The Best Unconventional Horror in the World...Ever!
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- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsAdrian PasdarJenny WrightLance HenriksenA small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.Brilliant and beautifully shot modern Western vampire noir by Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow, featuring standout performances from an accomlished cast.
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsAlbert FinneyDiane VenoraEdward James OlmosA New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.From the director of Woodstock comes an eco-fable of werewolves in New York with a twist. Features ground-beaking visuals that have been copied many times since.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsDavid HemmingsDaria NicolodiGabriele LaviaA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.Italian horror director Dario Argento is at his best here with this glorious and delerious take on the giallo genre.
- DirectorGunther von FritschRobert WiseStarsSimone SimonKent SmithJane RandolphThe young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.The title has absolutely nothing to do with this horror classic that is genuinely disturbing and affecting even now. The studio had a list of titles and producers had to take their pick.
- DirectorPaul GoldingStarsCliff De YoungRoxanne HartJoey LawrenceA visiting son tries to warn his father and stepmother that they are being menaced by a living and intelligent pulse of electricity that moves from house to house and terrorizes the residents therein.Not the J-horror or its sequel. This little praised gem involves household machinery that inexplicably comes to life.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJulie ChristieDonald SutherlandHilary MasonA married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.One of the great supernatural thrillers of cinema. Unforgettable performances and stylish directing and one of the all-time twist endings ever!
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsOliver ReedSamantha EggarArt HindleA man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.Deeply disturbing horror from David Cronenberg for those who like their movies with a little edge. Ahead of its time.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJennifer O'NeillStephen LackPatrick McGoohanA scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.Cronenberg's biggest hit. Actually a kind of sci-fi action adventure featuring a notorious exploding head.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsPeter WyngardeJanet BlairMargaret JohnstonA woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.Underrated British-American horror production with a script by the Twilight Zone's Richard Matheson. The menace quietly builds against the background of a University professor's country home until it explodes with supernatural glee.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.Stuart Gordon burst (literally) onto the scene in the eighties with this bizarre and funny reimagining of HP Lovecraft's classic Frankenstein story...with zombies.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn AmplasLincoln MaazelChristine ForrestA young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a Pennsylvania small town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.George A Romero abadoned zombies for this take on the vampire myth. One of the few truly original intepretations of the story.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonTed SorelA group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.Stuart Gordon goes wild. has very little to do with the HP Lovecraft story, but riotous good fun all the same.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.Clive Barker brought "intelligent" horror to the fore with his debut picture. Operatic in tone, epic in imagination.
- DirectorRobert HarmonStarsRutger HauerC. Thomas HowellJennifer Jason LeighA young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.Rutger Hauer was never scarier in this compelling chase movie. Constantly goes against your expectations. Your mother told you never to do this...
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Ridley Scott's masterpiece of sci-fi/horror is still a visual feast. But at the time, it broke new ground with its incredibly realistic effects.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsFrances DeeTom ConwayJames EllisonA nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.Val Lewton classic that is really more of a take on Jane Eyre than anything by George A romero. Oozes atmosphere.
- DirectorRobert BiermanStarsNicolas CageMaria Conchita AlonsoJennifer BealsAfter an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.Woefully underrated Nic Cage flick that features some of the actor's finest moments on screen as a New York literary agent who fears he may be becoming a vampire after being bitten by one of his many one-night stands.
- DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane CilentoA puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.Deeply affecting British horror. Edward Woodward is the staunch Christian policeman called to a remote Scottish island to investigate a missig child. Eerie, ominous...and did we mention it's a musical?
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.Stephen King's reputation was cemented with this classic by Brian DePalma. Fine acting, a fine story and horror filmmaking at its best. We all knew high school was a nightmare.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsRichard BurtonLee RemickLino VenturaA telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.Creepy, forgotten classic where Richard Burton gets the power to kill with his mind. The stakes just keep getting bigger and bigger. Once seen, never forgotten.