trick or treat?

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trick or treat?

TRICK
OR TREAT?
Halloween and Horror titles
available from Park Circus
TRICK OR TREAT? www.parkcircus.com
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IMAGE: friday the 13th (see p7)
TRICK OR TREAT?
Halloween and Horror titles available from Park Circus
We’ve got all manner of devilish tricks and ghoulish treats in store to make Halloween more than
just a day-long celebration of the macabre. Resurrect your own spooky season with the dirty secrets
lurking in our vaults. There are glistening digital prints of genre classics for special screenings, and
Gothic chills from both the Hammer catalogue and the vivid adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe from
Roger Corman and Vincent Price. Not to mention fantastic creatures of all genetic possibility in
numerous insane incarnations. Programme your own midnight movie marathon with our extensive
range of cult oddities, grindhouse endurance tests and surreal hallucinations. And, not forgetting
the younger generation, a selection of dark fantasies and creepy whimsy. Remember, a horror
shared is a horror halved.
For updates and further details - see www.parkcircus.com/horror
Words: James Kloda is a freelance film writer and gonzo hack. He is the home entertainment reviewer
for The Dark Side, the UK’s premier magazine of the macabre and fantastic, and has offered indelicate
musings on genre offerings both past and present for a range of publications academic, trade and
populist. Recently, he attempted a spirited, if ultimately woebegone, defence of Exorcist II: Heretic for
Centipede Press’ definitive compendium on the franchise.
Images: © the appropriate studio. All rights reserved.
Brochure designed by and © Park Circus Limited, 2014. All rights reserved.
cover image: BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
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contents
Just a little guide to help you navigate the bloodsoaked aisles of the Park Circus vaults. You
wouldn’t want to end up taking a wrong turn,
would you? There are zombies, vampires and
chainsaw-wielding maniacs in here.
halloween hoedown
hammer-time
p5
p11
christopher lee
p14
peter cushing
gothic poe-try
vincent price
p15
p16
roger corman
p17
p19
stephen king
p20
midnight movies
p21
grindhouse
p23
the monster squad
wolfmen
vampires
zombies
ghouls
p24
p25
p26
p27
p28
ray harryhausen
p29
fantastic creatures &
unnatural animals a superb vintage
william castle
the new breed
p31
p32
p34
p35
don’t be afraid of the
boogeyman walk on the wild side
BETTE DAVIS
IMAGE: nightmare on elm street (see p6)
TRICK OR TREAT? p37
p39
p41
Please note: we can’t promise to protect you from
the transparent guy. You’re on your own with him...
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IMAGE: scream (see p35)
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HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN
IMAGE: carrie (see P20)
HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN
Line the aisles with Jack’o’lanterns and, for once, leave the cobwebs on the seats. Halloween is
positioned between the end of summer and advent of Christmas, a time when spirits depressed by
the onset of winter need a dose of the outrageous and an electrifying shock to the system. Like any
festival, it is best celebrated with a large group and there is nothing like that community feeling of
fellow enthusiasts jumping as a frightened Mexican wave, recoiling together at a gore-saturated
extremity or filling the theatre with polyphonic laughter at the wickedly outré. This season, we have
a number of defining classics of the genre to spill their innards at large on the big screen, many
newly restored in blood-curdling high-definition. From psychic nerds to hammy vampire slayers,
comicbook demons and angry automobiles, via head-spinning possession, haunted hotels and
the slasher of your dreams. There’s something for every nightmarish predilection to announce the
witching hour with. Just keep repeating, “It’s only a movie, it’s only a movie…”
See also The Stephen King Collection (p20) for Carrie, The Shining, Christine and more from the master of horror.
Child’s Play
Dir: Tom Holland
When serial killer Charles Lee Ray is mortally
wounded in a police shoot-out, he uses a
voodoo spell to transfer his soul into Chucky,
an innocuous ‘Good Guys’ doll. Young Andy
receives him as a birthday gift, and Chucky soon
embarks on a killing spree. However, Charles
doesn’t want to be trapped in the body of the
doll forever, escape is possible by transferring
his personality into the first human he reveals his
identity to... and naturally Andy is curious about
his new toy.
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HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN
A Nightmare On Elm Street
digital
Dir: Wes Craven
In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer stalks the
children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him. Packed with
genuine scares and nasty scenes of sadism, Wes Craven’s definitive
slasher is also streaked with darkly surreal wit. Robert Englund as the
horrifically disfigured, gleeful Freddy Krueger became a quipping,
laconic antihero in the numerous sequels, but here he drips with
unforgettable menace. One, two, and he’s coming for you…
Also available:
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS
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A NIGHTMARE
ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAMPAGE
MASTER
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD
digital
Dir: Sam Raimi
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release
flesh-possessing demons. Raimi’s seminal horror made a cult icon of
Bruce Campbell and turned its director into hot property. Much imitated,
but never bettered, The Evil Dead was the birth of an independentlyspirited, viscerally-minded new wave in low budget horror cinema.
Evil Dead II
Dir: Sam Raimi
What begins as a romantic cabin getaway ends in a bloodbath when the
dead, empowered by ancient magic, just won’t stay dead. An intentionally
funny spin on the original which is equally blood spatteringly brilliant.
The Exorcist (Director’s Cut)
digital
Dir: William Friedkin
The belief in the existence of evil, and the doubt that evil can be conquered
by faith. From these two themes, director William Friedkin with writer
William Peter Blatty made The Exorcist, the frightening and realistic story
of a young girl possessed by a malevolent entity. From its bile-strewn
images of innocence being mercilessly profaned, it remains one of the
most shocking movies ever to come out of America.
Friday The 13th
digital
Dir: Sean S. Cunningham
Terror and suspense abound in this 24-hour nightmare of spilled blood.
Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for years due to several vicious and
unsolved murders. The camp’s new owner and seven teenagers are readying
the property for re-opening despite warnings of a ‘death curse’ by local
residents. Of course, this proves true on the unlucky-for-some date as oneby-one they are creatively picked off by a violent killer.
Also available: Friday the 13th 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and FRIDAY THE
13TH (2009)
Fright Night
digital
Dir: Tom Holland
Meet Jerry Dandrige. He’s sweet, sexy, and likes to sleep in late. You might
think he’s the perfect neighbour. But before inviting Jerry in for a nightcap,
there’s just one thing you should know: he prefers his drinks warm, red,
and straight from the jugular! Only 17-year-old Charley Brewster knows
his bloodcurdling secret. When Charley can’t get anybody to believe him,
he turns to TV horror host, Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), a histrionic
has-been who used to be the ‘Great Vampire Killer’ in creaky movies.
Welcome to Fright Night, a horrific howl of horror and humour.
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HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN
The Evil Dead
HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN
Rosemary’s Baby
digital
Dir: Roman Polanski
A young couple move into a new apartment,
only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbours
and unusual occurrences. When the wife (Mia
Farrow) becomes mysteriously pregnant, doubt
over the safety and identity of her unborn child
begins to fray her psyche. Roman Polanski’s
masterpiece of slow-build horror and abject
paranoia will linger long once itsPAGE
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conclusion has been reached.
digital
Dir: Ivan Reitman
A trio of university parasychologists
lose their research grant and
decide to open their own business,
‘Ghostbusters’. Almost at once
they are summoned to investigate
the strange happenings in a
Central Park West apartment.
What they discover is that all of
Manhattan is being besieged
by otherworldly demons. When
there’s something strange in the
neighbourhood, who ya gonna
call?
Also
available
on
gHOSTBUSTERS 2
DCP:
The Silence Of
The Lambs digital
Dir: Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee,
is assigned by her superior
to interview an imprisoned,
cannibalistic
psychopath,
Hannibal Lecter, in the hope that
he may help uncover the identity
of an elusive serial killer who
skins his female victims. Lecter’s
dazzling criminal genius unearths
clues, but at the price of deadly
mind games with the vulnerable
Clarice.
