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Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money maki β¦ng family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationblack comedycult film |
Themes: | afterlifedysfunctional familysupernatural powerartghostsurrealism |
Characters: | zombieteenage girlhusband wife relationshipteenager |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | goth girlskeleton keymodern artmale ghostfemale ghosttwisting one's head completely aroundmusical sequence in non musical workgrabbed in the crotchcommunicating with the deadspinning headfamily frienddrink as titleshrunken headcovered bridgeflattened β¦mediumshiphead spincalypsogiant wormfunhousechild bridesaturnrotting corpseappointmentcharadesable to see the deadgiant snakecandy barmouthpleadinglife after deathreanimationhardware storeminiaturizationghoulscrewballnewlywedfootball teamrealtoryuppie14 year oldgiant monsterportalseancedoubtpervertgothirreverenceexorcismdead manatticministereaten alivecarnivalagenthaunted housepsychichauntingskeletonpossessiongraveyardman with glassesdemoncar crashcar accidentsingingphotographcharacter name in titledog (See All) |
Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon work at the University where they delve into the paranormal and fiddle with many unethical experiments on the students. As they are kicked out of the University do they really understand their knowledge of the paranormal and go into business for themselves. Under t β¦he new snazzy business name of 'Ghostbusters', and living in the old firehouse building they work out of, they are called to rid New York City of paranormal phenomenon at everyone's whim.... for a price. They make national press as the media thinks and pressures everybody the Ghostbusters are the cause of it all. Thrown in jail by the EPA, the mayor takes a chance and calls on them to help save the city. Unbeknownst to all, a long dead Gozer worshiper (Evo Shandor) erected downtown apartment building is the cause of all the paranormal activity. They find out the building could resurrect the ancient Hittite god, Gozer, and bring an end to all of humanity. Who are you gonna call to stop this terrible world-ending menace? (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationblack comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | female ghostgiant monsterirreverencehauntingpossessionman with glassesdemon |
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help β¦of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons. (Read More)
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural powerghost |
Story: | male ghostable to see the deadseancepsychicpossession |
A group of teens including Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks are invited to spend a night in Hell House. Professor Oldman has convinced them it is for a school project, but the night won't go past quietly. Master Kane is long dead, but still plans on enjoying himself, especially with Alex Monday. When β¦ things really start getting bad, the gang must work together to find a way to capture this ghostly menace. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | head spinpervertexorcismhaunted houseskeletonpossessiondemon |
Elizabeth Masterson, a dedicated doctor in San Francisco, had almost no time for anything. When her sister with two kids set her up on a date, she gets into a tragic car crash and goes into a coma. Meanwhile, a landscape architect named David Abbott moves to San Francisco and, coincidentally, into E β¦lizabeth's apartment for rent. While at the apartment, Elizabeth's spirit haunts him. She doesn't remember who she is, who her family is or what she did - All that she remembered was her apartment and where everything was. To settle the arguments, David agrees to figure out who Elizabeth really is. When they get close to figuring out who she is, they eventually find love with one another and as they finally know who she really is, they learn that fate really has put them both together. (Read More)
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural power |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | female ghostlife after deathscrewballexorcismpsychiccar crashcar accidentsingingphotograph |
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Story: | realtorgiant monsterportalexorcismhaunted househauntingpossessionman with glassescar accidentphotograph |
Ashley Williams travels to a secluded cabin in the woods with his girlfriend Linda where they find a tape recording of a professor and a book of evil. This unleashes a bunch of evil spirits that constantly terrorize Ash. Meanwhile a journalist comes to the area to study the book of evil. Ash and her β¦ end up having to survive this swarm of evil until morning comes. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | ghostsurrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | reanimationportalhauntingskeletonpossessiondemon |
After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for yea β¦rs, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exorcise" the houses for a fee. But when he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their forehead beforehand, Frank tries to help the people whom the Reaper is after! (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Story: | haunted housepsychiccar crashcar accident |
