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Burnt Offerings (1976)

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Synopsis: Writer Ben Rolfe (Oliver Reed, The Devils), his wife Marian (Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces), their young son Davey (Lee H. Montgomery, Ben) and Ben’s aunt (Bette Davis) rent […]

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1976

Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973, TV-Movie)

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Synopsis: College art student Peggy Johns (Sian Barbara Allen, You’ll Like My Mother) goes to work in a mansion as a part-time housekeeper for a reclusive sculptor (Ted Bessell, TV’s […]

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1973

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)

December 25, 2020by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: In 1950, a wealthy man dies under mysterious circumstances and leaves his sprawling mansion to his estranged grandson (James Patterson, In the Heat of the Night). Twenty years later, […]

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1972

Curtains (1983)

October 31, 2020by Eric Binford 8 Comments

Synopsis: In order to prepare for the starring role in her director husband’s (John Vernon, The Outlaw Josey Wales) next movie, an actress (Samantha Eggar, The Collector) fakes mental illness […]

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1983

Little Shop of Horrors (1986, Director’s Cut)

October 26, 2020by Eric Binford 11 Comments

Synopsis: A timid flower shop clerk, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters), discovers a strange plant he names Audrey II, which attracts a great deal of attention at his work place. […]

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1986

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

October 23, 2020by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: Mousy Seymour Krelborn (Jonathan Haze, The Terror) is an amateur botanist who works in a third-rate flower shop. After inadvertently creating a strange-looking plant, Seymour becomes a local celebrity, […]

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1960

Kwaidan (1964)

October 11, 2020by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: Four supernatural tales that take place in feudal Japan. Reaction & Thoughts: One of the most poetic horror films I’ve ever seen. The stunningly beautiful images, the deliberately artificial […]

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1964

Dead & Buried (1981)

October 7, 2020by Eric Binford 20 Comments

Synopsis: A small town sheriff (James Farentino, The Final Countdown) is baffled by a sudden series of grisly murders. Reaction & Thoughts:  “I’ll take my secret to the grave.” Unfairly […]

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1981

Thirteen Women (1932)

October 29, 2019by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: Former students of an all-girls private school start dying under mysterious circumstances. It looks as if someone from their past has a personal vendetta against them. Reaction & Thoughts: […]

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1932

The Tenant (1976, aka Le Locataire)

October 3, 2019by Eric Binford 11 Comments

Synopsis: In Paris, France, a meekly Polish man (filmmaker Roman Polanski, Chinatown) rents an apartment in an old building where its inhabitants make his life miserable. The constant hostility takes […]

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1976

The Phantom of the Opera (1990, TV-Mini-Series)

September 24, 2019by Eric Binford 10 Comments

Synopsis: In 1800s France, aspiring opera singer, Christine Daaé (Teri Polo, Meet the Parents), begins taking singing lessons from a mysterious stranger in disguise. Unbeknownst to Christine, the masked tutor […]

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1990

The 7th Victim (1943)

April 11, 2019by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis: After a teenager (Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire) is informed that her sister has disappeared, the teen decides to leave school and search for the missing sibling. The […]

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1943

The Leopard Man (1943)

April 5, 2019by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: An ambitious talent agent, Jerry Manning (Dennis O’Keefe, Walk a Crooked Mile), decides to hire a leopard for his client’s singing act, but the wild beast escapes and women […]

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1943

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

December 1, 2018by Eric Binford 19 Comments

Synopsis: Wheelchair-bound ex-movie star Blanche Hudson (Joan Crawford, A Woman’s Face) is at the mercy of her mentally disturbed sister and ex-vaudeville child star “Baby” Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) in […]

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1962

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