Horror and Suspense Films to check out (plus a few spoofs)
Movies that intrigue me enough to want to watch, and if I think they're good enough, add to my collection.
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- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsNastassja KinskiMalcolm McDowellJohn HeardA woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family.
- DirectorDavid HemmingsStarsRobert PowellJenny AgutterJoseph CottenWhen an airline pilot survives a crash that kills all 300 passengers, he works with a psychic and a priest to find the culprit behind the incident and pacify the souls of the victims.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsLesley-Anne DownFrank LangellaMaurice RonetEgyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs: murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsDrew BarrymoreDavid KeithFreddie JonesA couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsShelley WintersDon StroudPat HingleA psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsAnthony HopkinsMarsha MasonJohn BeckA stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated.check
- DirectorBruce KesslerStarsAndrew PrineBrenda ScottGeorge PaulsinSimon, a young man with magic powers, invokes the help of the evil forces in order to take revenge on a man who cheated him with a bad cheque.
- DirectorTheodore GershunyStarsPatrick O'NealJames PattersonMary WoronovA man inherits a mansion which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
- DirectorGeorg FenadyStarsStella StevensRoddy McDowallElsa LanchesterUpon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.#check#
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRobert BurtonJohn KarlenGeorge GaynesThree bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.#check#
- DirectorDonald CammellStarsJulie ChristieFritz WeaverGerrit GrahamA scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsKirk DouglasSimon WardAgostina BelliRobert's in charge of constructing a nuclear power plant in the Middle East. Will it be instrumental in prophecies of antichrist's apocalypse?
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsBradford DillmanHeather Menzies-UrichKevin McCarthyWhen flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.#check#
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsTony CurtisSusan StrasbergMichael AnsaraA psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400-year-old demonic Native American spirit.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsKirk DouglasJohn CassavetesCarrie SnodgressA former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from a shadowy secret government agency.
- DirectorVictor HalperinStarsCarole LombardRandolph ScottAlan DinehartA serial black widow murderess returns to life in the body of a young woman to exact revenge on a former lover, a phony spiritualist who betrayed her.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKonrad GeorgHorst TappertAt a boarding school for boys in Northern Germany, one student named Kurrat vanishes one night without informing anybody after having had a fight with one of the teachers. Soon, the Police under the command of Inspector Klevenow learns of Kurrat's ambivalent, at times rebellious personality and that he was admired by many of his fellow students, jealously despised by some and strongly disliked by a few of the teachers. The interrogations reveal that Kurrat could either be dead or actually playing a macabre joke. Has somebody been too jealous, vengeful, disappointed or betrayed? Has someone killed Kurrat and plunged his body into the near sea? When Stallmann, a teacher with whom Kurrat was rumored to have had an affair, and Kurrat's father are found dead, the mystery grows. And when Kurrat finally and unexpectedly reappears alive, things get even more enigmatic. The solution of the mystery lasts back a long time into the past...
- DirectorJacques Doniol-ValcrozeStarsMathieu CarrièreJean-Pierre AumontNicoletta MachiavelliProfessor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. One day, he finds himself in the presence of a young car accident victim for whom the only hope of survival would be a brain transplant. Marcilly, who has a heart condition and is terminally ill, decides to become the "donor". The operation is a success. But who is actually the patient discharged from the hospital: a young fellow with the brain of a young man or an old man in the body of a young one?
- DirectorJohn BlanchardPaul LynchDon McBreartyStarsJoe FlahertyMartin ShortDonald Harron"Really Weird Tales" is a hosted television movie that consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson; hosted by Joe Flaherty.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsMichelle BauerNancy BordenAngie BowieA demented nurse slaughters not-so-innocent victims in the hope of acquiring a suitable heart to resurrect her dead husband.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsToshio HosokawaMidori ChikumaYuriko EjimaThe descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
- DirectorGian Carlo MenottiStarsMarie PowersLeopoldo SavonaBelva KiblerMadame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.'
- StarsHenriette GérardFerdinand HartJany Holt"Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" is a 1943 fantasy / horror anthology movie, where a man of mystery known only as Doctor Terror recounts seven stories from his casebook of personal encounters with evil and the supernatural.
- DirectorMichael FindlayStarsSuzanne MarreAngelique PettyjohnMichael FindlayA distraught weapons dealer is involved in an automobile accident after catching his stripper wife in bed with another man. Upon recovering, he goes on a killing spree, bumping off exotic dancers and hookers while plotting revenge.
