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“From Hell…” Jack the Ripper at the Movies and on TV

The Ripper (1997) Jack the Ripper. The very name conjures up images of fog-shrouded streets, grisly murder and chirpy, voluptuous Cockney street girls spilling out of East End dens of inequity to meet...

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Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (aka The Imp)

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (also known as The Imp) is a 1988 American sci-fi/horror B movie directed by David DeCoteau, loosely-based on the classic short story The Monkey’s Paw. It...

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Slugs: The Movie

Slugs: The Movie (aka Slugs, muerte viscose) is a 1987 Spanish/American horror film directed and co-written by Juan Piquer Simón (Pieces) and loosely based on the novel Slugs by British novelist Shaun...

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Cellar Dweller

Cellar Dweller is a 1988 horror film, about a comic book artist who unleashes a demon after drawing it. It was directed by John Carl Buechler, written by Chucky creator Don Mancini (as Kit Du Bois),...

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Harlequin (aka Dark Forces)

Harlequin, known as Dark Forces in the USA, is a 1980 Australian film directed by Simon Wincer (Snapshot) from a screenplay by Everett De Roche (Long Weekend, Roadgames). It stars Robert Powell,...

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Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (aka Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell)

Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (UK video title: Rana: The Creature from Shadow Lake) is a 1975 horror film produced and directed by Bill Rebane (The Giant Spider Invasion). It stars Paul Callaway,...

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Hell Comes to Frogtown

Hell Comes to Frogtown is a 1987 cult science fiction mutant monster film that was created by Donald G. Jackson (The Demon Lover). The screenplay was written by Jackson and Randall Frakes (Bad Karma)....

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The London Dungeon (competition)

Horrorpedia is offering the chance to win two complimentary tickets to The London Dungeon experience! One of London’s most popular tourist attractions, The London Dungeon recreates various gory and...

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Jungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema

The 1970s saw old taboos falling away in the cinema, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a genre that scarcely...

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Ho! Ho! Horror! Christmas Terror Movies

Christmas is generally seen as a jolly old time for the whole family – if you are to believe the TV commercials, everyone gets together for huge communal feasts while excited urchins unwrap whatever...

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Nightmare City

Nightmare City (aka City of the Walking Dead, Italian title: Incubo Sulla Cittá Contaminata) is a 1980 Italian-Spanish zombie film directed by Umberto Lenzi. The film stars Hugo Stiglitz, Laura...

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Invaders from Mars (1986)

Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science fiction horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Salem’s Lot, Poltergeist, Lifeforce) for the Cannon Group from a screenplay by Dan...

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Phantasmagoria (album by The Damned)

Phantasmagoria (literally, a sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever) is the sixth album by punk/psychedelic/goth band The Damned, released by MCA Records in July 1985....

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The Final Cut: The Modern Mythology of the Snuff Movie

“Snuff videos showing scenes of murder, mutilation and cannibalism were on sale alongside Disney films at a children’s comic fair… Trading Standards officers believe the video shows genuine footage of...

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Alan Ormsby (filmmaker)

  Alan Ormsby has been something of a jack-of-all-trades in the film industry: not only a highly successful and award winning screenwriter, but also director, actor, make-up effects technician and...

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R. L. Stine (author and producer)

Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer and producer. Stine, who is referred to as the “Stephen King of children’s literature,”...

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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (animated TV series)

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is the seventh incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 7, 1985 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program....

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The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar)

The Dungeonmaster, (originally titled Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate and Digital Knights), is a 1984 low-budget science fiction/fantasy film, starring Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll and Leslie...

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A Return to Salem’s Lot

A Return to Salem’s Lot is a 1987 horror film written, directed and executive produced by Larry Cohen (It’s Alive; God Told Me To; The Stuff). It was shot back-to-back with It’s Alive III: Island of...

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It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive

It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive is a 1986 (released 1987) American horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen (shot back-to-back with A Return to Salem’s Lot). It is the second sequel to...

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