Thursday, January 1, 2111

TOO SCARY 2 WATCH...



... And thanks you for dropping by!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS


TOO SCARY 2 WATCH is a blog dedicated to the subject matter of horror (i.e, scary movies, scary television series and scary video games). Yes, we love horror. And though the internet appears to be saturated with blogs and websites centered around the topic of horror, we figured since there's an abundance already, one more couldn't possibly hurt! 

In a nutshell, we make movie recommendations and movie lists, accommodating those, in search of good scary movies to watch, while also providing insight into the film ... reviews, synopsis and more!

Please read the Introduction post (or visit the About This Blog directory) for more information about this blog (why we created this blog, and what types of scary movies we plan to discuss). Also be sure to read The Mission post for more information regarding the goal of this blog. 

For assistance with navigating the blog, please visit the Navigating The Blog sidebar link.
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Other posts you may want to check out:

The Grading System - Which breaks down the logic and method being how we rate movies.
The Scary Movie Glossary Index - Which will serve as a guide to help interpret what we mean when we refer to a movie as being a slasher, psychological thriller, or supernatural thriller.

Last but not least, always be sure to check the Past Recommendations page, so that you're up to date with the movies that have already been recommended (no need of asking for that which has already been covered) You may of course, also suggest and recommend movies to me. 

If you have any questions, or would like to submit a recommendation, feel free to contact us via the links below 

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Tags: Too Scared to Watch, Horror Movie Blog, Horror Movie Blogs, Horror Movies, Scary Movies, Best Horror Movies, Top Horror Movies

Thanks again, and enjoy!
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The Mothman 

Posted by The Mothman at 12:00 AM 13 comments

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

100 Good Horror Movies on Netflix This Month - Part I





Popular Scary Movies on Netflix this Month (January 2013)

| Part I | Part II |

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100 Movies and Counting...

WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING ON NETFLIX - PART I

TOO SCARY 2 WATCH now presents a "two part" list of popular horror films (arranged by year) that are available for instant viewing on Netflix this month (as of January 1, 2013). If you have netflix, and you're always looking for good scary movies to watch, then you might find this post to be a valuable resource!




Ghost, Slashers, Zombies, Monsters and more!

We're not exactly sure when, and how often netflix updates their movie database for instant streaming. The movies included on this list were available as of January 1, 2013, which may be subject to change if netflix periodically makes changes and modifications throughout the month. Nonetheless, If you come across a movie on the list that is no longer available on netflix, please notify us as quickly as possible, so that we can make the necessary adjustments.
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Disclaimer

Not all of the movies on the list, in our opinion, are good movies, but were chosen to be included for a variety of different reasons.

Thanks and enjoy!
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Max Schreck sports grotesque makeup in the scariest Dracula adaptation ever. The chilling tale kicks off when a real estate agent begins conducting business with Count Orlok, who goes on a rampage when he becomes obsessed with the man's comely wife.

Director: F.W. Murnau
Not-Rated
94 mins
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Bela Lugosi turns in a landmark horror performance in this 1931 adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Revisit Transylvania for the eerie mood created by spectacular cinematography and Lugosi's oft-copied take on the infamous Dracula. Dwight Frye as Renfield also helps define the grotesque and sniveling sidekick role.

Approved
75 mins
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Millionaire Frederick Loren offers five people $10,000 to stay a night in a remote haunted house, giving each of them a loaded gun as a "party favor." Throughout the night, they're terrorized by skeletons, disembodied heads and other grisly apparitions. Will any of the guests survive to win the prize? Or will the house scare them to death? The legendary Vincent Price stars in one of director William Castle's most famous chillers.

Director: William Castle
Not -Rated
75 mins



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Night of the Eagle (original title)

English psychology professor Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde) is furious when he learns that his devoted wife, Tansy (Janet Blair), practices witchcraft in the hopes that it will advance her husband's career. When he destroys her occult supplies, he unleashes an all-consuming evil. Without Tansy's protection, Norman becomes the target of hostile students and jealous colleagues, and Tansy herself is turned into a potent weapon to destroy her husband.