MY BLOODY
VALENTINE
Dir: George Mihalka
Twenty years after a tragic mining
accident on Valentine’s night, a
group of teenagers attend a dance.
A box of Valentine candy arrives,
containing an ominous message
and a blood-soaked heart. Before
the night is over, terror will strike
again and again and again...
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HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN
Ghostbusters
The Amityville HorroR
Dir: Stuart Rosenberg
The middle-class Lutz family are terrorised by their new Long Island home, which is possessed by vitriolic
demons.
curse Of The Demon (night of the demon)
digital
Dir: Jacques Tourneur
An American psychologist journeys to London to debunk a devil-worshipping cult. Based on a short story
by seminal horror writer M. R. James and atmospherically directed as an occult noir by Jacques Tourneur,
this is superior scare fare and will have audiences pointing in fear: “It’s in the trees! It’s coming!”
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Dir: John Boorman
The spirit that possessed Regan MacNeil still lurks within her and a troubled priest (Richard Burton) is
sent to help. Often considered one of the greatest film follies of all time, Boorman’s bizarre, visionary
movie is certainly winged camp but is nothing but barmy entertainment, stuffed with lunatic imagery and
potent ideas. Definitely one for the midnight crowd.
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
digital
Dir: Philip Kaufman
This dazzling, whip-smart remake of the 1956 spine-tingler stars Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams
and Leonard Nimoy as characters caught in an eerie tale of possession by alien pod-people.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Dir: Steven Spielberg/John Landis/Joe Dante/George Miller
Four horror/sci-fi segments directed by famous directors, bringing their own distinctive sensibilities to
versions of classic stories from Rod Serling’s landmark television series.
Shallow Grave
digital
Dir: Danny Boyle
Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle,
this is a savagely entertaining contemporary
black comedy, which sees three cocksure twentysomethings sharing a flat in Edinburgh getting
more than they bargained for when they go in
search of a new roommate.
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HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN - FURTHER EXPERIMENTS IN TERR0R
And to complement this diabolical raft of some of the most striking and shocking horror from
the last fifty years, you might want to consider peeking through those shielded eyes for further
experiments in terror.
Hammer is a British institution. For a golden period, the company consistently brought lurid reimaginings of the classic monster figures to life, upping the ante in every way conceivable: defiant
colour, garish smatterings of blood, low-cut corsetry and impolite violence. Horror grew up under
Hammer and revelled in it. But the studio had a moral compass underpinning the depictions of
nefarious deeds, the sincerity of its two principal actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. The
latter could be bestial and terrifying (Dracula) or subtle, natural victim (Frankenstein’s monster);
Cushing invested his characters with thoughtful anxiety, never a clear-cut hero or villain. Cushing
would have been 100 this year and this adds momentum to the resurgence of the unique brand.
A Hammer horror is a perfectly grown-up way to spend the evening.
The Curse Of
Frankenstein
digital
Dir: Terence Fisher
The night before his execution for murder,
Baron Frankenstein recounts his controversial
experiments to create life in a version of Mary
Shelley’s novel that ruefully captures the moral
complexity of the story whilst losing none of its
devastating irony.
(horror of) Dracula
Dir: Terence Fisher
Jonathan Harker, a student of vampires,
ventures to Dracula’s castle and attacks him.
The vengeful count leaves his dark abode to
prey on the family of his assailant’s fiancée. The
only man able to protect them is Dr. Van Helsing
(Cushing), a friend of Harker’s and enemy of the
undead.
The Mummy
digital
Dir: Terence Fisher
One by one the archaeologists who discovered
the 4,000 year-old tomb of Princess Ananka
are brutally murdered. Kharis (Lee), high priest
in Egypt centuries ago, has been brought to life
by the power of the ancient gods and his sole
purpose is to destroy those responsible for the
desecration of the sacred resting place. But Isobel
Banning, wife of one of the explorers (Cushing),
resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the
tormented monster to disobey orders and abduct
her to an unknown fate.
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HAmmer-time
HAMMER-TIME
HAmmer-time
IMAGE: the gorgon
Countess Dracula
Vampire Circus
Dir: Peter Sasdy
Dir: Robert Young
One day in a fit of rage, embittered widow Countess Elizabeth
strikes a chambermaid and blood from the girl splashes onto
the her face. To her amazement, her skin becomes youthful
and smooth. Elizabeth kidnaps the maid and kills her, making
herself look 25 years younger. But the effect is only temporary,
so what lengths will she go to keep up appearances?
A circus arrives at a Serbian village
where it will perform a show for
the locals. Many of them believe
that the plague that has gripped
their community is the result of a
curse inflicted on them by Count
Mitterhaus, a vampire. Unbeknown
to them, the leader of the circus is
the Count’s cousin intent on reviving
his relative and having his revenge...
Dracula Has Risen From
The Grave
Dir: Freddie Francis
Resurrected from an icy river tomb, the Count returns with
a lust for life and blood. The most religiously-themed of the
Dracula movies, this one has him battling with a monsignor
whose niece is the vampire’s intended... victim, that is.
The Gorgon
Dir: Terence Fisher
In early-20th century middle-Europe, villagers are literally
becoming petrified by a snake-haired siren in Hammer’s
grotesque foray into Greek mythology.
Hands Of The Ripper
Dir: Peter Sasdy
As a wave of horrific murders sweep through London, two
men realise that the perpetrator can be no one else but a
young girl they have taken in after finding at a crime scene.
As they discover her past, they learn that she is the child of the
infamous Ripper. Now they must devise a way of stopping her
murderous urges.
The Vampire
Lovers
Dir: Roy Ward Baker
In a peaceful hamlet in 18th-century
Eastern Europe, a female vampire
with lesbian tendencies ravages the
townsfolk, who, years earlier, killed
off her fellow kind.
The Hound Of The
Baskervilles
Dir: Terence Fisher
In this spellbinding Sherlock Holmes
mystery, Cushing stars as the great
detective who must unlock the
mystery of a hound’s horrible cry and
the systematic deaths of generations
of the Baskerville family.
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HAmmer-time
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb
dir: Seth Holt
Adapted from Bram Stoker’s Night of Seven Stars, this story follows the awakening of an ancient Egyptian
princess who bears an uncanny resemblance to the daughter of one of the expedition leaders. Father
and daughter must fight to ensure that the mummy princess remains dead.
THE Horror of Frankenstein
dir: Jimmy Sangster
Partly spoof, partly irreverent remake of the 1957 classic The Curse of
Frankenstein, this film follows a classic Frankenstein narrative of the
creation of a hideous monster comprised of cadaver parts, with outrageous
extra material to appeal to true British Hammer fans.
Quatermass and the Pit
digital
dir: Roy Ward Baker
A dark discovery deep beneath the pavements of London leads to Professor
Quatermass being summoned to investigate. An expert in extra-terrestrial
affairs, he discovers that what has been found is an example of an alien
invasion millions of years ago, but which still has the power to affect those
in close proximity to it.
She
dir: Robert Day
In unexplored North East Africa, a young soldier encounters the lost city
of Kuma, becoming the object of desire for its high priestess. While she
forces him to become immortal, he becomes involved in a brutal coup
which violently changes his life.
The Witches
digital
dir: Cyril Frankel
A schoolteacher arrives home from a traumatic exposure to witchcraft
in Africa, only to discover that her idyllic rural English village is hiding a
similarly sinister undertone.
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CHRISTOPHER LEE
If there was one word to describe Christopher
Lee, it would be stentorian. That voice full of
stoic challenge; his self-possession and rigid
demeanour. The actor essayed many an
antihero, but was so insistent in the purpose
of his character, immoral or otherwise, that
it is difficult not to appreciate his gravity and
comprehend his delusion. He will forever best
be known as Hammer’s bloodsucker (see page
11), but there is much more to appreciate.
