Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Shining, The (1980)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall - Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…
Watcher in the Woods, The (1980)- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Bette Davis, David McCallum, Carroll Baker… - One of Disney's spookier efforts, this concerns a family who move into a country house in Britain and are beset with supernatural occurances.…
Amityville Horror, The (1979)- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger - James Brolin and Margot Kidder are convincingly spooked as happily marrieds who inherit a haunted house. Competently directed, but with the ghosts of…
Changeling, The (1979)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas - An impeccably crafted ghost story that demands to be taken seriously, not least because of the dignified casting of George C. Scott as a recently…
Salem's Lot (1979)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin - Creepy Stephen King story made for TV, but no less scary for it. The town of Salem don't take kindly to nosy strangers!
Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) (1979- 1982)- Dir. Shaun O'Riordan
Feat. Joanna Lumley, David McCallum - A pre–AB FAB Joanna Lumley and a post–INVISIBLE MAN David McCallum cavort around in eerie abodes repairing 'tears in time'. High concept,…
Empire of the Passions (ai no borei) (1978)- Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki - Searing, underrated crime of passion from the dir. of IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES focuses less on explicit sex, unfolding as a ghost…
Medusa Touch, The (1978)- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Derek Jacobi… - Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
Return From Witch Mountain (1978)- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Bette Davis, Christopher Lee - Above–average sequel to ESCAPE FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN reprises the story of two runaway orphans with supernatural powers, adding the star presence…
Audrey Rose (1977)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck… - Soberly told thriller which has a seemingly happy couple disturbed by a stranger's (Hopkins) claim that their child is his daughter, in reincarnated…
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