Director: Sidney Hayers
Unrated
89 mins



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I tre volti della paura (original title)

In this 1963 trilogy of chilling tales, a beautiful woman's ex-lover   terrorizes her, a father returns home a vampire, and a ghost haunts a nurse. The vampire story -- probably the most famous of the three -- stars a poignant Boris Karloff, who also plays host for the anthology. Italian horror impresario Mario Bava served as writer, director and cinematographer for the film, and composer Les Baxter serves up the martini-soaked lounge score.

Unrated
95 mins
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A plague has wiped out most of mankind, and those who survived have become bloodthirsty vampires. The only "normal" human left on earth, Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) -- who was spared by a twist of fate -- spends his days methodically hunting down the undead mutants and his nights barricaded against their attacks. But when he meets the beautiful but contaminated Ruth, he discovers a secret that will unravel what's left of his existence. 

Unrated
87 mins


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Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), the young wife of a struggling actor (John Cassavetes), is thrilled to find out she's pregnant. But the larger her belly grows, the more certain she becomes that her unborn child is in serious danger. Perhaps there's something sinister behind the odd enthusiasm her eccentric neighbors (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon, in an Oscar-winning performance) have for her welfare. Or perhaps it's all in her mind.

Director: Roman Polanski
R-Rated
136 mins


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When her friend goes missing -- possibly at the hands of a serial killer -- while cycling through the French countryside, a British nurse (Pamela Franklin) is desperate to discover her fate. But the locals are unhelpful, and when an enigmatic detective joins the case, she begins to suspect his real motives and identity. This smart and creepily effective genre-bending suspense movie also stars Michele Dotrice, Claude Bertrand and Jean Carmet.

Director: Robert Fuest
PG
95 mins
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It's a scary proposition, but a team of four paranormal investigators accepts an invitation for a week's stay in a mansion rumored to be haunted. Depending on their viewpoints, the group members either intend to prove the presence of ghosts or are determined to debunk the myths. Previous guests of Hell House are known to have gone mad. … Will this group survive the week?

Director: John Hough
PG
93 mins

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Vincent Price channels his peerless talent for playing refined madmen into the character of Edward Lionheart, a proud London actor who goes dramatically bonkers when he fails to receive a coveted award. While riverside tramps foil Lionheart's attempt to drown himself in the River Thames, the world believes he's met a watery end. The thespian uses this cover to exact grisly -- and fitting -- revenge on the critics who ignored his genius.

Director: Douglas Hickox
R-Rated
104 mins
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The vacationing Marian (Karen Black), David (Lee Montgomery), Ben (Oliver Reed) and Elizabeth (Bette Davis) rent a Victorian mansion in California for the summer and soon discover that all is not as it should be. For starters, dead plants come back to life and the pool appears to be a sort of trap. Behind all the strangeness are the Allardyce siblings, Arnold (Burgess Meredith) and Roz (Eileen Heckart).

Director: Dan Curtis
PG
116 mins

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Robert (Gregory Peck) and Katherine (Lee Remick) Thorn raise a boy, Damien (Harvey Stephens), in place of their stillborn infant, and all is well until it is foretold that Damien is the spawn of the devil. Soon, Robert is pitted against the forces of Hell and must make a fateful decision. Richard Donner directs; Billie Whitelaw, David Warner, Patrick Troughton and Martin Benson co-star in this classic scary tale.

Director: Richard Donner
R-Rated
110 mins

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When a vicious storm ravages Fly Creek, Georgia, several power lines collapse, and the electrical current they transmit provides power to an underground burrow of worms. Soon, the slithering pests become outsized and begin to terrorize the town, while a Southern belle and her city-slicker boyfriend attempt to do battle with the giant creepy-crawlers.

Director: Jeff Lieberman
PG
92 mins
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The only thing Bill and Janice Templeton want is a peaceful life with their 11-year-old daughter, Ivy (Susan Swift). But their dreams turn into nightmares when Ivy begins to suffer from horrific memories of events that never occurred. Things only get weirder when a mysterious British stranger (Anthony Hopkins) tries to convince the family that Ivy is actually the reincarnation of his daughter, Audrey Rose, who died 11 years earlier.

Director: Robert Wise
PG
113 mins

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Perennial heavy Neville Brand stars as Judd, the Scripture-muttering, one-legged owner of a backwater hotel in director Tobe Hooper's creepy thriller. Trouble starts when a young prostitute checks in and Judd -- offended by her line of work -- promptly kills her and feeds her to his pet crocodile. The cast of characters includes Carolyn Jones as a cathouse madam, Robert Englund as a randy redneck and Stuart Whitman as the clueless sheriff.