The Bloody Judge
Dir: Jess Franco
Lee is Judge Jeffries, the Lord Chief Justice of 17th century
England, who condemns women as witches without
compunction to further his political career.
The City Of The Dead
Dir: John Moxey
On the advice of her demonology professor, a young female
student travels to a small town to research a paper on witchcraft.
Whilst there, she notices some weird happenings: things
begin to happen in earnest when she finds herself marked for
sacrifice by an undead coven of witches in this atmospheric
British tingler.
Circus Of Fear
Dir: John Moxey
Following an audacious bank heist, a Scotland Yard Inspector
poses as a photographer to visit the circus from where some of
the notes have come into circulation. But he becomes aware
of deeply sinister forces at work after he discovers a sack
containing the body of one of the robbers.
Dracula:
Prince of
Darkness
digital
dir: Terence Fisher
Christopher Lee returns to his most
recognisable role as Dracula revived from his defeat at the hands
of Van Helsing by the blood of an
unsuspecting tourist. Dracula uses
his supernatural influence to entice
his victims to his own eternal fate.
Rasputin the
Mad Monk
dir: Don Sharp
Wild Rasputin uses his dark magic
to seduce the women of the Russian
court in order to gain access to
and power from the Tsarina. He
inevitably attracts the attention
of the aristocracy who resent this
commoner’s presence.
The Fu Manchu collection
[featuring The Blood Of, The Brides Of, The Castle Of, The Face Of,
The Vengeance Of]
The Chinese criminal with the drooping moustache may have become shorthand for racial stereotype,
but was also a cultural archetype for sneering master villain. In Lee’s incarnation, the films are cheerfully
Eurotrash but the actor never lets the schlock get the better of him.
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christopher lee
IMAGE: the city of the dead
peter cushing
IMAGE: the uncanny
PETER CUSHING
No one did sorrow like Peter Cushing: the flesh from his cheekbones become wearily sucked back,
as if exposing skull. There is something always morbidly touching about the actor, even if some of
the characters he played were genuine monsters, like the iconic Victor Frankenstein. It is his solemn
dignity and brooding circumspection that begs intrigue, which went far beyond the Hammer stable.
House Of The Long Shadows
Corruption
Dir: Pete Walker
Dir: Robert Hartford-Davis
Desi Arnaz Jr. plays a young writer who bets that he can bat
out a mystery play in one evening, squirrelling himself away in
an old mansion where, unbeknownst to him, a bizarre family
reunion is scheduled to commence. But then the participants
begin dropping like flies. House of the Long Shadows
represents the only co-starring effort of those titans of terror
Cushing, Lee and Price.
Cushing plays Sir John Rowan,
a brilliant surgeon decapitating
prostitutes for pituitary gland fluid to
repair the badly-burned face of his
fiancée. Advertised at the time as “A
super-shock picture so no woman
will be admitted to see it alone!”,
this rarely-seen demented foray into
nastiness has been digitally restored.
Nothing But The Night
Dir: Peter Sasdy
Trustees of the Van Traylen fund have been winding up dead,
apparent suicides. When the final three die in a mysterious bus
accident alongside thirty orphans, the police inspector assigned
to the case (Lee) notices a number of discrepancies and enlists
the help of a psychiatrist (Cushing) to get to the bottom of it.
At The Earth’s Core
Dir: Kevin Connor
A Victorian-era scientist and his assistant take a test run in
their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange
underground labyrinth full of prehistoric monsters and
cavemen, and ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird.
digital
The Uncanny
Dir: Denis Héroux
Wilbur Gray is an eccentric author
who urges his publisher to print a
manuscript that tells three gruesome
stories of the revenge exacted by
cats on those who have wronged
them. They may have nine lives, but
they certainly aren’t afraid of taking
human ones.
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Another classic horror double act to rival that of Hammer’s enfants terribles. Inspired by the stories
of claustrophobic insanity and private paranoia written by Edgar Allan Poe, pioneering B-movie
producer and director Roger Corman made a series of films that, despite their meagre budgets,
looked dazzlingly ambitious and artful. What powered these Gothic epics was Vincent Price, brimming
with sinister camp, adroitly straddling the line between homicidal madness and earnest self-delusion
that characterised Poe’s protagonists.
House Of Usher (1960)
When a beautiful young woman’s suitor arrives to ask her hand in
marriage, the doors of the mysterious house of Usher fling open
and terror begins. Her jealous brother will resort to macabre
ends to prevent the family bloodline from getting tainted.
The Masque Of The Red Death
Whilst a virulent epidemic rages outside, a Satan-worshipping
prince stays confined in his castle and holds a party for the elite.
All is revelry and debauchery until, during the great masque
which crowns the entertainment, the guests succumb to the
plague one-by-one.
Pit and The Pendulum
digital
Price stars as Nicholas Medina, the son of a notorious Spanish
Inquisition torturer, whose wife has died under mysterious
circumstances. The tormented Medina comes to believe that
she was buried alive, and can hear his wife’s voice calling out
to him.
The Raven
Inspired by Poe’s poem, and starring horror legends Peter Lorre
and Boris Karloff alongside Price, this is a cult classic of wizards
duelling for magical supremacy.
Tales Of Terror
A ghoulish anthology dramatising three of Poe’s short stories
(Morella, The Black Cat, and The Case of M. Valdemar).
The Tomb Of Ligeia
IMAGE: pit and the pendulum
A widower falls in love and marries an exact replica of his first
wife. The second wife soon discovers her husband’s fixation with
his dead spouse and becomes the object of evil happenings.
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gothic poe-try
gothic poe-try:
VINCENT PRICE & ROGER CORMAN
Price was a performer who was better than the mould in which he
was typecast. Critical reaction seemed to trap him in a repertory of
malevolent dilettantes and effete magicians, yet he always played
them with arch relish. Outside of the Poe cycle, there is plenty more
opportunity to watch the macabre master of disguise.
the Mad Magician
digital
Dir: John Brahm
Gallico the Great is a respected inventor of stage magic effects but
wants the celebrity of a headline act. When a rival steals his wife
and attempts to appropriate his famed buzz-saw trick, Gallico goes
berserk. One murder follows another as he tries to cover his tracks:
Price was rarely more crazed than here.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes/
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Dir: Robert Fuest
A man who was disfigured in a car wreck seeks revenge on those
he believes are responsible for the death of his wife. Each slaying is
patterned after the plagues brought down on Rameses, from killer
locusts to blood-sucking bats. In the second film, he sets out for Egypt
to find the secret elixir of life so that he may resurrect his beloved.
the Comedy Of Terrors
Dir: Jacques Tourneur
A horror spoof in which a funeral director, who is in arrears on rent,
aggressively pursues customers to bolster his business. The fact that
they haven’t died yet doesn’t seem to dissuade him.
Cry Of The Banshee
Dir: Gordon Hessler
A 16th-century lord goes on a rampage to rid the countryside of
witches. He kills the children of the chief sorceress, who retaliates by
putting a death hex on him and his heirs.
House Of Wax 3D
digital
Dir: André de Toth
IMAGE: THE mad magician
TRICK OR TREAT? Professor Henry Jarrod is a true artist whose wax sculptures are
uncannily lifelike. He specializes in violent historical tableaux such as
the beheading of Marie Antoinette or the burning of Joan of Arc...
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VINCENT PRICE
VINCENT PRICE
VINCENT PRICE
IMAGE: theatre of blood
The Monster Club
Dir: Roy Ward Baker
A rich collection of vampires, werewolves,
snakemen, wasp-women, ghouls and other
weird creatures gather to enjoy themselves
amid the flashing lights and rock music
at the Monster Club. Vampire Eramus
(Price, his only role as a bloodsucker)
takes a recent victim there and spins three
fantastical tales.
Dr.
The
Dr.
