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Rick Baker (makeup artist)
Richard A. “Rick” Baker (born December 8, 1950 in Binghamton, New York) is an American special makeup effects artist known for his creature effects. As a teen, Baker began creating artificial body...
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Zombie Creeping Flesh – Peter and the Test Tube Babies (song)
Zombie Creeping Flesh is a 1983 song by British Oi! punk rock band Peter and the Test Tube Babies. Named after the 1980 Italian film – and video nasty - Zombie Creeping Flesh (original title: Inferno...
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Hell of the Living Dead (aka Zombie Creeping Flesh; Night of the Zombies)
Virus – l’inferno dei morti viventi is an Italian zombie film, made in 1980 by prolific hack Bruno Mattei, under his ‘Vincent Dawn’ pseudonym. As with most of the Italian zombie films of the era, the...
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (also known as Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning or Friday the 13th Part V) is a 1985 American slasher horror film directed by Danny Steinmann (The Unseen;...
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Poltergeist III
Poltergeist III is a 1988 American supernatural horror film. It is the third and final entry in the Poltergeist film series. Writers Michael Grais and Mark Victor, who wrote the screenplay for the...
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Vincent Price’s Dracula (aka Dracula: the Great Undead)
Vincent Price’s Dracula (aka Dracula: the Great Undead) is a 1982 American documentary directed by John Muller, Jerry Fijalkowski from a script by Kate Lonsdale and Ted Lonsdale. Vincent Price...
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Fred West (serial killer)
Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer. Between 1967 and 1987, West – alone and later with his second wife, serial killer Rosemary West –...
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Half Past Midnight
Half Past Midnight (1988) is only half an hour long. Wim Vink — director, writer, and make up artist — clearly shot it for not all that much money. The story is very straightforward. Debbie...
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Horror spitballs (toys and novelties)
Horror-themed spitballs – rubber balls that when filled with water and squeezed, squirt the water back out – were manufactured and sold by American company Entertech in 1989. There were four sets with...
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Devil Fetus
Devil Fetus (original title Mo Tai or 魔胎) is a 1983 Hong Kong film directed by Lau Hung Chuen (cinematographer on We’re Going to Eat You; ) from a screenplay by Wen-hua Cheng (Haunted Jail House;...
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Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype
Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype is a 1980 American comedy horror film written (with “apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson”) and directed by Charles B. Griffith (Up from the Depths) for Cannon. It stars...
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Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)
Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television...
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Violent Shit
Violent Shit is a 1987 micro-budget German horror film written, directed and produced by Andreas Schnaas. The film was shot on a budget of $2,000 with a rented camcorder over the course of four...
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Terror en el tren de la medianoche
Terror en el tren de la medianoche (“Terror on the Midnight Train”) is an obscure 1980 Spanish horror film (released 1982) directed by Manuel Iglesias from a screenplay by co-written with Antonio Fos...
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Puppet Master
‘Evil comes in all sizes’ Puppet Master (also known as Puppetmaster) is a 1989 American horror film written by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall, and directed by David Schmoeller (Tourist Trap;...
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Death & Horror – BBC Sound Effect LP’s
In 1967, the BBC created its own record label, designed to exploit the demand for commercially released TV tunes, comedy shows and, finding an unlikely niche in the market, sound effects. These LP’s...
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Ferat Vampire (aka Upír z Feratu)
Ferat Vampire aka Upír z Feratu (the name is a pun on Upír Nosferatu, or Nosferatu the Vampire) is a 1981 Czechoslovak horror film directed by Juraj Herz. The Ferat rally car used in the film was a...
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Splatter University
Splatter University is a 1984 slasher film directed, edited, co-produced and co-written by Richard W. Haines. It stars Forbes Riley [as Francine Forbes], Ric Randig, Dick Biel, Kathy Lacommare, Laura...
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Heinz Haunted House (food)
Heinz Haunted House is a horror-themed shaped tinned pasta, “spaghetti shapes in tomato sauce”, launched by the Heinz company in 1985, soon after their sci-fi themed Heinz Invaders. Badges and...
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Dracula Exotica (film)
Dracula Exotica (also known as Love at First Gulp) is a 1980 adult vampire horror film directed by Shaun Costello [as Warren Evans]. It stars Jamie Gillis, Samantha Fox, Vanessa Del Rio and Eric...
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