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Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco ovvero: Dracula in Brianza, internationally released as Dracula in the Provinces; Bite Me, Count and Young Dracula, is a 1975 Italian film directed by Lucio Fulci …
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‘The wicked die young’ The Neon Demon is a 2016 US/French/Danish horror thriller directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Valhalla Rising, Drive, Only God Forgives) from a screenplay co-written with Mary Laws. The …
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‘Biting, gnawing terror claws at your brain!’ A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin is a 1971 Italian-Spanish Giallo thriller film directed by Lucio Fulci. The original Italian title is Una …
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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 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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‘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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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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In the lacklustre Milton Subotsky production The Uncanny, Peter Cushing plays a man desperate to expose a sinister cat conspiracy against the human race: ‘They prowl by night… lusting for …
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‘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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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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Horror films and westerns are two of cinema’s great mainstays, having established their distinct identities and sets of conventions in the earliest days of the medium. So distinct from each …
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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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The Last House on the Beach (Italian: La settima donna, also known as Terror and The Seventh Woman) is a 1978 Italian revenge thriller film directed by Franco Prosperi. Although the title it is best known for in English-language …
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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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Giallo a Venezia – “Giallo in Venice” – is a 1979 Italian mystery horror thriller film directed by veteran Mario Landi (Patrick Lives Again). Produced by Gabriele Crisanti (Mondo cane 2000 – …
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On December 17, 2019, Blue Underground released Zombie Flesh Eaters on DVD restored in 4K. The bare-bones disc is just $10.49 on Amazon! ‘When the earth spits out the Dead… …
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High Tension (French: Haute tension, released in the UK as Switchblade Romance) is a 2003 French horror film that was later released in 2004 in the UK and 2005 in the …
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Vampix was a British video label imprint that specialised in horror films. It was a subsidiary of distributor Videomedia. Most Vampix releases were British and European horror films from the 1960s …
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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids is a 1972 Italian-West German Giallo horror thriller directed by Umberto Lenzi from a screenplay co-written with Roberto Gianviti, based on Lenzi’s storyline. The movie stars Antonio …
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Black Magic Rites aka The Reincarnation of Isabel and Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento… is a 1972 Italian psychedelic horror film directed by Renato Polselli (Mania; Delirium). The movie stars Mickey Hargitay, …
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Beyond the Door III is a 1989 Italian-Yugoslavian horror film directed by Jeff Kwitny. Also known as Amok Train and Death Train The movie is a sequel in-name-alone to Beyond the Door …
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Spiders 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 …
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‘Dare you enter’ Berberian Sound Studio is a 2012 British horror film written and directed by Peter Strickland. The movie stars Toby Jones and features a low key soundtrack by …
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key is a 1972 Italian Giallo thriller film directed by Sergio Martino (Torso) from a screenplay written by Ernesto …
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Rats: Night of Terror is a 1984 Italian post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film directed by Bruno Mattei (Shocking Dark; Hell of the Living Dead; et al) and Claudio Fragasso. Plot: After …
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