The
Goldfoot and
Bikini Machine/
Goldfoot and
Girl Bombs
Dir: Norman Taurog/Mario Bava
The foppish mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot
has invented an army of bikini-clad robots
who are programmed to seek out wealthy
men and charm them into signing over
their assets: in Bava’s follow-up, he plots
another saucy scheme to take over the
world by killing off the major global military
leaders.
Scream and Scream
Again
Dir: Gordon Hessler
A deranged scientist, seeking to create a race of
superhumans by means of organic transplant, commits
a series of brutal murders in order to utilize their bodies.
Theatre Of Blood
Dir: Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is a crazed Shakespearean actor who
adds murder to his repertoire when he takes gruesome
revenge on the critics who slighted him. Price is a
glorious hamper of hamminess in this deft and witty
film: tuck in.
Madhouse
Dir: Jim Clark
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after
years in a mental institution. But the character seems to
be committing murders independent of his will.
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ROGER CORMAN
IMAGE: bloody mama
ROGER CORMAN
Corman had a knack for economy, not only financially but in storytelling. His prolific career is full
of highlights both eccentric, satirical and morbid. Famous for kick-starting the careers of many
filmmakers (Joe Dante, Jack Nicholson), this is an ideal time to remember that he was a great
director in his own right.
A Bucket Of Blood
Bloody Mama
When Walter Paisley accidentally kills his
neighbour’s cat and covers the remains in
plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed
as a brilliant sculptor. But with his work now in
demand, Walter must return to this method to
produce new masterpieces…
Ma Barker (Shelley Winters) and her four sons leave
a life of poverty for one of sadism, incest, murder
and violence, until the FBI begin to hunt them down.
The Haunted Palace
When a man arrives in the village of Arkham to
claim the mansion that was once the domain of
his great-great grandfather, a black magician
who was burned alive, he discovers that the
place is populated by strangely deformed people
who are under his ancestor’s curse. Which,
unsurprisingly, threatens to possesses him.
Premature Burial
Guy Carrell (Ray Milland) is obsessed with the idea
that he will be buried while in a state of catalepsy.
He marries a woman who promises to cure him
with love but then his fears become real.
Tower Of London
Vincent Price stars in this chilling tale based on the
story of King Richard III, a disfigured, homicidal
misanthrope who tortured his way to the British
throne.
TRICK OR TREAT? Gas! -or- It Became
Necessary to Destroy
the World in Order to
Save It
A poisonous gas accidentally escapes from a
chemical company in Alaska and kills off everyone
in the world over the age of 25. A society forms that
is a twisted parody of our destroyed civilisation.
The Trip
A TV-commercial director decides to try LSD, and
experiences visions of sex, death, dancing girls
and a torture chamber.
X: The Man With The
X-Ray Eyes
Involved in research seeking to increase the power
of the human eye, a scientist decides to test a new
serum on himself, which will allow him to see as
if with X-rays. But his vision continues to develop
in sensitivity until he can no longer bear it. If thine
own eye offend thee…
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The master of terror and suspense is the
world’s bestselling horror author. Film
adaptations of his terrifying stories make for
some of the creepiest tales ever commited
to celluloid.
CARRIE
PET SEMATARY
digital
Dir: Brian De Palma
Dir: Mary Lambert
Carrie is a born victim: ruthlessly bullied by her
classmates, inhibited by her psychotically-religious
mother. When she becomes the butt of a vicious
prank, her telekinetic powers are unleashed to
devastating effect.
A young doctor and his family move to a
small town in Maine and discover that they
are living near a very unusual burial ground.
Their neighbours are reluctant to talk about the
cemetery, and for good reason too…
CHRISTINE
digital
Dir: John Carpenter
Christine is a sleek shocker telling the story of a 1958
Plymouth Fury that takes on human characteristics,
particularly those pertaining to her name, and the
devastating effects this ‘psycho-bitch-with-a-fueltank’ has on her once mild-mannered owner.
THE SHINING
digital
Dir: Stanley Kubrick
Think of the greatest terror imaginable. Is it a
monstrous alien? A lethal epidemic? Or is it fear of
being murdered by someone who should love and
protect you - a member of your own family? In a
signature role, Jack Nicholson plays Jack Torrance,
who’s come to the isolated Overlook Hotel as offseason caretaker with his wife and son before slowly
descending into a ghostly time warp of madness
and murder. From a script he co-adapted from the
Stephen King novel, Stanley Kubrick melds vivid
performances, menacing settings and dreamlike
tracking shots into a milestone of the macabre.
THINNER
Dir: Tom Holland
A lawyer is cursed by a gypsy to lose weight...and
lose weight...and lose weight...
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MISERY
Dir: Rob Reiner
Successful romantic novelist, Paul Sheldon, who
just had his life saved by his No.1 fan now lives
to regret it. When Ann Wilkes discovers that her
favorite character has been killed off in his latest
novel she’ll do anything to make sure he brings
her back to life. Now Paul Sheldon must write as
if his life depended on it...because it does.
CREEPSHOW
Dir: George A. Romero
Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s,
George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five
tales of terror to the screen.
Stephen King’s Cat’s
Eye
dir: Lewis Teague
Weaving together stories of intimidation,
violence and fantasy, the events which occur
around the life of one heroic cat are sure to
unnerve.
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IMAGE: the shining
MIDNIGHT MOVIES
MIDNIGHT MOVIES
The ideal slot to experience horror. ‘After hours’
in the relative sanctuary of the movie theatre,
surrounded by like-minded souls, but utterly alone
once the light hits the screen. Or laughing out
loud at the demented frolics before you within a
community addicted to the weird and wonderful.
Whether they’re enlivened by fancy dress or fun
gimmickry, or played po-faced to provide genuine
fright during the witching hour, there is nothing like
the opportunity to revel in the bonkers and brutal
with a bunch of other game individuals. Enjoyed in
unusual double bills or just memorable one-offs,
these midnight movies became ‘cult’ for a reason…
The Awakening
digital
IMAGE:dead & buried
Dead & Buried
dir: Mike Newell
Dir: Gary Sherman
An Egyptian mummy expert disturbs a violent queen
capable of reincarnation. Eighteen years later he discovers
that he and his daughter have an unintentionally fatal
effect on their enemies and the mummy queen is to blame.
In the town of Potters Bluff, all is not as it seems.
Sheriff Dan Gillis is a man who’s determined
to find out what sinister secrets lie behind a
series of random acts of terrible violence. His
search leads him to the town’s undertaker
and, most chillingly of all, to his own wife.
Brain Damage
Dir: Frank Henenlotter
Probably shouldn’t give away the plot of this bizarre tale
but, suffice to say, a nice young man’s life changes when a
1,000 year-old brain-eating parasite named Elmer slithers
under his New York City apartment door one day… and
that’s not the half of it!
The Burning
Dir: Tony Maylam
A disfigured man burned by kids whilst he was a gardener
at summer camp returns to maul and decapitate with giant
hedge shears. Cue lots of modern teens getting killed to
the music of Rick Wakeman.
Crawlspace
Dir: David Schmoeller
Gunther (Klaus Kinski) seems like a conscientious landlord
who looks out for his female tenants. What they don’t
know is that he has a crawlspace from where he watches
their every intimate move and plans their murders.
TRICK OR TREAT? Death Line (RAW
MEAT)
Dir: Gary Sherman
“Mind the doors!” There’s something pretty
grisly going on in the tunnels between Holborn
and Russell Square involving cannibalistic extube workers. You’ll never want to take the
Underground again.
Deranged
Dir: Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen
A middle-aged farmer, whose domineering
mother warped him into becoming a psychotic
killer, mummifies her body when she dies and
then takes home other women to keep her
company. A gleeful, gory take on the Ed Gein
story.
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dir: John Carpenter
The centenary of the founding of a small Californian coastal town prompts
disturbing happenings to roll in from the sea. Murdered by the settlement’s
founding fathers in 1880, restless spirits engulf everything in a killing mist.
