The Horror...The Horror...

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Rosemary's Baby (1968,  R)
Rosemary's Baby 5.0 Stars
The greatest and creepiest horror film of all time!!! Polanski introduced to us a fascinating story with satanism and prepartum deliria as the main subjects. the world wouldn't be the same after this film, from a cinematic view as well as for the consecuences led by it.
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Psycho (1960,  R)
Psycho 5.0 Stars
horror/suspense masterpiece. Hitchcock hits the spot once again, creating one of his most eerie and captivating films. full on twists, memorable performances, as well as the best murder ever captured on screen!
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The Shining (1980,  R)
The Shining 5.0 Stars
Without any doubt, a horror masterpiece. Every silence, feeling, and presence is loaded with chilling and mesmerizing power. Nicholson drives the film through the edge, as well as Kubrick's "sense and sensibility" for space and lighting. operatic, barroque and remarkable style. A must see for any horror-Kubrick afficionado.
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Night of the Living Dead (1968,  Unrated)
Night of the Living Dead 4.5 Stars
Landmark horror classic with an interesting socio-political subtle. low budget/documentary feel, raw claustrophobic, intense, nightmarish, and highly addictive.
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The Exorcist (1973,  R)
The Exorcist 4.5 Stars
What else can I say, an eternal cult classic. one of the most chilling and horrifying film experiences ever. definitely not for the faint-hearted.
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The Omen (1976,  R)
The Omen 4.0 Stars
Cult classic emerged from 70s demonic craze. Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and the boy Harvey Stephens deliver powerful & nerve-racking performances, All led by Richard Donner's haunting take on Satan's child rise.
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Repulsion (1965,  Unrated)
Repulsion 5.0 Stars
sexual and bloody tour de force. Polanski makes his own femenine, twisted and lovely to look at version of Norman Bates.
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, The Vampire) (1922,  Unrated)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, The Vampire) 5.0 Stars
No one does it to you like Max Shreck's horrifying portrayal of the immortal walking corpse Count Nosferatu. Murnau conjures up the supernatural with immeasurable power.
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The Fly (1986,  R)
The Fly 4.5 Stars
One of Cronenberg's most comercial and yet superb films. gruesome, gory, raw and yet touching. one of the best sci-fi/horror films, better than the original.
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The Tenant (1976,  R)
The Tenant 4.5 Stars
Polanski finishes the apartment dwelling trilogy with a unique, strange and captivating film loathed by critics back on its release. it goes from a regular, existential black comedy unrelentingly transmuting itself into a paranoid, atmospheric journey of macabre visions and insanity.
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Night of the Demon (1957) (,  Unrated)
Night of the Demon (1957) 4.0 Stars
Jacques Tourneur's mise-en-scene is flawless. A misty demonic tale that can elicit any good enthusiast of subtle horror without the use of blood or any other gimmick. Great performances by Niall MacGinnis and Dana Andrews. doesn't matter Satan looks fake, it still holds a menacing look.
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Alien (1979,  R)
Alien 4.0 Stars
Ridley Scott's best film. visually stunning and suspenseful all the way.
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The Thing (1982,  R)
The Thing 4.0 Stars
A remake that surpasses the original in every way. An exciting, atmospherical, claustrophobical alien whodunit with great gory f/x.
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The Birds (1963,  PG-13)
The Birds 4.0 Stars
Another haunting Hitchcock classic, riveting take on Daphne Du Maurier tale of despair for mankind's reign on earth.
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The Changeling (1980,  R)
The Changeling 4.0 Stars
director Peter Medak wisely sees things through the big scope, creating a chilling, eerie, atmosferical film with a great performance by the equally brilliant George C. Scott. one of the most striking and yet sadly overlooked horror film. a must see for any haunted house movie fan.
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Videodrome (1983,  R)
Videodrome 4.5 Stars
A shifting visceral cerebral austere horror fantasy that blows your mind away. long live the new flesh, Cronenberg's masterpiece, period.
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The Innocents (1961,  Unrated)
The Innocents 4.5 Stars
Creepy gothic ghost tale with a great performance by Deborah Kerr. stunning photography by Freddie Francis and impressive tact for suspense by Jack Clayton.
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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935,  Unrated)
The Bride of Frankenstein 4.0 Stars
Although more funny than scary, this has to be one of the best sequels ever done. James Whale's narration is lyrical and stylish, the settings evoke gothic mystique and Boris Karloff perfectly embodies the tall walking corpse, who embarks on a murderous rampage after the events of the first film, only to find at the end that even he has a heart. excellent horror/black comedy universal classic.
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The Haunting (1963,  G)
The Haunting 4.0 Stars
Startling, intense, eerie, ambiguous and subtle psychological horror classic. great example of solid storytelling.
