The ABCs of Horror Cinema
Each letter of the alphabet representing the best of Horror! 26 letters...26 awesome horror movies :)
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Honorable Mentions:
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971), AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984), ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992), AUDITION (1999), AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000), A TALE OF TWO SISTERS (2003) - DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.Honorable Mentions:
THE BAD SEED (1956), BLACK SUNDAY (1960), BLACK SABBATH (1963), THE BIRDS (1963), THE BROOD (1979) - DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.Honorable Mentions:
CAT PEOPLE (1942), THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962), CARRIE (1976), THE CHANGELING (1980)
CANDYMAN (1992), CEMETERY MAN (1994), CLOVERFIELD (2008), THE CHASER (2008), COLD FISH (2010) - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Honorable Mentions:
DRACULA (1931), DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1931), DEAD OF NIGHT (1945), DIABOLIQUE (1955), DEEP RED (1975), THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (2001) - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.Honorable Mentions:
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960), ERASERHEAD (1977), THE EVIL DEAD (1981), EDEN LAKE (2008) - DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.Honorable Mentions:
FREAKS (1932), THE FLY (1958), FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN (1967), THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967), FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969), FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980), FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981), FINAL DESTINATION (2000), FIDO (2006) - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.Honorable Mentions:
THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1963), GINGER SNAPS (2000), GRINDHOUSE (2007), THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (2007) - DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.Honorable Mentions:
HAXAN (1922), HOUSE OF WAX (1953), HORROR OF DRACULA (1958), HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959), HOUSE OF USHER (1960), HALLOWEEN (1978), THE HITCHER (1986), HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986), HELLRAISER (1987), THE HOST (2006) - DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam HarriganA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.Honorable Mentions:
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956), THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957), THE INNOCENTS (1961), I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1970), INFERNO (1980), IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994), ICHI THE KILLER (2001), INSIDE (2007), I SAW THE DEVIL (2010) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Honorable Mentions:
JIGOKU (1960), JACOB'S LADDER (1990),JU-ON: THE CURSE (2000), JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2002), JULIA'S EYES (2010) - DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.Honorable Mentions:
KWAIDAN (1964), KILL BABY, KILL (1966), KURONEKO (1968) - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Honorable Mentions:
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964), LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971), THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972), THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973) - DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.Honorable Mentions:
THE MUMMY (1932), THE MASQUE OF RED DEATH (1964), MR. SARDONICUS (1967), MARTIN (1976), MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981), MISERY (1990), MALEFIQUE (2002), MAY (2002), THE MIST (2007), MARTYRS (2008) - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.Honorable Mentions:
NOSFERATU (1922), NOROI: THE CURSE (2005) - DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.Honorable Mentions:
THE OTHER (1972), THE OMEN (1976), OPERA (1987), THE OTHERS (2001), THE ORPHANAGE (2007) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.Honorable Mentions:
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925), PEEPING TOM (1960), PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965), POLTERGEIST (1982), PREDATOR (1987), PET SEMATARY (1989), PULSE (2001), THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES (2007) - DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJack WarnerRichard WordsworthProfessor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.Honorable Mentions:
QUATERMASS & THE PIT (1967), THE QUIET FAMILY (1998) - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.Honorable Mentions:
THE RAVEN (1935), REPULSION (1965), THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975), RE-ANIMATOR (1985), RINGU (1998), [REC.] (2007) - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Honorable Mentions:
SPIDER BABY (1968), SALO, OR 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1975), SUSPIRIA (1977), THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991), SE7EN (1995), SAW (2004), SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) - DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen DanzigerFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.Honorable Mentions:
THE TINGLER (1959), THE TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964), THEATER OF BLOOD (1973), TENEBRE (1082), THE THING (1982), TRICK 'R TREAT (2007), TRIANGLE (2009), TROLL HUNTER (2010) - DirectorTod BrowningStarsLon ChaneyNorman KerryJoan CrawfordA criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.Honorable Mentions:
UGETSU (1953), UZUMAKI (2000) - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Honorable Mentions:
VAMPYR (1932), VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960), THE VIRGIN SPRING (1960), THE VANISHING (1988) - DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.Honorable Mentions:
THE WOLF MAN (1941), WITCHFINDER GENERAL (1968),WILLARD (1971 & 2003), THE WICKER MAN (1973), THE WOMAN IN BLACK (1989) - DirectorRoger CormanStarsRay MillandDiana Van der VlisHarold J. StoneA Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.Honorable Mentions:
X: THE UNKNOWN (1956) - DirectorSergio MartinoStarsEdwige FenechAnita StrindbergLuigi PistilliA series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.Honorable Mentions:
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)