From Beyond
Dir: Stuart Gordon
A doctor invents a machine that stimulates a sensory gland in the brain that
allows the user to view an extra dimension. Unfortunately, when he sees the
monstrous inhabitants of this realm, they can see him too and are rather eager
to introduce him to their world: one that goes beyond the flesh.
Ghoulies/Ghoulies 2
Dir: Luca Bercovici/Albert Band
When a college student inherits an old mansion he finds he has also inherited
its residents - a bunch of slimy, hairy, fanged creatures who’ll do anything for
him. Even kill. And lurk in the toilet. Then they come back in a sequel giving both
those on screen and in the auditorium a night they’ll never forget.
It’s Alive
Dir: Larry Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Davies are expecting a baby. Which turns out to be a monster with
a nasty habit of killing when it’s scared. And it’s easily scared…
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Dir: Stephen Chiodo
Truly one-of-a-kind alien-invasion sci-fi featuring blood-drinking intergalactic
clowns harvesting a small city of its plasma.
Terrorvision
Dir: Ted Nicolaou
A bizarre cosmic accident has produced an oozing, tentacled creature which
projects itself out of television sets and eats its viewers. The Ring on lysergic acid.
Troll/Troll 2
Dir: John Carl Buechler/Claudio Fragasso
IMAGE: troll 2
When an evil troll attempts to bring about cataclysmic changes that will forever
erase mankind, an ancient sorceress and a young boy join forces to stop him
before he can carry out his diabolical plan. But that is nothing compared to the
‘so-bad-it’s-brilliant’ sequel. Trolls live in the woods around Nilbog and feed
on the town’s population. By transforming themselves into people, the trolls are
able to come into town and pick their menu. But before they can eat, their prey
must first be turned into vegetables. Yes. You heard that right.
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MIDNIGHT MOVIES
The Fog
GRINDHOUSE
In the last few years, video nasties, Italian horror and exploitation schlock have all risen in popularity,
partly in thanks to Quentin Tarantino but also due to dedicated DVD labels treating the movies with
the respect their fans demand. But these grisly, stylish offerings are still best enjoyed on a big screen,
where the lurid fantasy is magnified as perverse opulence.
Anthropophagous
Motel Hell
Dir: Joe D’Amato
Dir: Kevin Connor
A group of vacationers find themselves trapped on a deserted
island and pursued by a bloodthirsty cannibal.
Veteran actor Rory Calhoun stars
as fiendish Farmer Vincent in this
deliciously ghoulish tale of the
macabre that has now become a cult
classic.
The Beyond
Dir: Lucio Fulci
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, after
a series of gruesome, supernatural ‘accidents’, she learns
that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
A film that proceeds with the narcotic illogic of a bad dream.
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
dir: Jorge Grau
Ultra-sonic radiation reanimates corpses near Manchester.
Blood and guts and every hysterical reaction possible in the
Yorkshire Dales.
THE Texas
Chainsaw
Massacre 2
Dir: Tobe Hooper
Over ten years after making the
original Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
Tobe Hooper returns to his deranged
family of reclusive cannibals for
another round of chainsaw chases
and non-stop screaming.
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IMAGE: anthropophagous
THE MONSTER SQUAD
IMAGE: vampires (see page 25)
THE MONSTER SQUAD
Take some time to thrill your audiences with contemporary
re-imaginings of the antiheroes of Gothic literature. Iconic
figures such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bram Stoker’s
Count Dracula or Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde have evolved over time to reflect the changes
in society and audience taste. Inspired by these horror
giants, modern day fiends include blaxploitation vampires,
TRICK
OR TREAT?
adolescent
were-teens,
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cadavers and amazing
transparent monsters; they’re all here…
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WOLFMEN
Fuzzy, fuddled and fierce, the werewolf appeals to man’s inner beast. Ideal for an evening of feral
entertainment. Provided there’s a full moon.
The Howling
dir: Joe Dante
After her stalker is apprehended and killed, a TV news anchor needs a relaxing getaway. Little does she
know, her reclusive resort is harbouring a dark secret.
Howling 2: Your Sister Is A Werewolf
Dir: Philippe Mora
Ben White is investigating the death of his sister, a reporter killed with a silver bullet. His findings lead
him to Transylvania to battle an evil witch queen and put an end to her werewolf coven in this demented
sequel to Joe Dante’s classic.
The Beast Within
Dir: Philippe Mora
A teenager is experiencing growing pains of a most shocking sort in this exciting, tense and all-too-real
story of monstrous transformation.
Wolfen
Dir: Michael Wadleigh
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks in this unnaturally
hirsute thriller.
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THE MONSTER SQUAD: WOLFMEN
IMAGE: the beast within
VAMPIRES
Vampires fascinate with their eroticism
and immortal bloodlust. From the elegant
traditional Gothic version to all manner of
fanged fiends on an equality and diversity
roll call, here’s a bunch to sink your teeth
into.
30 Days of Night
dir: David Slade
An isolated Alaskan community is forced to endure
a month of darkness in their deepest winter. A clan
of feral vampires descends upon them, hunting them
ceaselessly till the sun rises again.
Blacula/
Scream, Blacula, Scream
Dir: William Crain/Bob Kelljan
An old victim of Count Dracula’s bite is loose and
stalking the streets of 20th-century Los Angeles in this
Blaxploitation classic: for the sequel, he returns to the
world of the living by means of voodoo and is loose
once again with insatiable lust. Perfect for a double bill.
Bram Stoker’s
Dracula digital
Interview With The
Vampire: the vampire
chronicles
Dir: Neil Jordan
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal,
loneliness, and hunger in this sumptuously
perverse adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel.
Let Me In
dir: Matt Reeves
A remake of the popular Swedish film, this
modern Hammer horror follows the story of
two children who become friends. 12-year-old
Owen is bullied but finds comfort in his new
friendship with Abby, who reveals herself to be
an ancient bloodthirsty vampire.
The Lost Boys
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
Dir: Joel Schumacher
One of the most faithful adaptations of the source,
Coppola punctuates his pitch-dark love story about
the vampire who travels from Eastern Europe to
England in search of human love with baroque
flourishes. New 4K DCP.
After moving to a new town, two brothers
are convinced that the area is frequented by
vampires in this ‘80s leather-clad pop art in
thrall to the Brat Pack.
Count Yorga, Vampire
Dir: Bob Kelljan
In this contemporary version of the Dracula myth, a
sophisticated and clever vampire establishes a coven
in Los Angeles and terrorizes the local teenagers.
Memorable, distinctive, it’s the best bloodsucker few
know of and begs rediscovery.
Vampires
Dir: John Carpenter
A vampire hunter must retrieve a cross before
it falls into the hands of the undead, producing
dire consequences for humanity in John
Carpenter’s action-packed horror western.
See also Fright Night (p7) Dracula (p11), various Hammer vampire films (p12), Vampyr (p33), Hotel Transylvania (p37).
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THE MONSTER SQUAD: VAMPIRES
IMAGE: the lost boys
There are the shuffling creatures hungry for
flesh. The more spry cadavers desperate
for brains. And the running ones, all rage
and instinctual attack. Zombies continue to
fascinate and swarm our screens: they’re
exactly like us, except totally dehumanised.
There’s only one thing for it during a
screening: barricade the doors!
Night Of The Living
Dead (1968)
Dir: George A. Romero
The original zombie classic. Subversive,
political, terrifying: a ferocious portrait of
America in the 60s.
Night Of The Living
Dead (1990)
Dir: Tom Savini
You know the drill: seven people barricade
themselves inside a farmhouse whilst an army
of flesh-eating zombies roam the countryside.
This colourful remake directed by FX maestro
Savini builds on its inspiration.