Director: Tobe Hooper
R-Rated
91 mins
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Model Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) gets a great deal on a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment -- but there's just one catch: It's also the gateway to Hell, and she's on the invite list. Universal's answer to The Exorcist features special makeup effects by Dick Smith and a stellar supporting cast: Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Jose Ferrer, Sylvia Miles, John Carradine, Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Ava Gardner and Tom Berenger.

Director: Michael Winner
R-Rated
91 mins
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When writer Jenny Hill (Camille Keaton) rents a remote cabin, she's surprised to find the locals far too friendly. But what follows is decidedly unpleasant: After being violated and left for dead, Hill goes on her own spree of killing, mutilation and castration. Director Meir Zarchi's chilling revenge movie has the dubious honor of containing one of the longest and most violent gang-rape scenes on film.

Director: Meir Zarchi
R-Rated
100 mins

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While an old, weather-beaten fisherman tells a ghost story to fascinated children huddled by a campfire, a piece of driftwood in a child's hands begins to glow, and an eerie fog envelops the seaside community of Antonio Bay. From its midst emerges demonic victims of a century-old shipwreck seeking revenge on the small town. Director John Carpenter's follow-up to his breakout film, Halloween, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh.

Director: John Carpenter
R-Rated
91 mins




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John Landis writes and directs this bloody yet black humor-injected thriller that tells the story of American backpacker David (David Naughton), who, after surviving a vicious werewolf attack that left his friend, Jack (Griffin Dunne), dead, becomes a murderous werewolf himself. Prowling the streets of London, David learns that his living-dead victims will wander in limbo until he is dead. This film garnered an Oscar for Best Makeup.

Director: John Landis
R-Rated
97 mins

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Debbie (Elizabeth Hoy), Curtis (Billy Jayne) and Steven (Andy Freeman) aren't like other 10-year-olds, and it's not just because they were born during a solar eclipse. Instead of normal kids' games, they prefer a rousing round of murder, offing their parents, teachers and playground rivals. "Miss" Julie Brown of MTV fame co-stars in this early-1980s horror-thriller.

Director: Ed Hunt
R-Rated 
85 mins


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Years after a summer camp janitor (Lou David) is severely burned and disfigured as the result of a teenage prank gone awry, he's released from the local insane asylum and returns to the scene of the crime to seek revenge against those who harmed him. Several yet-to-be-famous stars pop up in this classic teen horror flick, including Oscar winner Holly Hunter and Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld."

Director: Tony Maylam
R-Rated
91 mins



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During an unplanned stop at a remote cabin deep within the woods, a group of teens falls prey to a mysterious supernatural force. As his pals become possessed and turn into flesh-eating zombies, Ash (Bruce Campbell) struggles to keep his cool and save his own skin. Written and directed by Sam Raimi, this special effects-laden, low-budget cult classic co-stars Theresa Tilly, Betsy Baker and Ellen Sandweiss.

Director: Sam Raimi
Not-Rated
85 mins





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Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine's Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine's Day again. When a group of teenagers decides to defy that order, a murderous maniac in mining gear begins dispatching townsfolk in bloody and creative ways.

Director: George Mihalka
R-Rated
90 mins

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It's all fun and games till someone gets an eye poked out, and that could easily happen when escaped psycho Russ Thorn runs amok with a power drill, terrorizing teens with his grisly antics. Young Trish Devereaux (Michele Michaels) throws a slumber party and, naturally, a gaggle of randy boys turns up. But when Thorn crashes the bash, the mood turns gruesome. As the teens go toes up one by one, three brave girls draft a plan to stop the killer.

Director: Amy Holden Jones
R-Rated
82 mins

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Scientists working in Antarctica are forced to abandon their research after a helicopter crashes near their camp, bringing a lone dog into their midst. But the plot thickens when the otherworldly canine changes form in the middle of the night. As it turns out, the dog is a shape-shifting alien that can attack animals -- and unsuspecting humans. Kurt Russell stars in this creepy John Carpenter-directed remake of the 1950s classic.

Director: John Carpenter
R-Rated
108 mins
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A young couple (Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton) find themselves stranded in the rural town of Gatlin, Neb., and fall into the sinister hands of a mysterious religious sect of children who murder all of the town's adults at the command of their leader. The children perform bloody sacrifices to their cornfield-dwelling deity (known only as "He Who Walks Behind the Rows"). Their two new visitors are next in line for crucifixion!

