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Rental > Horror > Science Slip: 48 Films to Rent
- Relic, The (1997)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore
- A dormant microbe mutates and runs amok! ALIEN–in–a–museum is the concept for this well regarded B–picture that spends most…
- Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda
- John Hurt stars as a 21st century scientist who is thrown back to 19th century England, where Frankenstein's creature and other famous Brits run…
- Brain Dead (1989)
- Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort
- Long unreleased in New Zealand (which possibly explains why Peter Jackson also claimed the title), this arrives a bit of a lost gem from the halcyon…
- Juvenatrix (1988)
- Dir. Brian Thomas Jones
Feat. Vivian Lanko, John Mackay, James Hogue
- Aging woman commissions 'youth serum', with horrible side–effects. True 80s schlock.
- Monkey Shines (1988)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil
- A first–rate thriller about an invalid who loses control over his pet monkey that has been subjected to cerebral experiments. Intelligent…
- Fly, The (1986)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
- Cronenberg's most accessible work is an ingenious re–working of the 1958 film that works as well for its contemporary audience as the original…
- From Beyond (1986)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree
- The director of RE–ANIMATOR interprets another great H.P. Lovecraft story as a kinky, effects–laden romp about monsters unleashed from a…
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato
- Apocalyptic paranoia looms in an underground shelter for a few survivors in a world overrun with zombies. Conclusion to the 'Dead' trilogy builds a…
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
- Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
- Stuff, The (1985)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris
- Witty consumerist parable from low–budget maestro Larry Cohen about a new dessert product, which turns out to be lethal. Call it…