Films Released in 1981

January 7
Scream

January 14
Scanners

January 28
Blood Beach
Zombi 2

January 30
Earthbound
The Incredible Shrinking Woman

February 11
My Bloody Valentine
Sphinx

February 13
American Pop
Eyewitness

March 6
All Night Long
The Devil and Max Devlin
Maniac
On the Right Track

March 13
Back Roads
The Funhouse
Modern Romance

March 20
Amy
Cutter’s Way
Omen III: The Final Conflict
The Postman Always Rings Twice

March 27
Eyes of a Stranger
Thief

April 3
Hardly Working

April 4
This Is Elvis
Nighthawks

April 10
Excalibur
Going Ape!
The Howling
Knightriders

April 17
Caveman

April 24
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
The Hand
Ms. 45
Night School
Take This Job and Shove It

May 1
Friday the 13th Part 2
Graduation Day
King of the Mountain

May 3
Image of the Beast

May 8
The Burning

May 15
The Fan
Happy Birthday to Me

May 21
Death Hunt

May 22
Outland

May 22
Bustin’ Loose
The Four Seasons
The Legend of the Lone Ranger

May 29
Dead & Buried
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Polyester

June 5
Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams
Final Exam
Tuck Everlasting

June 12
Clash of the Titans
History of the World, Part I
Raiders of the Lost Ark

June 19
The Cannonball Run
Superman II

June 26
Dragonslayer
For Your Eyes Only
The Great Muppet Caper
Stripes

July 1
S.O.B.

July 10
Escape from New York
The Fox and the Hound

July 17
Arthur
Endless Love
Zorro, The Gay Blade

July 24
Blow Out
Tarzan the Ape Man
Wolfen

July 31
Under the Rainbow

August 7
Heavy Metal
Student Bodies

August 14
Deadly Blessing
An Eye for an Eye
They All Laughed

August 21
An American Werewolf in London
First Monday in October
Prince of the City

August 28
Body Heat
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Hell Night
Private Lessons

September 18
Continental Divide
Mommie Dearest
Raggedy Man

September 23
Only When I Laugh
Rich and Famous

September 25
The Boogens
Carbon Copy
So Fine
Southern Comfort

October 2
Enter the Ninja
Paternity

October 9
Full Moon High
Tattoo

October 11
My Dinner with Andre

October 14
Just Before Dawn

October 15
The Evil Dead

October 16
All the Marbles

October 23
Nightmare
The Pit
Silence of the North

October 30
Looker
Halloween II

November 6
The Prowler
Fantasies
Time Bandits

November 13
Porky’s
The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper

November 20
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Ragtime
Roadgames

December 4
On Golden Pond
Reds

December 11
Buddy Buddy
Dawn of the Mummy
Four Friends
Pennies from Heaven
Rollover

December 18
Absence of Malice
Ghost Story
Neighbors
Sharky’s Machine

December 20
Taps

December 25
Modern Problems