Sunday 25 October 2009

The Driller killer


Starring Jimmy Laine, Carolyn Marz, Babi Day, Bob DeFrank, Peter Yellen
Director Abel Ferrara
Studio ILC PRIME
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 09 Oct 2006
Production year: 1979

Penniless artist Reno (Ferrara) and his girlfriends Carol (Carolyn Marz) and Pamela (Baybi Day) hang out at their New York loft, enduring such problems as the phone bill, the rent, and a noisy rock band practicing downstairs. After it all becomes too much, Reno grabs his drill and rampages.through the city at night fall. Eventually, Carol moves out, Reno's paintings don't sell, and things just get from bad to worse THE DRILLER KILLER has a distinctly 1970s New York underground feel--an artistic quality that makes it seem like a cross between TAXI DRIVER and ANDY WARHOL'S TRASH (with drilling). Despite being Low-budget and a bit amateurish, this film benefits from some moody lighting and Ferrara's brave insight into the psyche. Reno's mental breakdown manages to be chillingly believable and a powerful statement on the place of the artist in modern society. A surprise hit on the drive-in circuit, this was re released in 1981 to capitalize on the teenage slasher movie boom (and the success of Ferrara's second film, MS. 45).
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Samhain


Starring Jenna Jameson, Bobbie Phillips, Richard Griego, Ginger Lynn Allen
Director Christian Viel
Studio FILM 2000
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 24 Oct 2005

There was only one rule: Stick to the path, bad things happen when you don't stick to the path! An American couple on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later during the ancient festival of Samhain, a group of University students move into a beautiful cottage surrounded by a lush forest and majestic lake. They are here to learn about the rituals of the Ancient Druids and other Celtic legends...
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Sickle


Starring Paul Cagney, Shaila Vaidya, Maurizio Farhad
Director Paul Gagne
Studio THIRD MILLENNIUM
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 12 Sep 2005
Format DVD

When a young girl is murdered in an old slaughterhouse, her boyfriend seeks revenge and so breaks in and hangs the prime suspect, Marty Sickle. But he might come to regret not finishing the job properly...
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Don"t look in the Basement

Starring Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Harryette Warren
Director S.F. Brownrigg
Studio ELSTREE HILL ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 25 Oct 2004
Production year: 1973

When Nurse Charlotte Beal arrives for work at a sanatorium, one of the doctors has been murdered. The asylum has been overrun, and not even the doctors can be trusted.
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Night of the Living Dead

Starring Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne, Russell Streiner, Marilyn Eastman, William Hinzman, Judith Reilly
Director George A Romero
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18
Genres Horror
Language English
Subtitles None
Released DVD: 30 Oct 2000
Production year: 1968

Seven people are secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse and face repeated attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African American man, try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house until they are laid to rest by burning or a severe blow to the head. As they listen to news reports of the zombie plague taking over the eastern United States, the ever-decreasing band of survivors loses ground in their battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.
Romero's low-budget, homegrown classic went from being unable to find a distributor to becoming one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion, the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race relations were an extremely sensitive issue in the United States. Romero's choice for the ending of his film also made a shocking and bold statement about the issue.
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The Dead One



Starring
John Mackay, Monica Davis
Director Barry Mahon
Studio PINNACLE VISION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 11 Sep 2006
Production year: 1961

A voodoo priestess brings her brother back to life so he can kill her cousin's bride. The confused zombie kills the wrong woman and is bought back to life a second time to try and finish the deed.
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Demon Under Glass

Starring Jason Carter, Garett Maggart, Jack Donner
Director Jon Cunningham
Studio STAX ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 15 Aug 2005
Production year: 2002

The pursuit of a serial killer leads to a deeper evil.

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Carnival of Souls

Starring Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Herk Harvey, Stan Levitt, Art Ellison
Director Herk Harvey
Studio ORBIT MEDIA LTD.
Run time DVD: 1 hr 15 mins
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Genres Horror, Thriller
Language English
Subtitles French, German
Released DVD: 03 Sep 2001
Production year: 1962

Carnival of Souls was made in 1962 in Lawrence, Kansas for very little money, Herk Harvey's CARNIVAL OF SOULS has become legendary for its ability to create a tensely creepy atmosphere with virtually no special effects. A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) is involved in a car crash when her car falls off a bridge while drag racing with some friends. After she pulls herself from the river, she moves to a new town to take a job as a church organist. Meanwhile, a distinctly eerie and hollow-faced man in a black suit seems to be following her wherever she goes. The effective organ score enhances the film to great effect.
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The Fear 2: Halloween Night


Starring Gordon Currie, Myc Agnew, Stacy Grant
Director Chris Angel
Studio UNIPIX ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 24 Jan 2008
Production year: 1999

