Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror > Deviltry: 11 Films to Rent on VHS
- Long Time Dead (2001)
- Dir. Marcus Adams
Feat. Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
- Though hip, slick and atmospheric, this British horror entry for the multiplexes is at once straight–faced and silly, and strictly…
- Satan Returns (1996)
- Dir. Allan Lam
Feat. Chingmy Yau, Donnie Yen
- On a rash mission to find the devil's daughter, a cult member with strange powers resorts to wrenching the hearts (and we mean literally) of women…
- Mangler, The (1995)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor
- From a short story by Stephen King, probably written over his Cornies, you'll need to prepare yourself for this high concept – the demonic…
- Needful Things (1993)
- Dir. Fraser C. Heston
Feat. Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Amanda Plummer
- This Faustian tale has Max Von Sydow (ironically) cast as the devil who trades special goods for diabolic favours. Stephen King's rambling novel…
- Pit and the Pendulum, The (1990)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Lance Henriksen
- Stuart Gordon's remake is a camp/gothic hybrid, restricted by a low–budget, but with a stand–out over–the–top turn from Lance…
- Believers, The (1987)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Martin Sheen
- Martin Sheen investigates serial killings connected to the Santaria cult in New York.
- 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.
- 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…
- Lisa and the Devil (1972)
- Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas
- Elke Sommer becomes haunted by her own death and devilish lollipop–sucker Telly Savalas in this surreal, dreamlike examination of love, lust,…
- Night of the Eagle (Burn, Witch, Burn) (1962)
- Dir. Sydney Hayers
Feat. Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston
- A successful academic (Peter Wyngarde) plumbs a prime teaching post at an English village idyll, causing a flurry of petty jealousies among the…