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Horror > Paranorma: 171 Films to Buy & Rent
Legend of Hell House, The (1973)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill…
- Hoary British haunted house yarn based on Richard Matheson’s novel has four ‘experts’ (a skeptical physicist and his wife, a medium…
Lost Hearts (1973)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Simon Gipps-Kent
- A powerful drama based on the ghost story by M. R. James about an elderly and excitable black magician who preys sinisterly upon children.
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Peter Vaughan
- A wonderful ghost story in miniature from the heyday of adventurous BBC productions, that adapts a superior M R James story with perfect economy and…
Baron Blood (1972)
- Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti
- A resurrected 16th century warlock moves back into his old haunt to continue his macabre fantasies. A petrified Elke Sommer runs around in a…
Ghost Story (TV Series) (Circle of Fear) (1972-1973)
- Feat. Sheila Larken , Meg Foster, Don Barry…
- Horror anthology TV series presented by Sebastian Cabot, who also plays the owner of a mysterious hotel beset by creepy occurrences. Produced by…
Dunwich Horror, The (1970)
- Dir. Daniel Haller
Feat. Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley…
- Supernatural horror loosely adapting the novella of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft, which builds on the Cthulhu Mythos.
Set in the fictional…
House That Dripped Blood, The (1970)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott…
- Juicy if variable four–part portmanteau film written by PSYCHO scribe, Robert Bloch, and adorned by the Cushing/Lee double–act as well as…
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern
- Possibly the finest of the BBC's M R James adaptations, this spooky tale concerns a closeted, sceptical professor (Hordern) whose seaside holiday…
Gorgon, The (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco…
- A small village falls prey to an unseen monster. Citizens are found turned to stone after every full moon. The town Doctor (Peter Cushing) concludes…
Kwaidan (1964)
- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratana, Misako Watanabe
- A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…