Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 126 Films to Rent on VHS
- Long Time Dead (2001)
- Dir. Marcus Adams
Feat. Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
- Though hip, slick and atmospheric, this British horror entry for the multiplexes is at once straight–faced and silly, and strictly…
- No One Can Hear You (2001)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Kelly McGillis, Craig Parker, Barry Corbin…
- A serial–killing axe–fest set in the USA, but filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over the top performances almost lend camp appeal to…
- Bruiser (2000)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare, Leslie Hope
- Jason Flemyng plays a weak–willed and miserable office executive who wakes to find he's literally lost his identity. His 'blank face' becomes…
- Cut (2000)
- Dir. Kimble Rendall
Feat. Molly Ringwald
- Solid Australian variation on SCREAM, with an imported Molly Ringwald helping complete a horror film abandoned some years before due to an…
- Ed Gein (In the Light of the Moon) (2000)
- Dir. Chuck Parello
Feat. Steve Railsback, Carrie Snodgrass
- Sombre biopic of the 1950s Wisconsin serial–killer, whose macabre exploits were the basis for PSYCHO and many other movies. Steve Railsback…
- Hole, The (2000)
- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Thora Birch, Daniel Brocklebank, Desmond Harrington…
- Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY) delivers a convincing English accent for this Brit variation of Teenage Gothic, emerging as the only survivor of a…
- Strange Frequency (2000)
- Dir. Bryan Spicer, Mary Lambert
Feat. Eric Roberts, John Taylor, Judd Nelson
- This portmanteau of four 'urban myths' set in the contemporary music scene is surprisingly witty and satisfying. Segments 'My Generation' and 'Room…
- They Nest (2000)
- Dir. Ellory Elkayem
Feat. Dean Stockwell, John Savage
- Debut feature from NZ–born 'bug–movie specialist Ellory Elkayam features ravenous African cockroaches terrorising a coastal town in…
- Universal Horror (2000)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow
- Reeling back to the horror films produced by Universal Studios in the 1930s, this Kevin Brownlow documentary is a lovingly–made reminder of the…
- Bride of Chucky (1999)
- Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Nick Stabile
- Hard to believe this was a good idea, but the writer of the original CHILD'S PLAY manages to rejuvenate the tired series with a sardonic edge and an…