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4 unusual facts about Horror film


Nina Auerbach

She has published, lectured, and reviewed widely in the fields of Victorian literature, theater, cultural history, and horror fiction and film.

The Murder

"The Murder" is a cinematic score written and composed by Bernard Herrmann for the horror-thriller film Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

The Strange World of Planet X

The Strange World of Planet X (1957) is a British science fiction horror novel.

Troldspejlet

Troldspejlet has been shown on Danish television channel DR1 since 1989, and uses the Gremlins 2 End Credits theme from the American horror-comedy film Gremlins 2 as signature tune.


A Fantastic Fear of Everything

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is a British comedy/horror film starring Simon Pegg, written and directed by Crispian Mills with Chris Hopewell as co-director.

Alone in the Dark II

Alone in the Dark II also known as Alone in the Dark: Fate Of Existence is a 2009 horror film starring Rick Yune, Rachel Specter and Lance Henriksen and directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch.

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne(Alraune, the hangman's daughter, named Red Hanna) is a 1918 silent science fiction horror film directed by Eugen Illés and Joseph Klein and starring Max Auzinger in which a Doctor uses the sperm of a dead man to impregnate a prostitute.

Andy Warhol's Frankenstein

Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (originally Flesh for Frankenstein) is a 1973 Italian-French horror film directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol, Andrew Braunsberg, Louis Peraino, and Carlo Ponti.

Anthems for the Damned

The song would later be remixed into the Blood & Sand Mix and be featured on the soundtrack to the horror film Saw V.

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse is a 1973 horror film directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel).

Ax 'Em

Ax 'Em (originally titled The Weekend It Lives) is a 1992 American horror film directed by Michael Mfume, the son of Kweisi Mfume.

Bob Wilkins

The programming on Creature Features featured science fiction and horror film; everything from the classics, such as Bride of Frankenstein to turgid turkeys like The Vulture.

Brooke Bundy

She is perhaps best known for her role as Elaine Parker in the 1987 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and its sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988).

Coffin Baby

Coffin Baby (aka Coffin Baby - The Toolbox Killer Is Back) is a 2013 American horror film written and directed by Dean C. Jones and starring Bruce Dern, Brian Krause, Clifton Powell, and Ethan Phillips, that serves as a sequel to 2004's Toolbox Murders.

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (also known as Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake) is a 1982 horror film directed by Bill Rebane.

Don't Go Near the Park

Don't Go Near the Park (also known as Curse of the Living Dead, Nightstalker and Sanctuary for Evil) is a 1981 American horror film directed by Lawrence D. Foldes.

Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D is a 2012 Italian-French-Spanish horror film directed by Dario Argento and starring Thomas Kretschmann and Rutger Hauer.

Elemeno P

Dave Gibson is also an actor, and had a supporting part in the New Zealand made horror film The Locals in addition to a short stint on New Zealand soap Shortland Street.

Heart Talk

Heart Talk (Khmer:ទំនួញបេះដូង ) is a 2008 Khmer horror film, a second film produced by Khmer Mekong Films after the successful of 2007's romantic comedy Staying Single When and a television series, the Taste of Life.

Homelite Corporation

In addition, the XL-12 achieved infamous notoriety among horror film aficionados as being one of the chainsaws used by "Leatherface" in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film series.

House at the End of the Street

House at the End of the Street is a 2012 American mystery horror psychological thriller film directed by Mark Tonderai that stars Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows and Elisabeth Shue.

I Spit on Your Rave

I Spit on Your Rave was the title for a planned 2010 film production by Film4 and Warp Films, who in 2009 released a trailer to promote their mockumentary zombie comedy horror film starring Noel Fielding.

Ice from the Sun

Ice from the Sun is a 1999 independently-produced horror film directed by Eric Stanze, and is St. Louis-based production company Wicked Pixel Cinema's second feature film.

John Dods

His creation of latex-covered animation models led him toward the crafts of sculpting, mechanics and mold-making, which in turn led toward a budding career as a mask- and monster-maker (as displayed in the independent 1980s horror films Nightbeast, Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn, Spookies, and My Demon Lover).