- DirectorMichael FindlayStarsUta EricksonJanet BanzetMichael FindlayA weapons expert who murdered his unfaithful stripper wife and her lover goes on a killing spree, bumping off exotic dancers and hookers, while plotting the demise of his wife's swinging bisexual sister and her kinky boyfriend.
- DirectorMichael FindlayStarsEve BorkMichael FindlayRon ScarderaA weapons dealer who murdered his unfaithful stripper wife goes on a killing spree, bumping off exotic dancers and hookers while plotting revenge on his wife's lover.
- DirectorChuck VincentStarsVeronica HartJerry ButlerJennifer DeloraA woman kills a burglar in self-defense. The experience so unnerves her she begins to imagine that everyone is trying to harm her and begins to kill anybody who comes near her.
- DirectorZoltan G. SpencerStarsPat BarringtonMary BauerA young couple's marriage becomes threatened when an attractive female occultist enters their lives, enticing them into a strange world of drugs, sex, and satanic rites.
- DirectorRichard MoggStarsKaitlyn YurkiwLauren RichardsonHillary KaplanFour girls are stalked by a killer with a rusty power drill.
- DirectorAlex ChandonStarsJo HartleyJames DohertySeamus O'NeillFour young offenders and their care workers visit the remote Yorkshire village of Mortlake, which prides on keeping itself to itself. A minor incident with locals rapidly escalates into a blood-soaked, deliriously warped nightmare.
- DirectorReb BraddockStarsWilliam BaldwinAngela JonesBruce RamsayAfter getting interested in murder as a kid in Colombia, Gabriela now has a scrapbook on murders including clippings on "The Blue Blood Killer". While cleaning his latest murder scene in Miami, she comes across a clue missed by the cops.
- DirectorH. Tjut DjalilStarsIlona Agathe BastianYos SantoSofia W.D.A woman researches a book that takes her to the black magic cult of Leák in Bali. She meets an evil witch who promises to train her dark arts. But she is tricked and turned into a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her neck.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsKeith Van HovenKarina HuffPaolo PaoloniThree lowlife punks are trapped in a posh villa while trying to rob it and become at the mercy of the murderous owners whom have the power to stop and reverse time via their mystical clocks.
- DirectorDouglas JacksonStarsJennifer RubinFrançoise RobertsonNick MancusoStuck in the attic of his house, a paranoid man recounts several different tales to an unknown listener in order to explain the dangers of the world.
- DirectorSteve RudzinskiStarsP.J. GaynardAndrew ZibritoskySteve RimpiciDuke, a carousel unicorn, breaks free of his carnival hell and embarks on a bloody rampage of revenge on humanity.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsLyle WaggonerLinnea QuigleyKaren RussellTwo daughters of mobsters get out of the sanitarium after having killed a boyfriend in the shower, supposedly cured and on the right track. They hold a party and invite all their old boyfriends, making all of them think there is still hope for a relationship. Then the boyfriends start disappearing one by one.
- DirectorChristopher Wesley MooreStarsKaley BallKeni BoundsArianne ElizabethAfter getting an abortion, Traci Patterson begins to suspect that something sinister is following her and her friends.
- DirectorRichard ShepardStarsMarie MaskellAllison WilliamsChristina JastrzembskaWhen troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
- DirectorLuigi CozziStarsDaria NicolodiJasmine MaimonePascal PersianoWhen a female rock band uses an infamous old piece of sheet music to record their new album in an old mansion, they accidentally open a portal to hell.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsJared MartinLara LambertiUlli ReinthalerThe spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition.#check#
- DirectorWillard HuyckGloria KatzStarsMichael GreerMarianna HillJoy BangA young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsNatalie PortmanJennifer Jason LeighTessa ThompsonA biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
- DirectorSam IrvinStarsCassandra PetersonRichard O'BrienMary ScheerSpooky high jinks abound when Elvira finds herself spending the night in a mysterious castle en route to 1851 Paris.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarina PierroFrançoise BlanchardMike MarshallA toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
- DirectorChristopher Wesley MooreStarsMeredith MohlerJesse DaltonSam FurmanTwo teenagers fake an attack by a legendary serial killer for a little attention, but the plan backfires when this triggers the real killer to resurface and go after them.
