Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 1596 Films to Rent
Last Broadcast, The (1998)
- Dir. Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler
Feat. David Beard, Jim Seward, Stefan Avalos
- Preceding THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, but gaining wider release presumably because of it, this uncannily similar item too follows an grim–fated…
Phantom of the Opera (1998)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Julian Sands, Asia Argento
- Not one of Dario's greatest horrors, though fans will certainly wish to see his take on the classic Gaston Leroux novel about a disfigured murderer…
Phantoms (1998)
- Dir. Joe Chappelle
Feat. Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck…
- Dropping in on a remote town with no apparent inhabitants, babe sisters Joanna Going and Rose McGowan find themselves on the sinister skids.
Ben…
Quiet Family, The (Choyonghan kajok) (1998)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi
- A deliciously deadpan black comedy in which a respectable family decide to leave the rat race behind, buy a hotel in remote mountains and lead more…
Ravenous (1998)
- Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones
- Good taste is dispatched with relish in this period cannibal piece that promises gruesome chills from its 19th century Rocky Mountains setting, but…
Razor Blade Smile (1998)
- Dir. Jake West
Feat. Eileen Daly
- Brazenly over–the–top, low–budget (12,000 sterling) vampire hokum about a bisexual vamp who moonlights as a mortal assassin.…
Ring (Ringu) (1998)
- Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada
- A cult phenomenon in Japan and everywhere else it’s played, it’s since spawned a sequel, a prequel, both a Korean and American remake, and its…
Ring: The Spiral (Rasen) (1998)
- Dir. Jôji Iida
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani
- The 'lost' first sequel to RINGU, follows on from the tale of the lethal videotape and the demonic Sadako with the rather prosaic solution to the…
Trance (The Eternal) (1998)
- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Christopher Walken, Jared Harris, Alison Elliott…
- Revision of Universal's horror classic THE MUMMY as a contemporary Gothic mood–piece set in coastal Ireland, an alcoholic American couple…
Ultraviolet (Mini Series) (1998)
- Dir. Joe Ahearne
Feat. Jack Davenport, Philip Quast
- Set in the drab, menacing atmosphere of South London, a detective quests for his missing partner and turns up a frightening cabal of powerful…