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‘Pigs eat anything… even evidence!’ Pigs is a 1973 American horror film written [as F.A. Ross], produced and directed by Marc Lawrence. produced and directed by Marc Lawrence from a screenplay …
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‘Beware the enemy within’ Old Man is a 2022 American thriller about a lost hiker who stumbles upon an irascible enigmatic old man living in a cabin in the woods. …
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Dangerous Waters is a 2023 American thriller film in which a sailing holiday spirals out of control when a teenage daughter uncovers the dark past of her mother’s new boyfriend. …
DANGEROUS WATERS Reviews of aquatic thriller with Ray Liotta Read More
‘There was no limit to the Horror… no end to the’ Night of the Lepus is a 1972 American science fiction horror film about marauding giant mutant rabbits attacking farmers …
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‘Evil lurks in the holiest of places’ The Amityville Moon is a 2021 American horror film about a detective hired to find two runaway girls from a boarding home run …
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‘Gripping sci-fi terror from beyond…’ The Alien Factor is a 1978 American science fiction horror film directed and written by Baltimore-based filmmaker Don Dohler [as Donald M. Dohler] (Blood Massacre; The Galaxy Invader; Nightbeast; Fiend). The movie …
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Bridge of the Doomed is a 2022 American sci-fi horror film about a group of soldiers ordered to hold a bridge during a zombie outbreak. However, what lives underneath the …
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Night Killer is a 1990 Italian horror film about a serial killer with a Freddy Krueger-like mask who terrifies the city of Virginia Beach. In Italy, the film was released …
NIGHT KILLER (1990) Reviews and overview of Italian trash Read More
The Black Cat is a 1989 Italian horror film about a new movie production that inadvertently resurrects an ancient witch named Levana. She tries to take over our world so …
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Dark Universe is a 1993 American science-fiction horror about a group of scientists searching the swamps of Florida for a crashed spaceship only to discover its pilot has mutated into a hideous, bloodthirsty creature.
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Frankenstein’s Daughter is being re-released on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA by The Film Detective (TFD) via Cinedigm on October 19, 2021. Special features: Audio commentary track with author …
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‘Daddy’s been working in the garden… again!’ Stepfather III – aka Stepfather III: Father’s Day – is a 1992 made-for-TV British-American slasher horror film directed by co-producer Guy Magar (Children of the Corn: …
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‘Look who’s up and at it again!’ Vampira is a 1974 British comedy horror film directed by Clive Donner (Spectre; What’s New Pussycat?) from a screenplay written by Jeremy Lloyd, …
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This Island Earth is a 1954 [released 1955] American science fiction film directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold [uncredited] from a screenplay written by Franklin Coen and George …
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‘A love stranger than King Kong’ Schlock is a 1973 released American comedy horror film, written, directed by and starring John Landis (Burke & Hare; Innocent Blood; Michael Jackson’s Thriller; An American …
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‘Stop the unstoppable’ Overlord is a 2018 American action horror film directed by Julius Avery from a screenplay by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith. J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield) and Lindsey Weber are producers. The Bad …
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‘When there’s no more room in Hell, the stoned shall walk the Earth!’ Evil Bong 666 is a 2017 American comedy horror film directed by Charles Band from a screenplay by Kent Roudebush, …
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In October 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton are sent by the Vatican to investigate a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood in a rural Irish convent, a ‘Magdalene laundry’ that serves as a religious asylum for prostitutes, the mentally disabled, and unmarried pregnant women. In hopes of capturing photographic evidence of this apparent miracle, Father Thornton films their inquiry with a portable 16mm camera.
THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY (2018) Reviews and overview Read More
‘There’s a psycho loose with an axe!’ The Severed Arm is a 1972 American horror film directed by Thomas S. Alderman from a screenplay co-written with Darrel Presnell. It was …
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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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Nightmare USA is a huge (528 pages) tome by musician and author Stephen Thrower (Eyeball Compendium; Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci; Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco and …
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‘The first motion picture to called gore-nography!!!’ Scream Bloody Murder is a 1972 American horror film written, directed and produced by Marc B. Ray (The Severed Arm; Stepfather III storylines) …
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‘There is no antidote’ Venomous – aka Snakes – is a 2001 action horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray (Scalps; Star Slammer; Evil Toons) [credited as Ed Raymond] from a screenplay by Dan Golden …
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‘Eleven visionary directors. One horrifying vision.’ Tales of Halloween is a 2015 American anthology horror film consisting of tales of terror from the ‘October Society’ directors: Darren Lynn Bousman – Saw …
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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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‘She’s a killer’ Christine is a 1983 American supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter (Halloween; The Fog; The Thing) from a screenplay by Bill Phillips, adapted from the novel of the same name by Stephen …
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