- DirectorTodd SheetsStarsJohn O'HaraRachel LagenBobby WestrickCursed demonic circus clowns set out on a vengeful massacre using tornadoes. A stripper, Elvis impersonator, truck driver, teen runaway, and a dude get caught in the supernatural battle between femme fatal and the boss clown from hell.
- DirectorJeff KwitnyStarsDebra De LisoDoug StevensonRon KologieA group of childhood friends are invited to the opening of a posh ski resort, unaware that an old nemesis has murderous plans in mind for them.
- DirectorDouglas GrossmanStarsMaureen MooneyChristopher StrykerChristopher CousinsA teacher still haunted by the death of two teens that she accidentally caused as a young girl goes beserk when four teens start harassing her and then attack her in her home.
- DirectorBrian Thomas JonesStarsVivian LankoJohn MacKayJames HogueA rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforseen side effects turn her into a murderous monster.
- DirectorJosh HastyStarsCourtney GainsPancho MolerP.J. SolesIt's Halloween weekend and a group of bullies are planning their annual hazing on local outcast, Jacob Atkins. When they take things too far, he's resurrected to seek revenge against those that wronged him.
- DirectorScott BeckBryan WoodsStarsKatie StevensWill BrittainLauryn Alisa McClainOn Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
- DirectorTravis CampbellStarsNicola FioreLeesa RowlandTim DaxA former beauty queen plots the death of her overbearing mother with the help of her pen-pal, a serial killer on death row.
- DirectorBill GunnStarsDuane JonesMarlene ClarkBill GunnAfter being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
- DirectorCatherine CyranStarsAdam BaldwinNina SiemaszkoBarbara CarreraAn edgy, terrifying tale about an intern who failed medical school... but never gave up surgery.
- DirectorAlex OrwellStarsAlexandra StadenVictor McGuireSean McConaghyA group of reality show contestants must survive the night in a haunted jail.
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsLauren HollyLance HenriksenEric F. AdamsAn archeology professor unearths a dangerous artifact, unwittingly releasing a creature that is able to kill with the power of its bone-splitting scream.
- DirectorAdam GieraschStarsLeisha HaileyGale HaroldChelcie RossEmily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate's ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsBarton FaulksChristina Marie LanePage MoselyAn axe murderer terrorizes a small Northern California mountain community, while two young computer-obsessed adults attempt to solve the killings.
- DirectorJeff LiebermanStarsGeorge KennedyMike KellinChris LemmonFive young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being stalked by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath.
- DirectorDon GronquistStarsLaurel MunsonJanet PennerSara AnsleyThree young women who crash their car during a rainstorm are taken in by a bizarre family at their large, rural estate.
- DirectorDean YurkeStarsBrie MattsonBrandon WardleSage MearsShadowed by a haunting presence in the redwood forest, five young hikers discover an abandoned goldmine dating back to the Gold Rush and descend into madness and greed as the pursuit of easy riches consumes them.
- DirectorErnest FarinoStarsClare WrenBruce DavisonStacy HaidukA rape victim returns from the dead to seek vengeance on her rapists.
- DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunPaween PurijitpanyaYongyoot ThongkongtoonStarsManeerat Kham-uanWitawat SinglampongApinya Sakuljaroensuk4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about this new stranger that she is attracted to. "Tit For Tat" spun a tale of black magic and vengeance for a school kid that had been bullied by a school gang. "In The Middle" - a group of friends faced one of their worst camping trip after water kayaking accident. The final segment "Last Fright" takes horror to new heights with a psychological thriller that involves a stewardess flying solo in a cabin with a dead body.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFlorinda BolkanStanley BakerJean SorelThe potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.check
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFlorinda BolkanBarbara BouchetTomas MilianWhen a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.check
- DirectorPeter StricklandStarsToby JonesAntonio MancinoGuido AdorniA sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
- DirectorAldo LadoStarsIngrid ThulinJean SorelMario AdorfAn American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsGeorge HiltonEdwige FenechIvan RassimovA woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsGeorge HiltonAnita StrindbergAlberto de MendozaAn insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.#check#
- DirectorPaolo CavaraStarsGiancarlo GianniniClaudine AugerBarbara BouchetA series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.#check#
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoUschi GlasPier Paolo CapponiA woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
- DirectorFrancesco BarilliStarsMimsy FarmerMaurizio BonugliaMario ScacciaSylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
- DirectorAldo LadoStarsGeorge LazenbyAnita StrindbergAdolfo CeliBetween a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMartine BrochardJohn RichardsonInes PellegriniA maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsRobert HoffmannSuzy KendallIvan RassimovChristian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying on the sand; a closer look proves that she's alive. The next day Christian meets her again at a yacht party and they fall in love. Later, at a nearby motel, they're preparing to go to bed together when an intruder breaks in and starts beating Christian, who accidentally shoots him with his own gun. A few hours later they finds out that the corpse is missing, and weird incidents start happening.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsCarroll BakerLou CastelColette DescombesA rich, alcoholic widow assuages her loneliness through a ménage à trois with two seductive step-siblings, whose true motives threaten her sanity and life.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsOlga KarlatosRay LovelockClaudio CassinelliThe owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.#check#
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsCraig WassonMelanie GriffithGregg HenryA young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael CaineAngie DickinsonNancy AllenA mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.#check
- DirectorGiuliano CarnimeoStarsEdwige FenechGeorge HiltonPaola QuattriniHaving recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.
