Horror, sci-fi and fantasy culture: 6,080 entries
The Killer Nun – original title: Suor Omicidi (“Sister Homicide”) – is a 1978 Italian nunsploitation/horror feature film directed by Giulio Berruti from a screenplay co-written with Alberto Tarallo. It is also known as Killer Nun and Deadly Habits. …
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Evilspeak is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by Eric Weston from a screenplay co-written with Joseph Garofalo. The movie stars Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joseph Cortese and Claude Earl Jones. …
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La Maldición de la Bestia – translation: “The Curse of the Beast” is a 1975 Spanish supernatural horror film directed by Miguel Iglesias as M.I. Bonns from a screenplay by Jacinto Molina …
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‘Many people visit, few ever leave the…’ Madhouse – aka There Was a Little Girl – is a 1981 Italian horror film produced and directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis (The Visitor; Tentacles; Beyond the Door). It …
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‘Bit by bit… by bit he carved a nightmare!’ The Toolbox Murders is a 1978 American slasher horror film directed by Dennis Donnelly from a screenplay by Robert Easter and Ann …
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‘Molly really knows how to cut men down to size!!’ The Witch Who Came from the Sea is a 1976 American horror film directed by Matt Cimber from a screenplay …
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‘The dream you can’t escape alive!’ Nightmare is a 1981 American slasher horror feature film written and directed by Italian filmmaker Romano Scavolini (Spirits of Death). It has also been released as Nightmare …
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Gods & Monsters Lurid Trumps are a card game based on the fondly remembered Top Trumps of the 1970’s and 1980’s, themselves based on an even older game called Quartets. …
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Kiss of Death is a horror-themed rock song by The Lords of the New Church written by Brian James (ex-The Damned) and Stiv Bators (ex-The Dead Boys), and a track …
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Mardi Gras Massacre is a 1978 American horror feature film written and directed by Jack Weis. The movie stars Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo and Laura Misch Owens. It is an unofficial semi-remake of the …
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‘A haunting rhyme for bedtime’ Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (aka Night Warning; Momma’s Boy; Nightmare Maker; Thrilled to Death; The Evil Protege) is a 1982 American exploitation horror feature film directed by William Asher. It …
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‘Is it a Nightmare? or is it…” The Slayer – also known as Nightmare Island – is a 1982 American slasher horror feature film directed by J.S. Cardone (Wicked Little Things; The Forsaken; …
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Video Nasty is a six part British comic book series, first published in March 2014. The story takes place in 1983, and is a mix of police mystery and horror, set …
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This is a historical listing of all films that were deemed to be ‘video nasties’ in the UK. Read the story of the ‘video nasties’ here. When horror films began …
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The film world in Britain during the early 80s was grim. Most of the grand cinema palaces of yesteryear were, if not already transformed into bingo halls, falling apart, offering …
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The 1970s saw many old cinematic taboos falling away, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a …
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‘The blood runs in rivers… …and the drill keeps tearing through flesh and bone’ The Driller Killer is a 1979 American horror feature film written, directed by, and starring, Abel Ferrara. …
Read More“Sometimes I make movies which don’t interest me too much and after, with the money, I make the movies I want to make.” Joe D’Amato Italy’s king of trash sinema, Joe …
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Devil Hunter is a 1980 Spanish/West German horror feature film directed by Jesus Franco [as Clifford Brown]; has also been released as The Devil Hunter, Chasseurs d’Hommes, Sexo Cannibal, Jungfrau under Kannibalen, The Man Hunter, …
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‘It begins with a horrifying killing and then starts to get bloody!’ The Boogey Man – or The Boogeyman on promotional material – and The Bogey Man in the UK – is a …
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‘Haunting intrigue… a shock to your system!!!’ The House on Straw Hill is a 1975 British psycho thriller feature film written and directed by James Kenelm-Clarke. It was released domestically in …
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‘When the price of lust is death!’ The Mountain of the Cannibal God (Italian title: La montagna del dio cannibale) is a 1978 Italian-Spanish exploitation feature film directed by Sergio Martino. It stars Ursula Andress, …
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‘They invade your body… control your mind… blow you apart!’ Contamination – also known as Alien Contamination, Contamination: Alien on Earth and Toxic Spawn – is a 1980 Italian/German science fiction horror …
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‘They thought they were just killing some weeds’ Bloodeaters – also known as Forest of Fear and Toxic Zombies – is a 1979 American horror film, released in October 1980. It was written, produced and …
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‘The entrance is the gateway to Hell!’ Don’t Go Near the Park – also known as Curse of the Living Dead, Nightstalker and Sanctuary for Evil – is a 1979 American horror …
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Monster Mag is a British horror magazine published between 1974 and 1976. It achieved notoriety due to the gory images it reveled in publishing. Published by Top Sellers, Monster Mag was …
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‘Mad creatures of the night existing only for sensual sadistic moments of human slaughter!’ The Ghastly Ones, retitled as Blood Rites for its UK release and Blood Orgy for some drive-in dates, …
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‘More horrific than Texas Chain Saw Massacre…’ Axe – released theatrically as Lisa, Lisa and also known as California Axe Massacre and The Virgin Slaughter – is a 1974 American exploitation horror film written and …
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“I’m a human being, like you! I’m a man, not a fish!” – Ivan Rassimov Il paese del sesso selvaggio (“The Country of Savage Sex”), better known as Man from Deep …
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Don’t Go in the House is a 1979 [28 March 1980 release] horror film emulating Psycho (1960) in a more forthright manner. The film focuses on the main character Donny’s abuse-driven psychoticism and schizophrenic …
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Absurd – original title: Rosso Sangue [“Red Blood”] – is a 1981 Italian horror feature film directed by Aristide Massaccesi [as Joe D’Amato] and written by Luigi Montefiori [as George Eastman]. The movie …
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Dead & Buried is a 1981 American horror film directed by Gary Sherman (Poltergeist III; Death Line) from a screenplay written by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett (Alien). It stars Melody Anderson, …
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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie – Italian: Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti “Do Not Profane the Sleep of the Dead” – is a 1974 Spanish-Italian horror film written and directed by …
Read MoreThe Cannibal Man – original title: La Semana del asesino “The Week of the Killer” – is a 1972 Spanish horror feature film, directed by Eloy de la Iglesia, and written by de la Iglesia and Antonio Fos. …
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‘Their rabid lust for human flesh created an epidemic’ Cannibal Apocalypse – original title Apocalypse domani ‘Apocalypse Tomorrow’ – also known as Cannibals in the Streets and Invasion of the Flesh Hunters, is …
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The Burning is a 1981 American slasher horror film directed by Tony Maylam from a screenplay by Peter Lawrence and Bob Weinstein. It was “created” and produced by Harvey Weinstein, …
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‘She struck back in a way only a woman can!’ Day of the Woman – better known by its re-release title, I Spit on Your Grave – is a 1978 exploitation film directed by …
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‘Man is the only animal that kills for pleasure’ Night School – aka Terror Eyes – is a 1981 American slasher horror feature film directed by Ken Hughes from a screenplay by co-producer Ruth …
Read MoreNight of the Demon is a 1980 American horror movie directed by James C. Wasson from a screenplay by Mike Williams. Presented in flashback and with a brief found footage scene, the …
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‘Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.’ Possession is a 1981 French horror feature film directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski and starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. Żuławski has stated that he wrote the screenplay in the midst of a messy …
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