Her role as Taffi Fisher, the youngest child of the treasure hunter Mel Fisher was a prominent one. In 1987, she appeared in "21 Jump Street", "CBS Schoolbreak Special", and "Our House". Her next film was "Two Moon Junction", which was directed by Zalman King. She played the part of Carolee. In 1990, she appeared on stage at the Friends Theatre in the play "Montana", playing the part of Gayle. Also in 1990 she landed a regular role as Pamela in "Tribes". She appeared in the first episode which aired on the 5th of March that year. She appeared in a total of 65 of the show's 101 episodes, with her last airing on the 1st of June. Later that year she appeared as Trish in the "Doogie Howser, M.D." episode, "Car Wars". In 1992, the comedy film "Round Numbers" was released. The cast included Kate Mulgrew, Samantha Eggar, Marty Ingels, and Rick Dano. Remsen's sister Anne Remsen Manners was involved in the casting. Rremsen played the part of Constance, and was credited as Kerry Remsen Phillips. The 1980s saw Remsen in some well known horror films. She had a part in "", which was released in 1985. Another film released the same year was one she co-starred in. It was Ramsey Thomas's "Appointment with Fear", in which she played the part of Heather. Her character Heather is the one that kills the villain Attis. She was a prominent cast member in the 1988 film "Pumpkinhead" which was directed by Stan Winston. She played the part of Maggie, the girlfriend of Joel Hoffman's character Steve. Also released that year was "Ghoulies II", directed by Albert Band. In that film she had a prominent part playing the role of Nicole. As the leading female actress in the film, she teams up with Larry, played by Damon Martin. They join forces to find a way to send the creatures back to hell. Her last horror film for the decade which happened to be her last film for the decade was the Jim & Ken Wheat, directed / produced "After Midnight". The film was in three parts with a different story in each. She played the part of Maggie in the "Allison's Story" segment. As a coach, one of the actors she coached was Jason Ellefson, who went on to appear in "Melrose Place", and "6 Guns".