Director: Fritz Kiersch
Writer: Stephen King
R-Rated
92 mins


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Beneath the streets of New York City are hundreds of miles of tunnels unfit for anything human, but now, something horrible is loose in the sewers of Manhattan. The city's homeless population is mutating. These "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers" -- aka C.H.U.D. -- are hideous, hungry and headed for the streets. Photojournalist George Cooper (John Heard) and his girlfriend, a cop and a crazy bum try to save everyone. 

Director: Douglas Cheek
R-Rated 
96 mins

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Tormented by recurring nightmares, sorority pledge Kelly must come to terms with her visions to get through an initiation that requires her to spend the night in an empty department store. But an escaped psychopathic killer is targeting the pledges.

Director: Larry Stewart
R-Rated  
97 mins

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Earth has been ripped to shreds after a run-in with a killer comet, and those who have survived are in a fight for their lives in this campy cult classic. Valley girl Reg (Catherine Mary Stewart) and her sister (Kelli Maroney) discover they're two of the lucky few. But scientists are after them, and now they must run. Why? Because the researchers believe they need the blood of survivors to concoct a drug that can save them all from further ruin. 

Director: Thom Eberhardt
PG-13 
95 mins
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Based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this campy send-up that spawned a similarly outlandish sequel follows an egotistical medical student named Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), who develops a serum that miraculously revives the dead. Together with his obdurate roommate, Dan (Bruce Abbott), and his girlfriend, Megan (Barbara Crampton), West reanimates a corpse -- but he doesn't factor in certain complications.

Director: Stuart Gordon
R-Rated
86 mins



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This campy classic finds Americans gorging on the latest snack sensation: a no-calorie treat dubbed "the Stuff." When it threatens to put ice cream makers out of business, industry tycoons draft a spy to uncover the dessert's secret formula.

Director: Larry Cohen
R-Rated
93 mins



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A group of college friends gather together at rich heiress Muffy's (Deborah Foreman) island mansion to celebrate their final year of  school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret, but as the secrets are revealed, those people end up dead. But are they really dead, or just part of a very cruel April Fool's joke? The hostess supposedly knows what's going on, but maybe she's not the one orchestrating the deaths.

Director: Fred Walton
R-Rated
90 mins


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One of the most notorious films of the 1980s still terrifies. Serial killer Henry serves as mentor to dim-witted fellow killer Otis and as the object of his sister's affections. Trouble is, Henry's heart is too hard for friendship to penetrate. Disturbing, chilling and full of knockout power, this cult classic includes a half-hour interview with writer-director John McNaughton. 

Director: John McNaughton
R-Rated
83 mins

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Troubled horror novelist and Vietnam vet Roger Cobb (William Katt), reeling from his recent divorce and the mysterious disappearance of his young son, moves into the strange house left to him by his late aunt and faces even more terror. Hoping to find some peace and quiet so he can write his current book, Roger instead must deal with a nosy neighbor (George Wendt) -- not to mention the house's evil apparitions and monstrous demons.

Director: Steve Miner
R-Rated
92 mins

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Scares abound in this spooky pair of sequels as evil supernatural forces continue to haunt Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) and her family. In Poltergeist II, the Freelings move in with a relative but soon discover they're again dwelling on unholy ground. Poltergeist III finds 12-year-old Carol Anne living with her aunt and uncle in Chicago, where a school shrink probing the girl's psyche inadvertently resurrects the malevolent Rev. Kane.

Director: Brian Gibson
PG-13
189 mins


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A wizard who's been transformed into a troll attacks the residents of an apartment building, seeking a ring that will make him human again. Young resident Harry teams up with a witch who lives in the building to stop the wizard's destruction.

Director: John Carl Buechler
PG-13
82 mins
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Join the rotting but amiable Creep as he introduces this anthology of three gruesome tales written by the master of horror, Stephen King. An homage to the works of EC Comics, this wicked sequel takes viewers on one hair-raising roller-coaster ride. The vignettes involve a hit-and-run driver in "The Hitchhiker"; a wooden Indian in "Ol' Chief Wooden Head"; and four friends whose vacation on a secluded lake turns into a nightmare in "The Raft."

