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Director: Tobe Hooper

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

1 April 200314 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Backwoods Brutality

Actors: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Jim Siedow, Paul A. Partain, …
Category: Horror

Eaten Alive (1977)

21 November 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Backwoods Motelier

Actors: Neville Brand, Marilyn Burns, Jose Ferrer, Robert Englund, …
Category: Horror

Salem’s Lot (1979)

2 December 200016 October 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Town of Vampires/Stephen King Adaptation

Actors: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, …
Category: Horror

The Funhouse (1981)

14 September 200229 March 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Carnival Horror House Slasher

Actors: Elizabeth Berridge, Kevin Conway, Sylvia Miles, Cooper Huckabee, …
Category: Horror

Poltergeist (1982)

5 September 200226 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Haunting

Actors: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Heather O'Rourke, …
Category: Horror

Lifeforce (1985)

25 May 200329 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Soul-Sucking Alien Vampires

Actors: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, …
Category: Science Fiction

Invaders from Mars (1986)

9 June 200319 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Alien Body Snatchers

Actors: Hunter Carson, Karen Black, James Karen, Timothy Bottoms, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

9 October 200630 June 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Backwoods Brutality

Actors: Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Bill Johnson, Jim Siedow, …
Category: Horror

Spontaneous Combustion (1990)

21 May 199926 November 2020

Rating: 0­

Pyrokinesis

Actors: Brad Dourif, Jon Cypher, Melinda Dillon, Cynthia Bain, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Body Bags (1993)

7 September 201322 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Actors: Stacy Keach, Mark Hamill, Tom Arnold, Alex Datcher, …
Category: Horror

Night Terrors (1993)

22 August 199916 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Sado-Sexual Games/Marquis De Sade’s Descendant

Actors: Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling, William Finley, Chandra West
Category: Horror

The Mangler (1995)

21 March 20105 January 2025

Rating: 0­

Possessed Laundry Press/Stephen King Adaptation

Actors: Ted Levine, Robert Englund
Category: Horror

The Apartment Complex (1999)

21 January 200116 November 2019

Rating: ★

Apartment Building of Weird Tenants

Actors: Chad Lowe, Fay Masterson, Amanda Plummer, Patrick Warburton, …
Category: Horror

Crocodile (2000)

28 March 201730 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Giant Killer Crocodile

Category: Horror

Taken (2002)

7 August 20081 May 2024

Rating: ★★★½

UFOs and Alien Abductions

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Joel Gretsch, Emily Bergl, Heather Donahue, …
Category: Science Fiction

Toolbox Murders (2003)

3 June 200514 March 2024

Rating: ★★½

Apartment Block Slasher

Actors: Angela Bettis, Juliet Landau, Brent Roam, Greg Travis, …
Category: Horror

Mortuary (2005)

18 November 20073 July 2024

Rating: ★

Creature in the Crypt/Body Snatchers

Actors: Denise Crosby, Dan Byrd, Rocky Marquette, Bug Hall, …
Category: Horror

Djinn (2013)

4 February 201516 August 2020

Rating: ★

Islamic Horror Film/Haunted Apartment Block

Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
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  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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