The Tenant (1976, aka Le Locataire)
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 […]
Tag Archives: Horror
Stories designed to scare the bejesus out of people
The Phantom of the Opera (1990, TV-Mini-Series)
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 […]
The 7th Victim (1943)
Synopsis: A high school girl, Mary Gibson (Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire), has been informed that her older sister has disappeared. Mary decides to leave school and search for […]
The Leopard Man (1943)
Synopsis: An ambitious talent agent, Jerry Manning (Dennis O’Keefe, Raw Deal), decides to hire a leopard for his client’s singing act, but the wild beast escapes and women start showing […]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Synopsis: Disabled ex-movie star Blanche Hudson (Joan Crawford, A Woman’s Face) is at the mercy of her mentally disturbed, ex-vaudeville child star sister Baby Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) in their […]
The Walking Dead (1936)
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 Skin Game) brings the dead man […]
Phobia (1980)
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 […]
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: In a small town, an angry posse of townsfolk kills a mentally disabled man (Larry Drake, Benny Stulwicz in TV’s L.A. Law) after he is (falsely) accused of hurting a little girl. […]
Salem’s Lot (1979, TV-Mini-Series)
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 & […]
Universal Monsters: Drácula (1931, Spanish-language Version)
Synopsis: A mysterious Transylvanian aristocrat, Conde Drácula (Carlos Villarias), moves to London, England. Dracula is really a blood-thirty vampire who begins to terrorize the city. An intrepid intellectual, Professor Van Helsing […]
Universal Monsters: Dracula (1931)
Synopsis: 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 (Edward […]
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Synopsis: Two American friends, 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 […]
Symptoms (1974)
Synopsis: A shy young woman, played by Angela Pleasence (From Beyond the Grave), invites a friend, played by Lorna Heilbron (The Creeping Flesh), to her isolated country house, which is — […]
White Zombie (1932)
Synopsis: A young couple, Madeleine Parker (Madge Bellamy, Charlie Chan in London) and her fiancé Neil Parker (John Harron, The Crowd Roars), agree to get married at a friend’s Haitian […]
Train to Busan (2016, aka Busanhaeng)
Synopsis: In modern South Korea, passengers inside a train try to survive amidst a sudden zombie epidemic. Reaction & Thoughts: Word War Z, Asian style. Hands down, the best zombie […]
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
Synopsis: In the 1920s, in a small Southern American town, Lila (Cheryl Smith, Caged Heat), an innocent 13-year-old girl, gets word that her father, who went into hiding after killing […]
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970, aka Valerie a týden divu)
Synopsis: Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová), who has just tuned thirteen, experiences her first period and that important event in the young girl’s life triggers a series of weird, surreal adventures … […]
The Green Slime (1968)
Synopsis: Scientists discover that a giant asteroid is on collision course with Earth. They dispatch a crew of astronauts from a space station to land on the asteroid and blow […]
Les Diaboliques (1955, aka Diabolique)
Synopsis: The timid wife (Vera Clouzot, Wages of Fear) and mistress (Simone Signoret, Room at the Top) of a mean-spirited headmaster (Paul Meurisse, Army of Shadows) of an all-boys private […]
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Synopsis: In 19th century Paris, France, a sadistic scientist and circus performer, Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi, Dracula), is determined to prove that humans and apes share the same ancestors. In […]
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Synopsis: A controversial fashion photographer, Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway, Chinatown), known for her provocative pictures, develops the ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer who happens to […]
April Fool’s Day (1986)
Synopsis: A wealthy young woman invites nine classmates to her mansion located on a private island. A fun weekend with friends turns into a hellish nightmare when an unnamed assailant starts killing guests […]
