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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1931, Universal Studios release Dracula starring Bela Legosi. It was a box-office success, and the first in a series of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics. Neibaur reviews the key horror films that Universal produced into the mid-1950s, provided production information, critical commentary, and an overall assessment of the movie's significance. He also examines their impact on popular culture, into the cinemas of today....
2) Bedlam
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
A supernatural thriller set in a luxury apartment building which is haunted by the ghosts of its dark and violent past. Welcome to Bedlam Heights, a hip new high rise on the edge of a British metropolis. Behind the façade of stylish 21st century living lie unimaginable horrors, for this former pre-Victorian asylum is possessed by its previous inhabitants. Kate, who lives and works at Bedlam Heights, thinks anyone who believes in ghosts is a fool....
4) Whitechapel
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
The streets of Whitechapel are awash with blood in this compelling crime drama. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. The locals live in fear and the police remain clueless. But this is not the 19th Century and the time of Jack the Ripper. This is now. Assigned to the case is fast-tracked DI Chandler - a novice in the business of murder, but an expert in the politics of policing. Can Chandler...
5) Pearl
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
When Ruth Blacksmith's new partner, Aidan, reveals that he once hurt a woman called Mary Trelease, Ruth is deeply worried. She raises her concerns with Detective Sergeant Charlie Zailer who is intrigued. But when Charlie decides to call in at Ruth's house, she finds a disturbing scene. Ruth's ex-husband, Jason Blacksmith, has been murdered. Charlie and Detective Simon Waterhouse investigate the case and find themselves divided over motives and suspects....
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After Edward's wealthy wife, Jessica, dies in a mysterious fire, he marries Francene, the governess of his daughter Susan. Francene is interested in one thing: money. Wasting no time in spending Edward's inheritance, she turns her attention to Susan: if Susan and Edward were both to die, the money would pass to Anthony, Edward's cousin and Francene's former lover. Francene and Anthony work out a plot and decide to drive Susan mad...
9) Butchers
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A family of sadistic butchers has dug into the backcountry and anyone who crosses their path is dead meat.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1927.
Language
English
Description
A decaying mansion and a stormy night are the archetypal setting for mystery and chaos when a pack of greedy relatives gather for the reading of a twenty-year-old will. But before the West fortune can be handed down, the family must endure a night in the cavernous manor, unnerved by the news that an escaped lunatic is at large.
12) The Skull
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
THE SKULL of the Marquis de Sade has been taken from its grave, bringing terror to those who own it. Demonologist Christopher Maitland is eager to add the piece to his occult collection.
13) The Golem
Publisher
Epic Pictures Releasing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A mystical woman must save her village from invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
14) Honeydew
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son.
16) Jikirag
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A pagan village, founded on the bones of both innocent and foul, is deeply rooted within the heart of an ancient Eden. When a balance of flesh and soil decays, the last surviving village elder battles madness and the macabre to save her people from not only themselves, but the monstrous judgment that burrows up from below.
17) Funhouse
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
C-list celebrities compete in a reality show but soon realize they are playing for their lives.
18) Willard
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
English
Description
A social misfit, WILLARD is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. (And their increasing number of friends) However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
19) The Offering
Publisher
Decal Releasing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance, the son of a Hasidic funeral director returns home with his pregnant wife in hopes of reconciling with his father. Little do they know that directly beneath them in the family morgue, an ancient evil with sinister plans for the unborn child lurks inside a mysterious corpse.
20) The Ghost Within
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Margot revisits her family home desperate to uncover who killed her sister, Evie, 20 years earlier. As she gets closer to the truth, Margot finds herself facing her deepest fears in the house that’s still haunted by Evie’s ghost.
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