Alligator (1980)

Alligator (1980)

[7] Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole) stars as a police detective in this better-than-average monster movie about a giant alligator that terrorizes the Chicago suburbs. Screenwriter John Sayles (Passion Fish, Lone Star) probably deserves most of the credit,…
Alien 3 (1992)

Alien 3 (1992)

[6] After surviving two rounds with the xenomorphs, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) crash-lands on a planet where a few dozen convicts have found God in an abandoned mining facility. But God can't save them from the alien that stowed away with…
Alucarda (1977)

Alucarda (1977)

[6] In this dream-like film from director Juan López Moctezuma, a teenaged girl named Justine goes to live at a convent after the death of her parents. Unfortunately, her nun roommate, Alucarda, turns out to be a satanic lesbian with…
Underwater (2020)

Underwater (2020)

[7] After an earthquake devastates their facilities at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, a handful of deep sea drillers decide their only chance of surviving is to walk along the ocean floor to another nearby facility miles away. But…
Crawl (2019)

Crawl (2019)

[7] Director Alexandre Aja (High Tension) serves up a father/daughter survival thriller that takes place primarily in a basement full of alligators during a hurricane. Sound preposterous? Well, that's part of the charm. But Aja and screenwriters Michael and Shawn…
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

[3] This faux documentary featuring people's alleged encounters with a sasquatch-like monster in the Louisiana woods made millions at drive-ins across America when it was released. It was a remarkable fete for a G-rated homegrown independent flick featuring non-actors. And…
The Suckling (1990)

The Suckling (1990)

[3] A pregnant woman and her boyfriend visit Big Mamma's whorehouse and abortion clinic, where her fetus is flushed down the toilet into a sewer of toxic waste. The critter manages to survive and seek revenge on everyone at Big…
Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

[5] Nicolas Cage stars as a publishing executive who thinks he's becoming a vampire. To his credit, he was bitten by a vampire (Flashdance's Jennifer Beals)... or did he imagine that? Either way, Cage begins wearing dark shades, avoiding sunlight,…
The Skull (1965)

The Skull (1965)

[2] Peter Cushing stars in this Amicus production about a collector of supernatural antiquities who comes into possession of the Marquis de Sade's skull. Christopher Lee (in a cameo) warns him that the skull has the power to possess its…
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

[8] In this seminal silent classic, a doctor showcases a fortune-telling sleepwalker to a crowd of spectators. One man asks, "When will I die?" The sleepwalker says, "By dawn tomorrow." And then the doctor sets out to fulfill the premonition…