John Penney

In 2011 John wrote and directed the supernatural thriller Shadows starring Hurt and Cary Elwes which was awarded the 2011 Best Film at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival in England as well as winning Best Horror Film at the 2011 Fantasy Horror Awards in Italy.

Laurence R. Harvey

Harvey is best known for portraying Martin Lomax in a horror film The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) directed by Tom Six.

Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence

Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence is a 1993 horror action film, and the second sequel to Maniac Cop, directed by William Lustig and Joel Soisson.

Mimic 2

Mimic 2 is a 2001 science fiction horror film, directed by Jean de Segonzac, with a script inspired by a short story of the same name by Donald A. Wollheim.

Monster a Go-Go

Monster a Go-Go! is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed by Bill Rebane and Herschell Gordon Lewis (who remained uncredited in association with this film).

Movie gimmick

Horror film director William Castle had a particular reputation for gimmicks, being termed 'King of the Gimmicks' by James Waters.

One-Eyed Monster

One-Eyed Monster is a 2008 sci-fi/horror comedy film directed by Adam Fields about the cast and crew of an adult film having an encounter with a different kind of monster while filming in the Northern California mountains.

Pantheon I

In November 2008 they recorded a new song called "I'll Come Back As Fire", which will be featured in the upcoming horror movie Someone's Knocking at the Door, by the American director Chad Ferrin.

Red: Werewolf Hunter

Red: Werewolf Hunter is a 2010 television horror film, loosely based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Sannata

Sannata is a 1981 Bollywood horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay.

Shawn C. Phillips

Shawn C. Phillips (born September 23, 1985) is an American actor who starred in various independent horror films.

Somebody Help Me 2

Somebody Help Me 2 is a 2010 horror film starring Marques Houston and Omarion, and is written and directed by their music producer, Chris Stokes.

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep (1956) is an American black-and-white horror film, scripted by John C. Higgins from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams developed for producers Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch, who had a four-picture finance-for-distribution arrangement with United Artists.

The Brainiac

The Brainiac (Spanish title: El barón del terror) is a 1962 Mexican horror film directed by Chano Urueta and written by Federico Curiel, Adolfo López Portillo and Antonio Orellana.

The Flesh and the Fiends

The Flesh and the Fiends (US title Mania) is a 1960 British horror film starring Peter Cushing as medical doctor Robert Knox, who purchases human corpses for research from an obliging pair named Burke and Hare.

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake is a 1959 American black-and-white horror film written by Orville H. Hampton and directed by Edward L. Cahn, one of a series of films they made in the late 1950s for producer Robert E. Kent on contract for distribution by United Artists.

The Greenskeeper

The Greenskeeper is a 2002 horror film starring former Major League Baseball relief pitcher John Rocker as the titular character.

The Horror of Frankenstein

The Horror of Frankenstein is a 1970 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions that is both a semi-parody and remake of the 1957 film The Curse of Frankenstein.

The Man Without a Body

The Man Without a Body is a 1957 British horror film directed by Charles Saunders and W. Lee Wilder and starring Robert Hutton, George Coulouris and Julia Arnall.

The Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys is a 2004 crossover horror film based on the characters of David Schmoeller (Puppet Master) and David S. Goyer (Demonic Toys).

The She Creature

The She Creature (also known as The She-Creature) is a 1956 American black-and-white horror film produced by American International Pictures from a script by Lou Rusoff (brother-in-law of AIP executive Samuel Z. Arkoff), produced by Alex Gordon and directed by Edward L. Cahn.

The Snake King's Wife Part 2

The Snake King's Wife Part 2 (Khmer:ពស់កេងកង ភាគពីរ,Thai:งูเกงกอง ภาค 2 puos keng kang van Pei, also Giant Snake 2 and Snake Girl 2: Revenge) is a 1973 Cambodian-Thai horror film, a sequel to early 1970s film The Snake King's Wife.

