The Fury
(1978) 118 Min.
Rated: R (some gore)
Country: UK
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Two espers, one dad trying to find his son and a one-armed villain in The Fury!
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Night of the Living Dead 3D
(2006) 80 Min.
Rated: R (Sex and gore)
Country: USA
Director: Jeff Broadstreet
Starring: Sid Haig, Brianna Brown, Joshua DesRoches
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
A remake of Night of the Living Dead that didn’t have to be made, and is far worse than the original or even the 1990 remake by Tom Savini.
In The Mouth of Madness
(1994) 95 Min.
Rated: R (slight gore)
Country: USA
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Sam Neill, David Warner, John Glover, Bernie Casey, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★★★
Lovecraftian imagery abounds in this story about a missing horror novelist.
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Cannibal Holocaust
(1980) 95 Min.
Rated: Unrated. (nudity, excessive gore, sex, rape, genuine cruelty to animals*)
Country: Italy
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Starring: Robert Kerman, Luca Barbareschi
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★★☆☆
One of the first “found footage” films and also one of the most controversial. Documentary filmmakers set off to explore and antagonize the jungle.
* Real animal deaths on screen: A coatimundi, a turtle, a tarantula, a snake, a monkey, a pig, fish.
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Cabin Fever
(2002) 93 Min.
Rated: R (Sex and gore)
Country: USA
Director: Eli Roth
Starring: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Eli Roth, Giuseppe Andrews, Richard Fullerton
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
A group of college kids decide to go on a vacation to a cabin in the woods and end up fighting to stay alive amid a deadly contagion.
The Tunnel
(2011) 90 min.
Rated: Unrated (Slight gore.)
Country: Australia
Director: Carlo Ledesma
Stars: Bel Deliá, Andy Rodoreda, Steve Davis
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Rating: ★★★★☆
A plan to recycle water from underground train tunnels is mysteriously halted. A reporter and her group decide to investigate further.
Evil Dead
(2013) 91 Min.
Rated: R (Excessive gore and violence, sexual abuse)
Country: USA
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore
Links: IMDB | Wikipedia
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
A re-make based on The Evil Dead 1981 film.
Friends decide to meet up at a cabin in the woods and unwittingly unleash evil upon themselves.
