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Subgenre Sampler

 
Stepfather, TheStepfather, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Terry O'Quinn, Shelley Hack
This psycho doesn't waste time with marriage guidance when a few waves of a machete is the quick and easy solution! Superior…
CassandraCassandra (1986)
Dir. Colin Eggleston
Feat. Tegan Charles, Tessa Humphries, Dylan O'Neill
Quite watchable Aussie horror is set around a young woman's visions of her brother stabbing somebody to death during her childhood years. Using a…
Terminator, TheTerminator, The (1984) Aro Favourite
Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
Breakthrough film for Schwarzenegger and its director, it's a high–powered action fantasy that set a precedent for the genre. And 'I'll be…
Brimstone and TreacleBrimstone and Treacle (1982)
Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Sting, Joan Plowright, Denholm Elliott
Scripted by Dennis Potter, this cult psychodrama is set in the unstable household of Joan Plowright and Denholm Elliot, which is invaded by an…
TenebraeTenebrae (Unsane) (1982) Recommended
Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi
Compelling Argento thriller, with a typically contorted plot design – about a crime writer, whose books stimulate copycat killings – used…
Dressed to KillDressed to Kill (1980) Recommended
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, Nancy Allen
A slick video nasty involving a murderer, a prostitute, a psychiatrist, a bored housewife and her resourceful son. In reworking PSYCHO, De Palma…
Fight For Your LifeFight For Your Life (1977)
Dir. Robert A. Endelson
Feat. William Sanderson, Robert Judd
A racist hillbilly and two sadistic jail–breakers terrorize a black minister and his family, who eventually fight back and take bloody…
FrenzyFrenzy (1972) Recommended
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster
Hitchcock's last really great thriller, concerning a Cockney strangler plaguing the streets of London and setting up Jon Finch as the wrong man.…
Hustler Squad / Wild RidersHustler Squad / Wild Riders (1971-1976)
Dir. Cesar Gallardo, Richard Kanter
Feat. Alex Rocco, Elizabeth Knowles, Sherry Bain
A double feature of 70s drive–in "classics". WILD RIDERS (1971) has Alex Rocco playing a misogynistic biker who goes on a sleazy killing…
Play Misty for MePlay Misty for Me (1971) Recommended
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills
The film that inspired FATAL ATTRACTION stars Clint Eastwood as a late night radio talkhost whose female fan goes way over the line.

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