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2) Quarantine
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An apartment complex is quarantined when residents become viciously infected with an unknown substance. A television reporter and her crew are trapped inside with nothing but their videotape to prove that something has happened. Includes commentary.
"...'Quarantine' delivers the heebie-jeebies with solid acting and perfectly calibrated shocks."--New York Times
"...exciting thriller..."--Variety
"...director John Erick Dowdle's furious retread is...
3) Cursed films
Publisher
AMC Networks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A five-part documentary series which explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood's notoriously 'cursed' horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary among film fans and filmmakers alike. Were these films really cursed, as many believe, or just the victims of bad luck and bizarre circumstances?
Author
Publisher
McFarland
Language
English
Description
"Independent filmmaker and horror-film scholar John Kenneth Muir says, 'Art does not exist in a vacuum. Instead, it is inexorably bound to the time period from which it sprang.' In his entertaining and scholarly filmography of over 200 films arranged by year, Muir sees the historical and social happenings of the 1970s as giving rise to the unusually high number of groundbreaking horror films of the decade, as well as the more routine ones. Following...
5) Red dragon
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Will Graham is an FBI agent who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however, his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody, near-death experience. Retiring from the Bureau, he moves to Florida. However, a particularly grisly killer is on the loose, and Jack, Graham's one-time mentor at the Bureau, asks him to return to duty to find him. "The Tooth Fairy" is a vicious murderer who kills entire families at once, covering the eyes of his victims...
6) Crimson Peak
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay, a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth.
"Del Toro's creativity, the joy he finds in splicing together pieces of the movies and books and characters he loves, is hard to resist. This is a film that believes deeply in ghosts, and half of...
Author
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An A-Z catalog with brief reviews of over 1,000 of the best, weirdest, wickedest, wackiest, and most entertaining scary movies from every age of horror, from the silent killers of the 1920s to the vampires, werewolves, and zombies of the 21st century.
Author
Series
Goosebumps volume 35
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
What happens when the Shocker on Shock Street movies become real?
Publisher
Distributed by Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Horror and sci-fi veteran Lance Henriksen guides viewers through a fascinating exploration of the history of the American horror film, examining the earliest monster movies of the silent era up to the scariest modern-day masterpieces. Numerous interviews with horror genre masters plus clips from more than 150 films spanning over 100 years including: The Exorcist; Night of the living dead; Friday the 13th; Halloween; Nightmare on elm street; Texas...
15) Mad scientists
Author
Series
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
Presents synopses of several well-known horror films whose plots revolve around the experiments of diabolical scientists.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
Decades after the filming of a horror movie is halted in the wake of three actor deaths and rumors about a haunted set, Claire, the daughter of a failing studio head, helps with a production on the same site.