The Violent Kind

The Violent Kind is a 2010 American horror film directed by The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores), written by The Butcher Brothers and Adam Weis, and starring Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina Prousalis, Tiffany Shepis, Joseph McKelheer, Samuel Child, and Joe Egender.

V slepých uličkách

In 2005, the American actor/director Eli Roth used the original version of the duet, "V slepých uličkách", in a sequence of his horror film Hostel, co-produced by Quentin Tarantino in 2005.


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Agam Darshi

She is best known for her roles in Tru Calling, Dead Zone, The L-Word, and as Laura in the horror film Final Destination 3.

BMW Headquarters

The building also made an appearance in the 1977 horror film Suspiria.

C. J. Thomason

C.J. Thomason is starring in the upcoming horror film The Monkey's Paw, set for release in theaters and on demand on October 8, 2013.

Charles Cyphers

After appearing in Halloween in 1978, Cyphers worked with Carpenter two years later, playing Dan O'Bannon in The Fog, a 1980 horror film which also starred Tom Atkins, Cyphers's fellow Halloween cast member Jamie Lee Curtis, his Assault on Precinct 13 co-star Darwin Joston, and Nancy Kyes, who worked with Cyphers in both Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween.

Count Gore de Vol

In October 2006 and 2007 hosted the opening nights for the horror film fest The Spooky Movie Film Festival in Fairfax, Virginia.

Danika

Danika is a 2006 horror film directed by Israeli Ariel Vromen.

David Schow

Schow has also been a frequent contributor to DVD extras content (liner notes) for horror film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars, notably on the upcoming North American DVD release of Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain.

Death Bell

Death Bell had looked set to become the second most popular Korean horror film after A Tale of Two Sisters, which attracted more than 3 million viewers in 2003; however, admissions of 1,636,149 (as of 14 September 2008) were less than those recorded by R-Point and Wishing Stairs.

Dick Beals

In 1996, Beals provided the voice of the Pinocchio puppet in the horror film Pinocchio's Revenge.

Dino Morea

Morea was supermodel and made his acting debut in Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi opposite Rinke Khanna, which was a flop, but he got his breakthrough roles with Rajiv Menon's Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, the 2002 horror film Raaz and the thriller, Gunaah.

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is a 2007 U.S.-American direct-to-video horror film starring Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes and Shawn Hoffman.

Eliot Hyman

In 1957, he helped found Seven Arts Productions and played an important role in the financing of the first horror film from Hammer Film Productions, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957).

Ettington

The manor house, which can trace its origins back to the Domesday Book, is now the Ettington Park Hotel owned by the Shirley Family and leased to Hand Picked Hotels, and was featured in MGM's 1963 horror film The Haunting.

Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain

Samhain, or Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain, is a 2003 Canadian horror film, starring Bobbie Phillips, Richard Grieco, and pornographic actor legends Ginger Lynn Allen, Chasey Lain, Taylor Hayes, and Jenna Jameson.

Eyes in the Dark

Eyes in the Dark is a 2010 American horror film written and directed by Bjorn Anderson.

Fruit Chan

Don't Look Up (2009), a remake of the 1996 Japanese horror film Don't Look Up

Ghost on Air

Ghost on Air is a Singapore horror film directed by Cheng Ding An and stars Y.E.S. 93.3FM DJ Zhou Chong Qing (Dennis Chew).

Ghutan

Ghutan is a 2007 Hindi horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay.

Giulia Marletta

She was also a producer of the 2007 supernatural horror film, The Mother of Tears, third in The Three Mothers trilogy and directed by Dario Argento.

Greystone Park

Greystone Park is a found footage horror film written by Sean Stone and Alexander Wraith, directed by Sean Stone and starring Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith, Antonella Lentini, Oliver Stone and Bruce Payne.

Hans Androschin

He realised well known or historically important German and Austrian films, such as the scandalous Ecstasy (1933) with Hedy Lamarr or the early horror film The Hands of Orlac (1924).

