Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Xtro (1982)- Dir. Harry Bromley Davenport
Feat. Maryam d'Abo, Bernice Stegers, Philip Sayer - Sci–fi horror about a man who is abducted by aliens, then shows up three years later looking for his son. Pretty good fun, with some…
Alison's Birthday (1981)- Dir. Ian Coughlan
Feat. Joanne Samuel, Bunney Brooke, Lou Brown - Low–budget Ocker entry into the occult genre with Samuel's birthday celebrations with her Aunt and Uncle going horribly awry.
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Jenny Agutter - Screamingly funny resuscitatation of the werewolf genre is great fun for the whole family, replete with Oscar–winning effects and many a great…
Beyond, The (E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà) (1981)- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck - This eerie celluloid nightmare from Italian gore–meister Fulci can be fully appreciated in this uncut version, restoring its succession…
Burning, The (1981)- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer… - A proficient slasher in the wake of FRIDAY THE 13TH in which a former summer camp caretaker plots bloody revenge on the teenagers who accidentally…
Cannibal Ferox (Make Them Die Slowly, aka Woman From Deep River) (1981)- Dir. Umberto Lenzi
Feat. John Morghen, Lorraine De Selle, Bryan Redford… - Prime example of the notorious "Cannibal" subgenre of Italian horror films, that creates a dubious mythology of its own as it exploits our mythical…
Darkroom (TV Series) (1981)- Feat. James Coburn
- James Coburn hosts this cultish NIGHT GALLERY spinoff, with weekly episodes presenting two or three shorts tales of the mysterious and macabre.
Dead and Buried (1981)- Dir. Gary A Sherman
Feat. James Farentino, Melody Anderson - Low key horror set around a series of murders in Smalltown, USA, in which the victims refuse to stay in the ground. The makers of ALIEN (Dan…
Dead Kids (Strange Behaviour) (1981)- Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher - Minor cult item concerning a series of nasty murders in a small town, which may be connected to a deranged scientist and his psychology experiments.…
Deadly Blessing (1981)- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Ernest Borgnine - Blacklisted by a quasi–Amish farming community for marrying one of their own, city girl Martha (Jensen) and her two college friends fend off…
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