THE Plague of the
Zombies
dir: John Gilling
Zombie thrillers set 200 years ago are pretty
rare, but this film attempts to explore the
effects of Haitian magic on a small Cornish
village. An alternative take on the genre with
some good old-fashioned zombie killing.
the Return Of The
Living Dead
Dir: Dan O’Bannon
IMAGE: NIGHT of the living dead (1990)
TRICK OR TREAT? Two employees of a medical supply company
accidentally release a toxic gas that reanimates
the dead. Soon the town is overrun with flesheating residents of the local cemetery who are
hungry. For brains…
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THE MONSTER SQUAD: ZOMBIES
ZOMBIES
Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, albeit usually
misshapen and certainly over-powering. Eschewing
more traditional horror stalwarts, there’s a whole
menagerie of ghoulish goblins waiting to shiver the
timbers.
The Ape
Dir: William Nigh
A doctor disguised as an ape slays two women and
attempts to kill a third in order to obtain their spinal
fluids.
The Ghoul
digital
Dir: T. Hayes Hunter
An eminent Egyptologist (Boris Karloff) has purchased a
precious stone stolen from a tomb. When he is buried, he
has it with him, hoping to appease the gods after death.
But the grave is robbed and the professor returns as a
ghoul, anxious to seek revenge on those responsible.
The Manster
Dir: Kenneth G. Crane/George P. Breakston
An American reporter in Japan is given a mysterious
injection by a scientist, which turns him into a twoheaded monster in this bizarre curiosity.
Pumpkinhead
Dir: Stan Winston
“For each of Man’s evils a special demon exists...”
Pumpkinhead exists in folklore, via a diabolic ritual to
ensure wrongs are righted. When a father’s son dies in
an accident, he invokes the ancient score-setter, and
finds that vengeance has no easy price.
The Amazing Transparent
Man
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer
IMAGE: the ghoul
From cult director Ulmer, a mad scientist experiments
with a serum to make man transparent and uses an
escaped convict to rob a bank.
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THE MONSTER SQUAD: GHOULS
GHOULS
RAY HARRYHAUSEN
RAY HARRYHAUSEN
Nathan Juran. Jim O’Connell. Don Chaffey. Heard of
any of them? Probably not. Mention Ray Harryhausen
and everyone nods their heads. Vigorously. These
directors made films that the late animator endowed
with his unique handiwork. Those skirmishing
skeletons, the bronze colossus Talos creaking with
might, the serpent-haired Medusa both terrifying
and strangely voluptuous: those images are part of
childhood and beg re-visitation on the big screen.
Earth Vs. The Flying
Saucers digital
TRICK
OR TREAT?
A young
scientist and
his new
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bride
race against time to
stop an alien invasion of Earth.
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digital
Dir: Robert Gordon
A Navy submarine commander joins a pair of marine biologists to
prevent a giant octopus from destroying San Francisco.
Jason AND The Argonauts
digital
Dir: Don Chaffey
The Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest
for the legendary Golden Fleece.
Mysterious Island
digital
Dir: Cy Endfield
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up
stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals.
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad
digital
Dir: Nathan Juran
Sinbad is forced to return to the magical isle of Colossa in search of the
secret to restore his thumb-sized fiancée to normal demeanour.
THE Golden Voyage Of Sinbad
Dir: Gordon Hessler
Sinbad and his crew intercept a flying homunculus carrying a golden
tablet. But this is one third of a puzzle that leads to untold riches, and the
evil magician Koura is hell-bent on being the first to solve it…
Sinbad AND The Eye Of The Tiger
Dir: Sam Wanamaker
Sinbad is enlisted by Princess Farah to help rid her brother of a curse
that is gradually turning him into an ape.
First Men In The Moon
Dir: Nathan Juran
Three astronauts, returning from the moon with a manuscript of a previous
discovery, track down an aged adventurer, who tells a story of the first
landing. A spectacular adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel of space travel.
20 Million Miles To Earth
digital
Dir: Nathan Juran
A US army rocket ship, returning from an exploratory flight to Venus, crashes
into the sea off the coast of Sicily. But they did not come back alone…
THE 3 Worlds Of Gulliver
IMAGE: jason and the
argonauts
Dir: Jack Sher
Harryhausen’s stunning visual effects and Bernard Herrmann’s rousing
score brings Jonathan Swift’s novel to life in an unforgettable adaptation.
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RAY HARRYHAUSEN
It Came From Beneath The Sea
Nature must get fed up of us humans: constantly trashing it and ignoring the delicate balance of its
beauty. So it begins to rebel, species mutating into vicious predators to fight back or prehistorical
remnants rapidly returning to life in our self-polluted atmosphere. In the spirit of Harryhausen, there
are angry insects, bilious frogs and hopping-mad bunnies to terrorise us all: freaks of nature can be
gloriously dangerous. Let that be a lesson...
Mothra
digital
Dir: Ishirô Honda
A gigantic moth, worshipped as a goddess by an island people, begins
to wreak havoc in Tokyo. Made by the director of Godzilla, with special
effects by that film’s Eiji Tsubaraya, who pioneered ‘suitimation’, this is
one of the best examples of the kaiju (Japanese monster movie).
The Bat People
Piranha
Dir: Jerry Jameson
Dir: Joe Dante
A doctor and his wife out vacationing in the mountains
have a close encounter with some bats inhabiting a
vast, mysterious cavern. Soon, the doctor begins to
mutate into a horrible, blood-sucking monster, and
his wife may be in for the same fate…
The sophomore effort for director Joe Dante, this
low-budget, high-camp horror spoof of Jaws is
one of the most nastily fun movies of the 70s. A
deadly strain of the flesh-eating fish, developed
as a biological weapon in the Vietnam war, is
accidentally released into the local river, which
leads to a lake where a nearby children’s summer
camp and tourist resort will provide plenty of fish
food…
Black Sheep
dir: Jonathan King
A quiet New Zealand farm stages a hectic race for
survival in this comedy-horror. A wayward farmer plays
with sheep genetics, and creates a new breed. These
carnivorous sheep prey upon human flesh and can
turn their victims into furry four-legged fiends.
Frogs
Dir: George McCowan
A revenge-of-nature film in which thousands of swamp
critters attack a wheelchair-bound, Deep South
plantation owner and his family on his birthday, the
4th of July. Has the fact that he’s been destroying the
bayou wildlife around him have anything to do with it?
Night Of The Lepus
Dir: William F. Claxton
Cole Hillman’s Arizona ranch is plagued with ‘mongrel’
rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologicallysound control method: the animals are injected with
genetically-mutated blood in an effort to develop a
method of disrupting their reproduction. One of the
test subjects escapes, resulting in a race of bloodthirsty,
wolf-sized, man-, horse-, and cow-eating bunnies.
TRICK OR TREAT? Reptilicus
Dir: Sidney W. Pink
Copper miners in the tundras of Lapland discover
a frozen piece of reptilian tail belonging to some
unknown prehistoric creature. But then the fossil
regenerates into a giant, acid-spitting monster
that terrorizes the country and blowing it up will
only create hundreds of little creatures...
Squirm
Dir: Jeff Lieberman
When a power line falls to the ground on a rainy
Georgia night, slimy killer sandworms emerge
from the ground and terrorise a small town.
PROPHECY
Dir: John Frankenheimer
A log company’s waste mutates the environment,
creating a giant killer bear-monster. It’s part
monster movie, part enviromental warning from
veteran suspense director John Frankenheimer.
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fantastic creatures & unnatural animals
FANTASTIC CREATURES & UNNATURAL ANIMALS
Before Technicolor made murder luridly scarlet and monsters
kaleidoscopic beasts, nightmares were imagined in stark
monochrome. Looming silhouettes stalked the screen, long
shadows cast to reflect the dark halves of human personality,
the high contrast monochrome perfectly poised to dramatise
the battle between good and evil. Horror cinema was getting
to grips with scaring its audience, imagination let loose
through experimental technique and ingeniously evocative
imagery. There are Expressionist vampires, original haunted
houses and the pre-flesh-eating zombie in this collection.
