Subgenre Sampler
Paranorma: 251 Films to Buy & Rent
- House (Hausu) (1977)
- Dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi
Feat. Kimiko Ikegami
- Words don't do justice to this one–of–a–kind Japanese horror romp about a gaggle of teen girls caught in a haunted house whose…
- Last Wave, The (1977)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil
- A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…
- Suspiria (1977)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett
- This is the quintessential Dario Argento feature – a hysterical gothic nightmare about a girl trapped in a sinister ballet academy.
Visually…
- Signalman, The (1976)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Denholm Elliott
- Smallscale but nicely crafted adaptation of Charles Dickens' ghost story 'The Signalman'.
Concerning the spectral experiences of a signalman…
- Ash Tree, The (1975)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood
- Short film adaptation of the ghost story by M R James. A man of leisure inherits the family estate after his uncle dies, and finds himself…
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence
- One of Disney's best live–action telemovies, where two orphans with mysterious telekinetic powers flee the attentions of a shifty entrepeneur.…
- Ghoul, The (1975)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Peter Cushing, John Hurt
- In the foggy moors of the 1920's, one of Peter Cushing's 'gate crashers' disappears and turns up dismembered, initiating a disturbing pattern. …
- Reincarnation of Peter Proud, The (1975)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Michael Sarrazin, Margot Kidder, Jennifer O'Neill…
- Slow burn psychological horror directed by J. Lee Thompson (GUNS OF NAVARONE) about a university professor who is tortured by recurring nightmares…
- ...And Now the Screaming Starts! (Fengriffen) (1973)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee…
- Non–omnibus horror from inventively cheap horror specialists 'Amicus' concerns a young bride's horrifying discovery that her husband's family…
- Asphyx, The (Horror of Death) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Newbrook
Feat. Robert Stephens, Robert Powell
- Promising 'Victorian' horror set around experiments by a scientist (Stephens) into capturing the 'asphyx' (soul) of a dying person and gaining a…