Vampire Circus (1972)

Vampire Circus (1972)

[6] A mysterious circus troupe comes to a small town while a deadly plague sweeps the land. While the citizenry is entertained by the circus performances, its children begin to disappear -- but from the plague, or by something else? Vampire Circus…
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

[6] Ralph Bates (The Horror of Frankenstein) stars as the infamous Dr. Jekyll, harvesting female hormones from fresh cadavers in his quest to invent a cure for all ailments. His experiments lead to an interesting result, though: a male fly becomes a…
Fright Night (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

[9] As the horror genre shifted full-bore into gore and kill counts in the '80s, Tom Holland (Child's Play) wrote and directed this Valentine to a simpler, more classic way of spooky storytelling. Fright Night is about a high school boy (William…
Nightbreed (1990)

Nightbreed (1990)

[9] Nightbreed is a bad movie. But it's also one of my favorite movies. Allow me to explain. The film, directed by Clive Barker and based on his book Cabal, wants to be a sprawling horror-fantasy epic for the ages. The complicated…
The Exorcist (1973)

The Exorcist (1973)

[9] Director William Friedkin (The French Connection, Sorcerer) approaches author William Peter Blatty's tale of demonic possession with disturbing seriousness and realism, an approach that struck fear in the hearts of moviegoers like no film has before or since. Ellen Burstyn stars…
Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

[7] A young girl sees her mother murdered at the hands of her father, who just so happens to be London's infamous Jack the Ripper. When the girl comes of age (played by Angharad Rees), she's triggered to continue her father's murderous…
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

[5] Writer/director Wes Craven returns to the franchise he started, providing a unique coda to the original series of seven Nightmare on Elm Street movies. New Nightmare gives us a glimpse of the meta-awareness that would be foundational to Craven's later Scream…
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

[3] Hammer Films' 1970s death spiral continues with this snoozy adaptation of Bram Stoker's The Jewel of Seven Stars. Valerie Leon stars as an archaeologist's daughter who becomes increasingly possessed by the spirit of a long-deceased Egyptian princess (also played by Leon).…
The Guardian (1990)

The Guardian (1990)

[6] New parents (Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell) unwittingly welcome evil into their lives when they hire a British nanny (Jenny Seagrove) who plans to feed their baby to a tree monster in the woods. The Guardian may suffer from a muddled,…
The Omen (1976)

The Omen (1976)

[8] Gregory Peck squares off against the Antichrist in this popular horror-thriller from director Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon). Peck plays the American ambassador to England and a good friend of the president. When we first meet him, he's grieving his stillborn…