Dead of Night
digital
dir: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
A party at a country house is disturbed by the assertion of one the
guests who claims to be able to predict the future. This prompts the
other guests to recount grisly stories of supernatural happenings.
THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE
(Thou shalt not kill)
Dir: D. W. Griffith
This is the first psychological horror movie, pre-dating The Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari by five years. Inspired by several stories by Poe,
The Avenging Conscience was an important breakthrough in the
development of film as an art form: it is also a dream-like descent
into the bruised depths of the human mind.
The Fall Of The House Of
Usher
Dir: Jean Epstein
Having indirectly caused the death of his beloved, Roderick Usher
stubbornly tries to resurrect her spirit by devoting himself to painting
and sculpture. Epstein studiously avoids cheap shocks in this tale
of hereditary madness, conveying the twilight zone between life
and death with tightly-controlled, spookily-subtle technique.
I Bury The Living
Dir: Albert Band
IMAGE: the fall of the
house of usher
Unjustly ignored by many books on the horror film, I Bury the Living
is a bone-chilling little mood piece, almost completely dominated
by Richard Boone’s performance as a troubled man who becomes
convinced that he has the power over life and death.
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a superb vintage
A SUPERB VINTAGE
Dir: James Whale
One of the most literate, eccentric and visually striking horror films
of the thirties. Five travellers caught in a violent storm take refuge
in a sinister mansion inhabited by three certifiable lunatics. An artful
mixture of chills and ghoulish humour.
The Phantom Of The Opera
Dir: Rupert Julian
This classic silent masterpiece stars Lon Chaney, in one of his most
grotesque performances, as the crazed man without a face, who
lives in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera. Infatuated with a
young opera singer, he kidnaps her and drags her to the depths
below where she will sing only for him.
Vampyr
Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer
This unique film is the supreme example of horror sensed rather than
seen. A young man spends a night in a lonely inn and suspects that
he is surrounded by vampires, dreaming of his own death.
Waxworks
Dir: Paul Leni and Leo Birinsky
A starving poet asked to write about the figures in the fantastic
waxworks invents four portraits of cruelty. A haunting atmosphere
is created through the expressionistic sets and ingenious lighting
effects.
White Zombie
Dir: Victor Halperin
One of the best examples from Hollywood’s Golden Age of horror
cinema, this concerns an army of Haitian zombies who work in a
sugar mill for the man who controls them. It’s a Gothic fairy tale filled
with dreamlike imagery, echoes of romanticism and psychosexual
overtones.
The Lodger
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
IMAGE: THE phantom of the
opera
TRICK OR TREAT? One of Hitchcock’s first films, based on the story of Jack The Ripper.
As the suspicion that a neighbour may not be all he seems, the catand-mouse tension reaches almost unbearable proportion.
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a superb vintage
The Old Dark House
william castle
IMAGE: the tingler
WILLIAM CASTLE
Castle was a filmmaker, showman and eccentric inventor of gimmicks. Glow-in-the-dark
flying inflatable skeletons for House On Haunted Hill screenings, electrically-charged buzzers
attached to the seats in The Tingler and ‘punishment polls’ for Mr. Sardonicus, where the
audience voted on the villain’s fate. Can anyone out-gimmick the master at a screening today?
The Tingler
digital
An imaginative thriller that follows a scientist who believes screaming releases tensions that would
otherwise kill people. When a deaf-mute theatre operator dies, Price discovers that the cause was an
insect that attaches itself to a person’s spinal cord and can only be killed if the victim screams.
13 Ghosts
A professor and his family move into an ancient house which hides a treasure and is plagued by ghosts
of former owners. Plenty of chills and chuckles, with Margaret Hamilton cleverly cast as a sinister
housekeeper.
Homicidal
A pretty but rather strange young nurse presides over a creepy household which consists of a mute
stroke victim and a decidedly un-macho young man.
Mr. Sardonicus
This is the story of a reclusive count with a hideous grin frozen onto his face. He lures his wife’s boyfriend,
a doctor, to his castle to cure him.
Strait-Jacket
A crazed axe murderer, released after spending 20 years in a mental institution for lopping the heads
off her husband and his lover, returns home to her daughter, who witnessed the slayings as a three-yearold. Shortly after her return, heads begin to roll again, with all the evidence pointing to the woman…
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the new breed
THE NEW BREED
Halloween tends to beg nostalgia for seasonal cinema
classics. But let’s not forget that the last two decades
have seen the genre flourish with dark imagination,
postmodern wit and eerie classicism from around
the globe. Filmmakers such as Robert Rodriguez and
Guillermo del Toro turned their comicbook sensibilities
into iconic nightmares, whilst J-Horror exploded a
uniquely twisted surrealism. Meanwhile, the teen
horror would never be the same after Wes Craven’s
knowing reinvention of the slasher film that his Elm
Street so nurtured with Scream. The new crop of
horror cinema stands proud amongst its forefathers.
From Dusk Till Dawn
digital
IMAGE: from dusk till dawn
The Others
Dir: Robert Rodriguez
Two deranged convicts kidnap a preacher and his kids, and
flee for the safety of a remote nightclub in Mexico. Once
they arrive, they discover that the place is anything but a safe
haven for criminals. Featuring an outrageous plot hijacking
that still thrills today.
Dir: Alejandro Amenábar
The Faculty
SCARY MOVIE
Dir: Robert Rodriguez
Dir: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after a series
of bizarre occurrences.
A year after disposing the body of a man
they accidently killed, a group of dumb
teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial
killer.
Mimic
Dir: Guillermo del Toro
Three years ago an entomologist genetically engineered an
insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now
the species are out to destroy their only predator, mankind…
digital
Also available:
scary movie 2, 3 and 4
Triangle
Cube
Dir: Christopher Smith
Dir: Vincenzo Natali
Seven strangers are involuntarily placed in an endless
Kafkaesque maze laced with deadly traps.
Scream
A woman who lives in an old house
with her two photosensitive children
becomes convinced that her family
home is haunted.
digital
A labyrinthine, mind-melting psychological
horror from one of Britain’s best genre
directors.
the ring
Dir: Wes Craven
The residents of a picturesque small town are being
victimised by a masked psycho with a twisted love for scary
movies, mimicking horror films with real acts of terror. An
instant audience favourite for its unique style and humour.
Dir: Gore Verbinski
A mysterious video kills whoever watches
it, unless the viewer can solve its mystery.
Also available: THE Ring two
Also available: scream 2 and 3
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dir: Oren Peli
A horror for the modern age, this film traces
the actions of a malevolent spirit who has
taken up residence in a young couple’s new
house. Through ‘found footage’ material,
it is discovered that they have been sharing
their house with a demonic presence.
Rare Exports
digital
dir: Jalmari Helander
A Finnish reindeer herding community are
disturbed when the excavation of a tomb
reveals an undead being. It becomes
apparent that Santa is less about rewarding
good children, and more about punishing the
bad ones. He sees you when you’re sleeping,
he knows when you’re awake…
Buried
dir: Rodrigo Cortès
IMAGE: RARE EXPORTS
Trapped in a coffin in Iraq, Paul Conroy must
use his limited supplies to escape from certain
death. Imprisoned by terrorists, this unique
thriller shows Conroy’s efforts to escape
under constant cloying claustrophobia.
Kill List
digital
dir: Ben Wheatley
Ex-military men Jay and Gal are now hitmen,
and they’ve just got a new contract. Weird
twists, turns and cult happenings follow in
this opaque and enigmatic British horror.
Sightseers
digital
Ben Wheatley
IMAGE: SIGHTSEERS
A couple on a caravan holiday embark on
a deadpan killing spree. This dark British
comedy is brilliantly constructed with almost
complete detachment from the couple’s
awful deeds, allowing the humour to spurt
out of every scene.
