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From Oscar winning cinematographer, Freddie Francis comes a tale of terror that will chill you to the bone! Written by Robert Bloch (the author of 'Psycho') and boasting a cast that includes Peter Cushing, Burgess Meredith and Jack Palance, this is a must have for all horror fans. A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to the showman Dr Diablo (Meredith), to warn people of the evil in their futures. But with this faustian pact comes terrible consequences... - Director:
- Freddie Francis
- Cast:
- Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams
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Blood Simple: Director's Cut (1984)Blood simple.
Abby (Frances McDormand) is cheating on her bar owner husband, Marty (Dan Hedaya) with Ray (John Getz) one of the bartenders. Marty uncovers their sordid affair and is so enraged by their deceit that he hires Visser (M. Emmet Walsh), an unscrupulous detective, to kill both of them. Unbeknown to Marty, Visser has other, more lucrative plans of his own. So begins a calculating round of lies and deceit that build to a chilling, suspense filled climax. - Director:
- Joel Coen
- Cast:
- John Getz, William Preston Robertson, Holly Hunter
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In a secluded army research centre, observers look on in stunned silence as Lt. Col. John Reynolds' brainchild, 2-4-5 Trioxin, re-animates a decaying corpse and transforms it into a deadly, bio-weapon. But unbeknown to the military they are not alone. The Colonel's son, Curt and his girlfriend Julie are also in the lab and they too witness Trioxin's incredible power. Fleeing in disbelief from what they have seen the couple are involved in an horrific motorcycle smash and Julie is killed. Curt knows what he must do - bring the love of his life back from the dead using his father's secret weapon. But instead of the girl he knew, Julie is reincarnated as the living dead - an indestructible ghoul with a bite that turns her victims into zombies hungry for human flesh. - Director:
- Brian Yuzna
- Cast:
- Kent McCord, James T. Callahan, Sarah Douglas
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Stake Land II (2016)The Stakelander
Older and weathered, when New Eden is destroyed, and his wife and child murdered by the revived vampire Brotherhood, Martin (Connor Paolo), suddenly finds himself alone in the desolate badlands of America. With only one goal, to avenge the death of his family, Martin must find his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to achieve his mission. But in a world ravaged by vampires, once again, he must fight to survive and no-one can be trusted. - Director:
- Dan Berk
- Cast:
- Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Laura Abramsen
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Danny Garrison (Lee Montgomery), a lonely young boy with a heart condition, finds a friend in Ben, a rat once trained by misfit Willard Stiles. Danny's new best friend protects him from bullying and keeps his spirits up through hard times. But all is not well in Ben's colony and the other rodents terrify the town with a series of violent attacks. The police are determined to wipe them out. Can Ben survive? - Director:
- Phil Karlson
- Cast:
- Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell
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Hide and Go Shriek (1988)Close Your Eyes and Pray
Close your eyes, count to ten, and run for your life..."Hide and Go Shriek" is one game you'll be dying to finish! Eight friends sneak into a furniture store for an all night graduation party. A game of hide-and-seek turns into a grisly nightmare as members of the group are murdered, one by one, leading the others to the chilling realisation that they could be next. - Director:
- Skip Schoolnik
- Cast:
- Bunky Jones, Brittain Frye, Annette Sinclair
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Not much is going right for meek misfit Willard Stiles (Bruce Davison). He's constantly screamed at by his overbearing mother, ruthlessly bullied by the boss who stole his father's business and mercilessly laughed at by his co-workers. Willard eventually turns to a colony of rats for friendship and with training they will soon do anything for their new friend. It's time for Willard to get even. - Director:
- Daniel Mann
- Cast:
- Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Sondra Locke
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From Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman, 'Labor Day' is a "beautifully crafted" and "captivating" romance starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin as two strangers drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story in the unforgettable film that critics are calling "uplifting and heartbreaking". - Director:
- Jason Reitman
- Cast:
- Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith
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Baron Zorn (Robert Hardy) believes his son Emil and daughter Elizabeth (Gillian Hills), are suffering from a madness they inherited from their late mother. He keeps his children locked up, but at night Emil is released and murders women in the local village. Described psychologist Falkenberg (Patrick Magee) analyses the family and it transpires that the children witnessed their mother cut her own throat. Falkenberg conducts an experiment with a prostitute (Virginiain Wetherell) an effort to cure Emil of his incestuous desires towards his sister, but Emil strangles her. The villagers, driven on by a manic priest (Michael Hordern) identify Zorn as the 'demon' responsible for killing their daughters. The deranged Emil escape with Elizabeth, but the murderous Zorn pursues them. Blood, he vows, will have blood... - Director:
- Peter Sykes
- Cast:
- Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills
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When her husband dies in a tragic accident, widow Corrine Dollanganger (Victoria Tennant) takes her four children to the ancestral family home she fled before they were born. Locked away in the attic by their tyrannical grandmother (Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher), it falls to older and sister brother Chris (Jeb Stuart Adams) and Cathy (Kristy Swanson) to care for their younger siblings. But with their mother growing increasingly distant and erratic and a mysterious sickness taking hold, will any of the Dollanganger children survive to escape the clutches of the house's cruel matriarch? - Director:
- Jeffrey Bloom
- Cast:
- Louise Fletcher, Clare Peck, Victoria Tennant
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The Zero Boys (1986)Heros Boys
For a group of young friends, a weekend of survival games in the wilderness turns into a genuine battle of life and death when one of their number turns up dead. Finding themselves hunted by a bloodthirsty band of maniacs intent on slaughtering them one-by-one, the self-styled 'Zero Boys' must now play their war games for real. - Director:
- Nico Mastorakis
- Cast:
- Daniel Hirsch, Kelli Maroney, Nicole Rio
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Macabre (1980)Macabro / Frozen Terror
Don't open the fridge! Still recovering from a pair of tragic and traumatic bereavements, Jane Baker (Bernice Stegers) moves into a new apartment in New Orleans. The owner's son, Robert (Stanko Molnar), is blind - but that doesn't stop him hearing what Jane gets up to. It sounds like she's resumed her passionate affair with her lover, Fred (Roberto Posse). Except that Fred died a year ago... - Director:
- Lamberto Bava
- Cast:
- Bernice Stegers, Carolyn De Fonseca, Stanko Molnar
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Psychologist Peter Bower's (Adrien Brody) life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are the ghosts of people who died twenty years ago. Risking his own sanity and with the help of his colleague Duncan (Sam Neill), Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only he can put right. - Director:
- Michael Petroni
- Cast:
- Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy
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When two strangers stumble into international intrigue in the middle of a Los Angeles night, anything can happen... and does... Ed Orkin (Jeff Goldblum) is an insomniac with a cheating wife and a dull job. His chances for excitement look hopeless until a mysterious blond named Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer) drops onto the hood of his car. Now it's Ed's turn for some adventure and romance as Diana leads him on a merry and murderous chase where the payoff could be dollars or death. - Director:
- John Landis
- Cast:
- Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stacey Pickren
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Tomboy (2016)The Assignment
Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez) is an assassin at the top of his game. When he's double-crossed by a group of ruthless gangsters he falls into the hands of a rogue surgeon, known only as The Doctor, who transforms him into a woman against his will. Aided by a nurse with her own set of secrets, Frank the hitman becomes Tomboy the hitwoman and revenge is the first thing on her mind... - Director:
- Walter Hill
- Cast:
- Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub
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