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Subgenre Sampler

 
Child's PlayChild's Play (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent
'Chucky', the possessed cabbage–patch kid, goes on a murderous rampage in this clever consumerist parable. Tightly scripted and imaginatively…
Fly, TheFly, The (1986) Aro Favourite
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…
Night of the CometNight of the Comet (1984)
Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney
Terrific B–movie where a comet hits earth and two surviving valley girls must fight the resulting cannibal zombie apocalypse. Trashy in all the…
Next of KinNext of Kin (1982)
Dir. Tony Williams  
Feat. Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott
Moody Australian haunted house flick about a young woman who inherits a retirement home possibly contaminated with a malevolent spirit. Not a classic…
Thing, TheThing, The (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart
Kurt Russell headlines this remake of the 1951 film about an Antarctic outpost terrorized by an alien organism. Dir. John Carpenter cranks up the…
Shining, TheShining, The (1980) Aro Favourite
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…
Legend of the MountainLegend of the Mountain (Shan zhong zhuan qi) (1979)
Dir. King Hu
Feat. Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang
A scholar translating Buddhist sutras visits a monastery filled with various mysterious characters, in this soothing spiritual drama with elements of…
HalloweenHalloween (1978) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis
Landmark horror film is distinguished by direction that gives a constant sense of impending doom, yet provides constant surprises – unlike the…
SuspiriaSuspiria (1977) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett
This is the quintessential Dario Argento feature – a hysterical gothic nightmare about a girl trapped in a sinister ballet academy. Visually…
Deep RedDeep Red (1976) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi
David Hemmings plays a touring pianist in Rome who witnesses the slaying of a psychiatrist. Cat–and–mouse murder mystery is one of the…

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