- DirectorAndrea BianchiStarsEdwige FenechNino CastelnuovoFemi BenussiWhen a model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The killer wears a suit and a black motorcycle helmet. Will anyone discover the killer's identity before the entire agency dies?
- DirectorCesare FerrarioStarsLeonard MannBettina GiovanniniGabriele TintiA string of sex murders has been plaguing Florence for almost 15 years, in which a serial killer brutally murders couples who are sneaking "a quickie" in public areas. A writer who is doing research for a book about the crimes sets out to uncover the identity of the killer, aided by his beautiful girlfriend. Loosely based on a true story.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsJoanna PaculaTomas AranaFrançois MontagutA homicide detective realizes that the brutal murders committed by a mysterious serial killer he's after have something to do with the late husband of a beautiful widow.check
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsAndrea OcchipintiAnny PapaFabiola ToledoA killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.check
- DirectorElio ScardamagliaLionello De FeliceStarsWilliam BergerFrançoise PrévostMary YoungPatients and staff of an isolated mental hospital are being killed off by a hooded maniac who stalks the halls.
- DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLilli PalmerCristina GalbóJohn Moulder-BrownA strict headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.
- DirectorLuigi BazzoniMario FanelliStarsFlorinda BolkanPeter McEneryNicoletta ElmiAfter being tormented by dreams about astronauts on the moon, a translator visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her, although she does not know them.
- DirectorLuigi BazzoniFranco RosselliniStarsPeter BaldwinSalvo RandoneValentina CorteseWhile visiting his favorite resort town during the off-season, a novelist investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsBruce CampbellOssie DavisBob IvyWhen residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.check
- DirectorGenie JosephThomas DoranBrendan FaulknerStarsFelix WardMaria PechukasDan ScottA wicked sorcerer tries to sacrifice a group of people inside his house with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive.
- DirectorSergio StivalettiStarsRobert HosseinRomina MondelloRiccardo Serventi LonghiIn 1900 Paris, a couple is murdered by a masked man, with a young girl as the only survivor. Twelve years later, a wax museum opens in Rome, attracting people and causing a series of disappearances.check
- DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsMia FarrowKeir DulleaTom ContiAfter her daughter's death, wealthy American homemaker Julia Lofting moves to London to restart her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the ghosts of other children while mourning for her own.#check#
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsChristopher GeorgeLynda Day GeorgeFrank BrañaThe co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.check
- DirectorEthan WileyStarsArye GrossJonathan StarkRoyal DanoThe new owner of a sinister house gets involved with reanimated corpses and demons searching for an ancient Aztec skull with magic powers.check#
- DirectorPaul MorrisseyAntonio MargheritiStarsJoe DallesandroUdo KierDalila Di LazzaroBaron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
- DirectorPaul MorrisseyStarsJoe DallesandroUdo KierVittorio De SicaAn ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsGabriel ByrneJulian SandsNatasha RichardsonThe Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.
- DirectorCraig GoodwillStarsLio TiptonMarta GastiniJakob CedergrenAfter a fight with her boyfriend, a successful female erotic novelist on a book tour of Europe joins her ex and his female friend, with whom she falls madly in love, for a party at a castle owned by a dangerous cult.