Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 127 Films to Rent on VHS
- Silver Bullet (1985)
- Dir. Daniel Attias
Feat. Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Everett McGill…
- Gary Busey livens Stephen King small town werewolf déjà vu.
- Phenomena (Creepers) (1984)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi
- Argento once again forgoes plot to concentrate on his strengths, namely stalk and slash set pieces and kinetic visuals staged like a bad dream. VHS…
- Keep, The (1983)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow…
- German soldiers camping in a Romanian castle are visited by various ghoulies in Michael Mann's off–beat supernatural yarn set during WWII,…
- Lift, The (1983)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine Van Dalsum
- Stylish Dutch suspense concerning high–rise elevators dispatching their human contents. Dubbed into English.
- Living Dead Girl, The (1982)
- Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Marina Pierro, Francoise Blanchard, Mike Marshall
- Rollin's dream–like visual style dominates this Gallic blood–lusting romp about a sexy vampire whose trail of gore engulfs her in bitter…
- Hand, The (1981)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Caine
- Michael Caine stars in this early Oliver Stone mess (still suffering from shell–shock?) as a cartoonist whose severed hand goes about murdering…
- Alligator (1980)
- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo
- Post–Jaws monster thriller, with giant alligator lurking in Chicago sewers. John Sayles script.
- Fascination (1979)
- Dir. Jean Rollin
Feat. Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire
- Two castle–dwelling, negligeed vixens ensnare a petty thief for sacrifice and consumption in a ritualistic feast. Visually striking, exotic…
- Never Dead, The (Phantasm) (1979)
- Dir. Don Coscarelli
Feat. A.Michael Baldwin, Bill Thombury, Reggie Bannister…
- This slick slice of macabre, if a little disjointed, has enough gruesome deaths and sinister silliness to please discerning horror buffs.
- Death Weekend (1977)
- Dir. William Freut
Feat. Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata
- Four sleazeballs invade a couple's country retreat and proceed to make things rather unpleasant. Well–acted shocker in the wake of the…