Nosferatu, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, “vampire” became “Nosferatu” and “Count Dracula” became “Count Orlok”). Stoker’s heirs sued over the adaptation, and a court ruling ordered that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, a few prints of Nosferatu survived, and the film came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema. As of 2015, it is Rotten Tomatoes’ second best-reviewed horror film of all time.
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The House on Haunted Hill
Rich oddball Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) has a proposal for five guests at a possibly haunted mansion: Show up, survive a night filled with scares and receive $10,000 each. The guest of honor is Loren’s estranged wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), who, with her secret lover, Dr. Trent (Alan Marshal), has concocted her own scheme to scare Loren’s associate, Nora Manning (Carolyn Craig), into shooting the potentially crazy millionaire. But more spooks and shocks throw a wrench into the plan.
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Voodoo Island (Remastered)
A wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he plans to develop isn’t voodoo cursed. However, arriving on the island, Knight soon realizes that voodoo does exist when he discovers man-eating plants and a tribe of natives with bizarre powers.
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Driller Killer – Uncut (Remastered)
An artist slowly loses his mind as he and his two female friends scrape to pay the bills. The punk band downstairs increasingly agitates him, his art dealer is demanding that he complete his big canvas painting as promised, and he gets into fights with his girlfriends. When the dealer laughs at his canvas he snaps and begins taking it out on the people responsible for his pain and random transients in the manner suggested by the title.Uncut Version.
Warning: Adult language and situations. Viewer discretion advised.
Credits
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Nicholas St. JohnCast
Abel Ferrara … Reno Miller (as Jimmy Laine)
Carolyn Marz … Carol
Baybi Day … Pamela
Harry Schultz … Dalton Briggs
Alan Wynroth … Landlord
Maria Helhoski … Nun
James O’Hara … Man in Church
Richard Howorth … Stephen, Carol’s Husband
Louis Mascolo … Knife Victim
Tommy Santora … Attacker
Rita Gooding … TV Spot
Chuck Saaf … TV Spot
Gary Cohen … Voice-over (voice)
Janet Dailey … Girl at Audition
Joyce Finney … Girl at Audition