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Dead By Dawn · 2013

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An American Werewolf In London

Review preview for An American Werewolf In London

Landis keeps the humour dry, the speech naturalistic, yet his keen sense of the absurd provides for some laugh-out-loud moments.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Fully restored version of the werewolf classic.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 1981; Director: John Landis; Writer: John Landis; Stars: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Lila Kaye, Joe Belcher, David Schofield, Brian Glover, Rik Mayall, Sean Baker, Paddy Ryan, Anne-Marie Davies, Frank Oz, Don McKillop, Paul Kember)

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Abductee (Abudakuti)

A man wakes up trapped inside a container with a strange tattoo on his wrist, and realises he is being taken somewhere - but where?

(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Yudai Yamaguchi; Writer: Keisuke Makino; Stars: Jiji Bû, Miho Harita, Masao Inutsuka, Maari)

The Battery

Two former baseball stars struggle to get along as they drive through a zombie-infested New England.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Jeremy Gardner; Writer: Jeremy Gardner; Stars: Jeremy Gardner, Adam Cronheim, Niels Bolle, Alana O'Brien)

Basket Case

Review preview for Basket Case

The sort of film that any aspiring director of schlocky shock should be proud of having as their debut.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
Cult horror à la basket.

(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Frank Henenlotter; Writer: Frank Henenlotter; Stars: Kevin Van Henteryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne, Lloyd Pace, Bill Freeman, Joe Clarke, Ruth Neuman, Richard Pierce, Sean McCabe, Dorothy Strongin, Ilze Balodis, Kerry Buff, Tom Robinson, Chris Babson, Maria T Newland)

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Brain Damage

Review preview for Brain Damage

Creative tension, daring storyline and genuinely unsettling dreadfulness.

Chris · 3.5 out of 5
A man becomes attached to a parasite that gives him an unnatural high.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Frank Henenlotter; Writer: Frank Henenlotter; Stars: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter)

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The Brood

Review preview for The Brood

Though not entirely successful as a piece of entertainment, it represents an important stage in the development of body horror cinema.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
The use of experimental psychology to treat a troubled divorcee coincides with a series of mysterious attacks by mutant children.

(Country: Canada; Year: 1979; Director: David Cronenberg; Writer: David Cronenberg; Stars: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald, Cindy Hinds)

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Big Ass Spider (Mega Spider)

When a giant alien spider escapes from a lab and attacks Los Angeles, it's a big job for the local exterminator.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Mike Mendez; Writer: Gregory Gieras; Stars: Lin Shaye, Greg Grunberg, Ray Wise, Clare Kramer, Patrick Bauchau, Lloyd Kaufman)

Dead Shadows

Review preview for Dead Shadows

Dead Shadows is very much a case of style over substance.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
A young man whose parents were killed as a comet passed finds people acting strangely as another comet appoaches.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: David Cholewa; Writer: Vincent Julé; Stars: Gilles Barret, Margaux Devy, Sylvain Dubois, John Fallon)

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Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn (Evil Dead II)

Review preview for Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn

Very little of this makes sense and none of it is scary.

Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
Sam Raimi returns to the shed in the forest where evil spirits cause unspeakable mayhem.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Sam Raimi; Writer: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel; Stars: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Theodore Raimi, Denise Bixler)

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Hellraiser

Review preview for Hellraiser

Though it's no longer likely to shock horror audiences, Hellraiser remains highly watchable, and there is no doubting its importance in the history of cinema.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
An unfaithful wife faces demonic horrors after her dead lover escapes from Hell.

(Country: UK; Year: 1987; Director: Clive Barker; Writer: Clive Barker; Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman)

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Jug Face

A pregnant teenager tries to escape her backwoods community after coming to suspect that she is intended to be sacrificed to a creature in a pit.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Chad Crawford Kinkle; Writer: Chad Crawford Kinkle; Stars: Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum, David Greathouse)

The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh

After inheriting the house that his mother had devoted to a cult, an antiques collector comes to feel that her spirit is trying to contact him.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Rodrigo Gudiño; Writer: Rodrigo Gudiño; Stars: Aaron Poole, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Richings, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Charlotte Sullivan)

Modus Anomali

A father struggles to recover his two children after they go missing in the woods.

(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2012; Director: Joko Anwar; Writer: Joko Anwar; Stars: Rio Dewanto, Hannah Al Rashid, Aridh Tritama, Izzi Isman)

Mon Ami

A plan to kidnap the boss' daughter goes awry for two amateur criminals.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Rob Grant; Writer: Rob Grant; Stars: Mike Kovac, Scott Wallis, Chelsey Reistr)

My Amityville Horror

Review preview for My Amityville Horror

This documentary offers a uniquely personal account of events in the house from an eyewitness who has never really been heard before.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary about the famous Amityville 'haunting' case focusing on Daniel, who was ten at the time and remembers something very different.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Eric Walter; Stars: Daniel Lutz)

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The Tingler

Review preview for The Tingler

The Tingler is a film that doesn't have much story and that takes so many narrative short cuts it is impossible to treat it with any seriousness, but it retains the potential to be serious fun.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A pathologist discovers a dangerous parasite that feeds on fear and can only be killed by screaming, but when a mute woman becomes infected, all Hell breaks loose. Famous for the pranks played on audiences at its original screenings.

(Country: US; Year: 1959; Director: William Castle; Writer: Robb White; Stars: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman)

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Zomvideo (Zonbideo)

A zombie apocalypse survival guide.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2011; Director: Kenji Murakami; Writer: Katsuo Kawai; Stars: Akari, Mai Hagiwara, Tomu Miyazaki, Saki Nakajima)