John Carpenter:
Christine (1983), Prince of Darkness (1987), In The Mouth of Madness (1994)
Slashers:
Black Christmas (1974), Motel Hell (1980), Dead and Buried (1981), The Burning (1981), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Zombie:
Dawn of the Dead (1978), Zombi 2 (1979), Zombi 3 (1988), 28 Days Later (2002), Day of the Dead (2008)
Other:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Beyond (1981), The Hitcher (1986), Event Horizon (1987), Phantasm II (1988),
Poltergeist III (1988), Final Destination (2000), Kairo (2001), Art of the Devil 2 (2005), Frontière (2007),
[REC] (2007), The Collector (2009), Grave Encounters (2011), Chernobyl Diaries (2012), Coherence (2013)
Here is a website with more:
https://creepycatalog.com/best-80s-horror-movies/