A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of h β¦is grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind... (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | musical sequence in non musical workcharadesreanimationnewlywedirreverenceskeletonsingingcharacter name in title |
Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas ('Anton Yelchin' (qv)) is an ordinary guy with a paranormal secret: he sees dead people, everywhere. When a creepy stranger shows-up with an entourage of ghostly bodachs - predators who feed on pain and portend mass destruction - Odd knows that his town is in serious t β¦rouble. Teaming up with his sweetheart Stormy ('Addison Timlin' (qv)) and the local sheriff ('Willem Dafoe' (qv)), Odd plunges into an epic battle of good vs evil to try to stop a disaster of apocalyptic proportions. Based on the best-selling thriller by Dean Koontz. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | able to see the deadportalcarnivalpsychicdemoncar crashcar accidentphotographcharacter name in titledog |
Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing β¦ voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband's urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | seancehaunted househauntingpossessiongraveyardcar accidentphotographdog |
300 years have passed since the Sanderson sisters were executed for practicing dark witchcraft. Returning to life thanks to a combination of a spell spoken before their demise and the accidental actions of Max, the new-kid-in-town, the sisters have but one night to secure their continuing existence. β¦.. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Characters: | zombieteenage girl |
Story: | flatteneddoubthaunted housesinging |
Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only on β¦e who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son? (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationcult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | ghoulhaunted houseskeletonpossessiondemoncar crashcar accidentphotograph |
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Characters: | zombie |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | atticeaten aliveskeletoncar accidentdog |
"Some people lose their faith because Heaven shows them too little," says Thomas Daggett. "But how many people lose their faith because Heaven showed them too much?" Daggett nearly became a priest; now he's a cop. He may want to put religion behind him, but one morning a weird, eyeless, hermaphrodit β¦ic corpse turns up. Suddenly he is on a path that will put him right in the middle of a war in Heaven. And once again, Heaven will show him too much: gore, blood, charred flesh, living corpses and much worse. Even more central to the heavenly war effort is a young girl. This American Indian child has something Gabriel wants. And Gabriel is willing to kill her and anyone in his path - or even reanimate a corpse or two - to get it. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | zombie |
Story: | gothexorcismskeletonpossessiongraveyarddemoncar accidentphotograph |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir β¦ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Story: | rotting corpseexorcismhauntingpossessionman with glassescharacter name in titledog |
In London, solicitor Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the documentation of the Eel β¦ Marsh House that belonged to the recently deceased Mrs. Drablow. Arthur befriends Daily on the train and the man offers a ride to him to the Gifford Arms inn. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn tells that he did not receive the request of reservation and there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who advises him to return to London. However, Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the children of the scared locals. (Read More)
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural powerghost |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | female ghostattichaunted househauntingskeletongraveyardphotographdog |
All 'Jay Baruchel' (qv) expected coming to LA was a fun time with 'Seth Rogen' (qv) with all the wild partying to have both by themselves and at 'James Franco' (qv)'s housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now, Jay and Seth are desperately sheltering in β¦ James' house for rescue along with a few other friends. Together, they must band together to attempt to survive the end of the world, only for Jay to find that they are all too dumb and superficial to do it until they discover the only way out. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Story: | giant monsterexorcismeaten aliveman with glassesdemoncar crashcar accidentsinging |
In the small village Goksung in South Korea, police officer Jong-Goo investigates bizarre murders caused by a mysterious disease. His partner tells a gossip for him that a Japanese stranger that lives in a secluded house in the mountains would be an evil spirit responsible for the illness. Jong-Goo β¦decides to visit the Japanese with his partner and a young priest that speaks Japanese. They find an altar with a goat head and pictures of the infected people that died on the walls. However they are attacked by the guard dog and they only can leave the place when the stranger arrives. Jong-Goo finds one shoe of his beloved daughter Hyo-jin in the house of the stranger and soon she becomes sick. His mother-in-law summons the shaman Il-gwang to save her granddaughter while a mysterious woman tells Jong-Goo that the stranger is the responsible. Who might be the demon that is bringing sickness to Goksung? (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Characters: | zombieteenage girlhusband wife relationshipteenager |
