Hindi comic book covers
The following is just a selection of the Hindi comic book covers posted by Aeron Alfrety on his Monster Brains blog. Sadly, we have no details regarding the historic nature …
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DOOM ASYLUM (1987) Reviews and overview
‘Slashing with a snicker, slaughter with a smirk…’ Doom Asylum is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Richard Friedman (Scared Stiff, Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge, Dark …
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AMERICAN NIGHTMARE Reviews
‘Pray you never have one.’ American Nightmare is a 1981 Canadian horror film directed by Don McBrearty (The Haunting of Lisa) from a screenplay by John Sheppard (Mania, Never Cry Werewolf) based on a …
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TERROR ON TAPE (1983) Reviews and overview
Terror on Tape is a 1983 American horror video compilation of scenes from a selection of movies owned by Comet and Continental Video, with direction credited to Robert A. Worms …
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THE PIKE (1982) Novel and aborted feature film
‘A cold relentless killer from the murky depths’ The Pike is a 1982 British horror novel by former nightclub bouncer, actor, film library composer and screenwriter Cliff Twemlow (The Eye of Satan; …
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MOONSTALKER aka PREDATOR: THE QUIETUS (1986) reviews and overview
Moonstalker – aka Predator: The Quietus – is a 1986 British horror film directed by Leslie McCarthy from a screenplay co-written with Cliff Twemlow [as Mike Sullivan] (The Eye of Satan; The Pike novel …
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STAR SLAMMER aka PRISON SHIP (1986) Reviews and overview
‘Untamed Uncaged Unleashed in space’ The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer – its onscreen title – is a 1986 science fiction/women-in-prison/monster film more commonly known as simply Star Slammer. It …
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THE NATIONAL MUMMY (1981) Reviews and overview
La Momia Nacional (which translates as “The National Mummy”) is a 1981 Spanish horror sex comedy film directed by José Ramón Larraz (Vampyres, Scream – and Die!, Rest in Pieces, Edge of …
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Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs (1985) board game
Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs is a 1985 board game designed by Julian Courtland-Smith. It was manufactured by Waddingtons in the UK and also issued by companies such as Australia’s Crown & Andrew. …
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OZPLOITATION TRAILER EXPLOSION
While Intervision’s Ozploitation Trailer Explosion is ostensibly a companion piece to Severin’s Aussie horror Blu-rays, it’s real connection is to 2009 documentary Not Quite Hollywood – they’d make a great double package, if not double bill. …
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CATACLYSM aka THE NIGHTMARE NEVER ENDS (1980) Reviews and overview
Cataclysm is a 1980 American horror film directed by Phillip Marshak (here spelling his Christian name with only one ‘l’), also known for Dracula Sucks. The movie stars Cameron Mitchell, Marc Lawrence and …
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CREEPSHOW 2 (1987) reviews and overview
‘When the curtain goes up the terror begins’ Creepshow 2 is a 1987 American comedy horror anthology film directed by Michael Gornick and the sequel to Creepshow (1982). Gornick was George A. Romero’s cinematographer on …
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Horror-themed Pinball Machines
Pinball machines as we now know them first appeared in the early 1930s and almost immediately were seized upon as opportunities for branding and cash-ins of all shape and form, …
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African posters for horror movies
In Ghana, movies have always been popular and most large towns had large cinemas that were leftover from the days of British colonialism. Unfortunately, as spare parts for the cinemas’ …
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PROM NIGHT ’80s disco slasher – free on several platforms and YouTube
‘If you’re not back by midnight… you won’t be coming home!’ Prom Night is a 1980 American/Canadian slasher film directed by Paul Lynch and starring Leslie Nielsen (Grizzly; Repossessed) and Jamie Lee Curtis. The original music score was …
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Splatterhouse – arcade game
Splatterhouse (スプラッターハウス Supurattāhausu) is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Namco. It is also the title of the entire series of subsequent games released in home console and personal computer formats. Due to its violent nature as well as …
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Video Nasties: The Illustrated Checklist
This is a listing of all films that were deemed to be ‘video nasties’ in the UK. Read the story of the ‘video nasties’ here. When horror films began to …
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Sphere horror pulp fiction
Sphere horror paperbacks were published in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s. They were hugely popular and many – such as Lust for a Vampire, Blind Terror, The Ghoul, …
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EVIL DEAD TRAP (1988) Reviews of Japanese horror classic
Evil Dead Trap is a 1988 Japanese horror film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda and produced by Japan Home Video. Plot: TV show host Nami asks her viewers to send their …
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SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983) Reviews and overview
Sleepaway Camp is a 1983 American slasher horror film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik. The film came at a time when slasher films were in their heyday and is largely known …
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“Ban the Sadist Videos!” The Furore and Moral Panic About So-Called Video Nasties – article
The film world in Britain during the early 80s was grim. Most of the grand cinema palaces of yesteryear were, if not already transformed into bingo halls, falling apart, offering …
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Attack of the Rats! – article
Some animals are guaranteed to inspire feelings of disgust and fear in cinema audiences, and none more so than the humble rat. While a few people keep rats as pets, …
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Richard Lewis – author
Richard Lewis was a novelist who emerged during the British horror fiction boom of the late 1970s, then vanished once that boom turned to bust. Over a few short years, …
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Chewits ‘Monster Muncher’
Chewits is the brand name of a British chewy, cuboid-shaped, soft taffy sweet manufactured by Cloetta since 1965. Chewits have been available in a variety of increasingly exotic flavours since their inception. Chewits were first advertised on …
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Riz Ortolani – film composer
Riziero “Riz” Ortolani was an Italian film composer. Born on 25 March 1926, he died in Rome, on 23 January 2014. In the early 1950s, Ortolani began his musical career as a founder …
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DEMONS (1985) Reviews of Italian surreal horror classic