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the new breed
Paranormal
Activity digital
Horror’s not just an adult entertainment:
indeed, it lays particularly fertile eggs in a
child’s mind - the thrills of trick-or-treating
or the huddled duvet after a spooky bedtime
story. After all, the genre is rooted in fantasy,
often dark but also magical. There’s nothing
to suggest that ghouls and ghosties can’t
provide perfect family entertainment.
Hocus Pocus
Dir: Kenny Ortega
You’re in for a devil of a time when three
outlandishly wild witches return from 17th century
Salem after they are accidently conjured up by
some unsuspecting pranksters. Loaded with
bewitching laughs, this is an outrageously wild
comedy.
Hotel
Transylvania
digital
Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish
high-end resort, where monsters and their families
can live it up away from the human world. When
an ordinary guy discovers the resort and falls for
the count’s teenage daughter Mavis, comedy
high jinks ensue.
Corpse Bride
Dir: Tim Burton
IMAGE: corpse bride
TRICK OR TREAT? This stop-motion animated feature follows the
story of Victor, a young man who is whisked
away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious
Corpse Bride, while his real fiancée waits bereft
in the land of the living. Though existence in the
Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful
than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns
that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that
can keep him away from his one true love.
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don’t be afraid of the boogeyman!
DON’T BE
AFRAID OF THE
BOOGEYMAN!
digital
Dir: Jim Henson
A teenager babysitting her little brother accidentally sends him to the land
of the Goblin King: she must get him back by midnight or he will be turned
into a gremlin.
The Thief Of Bagdad
digital
Dir: Ludwig Berger/Michael Powell/Tim Whelan
A young thief helps the wrongfully imprisoned King of Bagdad to escape.
As the two attempt to restore peace to the city, their adventures bring them
into contact with a genie and a flying carpet, both of which they will need
if they are to defeat the evil Jaffar.
Willow
digital
Dir: Ron Howard
When young Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby, he is suddenly
thrust into an adventure filled with magic and danger. This ground-breaking
film features stunning special effects, dazzling action and a classic battle
between good and evil.
Frankenweenie
digital
Dir: Tim Burton
Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky
back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.
THE GOONIES
Dir: Richard Donner
The Goonies plunges a band of small heroes into a swashbuckling surprisearound-every corner quest beyond their wildest dreams.
GREMLINS
digital
Dir: Joe Dante
When young Billy Peltzer takes possession of his cuddly new pet, he gets a
whole lot more than he bargained for.
Also available: GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE
CHRISTMAs 3D digital
Dir: Henry Selick
IMAGE: gremlins 2
The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town decides to spread Christmas joy to
the world. But his well-meaning mission unwittingly puts Santa in jeopardy
and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere.
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don’t be afraid of the boogeyman!
Labyrinth
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Horror is not just about monsters, spooks, slashers and buckets of blood. There is much that
troubles with skin-crawling suggestion, macabre sexuality and unsettling oddity. From the
distinctive visions of David Lynch and David Cronenberg to the near-psychedelic experiences
of Santa Sangre and White Of The Eye, not forgetting the uncompromising rawness of Charles
B. Pierce, these are films spiked with an unforgettable menace that will leave you disturbed
and beguiled in equal measure.
Blue Velvet
Don’t Look
Now digital
digital
Dir: David Lynch
A sensual mystery thriller about strange happenings in a small allAmerican town. A college student stumbles across a bizarre mystery
and wants to know more, perhaps too much more. The oblique world
he’s found lurking beneath his hometown’s picture-postcard veneer is
about to become violently stranger.
The Company Of Wolves
digital
Dir: Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan’s fascinating and imaginative retelling of Little Red Riding
Hood and werewolf fables. Adapted by Angela Carter from her own story.
Dead Ringers
digital
Dir: David Cronenberg
Elliot and Beverly are identical twins (both played by Jeremy Irons) who
share everything from their gynaecological practice to their women.
However, when they both become attracted to the same girl, it becomes
apparent that madness as well as blood ties the brothers together.
Peeping Tom
digital
dir: Michael Powell
Michael Powell risked and effectively lost his career by undertaking this
controversial project about a serial killer voyeur who films his victims in
their final, horrific moments. Rescued from the critical doldrums decades
later, this is a now a bona fide cult masterpiece whose complexity,
ambiguity and bravery continues to intrigue.
dir: Nicolas Roeg
A married couple grieving
the recent death of their little
daughter are in Venice when
they encounter two elderly
sisters, one of whom is
psychic and brings a warning
from beyond. With iconic
cinematography and expert
editing, this psychological
horror is one of the most
radical and dynamic British
films ever made.
The Keep
Dir: Michael Mann
A troop of Nazis are forced
to turn to a Jewish historian
for help in battling the
ancient demon they have
inadvertently freed from its
prison.
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walk on the wild side
IMAGE: dON’T LOOK NOW
walk on the wild side
IMAGE: ALICE
The Town That
Dreaded Sundown
Whoever Slew Auntie
Roo?
Dir: Charles B. Pierce
Dir: Curtis Harrington
The documentary-style story of a hooded killer
who terrorized the border town of Texarkana,
Arkansas in 1946, leaving no less than five
murder victims in his wake. He was never
caught...
An ex-music hall singer becomes a recluse since
the death of her only daughter, rocking and singing
to the cradle that holds the child’s mummified
remains. When the psycho biddy kidnaps a local
girl to raise her as her own, she becomes locked
with the parents into a fight to the finish. Auntie
Roo’s finish!
The Evictors
Dir: Charles B. Pierce
A young couple move into an eerie house which
is located in a small Louisiana town, unaware
of its violent history, and soon find themselves
tormented by the previous owners.
White Of The Eye
Dir: Donald Cammell
A stylish take on the woman-in-jeopardy and
mad-killer genres, Cammell’s enigmatic,
visceral movie poses the question, ‘What would
you do if you suspected your husband to be a
serial killer?’
Alice
digital
Dir: Jan Svankmajer
When agit-prop puppetry meets Lewis Carroll,
the result is this dark film inspired by Alice in
Wonderland. Strange, bewildering, haunting and
beautiful, you’ve never seen anything quite like it.
Altered States
Dir: Ken Russell
A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself
with a hallucinatory drug in an isolation chamber
that may be causing him to regress genetically…
THE TENANT
Hardware
Dir: Roman Polanski
Dir: Richard Stanley
A lonely young man rents a flat that was
previously occupied by a girl who committed
suicide. Gradually he becomes obsessed with
her and begins to assume her identity…
It is the 21st Century, a post-apocalyptic, postnuclear world where our worst environmental fears
have come true. A young couple find a dismantled
robot in the desert, unaware that the creature was
programmed to kill humans.
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BETTE DAVIS
IMAGE: THE NANNY
Bette Davis
‘She’s got Bette Davis eyes’ might have been meant innocuously enough, but when she turned
her hand to terrifying tales later in her career, they become the chief weapons in her arsenal.
Her small exterior belies the wells of cruelty in the characters she plays in these titles with her
chilled calm radiating from the screen.
The Anniversary
Wicked Stepmother
dir: Roy Ward Baker
Dir: Larry Cohen
A powerful matriarch rules the roost in this adaptation of the stage play. Conniving and heartless, she
puts all of her descendants in their place in one
family dinner.
Transforming into a cigarette-smoking black
cat is just one of Bette Davis’ evil tricks in this
campy, fun-filled brew that mixes sorcery with
mayhem.
The Nanny
what ever happened
to baby jane? digital
dir: Seth Holt
Dir: Robert Aldrich
No stranger to imposing female character roles,
Davis plays the Nanny who manages to terrorise the
newly arrived home Joey. A troubled 10-year-old,
Joey has lived in an institution since the death of his
baby sister and is utterly convinced that Nanny is
dangerous. Turns out, he might be right.
TRICK OR TREAT? Bette Davis and Joan Crawford play rival
sisters in a domestic dance of death. This
highly charged melodrama is a modern gothic
masterpiece.
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