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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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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, …
Recommended movies Read MoreReady Player One is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, based on Cline’s 2011 novel of the same name. The movie contains a vast …
READY PLAYER ONE (2018) The numerous horror and monster references Read More‘It Becomes You.’ Lifechanger is a 2018 Canadian supernatural horror film written, produced and directed by Justin McConnell (producer of Galaxy of Horrors; Minutes Past Midnight). The Unstable Ground production stars Lora …
LIFECHANGER (2018) Reviews and overview Read More‘Contain. Corrupt. Control.’ Await Further Instructions is a 2018 British science fiction horror film directed by Johnny Kevorkian (The Disappeared) from a screenplay by Gavin Williams. The Goldfinch Studios/Shudder Films production stars David …
AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS (2018) Reviews of sci-fi horror Read MorePossum is a 2018 British horror film written and directed by Matthew Holness. The movie stars Sean Harris (Deliver Us from Evil; Prometheus; Isolation) and Alun Armstrong (Penny Dreadful; Van Helsing; The Mummy …
POSSUM (2018) Reviews of bizarre puppet horror Read More‘Chase your dreams’ Worm is a 2013 American science fiction horror film directed by Doug Mallette and produced by Untrademarked Productions. The movie stars John Ferguson, Jes Mercer, and Shane …
WORM (2013) Reviews and overview Read More‘We all have our things.’ The Cleanse – formerly The Master Cleanse – is a 2016 Canadian-American comedy fantasy horror film written and directed by Bobby Miller. The film stars Anna Friel, Johnny Galecki …
THE CLEANSE (2016) Reviews and overview Read More‘Pray she doesn’t answer’ Don’t Knock Twice is a 2016 British horror film directed by Caradog W. James (The Machine) from a screenplay written by Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler (Howl; …
DON’T KNOCK TWICE (2016) Reviews and overview Read MoreThe Mind’s Eye is a 2016 American science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Joe Begos (VFW; Bliss; Almost Human). The excellent synth score is by Steve Moore. …
THE MIND’S EYE (2015) Reviews and overview Read MoreDownhill is a 2016 Chilean-Canadian-French action horror thriller film directed by Patricio Valladares (Hidden in the Woods; Nightworld; The Ghosts of Garip) from a screenplay co-written with Barry Keating (Killer Mermaid; The …
DOWNHILL (2016) Reviews and overview Read More‘ … no introduction necessary’ American Psycho is a 2000 American-Canadian satirical horror thriller film co-written and directed by Mary Harron (The Moth Diaries), based on Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 …
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) Reviews and overview Read MoreSkinwalkers is a 2006 Canadian horror-action film about werewolves directed by former effects technician James “Jim” Isaac (director of The Horror Show; Jason X and Pig Hunt) from a screenplay by James …
SKINWALKERS (2006) Reviews and overview Read MoreParasyte: Part 1 – originally: 寄生獣 or Kiseijū – is a 2014 Japanese science fiction action horror film directed by Takashi Yamazaki from s screenplay co-written with Ryota Kosawa. Main cast: Shota Sometani, Sadao …
PARASYTE: PART 1 (2014) Japanese sci-fi horror Read MoreFor 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 …
Dwarfs in Horror Cinema – article Read More‘Evil gets an upgrade’ Jason X is a 2001 Canadian-American science fiction slasher horror film directed by Jim Isaac from a screenplay by actor/writer Todd Farmer (My Bloody Valentine, 2009). …
JASON X (2001) Reviews of fun Friday the 13th space silliness Read More‘How many cars can one movie crash?’ Crash! is a 1976 American action horror film produced and directed by Charles Band (Parasite; Evil Bong 420; Ooga Booga) from a screenplay written by Marc …
CRASH! (1976) Reviews and overview [updated] Read MoreThe Fly II is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring Eric Stoltz (Haunted Summer; Anaconda) and Daphne Zuniga (The Dorm That Dripped Blood; The Initiation). Also known as The Fly …
THE FLY II (1989) Reviews and overview Read MoreThe following books on cult, horror and sci-fi cinema are available for offline reading: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | …
Books Read MoreThe films on this ‘Essential’ list are important in terms of their global impact on the horror movie genre, either for their box office draw, artistic merit, cult credibility, or …
Essential Horror Read MoreThe Pied Piper is a 1972 British film directed by Jacques Demy and starring Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence (Death Line; The Mutations; Halloween) and John Hurt and featuring Donovan and Diana …
THE PIED PIPER (1972) Reviews and overview Read MorePhil Hardy, who died on 8th April 2014, was a film and music industry writer. Born in Yorkshire in 1945, Hardy studied at the University of Sussex and the University of California, …
Phil Hardy – writer Read MoreRichard 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, …
Richard Lewis – author Read MoreLynn Lowry is an American actress, best known for her appearances in cult horror and exploitation films during the 1970s. Born Linda Kay Lowry on October 15th, 1947, she made …
Lynn Lowry – actress Read More‘Not your average one night stand’ Contracted is a 2013 American horror film written and directed by Eric England. The movie stars Najarra Townsend, Simon Barrett (You’re Next screenwriter), Caroline …
