by Tab
on February 4, 2014
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“The Walking Dead” is coming back Sunday. Are you ready? ♥ Instructables has instructions for a miniature zombie survival kit that fits in an Altoid tin! ♥ Check out these awesome gifsets that compare episodes 1.1 and 4.8 to their comic book counterparts on the Tumblr blog Keep Calm and Carol On! ♥ Uproxx […]
by Tab
on October 31, 2013
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Trick ‘r Treat (2007) Rated R (for horror violence, some sexuality/nudity and language) Directed by Michael Dougherty Starring: Dylan Baker Anna Paquin Rochelle Aytes Brian Cox Based on Michael Dougherty’s short “Season’s Greetings”, Trick ‘r Treat is a return to anthology horror that has prompted several similar films, including The ABCs of Death and V/H/S. […]
by Tab
on October 27, 2013
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House of 1000 Corpses (2003) Rated R (for strong sadistic violence/gore, sexuality and language) Directed by Rob Zombie Starring: Karen Black Sid Haig Sheri Moon Zombie Bill Moseley Inspired by the ’70s exploitation films and 1930s monster movies he loved as a kid, rocker Rob Zombie wrote the script that would become House of 1000 […]
by Tab
on October 26, 2013
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House (1977) Unrated Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Starring: Kimiko Ikegami Saho Sasazawa Haruko Wanibuchi Yōko Minamida When Japanese film company Toho approached Nobuhiko Obayashi about making a Jaws-like horror film, he collaborated with his daughter, Chigumi, to create a story. Instead of a Jaws rip-off, the father and daughter created a surreal, fantasy-horror story based […]
by Tab
on October 25, 2013
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Les Diaboliques (1995) Unrated Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot Starring: Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Based on She Who Was No More, the novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcjac, the script for Les Diaboliques was being eyed by suspense master Alfred Hitchcock when the rights were bought by Clouzot. Later, inspired by […]
by Tab
on October 24, 2013
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[REC] (2007) Rated R (for bloody horror violence and language) Directed Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza Starring: Manuela Velasco Ferran Terraza Pablo Rosso David Vert Filmed on location in Spain, the success of [REC] spawned an American remake (Quarantine) and a slew of “found footage” films from all over the world. Balagueró and Plaza, famous […]
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on October 22, 2013
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The Vanishing (1988) Unrated Directed by George Sluizer Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Gene Bervoets Johanna ter Steege Gwen Eckhaus Based on Tim Krabbe’s novel The Golden Egg, The Vanishing is based on the same urban legend that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, So Long at the Fair, And Soon the Darkness, and Dying Room Only. […]
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on October 21, 2013
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Shallow Grave (1994) Rated R (for scenes of strong grisly violence, and for some language and nudity) Directed by Danny Boyle Starring: Ewan McGregor Christopher Eccleston Kerry Fox Ken Stott The first of famed director Danny Boyle’s films (and his personal favorite), Shallow Grave is a clinical, almost Hitchcockian look at how greed can divide […]
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on October 20, 2013
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Demons (1985) Rated R (for language, nudity, and intense gore) Directed by Lamberto Bava Starring: Urbano Barberini Natasha Hovey Fiore Argento Geretta Geretta Directed by the son of Italian horror legend Mario Bava, Demons is the ultimate Europunk zombie flick. While taking the train in Berlin, Cheryl (Hovey) is given movie theater tickets by a […]
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on October 16, 2013
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The Hitcher (1986) Rated R (for strong brutal violence throughout, and language) Directed by Robert Harmon Starring: C. Thomas Howell Rutger Hauer Jennifer Jason Leigh Jeffrey DeMunn Screenwriter Eric Red got the idea for The Hitcher while listening to “Riders on the Storm” by The Doors during a road trip. The original script was an […]