Invisible Strangler

Invisible Strangler is a 1976 American horror film directed by John Florea, also known as The Astral Fiend (American alternative title), starring Robert Foxworth and Stefanie Powers.

Jason Paul Collum

He is also the director of the documentaries Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era focusing on the careers of Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer, & also Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres about The Slumber Party Massacre horror film franchise by Roger Corman.

John Furey

He is best known for his role in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2 as Paul Holt.

Kana Kanmani

Kana Kanmani is a 2009 family horror film by Akku Akbar starring Jayaram and Padmapriya.

Melissa McBride

In 2007, director Frank Darabont cast McBride as the "Woman With Kids at Home" in the ensemble cast science-fiction horror film The Mist based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King.

Michael Berryman

Berryman is a popular draw at genre conventions, such as the 2002 Horrorfind convention in Baltimore, Maryland, and the 2007 Eerie Horror Film Festival in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Model figure

Horizon focused primarily on classic horror film characters (like Bride of Frankenstein, Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera) and comic book characters (like Captain America and Iron Man).

Motor Home Massacre

In a similar manner to Andre the Butcher, the film's cover art is misleading, falsely presenting itself to be a serious horror film.

Pat Skipper

On film, he played Carducci in the (1996) action/horror film Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, Mason Strode from Halloween, Seabiscuit's Vet from Seabiscuit (2003), Bob from Fits and Starts, and Agent Ellroy from Chain of Command.

Ranald Graham

In 1974 Graham wrote the screenplay for the horror film Shanks, directed by "Hollywood B-movie veteran" William Castle and starring Marcel Marceau.

Rings 1 and 2

The Ring 2, a 2005 sequel to the American horror film, The Ring

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorn, a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1976 horror film The Omen

Saboot

Saboot is a 1980 Bollywood Horror Film directed by Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay.

Scream and Scream Again

The movie's title, and association with stars Price, Lee and Peter Cushing have given it an undeserved reputation as a violent horror film, but the violence in the film is mostly understated and/or off-screen, while the plot owes more to films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers or 1970's era 'conspiracy thrillers' like The Parallax View.

Shock Theater

Shock Theater continued the American tradition of horror film television shows such as Vampira (Maila Nurmi with Los Angeles KABC-TV 1954–1955).

Sylvia Lennick

She had supporting roles in film and television in her later years, including the Disney Channel television film Get a Clue and the horror film Visiting Hours.

The Hanging Woman

He is known to horror film fans for the two horror movies he directed in the early 1970s - The Orgy of the Dead (aka The Hanging Woman) and Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna), which have become cult classics over the years.

The Objective

The Objective is a 2008 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Myrick who also directed The Blair Witch Project and Believers, starring Jonas Ball, Matthew R. Anderson, and Michael C. Williams.

The Weird Villa

With a psychological plotline, the style and theme deemed to inspire from numerous foreign classic thriller concepts such as the South Korea horror film A Tale of Two Sisters, which obviously resemble to the stepmother character appearance.

Tom Abrams

Abrams has sold numerous feature film screenplays in varied genres including western Have Gun Will Travel for Warner Bros., historic adventures The Captain's Wife for Fox 2000, and The American Princess for New Line Cinema, The Battle of Ono for John Woo & Terence Cheng, horror film Cave for Working Title, sci-fi action Metal Machine for producer James Jacks at Universal, and kids action comedy Gameboy Charlie for Bruckheimer producer, Chad Oman.

Uruvam

After the failure of his films Pick Pocket starring Sathyaraj and Radha and Irumbu Pookkal starring Karthik and Pallavi, G. M. Kumar began work on his next film, also his first horror film.

Vampires vs. Zombies

Vampires vs. Zombies is an independent horror film loosely based upon J. Sheridan Le Fanu's classic 1872 novel Carmilla.

When a Stranger Calls Back

When a Stranger Calls Back is a 1993 made-for-television psychological horror film directed by Fred Walton.

Wrights Hill Fortress

The New Zealand horror film The Devil's Rock was filmed in the tunnels and gun pits, standing in for a World War II German bunker.