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Prince of Darkness (1987)

Featuredby Eric Binford 26 Comments

Synopsis: A catholic priest (Donald Pleasence, John Carpenter’s Halloween) enlists the help of a quantum physicist professor (Victor Wong, John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China) and his students to […]

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1987

Eyes of a Stranger (1981)

October 31, 2021by Eric Binford 14 Comments

Synopsis: A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes, TV’s The Love Boat) suspects that a man (John DiSanti, The Presidio) from her apartment building is a serial killer. Undeterred by the lack of […]

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1981

To the Devil… a Daughter (1976)

October 24, 2021by Eric Binford 22 Comments

Synopsis: An American author who specializes in the occult (Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death) tries to rescue an innocent teenage girl (Nastassja Kinski, Cat People) from the clutches of a […]

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1976

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

October 24, 2021by Eric Binford 20 Comments

Synopsis: A terrifying encounter with the supernatural is guaranteed to all customers who buy (or steal) items from an old antique store. Reaction & Thoughts: “… each purchase comes with […]

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1974

Dracula and Son (1976)

May 23, 2021by Eric Binford 18 Comments

Synopsis: After they are kicked out of their Transylvanian castle by communists, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee, The Wicker Man), and his son Ferdinand (Bernard Menez, Day for Night), end up […]

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1976

Burnt Offerings (1976)

January 28, 2021by Eric Binford 24 Comments

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)

January 20, 2021by Eric Binford 5 Comments

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 5 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 15 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

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

The Walking Dead (1936)

October 30, 2018by Eric Binford 1 Comment

Synopsis: An ex-convict (Boris Karloff, Frankenstein) is executed for a crime that he didn’t commit. After the execution, a brilliant scientist (Edmund Gwenn, The Trouble with Harry) brings the dead […]

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1936

Phobia (1980)

October 16, 2018by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: A psychiatrist (Paul Michael Glase, TV’s Stasky & Hutch) gains publicity for his unorthodox methods of treating people’s phobias. When his patients begin to die one by one, a […]

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1980

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981, TV-Movie)

October 15, 2018by Eric Binford 10 Comments

Synopsis: In a small town, a posse of angry men kills a mentally disabled man (Larry Drake, Benny Stulwicz in TV’s L.A. Law) after he is (falsely) accused of hurting a […]

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1981

Salem’s Lot (1979, TV-Mini-Series)

October 6, 2018by Eric Binford 17 Comments

Synopsis: In a small town in Maine, a writer (David Soul, TV’s Starsky & Hutch) discovers that a vampire is slowly turning the town’s residents into creatures of the night. Reaction & […]

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1979

Drácula (1931, Spanish-Language Version)

April 14, 2018by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis:  A mysterious Transylvanian aristocrat, Count Drácula (Carlos Villarias), moves to London, England. Drácula is really a blood-thirty vampire who begins to terrorize the city. An intrepid intellectual, Professor Van […]

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1931

Dracula (1931)

April 11, 2018by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: Mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi, Murders in the Rue Morgue), a Transylvanian vampire, moves to London, England, and begins a killing spree. A determined occult expert, Professor Van Helsing […]

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1931

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

February 24, 2018by Eric Binford 11 Comments

Synopsis: Two young Americans, David (David Naughton, The Hot Dog: The Movie) and Jack (Griffin Dunne, After Hours), who are backpacking through England, are attacked by a werewolf. Jack is […]

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1981

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