Director: Michael Gornick
R-Rated
92 mins

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Married attorney Dan Gallagher gives in to the tantalizing flirtations of attractive editor Alex Forrest, and they embark on a steamy affair. But Dan's passing indiscretion comes back to haunt him as an increasingly unhinged Alex refuses to let go.

Director: Adrian Lyne
R-Rated 
119 mins



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Clive Barker's directing debut follows the tale of a couple (Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins) who move into an old house and discovers a hideous creature (Oliver Smith) -- the man's half-brother (and his wife's former lover) -- hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to three demons, the man's been brought back to life by a drop of blood on the floor. Soon, he's forcing his former mistress to bring him human sacrifices to complete his body. 

Director: Clive Barker
R-Rated
93 mins

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A cylinder of mysterious, green liquid is found in an abandoned church. It may contain the ultimate evil: an ancient iniquity that longs to escape. Several physicists try to comprehend what's happening and race to save the world, even as they're being turned into zombies one by one. Director John Carpenter fills Prince of Darkness with his trademark mix of horror and humor.

Director: John Carpenter
R-Rated
102 mins

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For Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence), the nightmares never end. Still fresh in her fevered memory are her father's skinned corpse, the evil machinations of her uncle Frank's reanimated body and the unspeakable perversity of the Cenobites. But the worst is yet to come. From beyond the Outer Darkness, from the darkest regions of the imagination comes Hellbound: Hellraiser II. 

Director: Tony Randel
Writer: Clive Barker
Not-Rated
93 mins
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An alien band of killer clowns descends from the cosmos to harvest scores of small-town victims, cocooning their prey in cotton candy to eat later. With the extraterrestrials disguised as simple circus workers, the authorities don't suspect a thing. But the joke is on the clowns when two streetwise teens (Grant Cramer and Suzanne Snyder), armed with an ice cream truck, do battle to save their friends in this cult favorite.

Director: Stephen Chiodo
PG-13
86 mins

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Quadriplegic law student Allan Mann (Jason Beghe) gets in-home care from Ella, a supersmart monkey injected with human brain tissue. Initially, it's a dynamite relationship -- until she starts anticipating Allan's thoughts and acting out his subconscious desires. Horror veteran George Romero wrote and directed this 1988 chiller, which co-stars Joyce Van Patten, Stanley Tucci and Janine Turner.

Director: George A. Romero
R-Rated
113 mins
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12-year-old Carol Anne Freeling is now living with her aunt and uncle in Chicago, where a school shrink probing the girl's psyche inadvertently resurrects the malevolent Reverend Kane.

Director: Gary Sherman
PG-13
98 mins
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Five years after a series of horrifying murders left Camp Arawak looking like Armageddon, the killer returns to the scene of the crime to work as a camp counselor. But since Angela Baker looks like a normal, everyday 20-something, only she knows what she's truly capable of. New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen's younger sister Pamela stars alongside Emilio Estevez's sister Renee in this direct-to-video slasher sequel.

Director: Michael A. Simpson
R-Rated 
79 mins

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Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners (including Hector Elizondo, Ernie Hudson and Daniel Stern) -- led by head oceanographer Steven Beck (Peter Weller) -- comes face to face with a mutant creature that's the product of a failed genetic experiment. As Beck's crew members begin to disappear one by one, the flesh-eating monster lurks below the surface -- and the divers left alive are scared to death.

Director: George P. Cosmatos
R-Rated 
98 mins

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In 17th century Boston, a warlock (Julian Sands) escapes death and magically leaps 300 years into the future, where he searches in Los Angeles for the three parts of the Devil's Bible that will unmake the world. Meanwhile, the witch hunter (Richard E. Grant) who brought him to trial -- aided by one of the warlock's victims (Lori Singer) -- is in hot pursuit to stop his heartless path of violence and foil his destructive plans.

Director: Steve Miner
R-Rated 
103 mins
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In this feature spinoff of the creepy television anthology, psycho chef Betty (Deborah Harry) plans to cook a little boy. The crafty tyke, however, stalls the violence by distracting Betty with three tales of terror. In "Lot 249," a grad student (Steve Buscemi) brings a mummy back to life. A millionaire hires a hit man (David Johansen) to kill a cat in "Cat from Hell." And in "Lover's Vow," an artist (James Remar) sells his soul to the devil.

