Written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. Starring Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie and Nancy Kyes. Plot: A man's death leads his daughter and an alcoholic doctor to search for answers in a small town eerily controlled by a man with a maskmaking company. This is a strange little movie. One that … Continue reading Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Directed by Rick Rosenthal. Written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Lance Guest, Nancy Stephens, Dick Warlock, Pamela Shoop and Leo Rossi. Plot: Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital after surviving Michael Myers; unfortunately, he isn't done with her yet. Welcome back to the terror! The … Continue reading Halloween II (1981)
Directed by John Carpenter. Written by Carpenter and Debra Hill. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, PJ Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Brian Andrews, Kyle Richards, Tony Moran (as "the face") and Nick Castle (as "the shape"). Plot: Michael Myers escapes a mental institution and comes after Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween. There … Continue reading Halloween (1978)
Written by Sean S. Cunningham and Victor Miller. Directed By Sean S. Cunningham. Starring Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Mark Nelson, Peter Brouwer, Robbi Morgan, Laurie Bartram, Walt Gorney and Ari Lehman. This is for us obviously a classic. A pillar of the slasher genre. Some of this movie is … Continue reading Friday the 13th (1980)
Written by William Peter Blatty. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, and Jason Miller. Plot: 12 Year old Regan is plagued with strange happenings and her mother does everything she can to figure out what's wrong, eventually enlisting the help of two priests, one of which has problems of … Continue reading The Exorcist (1973)
Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik. Starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin and Katherine Kamhi. Plot: shy and awkward Angela is sent to summer camp with a few disturbing secrets and anyone with less than noble intentions will find them out the hard way! Angela, Sweet Angela This is a … Continue reading Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Directed by Oliver Parker. Written by Toby Finlay, based on the 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Fiona Shaw, Johnny Harris, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pip Torrens and Rebecca Hall. Plot: an attractive young man has his beauty and spirit captured in an enchanted … Continue reading Dorian Gray (2009)
Directed by Mario Bava. Written by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua and Marcello Fondato. Starring Lidia Alfonsi, Susy Andersen, Mark Damon, Rika Dialina, Harriet Medin, Michele Mercier, Milly Monti, Glauco Onorato, Jacqueline Pierreux, Milo Quesada and Boris Karloff. Plot: your basic trilogy of terror where horror icon, Boris Karloff, introduces each one. DJ and I watched the … Continue reading Black Sabbath (1963)
Written by Peter Atkins and Directed by Tony Randel and Starring Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley, and Clare Higgins Plot: Kirsty and new talkative friend Tiffany are trapped in an institution by uber-weird Dr Chanard who is obsessed with the box and resurrects Julia. Plenty of gore. There is a carnival scene where they could have … Continue reading Hellraiser II : Hellbound (1988)
Written and Directed by Clive Barker and Starring Ashley Laurence, Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson and Clare Higgins Plot : Frank, a man of perverse appetites seeks out a box and gets it for a heavy price and is sent to hell but escapes, later needing to be restored with help from his brothers wife but … Continue reading Hellraiser (1987)
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