Story: | exorcismpossessiondemonphotographdog |
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected his country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to β¦survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the county? (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Story: | giant monsterexorcismeaten aliveskeletonpossessiondemondog |
Ash is transported with his car to 1,300 A.D., where he is captured by Lord Arthur and turned slave with Duke Henry the Red and a couple of his men. When Ash is thrown into a pit, he defeats two monsters and wins respect of Arthur's army and vassals. The Wiseman points Ash as The Chosen One that wil β¦l retrieve the Necronomicon but Ash is only interested in returning home. When he learns that the only way to return to his time is using the Necronomicon, Ash decides to travel to the unholy land of the Deadites. The Wiseman advises that he must say the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" to safely get the evil book. However, Ash forgets the last word and an army of the dead resurrects to attack Arthur fortress and recover the Necronomicon. The battle between the living and the dead is about to start and the support of Henry the Red is the only way to help Ash and Arthur to defeat the army of darkness. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | zombie |
Story: | head spinskeletonpossessiongraveyarddemoncar accidentsinging |
In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and welcomes β¦ him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | dysfunctional familysurrealism |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationshipteenager |
Story: | gothatticphotographcharacter name in titledog |
Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Ji β¦mmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | eaten alivecarnivalcar crashcar accidentphotographdog |
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationshipteenager |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | eaten alivecar crashcar accidentphotograph |
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the c β¦ause of good rather than evil. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Story: | candy barportaleaten alivedemoncar accidentcharacter name in title |
Set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are betrothed because the Everglots need the money or else they'll be living on the streets and the Van Dorts want to be high in society. But when things go wrong at the wedding r β¦ehearsal, Victor goes into the woods to practice his vows. Just as soon as he gets them right, he finds himself married to Emily, the corpse bride. While Victoria waits on the other side, there's a rich newcomer that may take Victor's place. So two brides, one groom, who will Victor pick? (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationblack comedycult film |
Themes: | afterlifeghostsurrealism |
Characters: | zombie |
Story: | skeletondog |
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | teenage girlteenager |
Story: | gothskeletongraveyardcar crashcar accidentphotographcharacter name in title |
A new girl moves to a new city with her family to start a new life. She meets up with the girls who are very interested in the occult and together, the four of them have a seemingly unstopable power. They can do anything, from getting thier dream guys to like them to... the possibilities are limitle β¦ss. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | goth girlgothphotograph |
Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Chri β¦stmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationblack comedycult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Story: | skeletongraveyarddog |
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends β¦up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | covered bridgemouthportaldemoncar crashcar accidentdog |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
Themes: | dysfunctional familyart |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | skeletonman with glassescar crashcar accidentphotographcharacter name in titledog |
Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same demon she once encountered in her sleep. One of them is Kristen, who has the power to draw o β¦ther people into her dreams. Working with a male doctor assigned to the case, Nancy helps the kids realize their special abilities within the nightmare world. When Freddy captures one of her charges, she leads a rescue attempt into Krueger's domain, in hopes of putting his spirit to rest once and for all. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationcult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | reanimationghoulskeletondemon |
After Nick is murdered by his own partner, he joins the Rest in Peace Department to protect the world from the undeads. While working with his new partner, many undeads are seen gathering in Boston. Soon he realizes that someone close to him is behind all a plot to bring on the apocalypse.
