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Dedicated to the Art of the Horror Film
alphabetical by title
- 13 Ghosts (1960)
- Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
- Afraid of the Dark (1991)
- Bad Ronald (1974)
- Before I Hang (1940)
- Birds, The (1963)
- Black Cat, The (1934)
- Black Cat, The (1941)
- Black Sabbath (1963)
- Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio) (1961)
- Blacula (1972)
- Blood Feast (1963)
- Bluebeard (Barbe bleue) (2009)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1934)
- Brood, The (1979)
- Bucket of Blood (1959)
- Burnt Offerings (1976)
- Burrowers, The (2008)
- Cabin in the Woods, The (2011)
- Call of Cthulhu, The (2005)
- Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
- Castle of Blood (Danza Macabra) (1964)
- Cat People (1942)
- Cell, The (2000)
- Countess Dracula (1971)
- Creature From the Black Lagoon, The (1953)
- Cult of the Cobra (1955)
- Curse of the Cat People, The (1946)
- Dagon (2001)
- Dark Waters (Temnye Vodi) (1993)
- Dead Ringers (1988)
- Dead Snow (2009)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Descent, The (2005)
- Devil Commands, The (1941)
- Devil's Backbone, The (2001)
- Diary of the Dead (2007)
- Dog Soldiers (2002)
- Don't Look Now (1973)
- Dr. Cyclops (1940)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
- Dracula (1931)
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
- Dracula's Daughter (1936)
- Exorcist III, The (1990)
- Eye, The (2002)
- Eyes Without a Face (1959)
- Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)
- Fog, The (1980)
- Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, The (1959)
- Frankenhooker (1990)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973)
- Funny Games (1997)
- Ghastly Ones, The (1967)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Ghost Story (1981)
- Giant Claw, The (1957)
- Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Habit (1995)
- Hansel and Gretel (2007)
- Haunting, The (1963)
- House (Hausu) (1977)
- House of the Devil (2009)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, The (2009)
- In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
- Inferno (1980)
- Innkeepers, The (2011)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Island of Lost Souls (1932)
- Jeepers Creepers (2001)
- Jigoku (1960)
- Ju-on (2003)
- Ju-on: White Ghost / Black Ghost (2009)
- Kill, Baby, Kill (Operazione paura) (1966)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Season One) (1974-1975)
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Lair of the White Worm, The (1988)
- Last Exorcism, The (2010)
- Last Kind Words (2012)
- Leprechaun (1993)
- Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
- Lisa and the Devil (Lisa e il diavolo) (1974)
- Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, The (1974)
- Lust for a Vampire (1971)
- Mama (2013)
- Man Who Laughs, The (1928)
- Marebito (2004)
- Mask of Fu Manchu, The (1932)
- May (2003)
- Mephisto Waltz, The (1971)
- Monster that Challenged the World, The (1957)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Mummy's Curse, The (1944)
- Mummy's Tomb, The (1942)
- Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007)
- Murders in the Zoo (1933)
- Near Dark (1987)
- Nesting, The (1981)
- Night Tide (1961)
- Night of the Demon (1957)
- Night of the Eagle (US: Burn, Witch, Burn) (1961)
- Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Nightmare (1964)
- Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- Orphanage, The (El Orfanada) (2007)
- Paperhouse (1988)
- Paranormal Activity (2007)
- Peeping Tom (1960)
- Penalty, The (1920)
- Phone (2002)
- Plague of the Zombies (1966)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Premature Burial, The (1962)
- Psycho (1960)
- Pulse (Kairo) (2001)
- REC (2007)
- Ravenous (1999)
- Return of Dracula, The (1958)
- Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Ring, The (2002)
- Ringu (1998)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Sentinel, The (1977)
- Session 9 (2001)
- Shining, The (1980)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- Spirits of the Dead (Histoires Extraordinaire) (1968)
- Spiritualist, The (1948)
- Stand, The (TV mini-series) (1994)
- Stone Tape, The (1972)
- Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
- Strigoi (2009)
- Suicide Club (2002)
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Tale of Two Sisters, A (2003)
- Tales from the Hood (1995)
- Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
- Tenant, The (1976)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
- Theatre of Blood (1973)
- Them (Ils) (2006)
- Them! (1954)
- Thing from Another World, The (1951)
- Thing, The (1982)
- Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
- Trollhunter (2010)
- Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)
- Uninvited, The (2009)
- Vampire Circus (1972)
- Vampire's Ghost, The (1945)
- Vampyr (1932)
- Videodrome (1982)
- Wake Wood (2011)
- Walking Dead, The (Season One) (2011)
- Werewolf, The (1956)
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Witchfinder General, The (1968)
- Zombieland (2009)
Followers
REVIEWS
About Me
- The Keeper
- Fighting monsters, staring into the Void
- I've been obsessed with horror films since I was a kid watching "Fright Night" on Saturday nights with my brother in Louisville, Kentucky. I've been a professional writer since 2002, writing mostly art criticism. I think it's well past time I combined the two and shared my enthusiasm for this visionary but much maligned film genre in the form (mostly) of a CONSUMER GUIDE for the serious connoisseur of fright films.
Modus Operandi / Dramatis Personae
Welcome to the Cinemacabre Consumer Guide!
THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - WRITTEN REVIEWS WILL BE ADDED OVER TIME.
First, a full and honest disclosure - the format/grading system for this Consumer Guide was borrowed from Dean of Rock Critics Robert Christgau because, frankly, I couldn't think up a better one. I use the familiar A-F letter grade scale most of us grew up with, where A = EXCELLENT, B = GOOD, C = FAIR, D = POOR & F = INDEFENSIBLE. To earn an "A," a film must have formal coherence, conceptual clarity, and a distinct vision. It also must be scary, even if it requires suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer (and what horror film doesn't?). "B" films are always worth seeing, but life is short and they should go further down on your Netflix queue. "C" films are for completists/fanatics only, and "D's" and "F's" aren't worth your time. (Note: in the case of movies-so-bad-they're-good, I don't believe many are, but if this is truly the case they receive a higher mark).
Hope you enjoy my page. Tell your friends and enemies!
The Keeper
THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - WRITTEN REVIEWS WILL BE ADDED OVER TIME.
First, a full and honest disclosure - the format/grading system for this Consumer Guide was borrowed from Dean of Rock Critics Robert Christgau because, frankly, I couldn't think up a better one. I use the familiar A-F letter grade scale most of us grew up with, where A = EXCELLENT, B = GOOD, C = FAIR, D = POOR & F = INDEFENSIBLE. To earn an "A," a film must have formal coherence, conceptual clarity, and a distinct vision. It also must be scary, even if it requires suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer (and what horror film doesn't?). "B" films are always worth seeing, but life is short and they should go further down on your Netflix queue. "C" films are for completists/fanatics only, and "D's" and "F's" aren't worth your time. (Note: in the case of movies-so-bad-they're-good, I don't believe many are, but if this is truly the case they receive a higher mark).
Hope you enjoy my page. Tell your friends and enemies!
The Keeper
This came out within a year of Psycho, and the two have often been compared by critics. Both confirmed their directors as forces to be reckoned with (which turned out better for Hitchcock than for Powell). Both featured protagonists who wonder aloud if they are insane (they are). And both made voyeurism part of the story: here Powell more (I think) than Hitchcock, though Hitchcock had more to say or suggest about this in other films like Rear Window.
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