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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
The Purge
(2013) 85 Min.
Rated: R (gore)
Country: USA
Director: James DeMonaco
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey
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Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
One night a year violent behavior is allowed for 12 hours. The family of a security system salesman takes in a Purge refugee and attracts the attention of his pursuers.
V/H/S/2
(2013) 96 min.
Rated: NR (Nudity, Sex, Gore)
Director: Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez, Timo Tjahjanto, Adam Wingard
Starring: Kelsy Abbott, Lawrence Michael Levine, Adam Wingard
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
The second installment of a found footage anthology.