Director: John Harrison
R-Rated 
93 mins
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Based on a story by novelist Stephen King, this Heartland-set chiller stars Tim Matheson as high school teacher Jim Norman, who returns to his quiet hometown only to find himself haunted by malign spirits spawned by a tragedy from his childhood. With his students expiring -- and ghouls of thugs past showing up in their place -- Norman realizes the horror won't stop until he sends his tormentors back to their graves, or further.

Director: Tom McLoughlin
R-Rated
97 mins
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While researching urban myths, grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) learns about the Candyman (Tony Todd), a hook-handed creature who's said to haunt a Chicago housing project. In this creepy film based on a Clive Barker story, the Candyman is made flesh by other people's belief in him. Not surprisingly, Lyle manages to summon him. Soon, the Candyman has committed a series of murders, and the cops are holding Lyle responsible.

Director: Bernard Rose
Writer: Clive Barker
R-Rated
99 mins


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When playboy club owner J.P. (Kevin Bernhardt) buys a mysterious-looking puzzle box and mistakes it for a work of art, he has no idea that Pinhead (Doug Bradley), "the Black Pope of Hell," is trapped inside and playing tricks on his mind. Pinhead tries his best to manipulate J.P. into breaking him out of his prison -- that is, until an astute journalist (Terry Farrell) begins to suspect something. 

Director: Anthony Hickox
Writer: Peter Atkins
R-Rated 
92 mins



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aka Jennifer Eight

Andy Garcia stars as John Berlin, a detective in a small Northern California town who's pulled into a grisly murder investigation: Eight unidentified blind women, code-named "Jennifer" by police files, are victims of a killer's gruesome handiwork. John works to uncover the mystery with the help of (and while protecting) the possible next victim, Helena Robinson, a blind woman played by Uma Thurman.

Director: Bruce Robinson
R-Rated
124 mins


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aka Shatterbrain

Claire Ward (Jane Sibbett) is perfectly willing to allow her hard-working husband (Chris Sarandon) a hobby. But his frequent disappearances into his family's old cabin in the woods -- and the creepy, putrid smells that emanate from within -- have all the neighbors talking. Hiring a private investigator to see what he's really up to, Claire does a bit of snooping on her own. But the truth she uncovers is too horrible to believe.

Director: Dan O'Bannon
R-Rated 
105 mins
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In this drama based on an allegedly true -- and astonishing -- story,  Arizona logger Travis Walton (D.B. Sweeney) is driving through the countryside at night with his friends when he's struck by a bolt of energy beaming from the sky and then disappears for days. When he returns, he claims he was abducted by aliens and spent the week on their ship. Peter Berg, James Garner, Robert Patrick and Craig Sheffer co-star.

Director: Robert Lieberman
PG-13
109 mins


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The title's a contradiction in terms when evil-seed son Henry, whose own mother passed away just a few weeks earlier, to begin suspecting that Henry's innocent façade is just that -- a cover-up for his heinous true nature. But no one will believe Mark, and before long, a confrontation with Henry has him fighting for his own life.

Director: Joseph Ruben
R-Rated
87 mins

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Barney (Jeff Bridges) is a deranged man who plans to abduct a woman, but despite his careful design and numerous run-throughs, things never go quite right. He's finally successful when Diane (Sandra Bullock) makes herself an obvious target after a fight with her boyfriend, Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland). Jeff spends years trying to figure out what happened to Diane, almost destroying his own life. Director George Sluizer remakes his own 1988 film.

Director: George Sluizer
R-Rated 
109 mins



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Stephen King adapts his best-selling novel into a vivid and terrifying miniseries. When a lethal virus developed in a government lab accidentally filters into the general population, a devastating plague ravages the globe, leaving few survivors. Those who remain are compelled to follow one of two mysterious figures, leading to an immense winner-take-all battle between good and evil. Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald star.

Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Stephen King
Unrated
366 mins


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The crazed serial killer returns from the dead in this splatter-fest sequel. After Michael Myers' niece gives birth, she turns the baby over to Tommy Doyle (Paul Rudd) to save the child from Michael. Living with members of the Strode family, Tommy suspects that the evil force that drove Michael to murder now curses young Danny Strode (Devin Gardner). Can Tommy -- with help from Michael's nemesis (Donald Pleasence) -- end the madness?

