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October Horrors 2021 – Opera (1987)

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Opera, 1987. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, Ian Charleson, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni and William McNamara. SYNOPSIS: A young soprano is forced to contend with a sadistic killer stalking the halls of the opera house in which she sings. Ah, Opera. The height of high culture and home to some of […]

October Horrors 2021 – The Hidden (1987)

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The Hidden, 1987. Directed by Jack Sholder. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed O’Ross, Clarence Felder, Claudia Christian and Larry Cedar. SYNOPSIS: An FBI agent and an LA detective team up to investigate a series of strange incidents in which seemingly innocent law-abiding citizens suddenly embark on violent crime sprees. We […]

October Horrors 2021 – The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

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The Haunting of Hill House, 2018. Created and Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Michiel Huisman, Paxton Singleton, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Julian Hilliard, Kate Siegel, McKenna Grace, Victoria Pedretti, Violet McGraw and Timothy Hutton. SYNOPSIS: After a tragedy caused them to flee from the ominous Hill House as children, […]

October Horrors – Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

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Tucker and Dale vs Evil, 2010. Directed by Eli Craig. Starring Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss, Chelan Simmons, Philip Granger, Brandon Jay McLaren, Christie Laing, Travis Nelson, Alex Arsenault, Adam Beauchesne, Joseph Allan Sutherland, Karen Reigh, and Weezer. SYNOPSIS: A pair of friendly backwoods hill billies inadvertently find themselves marked as killers […]

October Horrors 2021 – Deep Rising (1998)

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Deep Rising, 1998. Directed by Stephen Sommers. Starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O’Connor, Wes Studi, Derrick O’Connor, Jason Flemyng, Clifton Powell, Trevor Goddard, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: A group of mercenaries board a luxury cruise liner with the intent of stealing its cargo, unaware that something monstrous has already taken over […]

October Horrors 2021 – Fade to Black (1980)

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Fade to Black, 1980. Written and Directed by Vernon Zimmerman. Starring Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Eve Brent, Linda Kerridge, James Luisi, Mickey Rourke, Peter Horton. SYNOPSIS A film-obsessed loner embarks upon a violent killing spree inspired by characters from classic cinema. If you were to describe me as a movie-obsessed oddball, […]

October Horrors 2021 – M (1931)

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M, 1931. Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut and Theodor Loos. SYNOPSIS: In Berlin, several children fall victim to a serial killer. With pressure mounting from a terrified city, both the police and the criminal underworld launch their own hunts for the killer before he can […]

October Horrors 2021 – Possum (2018)

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Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness. Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, Andy Blithe, and Pamela Cook. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced puppeteer returns to his home town to confront his cruel uncle and their shared traumatic past. Earlier this month we took a look at Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, a hilarious cult TV series that affectionately […]

October Horrors 2021 – The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

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The Hills Have Eyes, 2006. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Tom Bower, Ted Levine, Billy Drago, and Laura Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: After breaking down while driving through a barren stretch of desert, a family find themselves fighting for survival against a family of mutant cannibals. […]

October Horrors 2021 – Cube (1997)

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Cube, 1997. Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson, and Maurice Dean Wint. SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers awake to find themselves trapped within a strange cube-like prison from which there is no escape. The last year and a half have certainly given us […]