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | giant monsterportaldemoncar crashcar accident |
Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the rickety mansion to seek her claim, she is frightened away β¦ by a wicked wave of ghosts. Determined to get her hands on this hidden fortune, she hires afterlife therapist Dr. James Harvey to exorcise the ghosts from the mansion. Harvey and his daughter Kat move in, and soon Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who's "the friendliest ghost you know." But not so friendly are Casper's uncles--Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie--who are determined to drive all "fleshies" away. Ultimately, it is up to Harvey and Kat to help the ghosts cross over to the other side. (Read More)
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | haunted househauntingcharacter name in title |
When an adorable baby boy is added to the Addams household, Wednesday and Pugsley do not hate the baby, they just aren't necessarily excited about his existence. Ok, yeah they do hate the baby. So Wednesday and Pugsley must get rid of the new addition one way or another. Meanwhile a new nanny is add β¦ed to the household who overtakes Fester. The Addams must stop the nanny, but how? (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | yuppiegothsingingcharacter name in title |
In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ritual he must take up to protect the town from a curse cast β¦by a witch it condemned centuries ago. Eventually, Norman decides to cooperate, but things don't go according to plan. Now, a magic storm of the witch threatens Blithe Hollow as the accursed dead rise. Together with unexpected new companions, Norman struggles to save his town, only to discover the horrific truth of the curse. With that insight, Norman must resolve the crisis for good as only he can. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Themes: | ghost |
Characters: | zombie |
Story: | communicating with the deadmediumshipable to see the dead |
Set, the merciless god of darkness, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief, whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful god β¦ Horus. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | giant snakegiant monsterportalskeletondemon |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | afterlifesupernatural powerghost |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | doubtgraveyardcar accidentphotograph |
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his pa β¦rents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | reanimationgiant monstercarnivalsingingphotographdog |
History is turned on its comic head when, in 10th century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God who s β¦ends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the police intervene - just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | musical sequence in non musical workirreverenceeaten aliveskeletonsinging |
Wayne Szalinski is your average "nutty scientist", working on a top secret machine that shrinks objects. When it unexpectedly starts working, he's so amazed he forgets to tell his family to be careful. And when they wander into his lab...
Subgenre: | stop motion animationcult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | miniaturizationman with glassesdog |
Five tales of terror are presented. The first deals with a demented old man returning from the grave to get the Father's Day cake his murdering daughter never gave him. The second is about a not-too-bright farmer discovering a meteor that turns everything into plant-life. The third is about a vengef β¦ul husband burying his wife and her lover up to their necks on the beach. The fourth is about a creature that resides in a crate under the steps of a college. The final story is about an ultra-rich businessman who gets his comeuppance from cockroaches. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | zombie |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | reanimationskeletongraveyard |
For young Charley Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charley with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. The β¦ only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charley's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money... (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animationcult film |
Themes: | supernatural power |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | ghouldoubtskeleton |
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca β¦pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | appointmentministerskeletongraveyardcar crashcar accidentphotographdog |
When the world of the Orcs of Draenor is being destroyed by the evil fel magic that uses life-force, the powerful warlock Gul'dan creates a portal to the world of Azeroth and forms the Horde with members of the Orc clans. He also captures many prisoners to keep the portal open. The king of Azeroth, β¦Llane Wrynn and his brother-in-law, Anduin Lothar are informed by the apprentice of magician Khadgar that he has found fel magic in dead bodies and the king decides to summon the Guardian of Tirisfal, Medivh, to protect his kingdom. Lothar and Khadgar head to Kharazhan to meet Medivh and an ominous shadow points a book out to Khadgar, who takes it and hides. Anduin, Khadgar and Medivh and a group of soldiers are attacked by Orcs and they capture the slave Garona, who is released by King Llane, and she shows them the location of the portal. Garona is contacted by the Orc chief of a clan Durotan that wants to meet King Llane to stop the fel magic. Meanwhile Khadgar learns that the gate was opened with the help of someone in Azeroth. Shall King Llane trust Garona and Durotan, who might be the traitor? (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | giant monsterportaldoubtexorcismskeletondemon |
A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Story: | haunted househauntingskeleton |
Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the 'Chosen one' who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he i β¦nvestigates. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | supernatural power |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | screwballdemon |
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluc β¦tant protege. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | supernatural powerartsurrealism |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | carnivalpossessiondemoncar crashcar accidentdog |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help β¦ of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | modern artmusical sequence in non musical workman with glassescar crashcar accidentphotographcharacter name in titledog |
A mother and her two sons move to a small coast town in California. The town is plagued by bikers and some mysterious deaths. The younger boy makes friends with two other boys who claim to be vampire hunters while the older boy is drawn into the gang of bikers by a beautiful girl. The older boy star β¦ts sleeping days and staying out all night while the younger boy starts getting into trouble because of his friends' obsession. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | gothskeletondog |