Director: Joe Chappelle
R-Rated
88 mins

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Ten people awake on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to discover that the other passengers, the flight crew and the pilots have disappeared. After a passenger (David Morse) manages to land the plane, the small group of survivors soon makes a startling discovery. Not only are they alone on the plane -- they're alone on the planet. The sole sound on Earth comes from the mysterious Langoliers, who are systematically destroying everything in their path.

Director: Tom Holland
Writer: Stephen King
PG-13
179 mins


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A wanderer who goes by the name of Brayker (William Sadler) holds the last of seven keys that hold the power to eliminate evil and protect the world from darkness in this rousing horror flick. The evil Collector (Billy Zane), however, possesses the other six. Anxious to hold the final key, the Collector assembles a team of walking dead to take out Brayker, Jeryline (Jada Pinkett Smith) and the other residents of a rundown boarding house. 

Director: Ernest. R. Dickerson 
R-Rated
92 mins
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In an experience more frightening than their worst nightmares, three  friends tour a funeral home with a creepy mortician (Clarence Williams III) in this Spike Lee-produced horror anthology. Along the way, they hear a story about each of the corpses. From cops turned bad to a child with uncanny powers, a bigoted politician tormented by voodoo dolls and a drug dealer who undergoes sensory rehab, all of the spooky tales have racial implications. 

Director: Rusty Cundieff 
R-Rated
97 mins
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Robbers-on-the-lam Seth (George Clooney) and Richard Gecko (Quentin Tarantino) take an ex-preacher (Harvey Keitel) and his kids hostage. On a race to the Mexican border, they rendezvous at a cantina, not knowing the owners and clientele are bloodthirsty vampires. That's when director Robert Rodriguez (Desperado) abruptly switches from hostage drama to tongue-in-cheek, vampiric melee, creating a blood-stained ode to 1960s Mexican horror movies.

Director: Robert Rodriguez 
R-Rated
107 mins


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Horror maven Wes Craven -- paying homage to teen horror classics such as Halloween and Prom Night -- turns the genre on its head with this tale of a murderer who terrorizes hapless high schooler Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) by offing everyone she knows. Not your average slasher flick, Scream distinguishes itself with a self-parodying sense of humor. Courteney Cox and David Arquette co-star as a local news reporter and a small-town deputy.

Director: Wes Craven  
R-Rated 
111 mins


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Obese attorney Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) accidentally runs over a gypsy woman with his car. When his police cronies and the judge help Halleck cover up the incident, the victim's father, Tadzu Lempke (Michael Constantine), puts a carb-conscious curse on his daughter's killer. Before long, hefty Halleck is dropping an incredible 40 pounds a week, and his only hope of survival lies in Tadzu's hands. Based on Stephen King's best-seller.

Director: Tom Holland
Writer: Stephen King
R-Rated
92 mins
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An affluent German family is settling into their lakeside vacation home when a young man named Peter (Frank Giering) comes to the door asking to borrow eggs. Anna (Susanne Lothar) is alone in the house while her husband (Ulrich Muhe) and son (Stefan Clapczynski) are off swimming. A friend (Arno Frisch) soon joins Peter, and when Anna's men return, the pair takes the family hostage and begins to play sadistic games in this disturbing thriller.

Director: Michael Haneke
Not-Rated
104 mins



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In this cinematic kissing cousin to the giant-radioactive-ant flick Them, etymologist Mira Sorvino eradicates disease-carrying cockroaches only to create a new breed of lethal, man-sized insect in the sewer systems of New York City. Co-starring Charles S. Dutton, Jeremy Northam and a nest of creepy, computer-generated bugs, Mimic will send you running for the Raid.

Director: Guillermo del Toro 
R-Rated
105 mins

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The occult best-seller by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child becomes a chilling tale of a biological mutant on the loose during an opening night gala at Chicago's Museum of Natural History in this monster flick directed by Peter Hyams (Timecop). Tom Sizemore is the cop on the case; Penelope Miller and James Whitmore (who faced down a similar menace in the 1954 classic Them!) are the scientists who discover the creature's terrible identity. 

Director: Peter Hyams 
R-Rated
107 mins
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In the two years that have passed since the fateful events in Woodsboro, newswoman Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) has written a best-seller, which has been turned into a film starring Tori Spelling as Sidney (Neve Campbell). As the movie premiere looms closer, the cycle of mysterious deaths begins again. Dewey Riley (David Arquette) heads straight to Sidney's college in an attempt to protect her from impending doom.