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Deep Red (1975,  R)
Deep Red 4.0 Stars
Giallo watermark. full of suspense, excitement and violence. uneven but effective soundtrack. likeable performances. stylish lighting, atmosphere and art direction. twisted fun ride.
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Suspiria (1977,  Unrated)
Suspiria 3.5 Stars
The lovely Jessica Harper is one of the maidens chosen for sacrifice in this grisly phantasmagorical tale. Artsy, kaleidoscopic photography and unnerving score by the goblins.
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Village of the Damned (1960,  Unrated)
Village of the Damned 4.0 Stars
Sci-fi/horror classic that serves as an allegory for the seek of perfection (read nazism) and the consequences it brings. a lot of creepy moments and a very skillful montage in the final scenes.
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Dawn of the Dead (1979,  R)
Dawn of the Dead 4.0 Stars
Intelligent and disturbing horror film with the usual Romero's social emphasis. More than a mere Zombie movie, it's a thrilling, colourful, in-your-face parable about exacerbated capitalism.
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Carrie (1976,  R)
Carrie 4.0 Stars
Stephen King's fist novel adapted to the silver screen is one of De Palma's most realized and nerve-racking films. the ending is by far one of the best and most unexpected shocks in the history of the genre.
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Cat People (1942,  Unrated)
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Eyes Without a Face (1962,  Unrated)
Eyes Without a Face 4.0 Stars
original, dark, and fun french thriller, written by the same duo who made possible Hitchcock's Vertigo and Clouzot's Diaboliques
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974,  R)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4.0 Stars
cult classic, one of the grand daddies of slashers. hallucinating, raw, tingles of cinema veritè/documentary feel make a nerve-racking stay with one hell of a family.
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The Brood (1979,  R)
The Brood 3.5 Stars
Cronenberg delivers his dwarfs of rage with his usually intelligent, fascinating and disgusting pseudo-metafisic plot and atmosphere. this is with no doubt the best of his early works.
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The Last Man on Earth (1964,  Unrated)
The Last Man on Earth 3.5 Stars
The best adaptation of Matheson's apocalyptic novel. Vincent Price is as good as always, this time in a more contained role. the overall mood is effective, austere and creepy.
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The Other (1972,  PG)
The Other 3.5 Stars
An eerie, unpretentious and well told psychological drama, now a cult film. the ending scared the shit out of me when I was a child.
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Sisters (1973,  R)
Sisters 3.5 Stars
With the valuable support of Bernard Herrmann in a terrifying score and Paul Hirsch's superb editing, De Palma accurately exploits Hitchcockian themes for the first time, and even creates his most dazzling split-screen scene ever.
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Carnival of Souls (1962,  Unrated)
Carnival of Souls 3.5 Stars
A bit dated and made with low budget, but it has very interesting premise and some moments of bone chilling psychological horror. A "drive-in" classic.
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Don't Look Now (1973,  R)
Don't Look Now 3.5 Stars
Most of the time is nothing more than the drama of a married couple, but little by little things start turning distressing and creepy. terrifying twist at the end.
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Halloween (1978,  R)
Halloween 3.5 Stars
Giallo arrives to america. Carpenter explodes the suspense in high scale and creates a dark and menacing atmosphere. A sexy Jamie Lee Curtis is great in the lead role.
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The Mummy (1932,  Unrated)
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House of Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) (1960,  Unrated)
House of Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) 3.5 Stars
Pretty good take on Poe's short story by writer Richard Matheson and director Roger Corman, with his eerie and cheap atmosphere. Vincent Price, without his mustache, proves why he is the ultimate horror legend.
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The Black Cat (1934,  Unrated)
The Black Cat 3.5 Stars
Boris Karloff plays the leader of a bunch of satanists, and is willing to sacrifice a married couple, who are unexpectedly protected by none other than Bela Lugosi. Duel of titans that has few or nothing to do with Edgar Allan Poe's short story, but is directed with attractive expressionism by Edgar G. Ulmer, an underrated king of B movies
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) (1979,  PG)
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La Maschera del demonio (Black Sunday) (House of Fright) (Mask of the Demon) (1961,  R)
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Dead Alive (Braindead) (1993,  Unrated)
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An American Werewolf in London (1981,  R)
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In the Mouth of Madness (1995,  R)
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House of Wax (1953) (1953,  PG)
House of Wax (1953) 3.5 Stars
The always cool Vincent Price plays again a vengeful devilish man in this delightful 3-D film.
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932,  Unrated)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984,  R)
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The Fog (1980) (1980,  R)
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Stephen King's It (2000,  Unrated)
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The Evil Dead (1981,  NC-17)