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‘The secrets in the sauce’ Spaghetti is a 2023 horror film about a young woman who falls for a businessman and casts a voodoo spell on him when she suspects …
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The Funhouse, Tobe Hooper’s 1981 horror classic is being released for the first time on 4K Ultra HD by Scream Factory. The two-disc set features a brand-new 4K scan of …
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Poltergeist, Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg’s horror classic is set to receive its first 4K Ultra HD release on September 20, 2022. The Warner Bros release includes the following special …
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Lifeforce was released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray by Scream Factory on May 24th 2022. The 1985 science fiction horror film has been newly scanned in 4K from the …
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With the release of the divisive Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) on Netflix and the impending arrival of the new documentary The Legacy of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it seems an …
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‘After a decade of silence… the buzzz is back.’ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a 1986 American slasher horror film directed by Tobe Hooper. It is a sequel to the …
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Salem’s Lot is a 2023 American supernatural horror film about a writer who returns to his home town which has become infested by a vampire. This is the second film …
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‘Alien vampires in search of teenage blood!’ Evils of the Night is a 1985 American science fiction horror film directed by Mardi Rustam from a screenplay co-written with Philip Dennis Connors. …
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The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 2022 American documentary film about the obvious subject matter. Directed by Phillip Escott, the Fractured Visions and Second Sight Films …
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‘If any live through the nightmare, they’ll wish they hadn’t!’ The Sawyer Massacre is a 2022 Canadian fan-made horror film set in the 1960s that serves as another prequel to …
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‘What would you wish for?’ Three Thousand Years of Longing is a 2022 romantic fantasy film about a lonely female scholar who is offered three wishes by a Djinn. Written, …
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Tourist Trap is a 1979 American paranormal horror film in which a group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses …
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Venom is a 1981 British thriller film directed by Piers Haggard (The Blood on Satan’s Claw; Quatermass TV serial, 1979) from a screenplay written by Richard Carrington (Mind Over Murder; …
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‘Evil lives here’ Hollow is a 2021 British horror film about a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease whilst a serial killer roams the countryside. Formerly known as Wyvern Hill Directed …
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On July 6th 2021, Mortuary will be released on Blu-ray by MVD’s Rewind Collection. Special features: Interview with composer John Cacavas Theatrical trailer Mini-poster Retro-style slipcase (first pressing) Meanwhile, here …
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The Toolbox Murders (1978) was released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray by Blue Underground on January 18th 2022. Special features New 4K 16-Bit Restoration from the uncut original negative …
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Frightmare is a 1974 British horror film directed by Pete Walker (House of the Long Shadows; The Comeback; Schizo; House of Mortal Sin; House of Whipcord; Die Screaming Marianne) from a …
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The Closet is a 2020 South Korean horror film about a father searching for his missing daughter who seems to have vanished into the titular closet. Written and directed by …
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In the UK, Second Sight released a 4K Ultra-HD package on April 10, 2023, that includes the following: A new presentation featuring additional restoration work Presented in Dolby Vision HDR …
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‘When the dead break free, all hell breaks loose.’ Mortuary is a 2005 supernatural American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist; Salem’s Lot; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) from a screenplay by husband and …
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‘Evil wears many faces’ Texas Chainsaw 3D is a 2012 American slasher horror film directed by John Luessenhop from a screenplay written by Debra Sullivan and Adam Marcus (Secret Santa; …
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‘The face of madness returns’ Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2022 released American horror film in which an aged Leatherface once again terrorises a group of young friends. Directed by …
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Shadow of the Vampire is a 2000 comedic horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige (Begotten) from a screenplay written by Steven Katz. The movie stars John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe …
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‘How many likes for a life?’ Funhouse is a 2020 horror film about minor celebrities on an online reality show being killed when they are voted off. Written and directed …
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Sleepwalkers aka Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American supernatural horror film directed by Mick Garris (Nightmare Cinema; Bag of Bones; Psycho IV; Critters 2; et al) from an original screenplay by …