CONTRACTED (2013) Reviews and overview Read MoreTetsuo: 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 …
TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) Reviews and overview Read MoreElectronically 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 …
The Synth of Fear: Horror and Sci-Fi Films with Synthesizer Scores – Article Read MoreBenjamin ‘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 …
Bob Clark – director Read More‘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 …
CREEPSHOW 2 (1987) reviews and overview Read More‘Rotting never felt this good!’ Thanatomorphose is a 2012 Canadian horror film about a young and attractive woman who wakes up and finds her flesh rotting… ‘Thanatomorphose’ is a French …
THANATOMORPHOSE (2012) Reviews and overview Read More‘The fly with the head of a man… and the man with the head of a fly!’ The Fly is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Kurt Neumann. The screenplay was …
THE FLY (1958) Reviews and overview Read MoreAt the time of Scanners‘ release, the horror film was enjoying – arguably – its final great era. The post-Star Wars sci-fi boom had abated (primarily because low budget film-makers …
The Spawn of Scanners – article Read MoreChristmas 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 …
Ho, Ho, Horror! Christmas Festive Fright Films – article Read MoreAntiviral is a 2012 Canadian horror film directed by Brandon Cronenberg. Brandon Cronenberg is the son of David Cronenberg, and many critics have compared Antiviral to the body horror and …
ANTIVIRAL (2012) Reviews and overview Read MoreNaked Lunch is the 1991 film adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novel of the same name written and directed by David Cronenberg. The movie stars Peter Weller, Ian Holm, Judy …
NAKED LUNCH (1991) Reviews and overview Read MoreDead Ringers is a 1988 Canadian-American horror thriller film about identical twin gynaecologists whose intense bond is fatally sliced when they both fall in love with the same internationally known …
DEAD RINGERS (1988) Reviews and overview Read MoreThe Brood is a 1979 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg (Shivers; Dead Ringers; The Fly). The movie stars Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar (Curtains; Demonoid) and Art Hindle (The Void). Psychotherapist …
THE BROOD (1979) Reviews of David Cronenberg’s classic Read MoreThe Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. It is based on Thierry Jonquet’s novel Mygale, …
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011) Reviews and overview Read MoreI, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain is a British horror film that was released by Fangoria Films in 1998; it was written, directed, produced and scored by Andrew Parkinson. It tells the story of …
I, ZOMBIE: THE CHRONICLES OF PAIN (1998) Reviews and overview Read MoreBlack Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan …
BLACK SWAN (2010) Reviews and overview Read More‘She’s not human… Not entirely.’ Splice is a 2009 science fiction horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali from a screenplay co-written with Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor. The movie …
SPLICE (2009) Reviews and overview Read MoreVideodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg (Shivers), starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and singer Deborah Harry. Plot: Toronto, the early 1980s: Max Renn (James Woods) the CEO of a …
VIDEODROME (1983) Reviews and free to watch online on Tubi Read MoreThe House of Hammer was an influential British horror movie magazine that was initially published between 1976 and 1978. The magazine was the brainchild of comics editor Dez Skinn, who had …
THE HOUSE OF HAMMER (1976 – 1978) British magazine Read More‘Save your screams until you see its face’ It’s Alive is a 1974 American horror film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen (God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent, The Stuff). In the movie, …
IT’S ALIVE (1974) Reviews and overview Read MoreThe Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film co-written and directed by David Cronenberg. Produced by 20th Century Fox, and Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein), the movie stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. …
THE FLY (1986) Reviews of David Cronenberg’s classic remake Read MoreCreepshow is a 1982 American anthology horror film. It is a collaboration between two genre collaborators who were apparently at the top of their respective crafts, writer, Stephen King, and …
CREEPSHOW (1982) Reviews of George A. Romero Stephen King classic Read MoreSpiders are one of the most common phobias that people have (technical term: arachnophobia). Even normally fearless individuals can be reduced to quivering wrecks by the sight of a tiny …
Arachnophobia: Spiders on the Screen – article Read MoreDespite rumours to the contrary, the British exploitation film didn’t die with Mary Millington in 1979, the release of Inseminoid, nor the abolition of the Eady tax levy, but crawled …
THE URGE TO KILL aka ATTACK OF THE KILLER COMPUTER (1988) Reviews Read MoreSlither is a 2006 science-fiction comedy horror film written and directed by James Gunn (making his directorial debut) and starring Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rooker (The Belko Experiment; Henry: Portrait …
SLITHER (2006) Reviews of James Gunn’s sci-fi horror directorial debut Read More