Director: Wes Craven 
R-Rated
122 mins



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This Gothic retelling of the immortal fable stars a wickedly wonderful Sigourney Weaver as vain noblewoman Claudia Hoffman, who -- threatened by the presence and beauty of stepdaughter Lilly (Monica Keena) -- tries to dispatch her rival by invoking the black arts. In place of the seven dwarfs are seven cranky misfits -- including a sullen miner (Gil Bellows) with eyes for Lilly -- who reluctantly take the girl under their collective wing.



Director: Michael Cohn 

R-Rated

100 mins


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aka Dead Man's Curve

Chris (Michael Vartan) and Tim (Matthew Lillard) murder their roommate, Rand (Randall Batinkoff), but stage everything to appear as a suicide, all because of a legend they'd heard that doing so would earn them perfect grade point averages at their college. Keri Russell plays Chris's girlfriend, Emma, and Dana Delany plays campus psychologist Dr. Ashley, who starts to figure out what is really going on all around her.

Director: Dan Rosen
R-Rated
91 mins
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Many teens think their teachers hail from another planet -- but what if it's true? Herrington High students notice that faculty members Furlong (Jon Stewart), Miss Burke (Famke Janssen), Principal Drake (Bebe Neuwirth) and aren't quite themselves. The students discover an alien infection but might not be able to stop it in director Robert Rodriguez's sci-fi thriller, a blend of teenage angst, cutting-edge comedy and eye-popping effects.

Director: Robert Rodriguez 
R-Rated
104 mins



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Milo (Asher Metchik) is a peculiar little boy who doesn't get along with other children. When he kills a schoolmate, four little girls witness the murder and are traumatized for life. Sixteen years later, the girls (Jennifer Jostlyn, Raven Kelly, Paula Cale and Maya Mclaughlin) reunite to celebrate a wedding. They believe they've put the horrifying event behind them, but as the girls soon discover,Milo's never far away!

Director: Pascal Franchot 
R-Rated
91 mins


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In this spooky flick based on a Dean Koontz novel, Lisa (Rose McGowan) and Jenny (Joanna Going) arrive in Snowfield, Colorado, for a ski vacation, only to find the town deserted but for a dead man. Joined by Sheriff Bryce Hammond (Ben Affleck) and his deputies, they search for clues. Along the way, they find a note with the words "Timothy Flyte" and "Ancient Enemy," and track down Flyte (Peter O'Toole), who helps them fight the Ancient Enemy

Director: Joe Chappelle 
Writer: Dean R. Koontz 
R-Rated
91 mins


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Kicked out of his asylum in hell, fallen angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) continues his revolution, in which bad angels seek to destroy good ones -- along with all humanity. The only hope for deliverance is the unborn child of nurse Valerie Rosales (Jennifer Beals). With help from the angel Danyael (Russell Wong), Valerie races to safeguard her baby and save humankind in this taut sequel to the 1995 cult hit

Director: Greg Spence 
R-Rated
87 mins

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Filmed in bloodcurdling color, this remake of the 1960 shocker stars Anne Heche as Marion Crane, who makes a fateful stop at the Bates Motel -- run by mama's boy Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn) -- after embezzling $400,000. When Marion fails to show up for work, her disappearance triggers an investigation by her lover (Viggo Mortensen), her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private eye (William H. Macy) ... who discover that Norman has a morbid secret.

Director: Gus Van Sant 
R-Rated
104 mins


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Director Takashi Miike fashions an explosive drama in Audition. Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) has lived as a widower for too long and decides it's time to marry again. But how will he find a wife? When a friend suggests he hold a fake audition to pick the right woman, he takes him up on it -- only to realize that his choice may be a better actress than he bargained for.

Director: Takashi Miike 
Unrated
115 mins


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Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) doesn't believe in God, the Bible or religious phenomena … until her hands and feet start to bleed, showing signs of the stigmata. Alerted to Frankie's paranormal experience, the Vatican sends Rev. Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) to investigate. Kiernan soon confronts his own crisis of faith: Should he help Frankie avoid an untimely death, or save the church from disaster?

Director: Rubert Wainwright 
R-Rated
102 mins



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