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Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Language
English
Description
Knife-weilding murderers, buxom teens fleeing for their lives, the undead limping across streets. These images are synonymous with horror movies. Go behind-the-scenes with filmmaker greats as they reveal their inspirations for some of the most disturbingly gruesome films that have emerged on screen.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Horror Films FAQ explores a century of ghoulish and grand horror cinema, gazing at the different characters, situations, settings, and themes featured in the horror film, from final girls, monstrous bogeymen, giant monsters and vampires to the recent torture porn and found footage formats. The book remembers the J-Horror remake trend of the 2000s, and examines the oft-repeated slasher format popularized by John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) and Friday...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c1935, c1941, c1943, c1946
Language
English
Description
The Wolf Man: When a man is attacked by a werewolf, he finds to his horror that he now becomes one himself under a full moon. WereWolf of London: While on a botanical expedition in Tibet Dr. Wilfred Glendon is attacked in the dark by a strange animal. Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man: Graverobbers open the grave of the WolfMan and awake him. She-Wolf of London: A young heiress finds evidence suggestig that at night she acts under the influence of a...
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Series
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English
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Mankind has been predicting its own demise through various methods, from fables and religious scriptures to hard-core scientific studies since the dawn of time. And if there is one thing Hollywood knows how to exploit, it is the fears of Things to Come. Movies about the end of the world have been around since the early days of cinema, and Armageddon Film FAQ is a look into the various methods we have destroyed ourselves over the years: zombies, mad...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c1931, c1935, c1939, c1942, c1944
Language
English
Description
Frankenstein: Dr. Frankenstein creates a true monster from dead human parts, but it gets out of control and into trouble. Bride of Frankenstein: Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster. Son of Frankenstein: Wolf Frankenstein, the doctor's son, returns with his wife, to claim his inheritance. Ghost of Frankenstein: Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the original doctor's...
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Language
English
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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....
9) Dementia 13
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A childhood drowning in the lake on the family estate still haunts the family years later. Their gathering is menaced by an axe murderer.
11) Godzilla
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nuclear testing resurrects Godzilla and it's up to a select group of people to stop him before he completely destroys New York City and perhaps the world.
12) The birds
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.
Publisher
Alebrije Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
Description
Luis is going through a difficult economic situation. With the death of his mother, he inherits a house in another city and decides to send his family ahead of his arrival. Upon arrival, the newcomers discover a hidden doll in the house, disturbing the peace of a spirit that inhabits the place. The new residents do not believe in ghosts, but the echoes of the house might make them change their opinion.
15) The victim
Series
Publisher
Tartan Video USA
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Thai
Description
A young woman is asked by police to help solve the murder of a beauty queen by reenacting her death. As she gets closer to solving the murder, she is also closer to losing her life.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transylvania.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
It's a rainy night on the Welsh moors. Two American students on a walking tour of Europe trudge on to the next town, when suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl ... Three weeks later, one is dead and the other is in the hospital.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Axel, Jonathan and Ana live together in a post-catastrophic world. Their whole dynamic changes when Axel and Jonathan go out on an expedition in search of provisions and return to the house with a zombie that they call Pythagoras.
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