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Shivers was released on Blu-ray as part of the Vestron Video collection on September 15, 2020. This is a MOVIES & MANIA fave and one of the first films that …
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Crocodile 2: Death Swamp is a 2002 American horror film directed by Gary Jones (Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan; Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter’s Cove; Spiders; Mosquito) from a screenplay co-written …
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‘Witness the beginning of your end’ Leatherface is a 2017 American horror film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (Inside; Livid; Among the Living) from a screenplay by Seth M. Sherwood (Black Mass) …
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‘If looks could kill, he wouldn’t need a chainsaw.’ Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is a 1994 American horror film, co-produced, written and directed by Kim Henkel (Butcher Boys). …
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The movies in the following list are those that MOVIES & MANIA suggests are better than the average genre fare and well-worth viewing. The Abominable Doctor Phibes – Robert Fuest, …
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Night Terrors – aka Tobe Hooper’s Night Terrors – is a 1993 American-Israeli horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper (Lifeforce; Salem’s Lot; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) from a screenplay by Rom …
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‘Ever feel like something is watching you…’ Crocodile is a 2000 American horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch (Mother of Tears; Mortuary; …
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher horror film, and a remake of the 1973 horror film of the same name. The film was directed by Marcus Nispel (Exeter; …
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Toolbox Murders is a 2004 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper (Lifeforce; Salem’s Lot; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) from a screenplay by Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch. It is a very loose remake …
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‘It has a crush on you!’ The Mangler is a 1995 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist; Salem’s Lot; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) from a screenplay co-written with Stephen …
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‘A nice place to visit… but no place to live.’ Welcome to Arrow Beach is a 1973 [released 1974] American horror film directed by and starring actor Laurence Harvey who …
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Spontaneous Combustion is a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; Poltergeist; Lifeforce). It was written by Tobe Hooper and Howard Goldberg, …
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‘The hills are alive with the sound of… slaughter!’ Killbillies – original title: Idila (“Idyll”) – is a 2015 Slovenian horror film written and directed by Tomaz Gorkic (The Curse of Valburga). …
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For some, all the world’s a stage, for others, a battlefield. Circumstances sometimes mean that these two options are thrust upon a person, both socially and as a career. It’s …
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Daniel Thomas “Dan” O’Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American motion-picture screenwriter, director and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres. Although his …
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The Dark is a 1979 American science fiction horror film directed by John “Bud” Cardos from a screenplay by Stanford Whitmore (The Eyes of Charles Sand; Night Gallery) for Film Ventures …
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The following books on cult, horror and sci-fi cinema are available for offline reading: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | …
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Poltergeist III is a 1988 American supernatural horror film. It is the third and final entry in the Poltergeist film series. Writers Michael Grais and Mark Victor, who wrote the screenplay for the first two films, …
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Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science-fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Salem’s Lot, Poltergeist, Lifeforce) for the Cannon Group from a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon (Alien) and Don Jakoby …
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We Are What We Are is a 2013 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street, Stake Land) from a screenplay co-written with Nick Damici. It is a remake of the 2010 Mexican …
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Electronically produced sound has been available to adventurous film composers since the silent era. Among the earliest electronic instruments were the Ondes-Martenot (invented in 1928), which produced a characteristic quivering …
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Benjamin ‘Bob’ Clark could have been one of the leading lights of the horror genre after making a series of popular and critically acclaimed shockers during the 1970’s. Yet despite …
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‘Zip yourself in tight!’ Body Bags is a 1993 American science fiction comedy horror film, directed by John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper and Larry Sulkis. It is an anthology film, featuring three unconnected stories, with bookend …
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Coffin Baby – aka Toolbox Murders 2 – is a 2013 American horror film written and directed by Dean C. Jones. It is a loose sequel to Tobe Hooper’s Toolbox …
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‘The terror has surfaced’ Shark Attack 3: Megalodon is a 2002 action horror film about a giant prehistoric shark terrorising a Mexican coastal resort. Directed by David Worth from a …
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