On Halloween weekend Mike Hawthorn has invited his girlfriend, Peg, and some other friends to stay at his family's country retreat where they intend to party till dawn dressed in costumes that represent each individual's deepest, darkest fears. The Halloween party is set to be great fun, until Mike meets an old family friend, an American Indian named Crow. Crow has other plans for Mike, namely to prepare him for an ancient ceremony using an antique wooden mannequin nicknamed Morty...T
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Flesh For The Beast - UNCUT


Starring Jane Scarlett, Sergio Jones, Clark Beasley Jr., Jim Coope, David Runco
Director Terry West
Studio STAX ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.
Genres Horror
Released DVD: 04 Apr 2005
Production year: 2003

Almost one hundred years after the death of Alfred Fischer, an occultist who conjured up evil demons that hunted human prey, a group of para-psychologists enter his manor and they don't have to wait long for evil to re-emerge...
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Camp Blood


Starring Jennifer Ritchkoff, Michael Taylor, Tim Young, Bethany Zolt
Director Brad Sykes
Studio PRISM LEISURE
Run time DVD: 1 hr 13 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 17 Jun 2002
Production year: 1999

CAMP BLOOD is a slasher film with some "campy" humour to keep most fans of this genre happy
When a group of friends go on a camping trip in the woods at a site the locals have nicknamed "Camp Blood," a psycho soon shows up wearing a clown mask and ready for a killing spree. Not for the clown-phobic...
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Sunday 18 October 2009

Cat O"Nine Tails

Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Horst Frank, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rada Rassimov
Director Dario Argento
Studio PLATINUM MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 10 Jun 2002
Production year: 1971

Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark graphic violence. Karl Malden stars as a blind man with a talent for solving puzzles who parteners with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to launch a private investigation into a string of strange murders, The killer soon becomes wise to the duo's plans and will do whatever it takes to stop them from reporting to the police.

Doll Graveyard


Starring Anna Brock, Jared Kusnitz, Gabrielle Lynn, Kristyn Green
Director Charles Band
Studio FILM 2000
Run time DVD: 1 hr 25 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 21 Aug 2006
Production year: 2005

Former Full Moon impresario Charles Band directs the low-budget horror flick DOLL GRAVEYARD. The bloody gore fest opens in 1905 as a lonely 12-year-old, Sophia (Hannah Marks), dies at the hands of her abusive father (Ken Lyle) and is buried in the backyard along with her four sinister-looking dolls. One hundred years later, Sophia's vengeful ghost returns to the house to protect the new owner's equally lonely son, Guy (Jared Kusnitz), from the taunts of his older sister's jock friends by possessing the dolls' bodies and unleashing a campy orgy of violence. Supported by surprisingly effective puppet-oriented special effects, DOLL GRAVEYARD is a worthy addition to the Band oeuvre.

Jigsaw


Starring
Barret Walz, Aimee Bravo, Mia Zifkin
Director Don Adams, Harry James Picardi
Studio FILM 2000
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 05 May 2001

A mannequin becomes the subject for an art class. Each student becomes responsible for decorating a small piece of the doll. One night the students burn the doll after a heavy drinking session. Then one by one the students find themselves stalked and killed...

Jeepers Creepers 2

Starring Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Eric Nenninger, Nicki Lynn Aycox
Director Victor Salva
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
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Genres Audio Descriptive, Horror
Language English, English Audio Description
Released DVD: 16 Jan 2004
Production year: 2003

The prehistoric winged creature known as the Creeper is back in JEEPERS CREEPERS II, on a savage eating binge before hibernating for another 23 years. His first victim is local farm boy Billy Taggert (Shaun Fleming), whose shocked father Jack (wild-eyed Ray Wise) watches, as his son disappears amidst rustling corn husks. Taggert scours the surrounding area for clues, but the Creeper (Jonathan Breck) has moved to its next target: a school bus full of basketball players. The Creeper watches.while jocks Jake Spencer (John Hammond) and Scott Braddock (Eric Nenninger) tease gay high school journalist Izzy Bohen (Travis Schiffner) and clairvoyant cheerleader Minxie Hayes (Nicki Lynn Aycox), The bus breaks down on East 9 Highway and the Creeper pounces, using supernatural powers to sniff out his victums to suit his rather finicky tastes. Token nerd Bucky (Billy Aaron Brown) gets a radio signal over to Taggert, the bereaved dad who is now determined to seek revenge and is carrying the one weapon that may be a match for the evil Creeper.
Like the original JEEPERS CREEPERS, director Victor Salva's sequel is several cuts above average horror fare. The director has demonstrated a natural flair for classic film making and makes frequent references to THE BIRDS, bringing Hitchcock's quiet dread to a no-holds-barred, adrenaline-boosting horror film modelled after the FRIDAY THE 13TH, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, and SCREAM series.