Slasher – Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWv2_IC4MQg Chiller's Slasher Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot Directed by Craig David Wallace Written by Aaron Martin * For a review of the following episode, "Digging Your Grave With Your Teeth" - click here The pilot for Chiller's first series Slasher starts on Halloween in 1988, giving us a setup for the events to come. A …

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POSSESSION: Jealousy, Love, Repressed Desire

Żuławski's 1981 shocker POSSESSION is a definite, grim bit of horror. It also serves a metaphor for several things; least of which is not the power of male jealousy.

Damien – Season 1, Episode 1: “The Beast Rises”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM4U9MInmhs A&E's Damien Season 1, Episode 1: "The Beast Rises" Directed by Shekhar Kapur Written by Glen Mazzara * For a review of the following episode, "Second Death" - click here A new series from former The Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara begins! No doubt it was a long time coming, after all the revival series …

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A Nightmare on Elm Street: Wes Craven, Torturer of Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVh4lBfW-c A Nightmare on Elm Street. 1984. Directed & Written by Wes Craven. Starring John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Johnny Depp, Charles Fleischer, Joseph Whipp, Robert Englund, Joe Unger, & Lin Shaye. New Line Cinema/Media Home Entertainment/Smart Egg Pictures/The Elm Street Venture. Rated R. 91 minutes. Horror ★★★★★ All those …

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Rob Zombie Presents Halloween: The Horrific Origins of Michael Myers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeQiSdznHGo Halloween. 2007. Directed & Written by Rob Zombie; based on the original screenplay by John Carpenter & Debra Hill. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Richard Lynch, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Danny Trejo, Lew Temple, Tom Towles, Bill Moseley, & Leslie Easterbrook. Dimension Films/Nightfall Productions/Spectacle Entertainment …

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: Dark Comedy and the Repression of Leatherface

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUyEaYxTI2U The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. 1986. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Screenplay by L.M. Kit Carson. Starring Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley, Bill Johnson, Ken Evert, James N. Harrell, Lou Perryman, & Chris Douridas. Cannon Films/Golan-Globus Productions. Rated R. 101 minutes. Comedy/Horror ★★★1/2  Horror sequels are often unduly shit on. Many, in …

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The Demolisher Lulls You in for Nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzJ2jwK185Q The Demolisher. 2015. Directed & Written by Gabriel Carrer. Starring Ry Barrett, Tianna Nori, Jessica Vano, Duncan McLellan, Gerrit Sepers, Bruce Turner, Duane Frey, Andrew Bussey, Owen Fawcett, Rich Piatkowski, & Reese Eveneshen. Latefox Pictures. Not Rated. 85 minutes. Action/Horror/Thriller ★1/2 Sometimes the hype of a film precedes it with way too much intensity. The …

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Condemned is a Gross Out and Nothing More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T3xKFkTIXY Condemned. 2015. Directed & Written by Eli Morgan Gesner. Starring Johnny Messner, Michel Gill, Jon Abrahams, Ronen Rubinstein, Lydia Hearst, Dylan Penn, Michael Drayer, Jordan Gelber, Genevieve Hudson-Price, Anthony Chisholm, Kea Ho, Michael DeMello, Perry Yung, & Tuffy Questell. Caliber Media Company. Not Rated. 83 minutes. Horror ★★1/2 Director-writer Eli Morgan Gesner is obviously …

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