Demons – original title: Dèmoni – is a 1985 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and produced by Dario Argento, starring Urbano Barberini and Natasha Hovey. The screenplay was written by Bava, Argento, Franco Ferrini and Dardano Sacchetti, from a story by …
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Slime – toy, 1976
Slime was a toy product manufactured by Mattel, sold in a plastic rubbish bin and introduced in the winter of 1976. It consisting of a non-toxic viscous, oozing green material made primarily from guar …
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TRICK OR TREAT Reviews and overview
‘Death. Resurrection. Destruction. The ultimate comeback.’ Trick or Treat is a 1986 supernatural horror film directed by Charles Martin Smith (The Beast, 1996) from a screenplay co-written by Michael …
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PULGASARI (1985) Reviews of North Korean monster movie
Pulgasari is a 1985 North Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok and Chong Gon Jo. The film, a giant monster film similar to the Japanese Godzilla series, was produced by the South Korean Shin, who had been kidnapped in 1978 …
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The Hounds of the Baskervilles: Holmesian Horror in Film and TV – article
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories – and the ongoing industry spun off from them – have a curious connection to the horror genre. The image of the master …
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DELUSION aka THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES (1980) Reviews and overview
‘She seduces men and enjoys a good kill! If sex doesn’t get you, the bloodshed will!!!’ Delusion is a 1980 American horror film directed and co-produced by Alan Beattie, and starring Patricia Pearcy (Squirm), Joseph Cotten (The Abominable …
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IT’S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE Reviews and overview
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive is a 1987 American horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen (shot back-to-back with A Return to Salem’s Lot). It is the …
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A RETURN TO SALEM’S LOT Reviews of Larry Cohen’s fun sequel
A Return to Salem’s Lot is a 1987 horror film written, directed and executive produced by Larry Cohen (It’s Alive; God Told Me To; The Stuff). It was shot back-to-back with It’s …
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THE DUNGEONMASTER (1984) Reviews and overview
The Dungeonmaster, (originally titled Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate and Digital Knights), is a 1984 American science fiction fantasy film with horrific elements, starring Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll and Leslie …
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THE 13 GHOSTS OF SCOOBY-DOO TV series
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo TV series is the seventh incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. The series premiered on September 7, 1985 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. Thirteen episodes of the …
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Alan Ormsby – filmmaker
Alan Ormsby has been something of a jack-of-all-trades in the film industry: not only a highly successful and award-winning screenwriter but also director, actor, make-up effects technician and author. And …
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Phantasmagoria – album by The Damned
Phantasmagoria – literally, a sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever – is the sixth album by punk/psychedelic/goth band The Damned, released by MCA Records in July 1985. After much …
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INVADERS FROM MARS Reviews of Tobe Hooper’s remake
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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Ho, Ho, Horror! Christmas Festive Fright Films – article
Christmas is generally seen as a jolly old time for the whole family – if you are to believe the TV commercials, everyone gets together for huge communal feasts while …
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Jungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema – Article
The 1970s saw many old cinematic taboos falling away, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a …
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HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN Free on Plex, Pluto TV, Tubi and YouTube
Hell Comes to Frogtown is a 1987 cult science fiction mutant monster film created by Donald G. Jackson (The Demon Lover). The screenplay was written by Jackson and Randall Frakes (Bad Karma). It was directed by Jackson …
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HARLEQUIN aka DARK FORCES (1980) Reviews and overview
Harlequin, known as Dark Forces in the USA, is a 1980 Australian film directed by Simon Wincer (Snapshot) from a screenplay by Everett De Roche (Long Weekend, Roadgames). The film is a modern-day version of …
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TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) Reviews and overview
Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk science fiction horror film about a businessman who accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist; the latter gets his revenge by slowly turning …
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SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA (1987) Reviews and overview
‘In a bowling alley from Hell, there’s only one way to score…’ Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama is a 1987 American supernatural comedy horror film directed by David DeCoteau …
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“From Hell…” Jack the Ripper on Screen – article
Jack the Ripper. The very name conjures up clichéd images of fog-shrouded streets, grisly murder and chirpy, voluptuous Cockney street girls spilling out of East End dens of inequity to …
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THE LAMP aka THE OUTING (1987) Reviews and overview
‘Don’t say see you later… Say goodbye’ The Lamp is a 1987 American horror film that was re-edited and shortened, then re-titled The Outing. The picture was written and produced by Warren …
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MUTILATIONS (1986) Reviews and overview
Mutilations is a 1986 micro budget American science-fiction horror film written and directed by Larry Thomas. The movie stars Al Baker, John Bliss, Bill Buckner and Shelly Creel. The film …
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DR. HACKENSTEIN (1988) Reviews and overview
‘His experiments will leave you in stitches.’ Doctor Hackenstein is a 1988 American comedy horror film written and directed by Richard Clark and distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film’s obvious influences include Young Frankenstein, Murder by …
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NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988) Reviews and overview
Night of the Demons is a 1988 American supernatural horror film written and produced by Joe Augustyn and directed by Kevin S. Tenney (Witchtrap; Witchboard and its sequel; Brain Dead). Also known as …
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Black Park, Buckinghamshire, England – film location
Black Park is a country park in Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England. Covering roughly 530 acres of woodland, heathland and grassland, the park includes an imposing avenue of mature pine trees and …
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