best horror movie quotes of 1980

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The Shining picture

Jack: Wendy, darling, light of my life, I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya, I'm just gonna bash your brains in. Gonna bash 'em right the f*ck in!

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Friday the 13th picture

Crazy Ralph: You're doomed! You're all doomed.

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Motel Hell picture

Vincent Smith: I'm the biggest hypocrite of them all. My meats... I used preservatives.

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The Fog picture

Elizabeth Solley: Listen, I never hitchhiked before. I just really want to be careful. Can I ask you something?
Nick Castle: Sure.
Elizabeth Solley: Are you weird?
Nick Castle: Yes, I am. Yes, I am weird.
Elizabeth Solley: You are weird. Thank God you're weird. The last one was so normal, it was disgusting.

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Prom Night picture

Alex: I know they did it, they killed her, they, killed her... Robin, Robin.

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The Changeling picture

John Russell: It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do.

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Cannibal Holocaust picture

Professor Harold Monroe: All I want to know, Mr. Chaco, is... do we have a chance of finding them alive?
Chaco Losojos: Who's to say? The only thing I know is we're gonna risk our lives to save those fuckers. Let's go see the Yacumo.

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Alligator picture

David Madison: It's his own fault.
Marisa Kendall: I understand how you must feel.
David Madison: Don't understand me so quick, 'kay?
(01:07:20)

Sammo

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New Year's Evil picture

Guy in elevator: What is this... fucking SHIT going on here?

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Inferno picture

Mark Elliot: She writes poetry.
Nurse: A pastime especially suited for women.

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Altered States picture

Eddie Jessup: I can't live with it Emily, the pain is unbearable.
Emily Jessup: We all live with it. That unbearable terror is what makes us such singular creatures. We hide from it, we succumb to it, mostly we defy it! We build fragile little structures to keep it out. We love, we raise families, we work, we make friends. We write poems.

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Carne: Have you ever shoveled any coal?

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Christmas Evil picture

Harry "Santa": But now I want you to remember to stay good boys and girls. Respect your mothers and fathers and do what they tell you. Obey your teachers and learn a whooooole lot! Now if you do this, I'll make sure you get good presents from me eeeevery year. Ha ha ha... but if you're bad boys and girls, your name goes in the 'Bad Boys and Girls' book, and I'll bring you something... horrible.

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Zombi Holocaust picture

Dr. Obrero: I've been anxious to experiment with a male Caucasian brain.

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Dressed to Kill picture

Liz Blake: Thank god, straight fucks are still in style.

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Blood Beach picture

Pearson: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, you can't get to it.

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