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Dead Zone, TheDead Zone, The (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams
A dynamite thriller based on one of Stephen King's best stories. Christopher Walken plays a clairvoyant, who after helping police with homicide…
Death Warmed UpDeath Warmed Up (1983)
Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Michael Hurst
Hell–bent on exacting revenge on a loony scientist, Michael Hurst leads his friends to a secret island where toxic abominations run riot. This…
Hand, TheHand, 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…
RabidRabid (1977)
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Marilyn Chambers
Early David Cronenberg nasty starring '70s porn queen, Marilyn Chambers, who she develops an insatiable thirst for human blood after a motorcycle…
SquirmSquirm (1976) Recommended
Dir. Jeff Lieberman
Feat. Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy
A storm–toppled powerline drives large (and vicious) sandworms out the surrounding swamp–waters, terrifying the local populace in this…
Crazies, TheCrazies, The (1975) Recommended
Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones
Underrated low–budgeter about germ warfare, a personal favourite of Romero's. Fast–paced editing creates some real excitement.
Asphyx, TheAsphyx, The (Horror of Death) (1973)
Dir. Peter Newbrook
Feat. Robert Stephens, Robert Powell
Promising 'Victorian' horror set around experiments by a scientist (Stephens) into capturing the 'asphyx' (soul) of a dying person and gaining a…
SssssssSssssss (1973)
Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies
Despite the campy name, this is a surprisingly slow–burning, creepy throwback to 50's creature–features concerning a mad scientist who…
DoomwatchDoomwatch (1972)
Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Ian Bannen, George Sanders
Based on the British TV–series, Ian Bannen investigates the effects of an oil spill on an isolated Cornish community. Ecological themes to the…
Scream and Scream AgainScream and Scream Again (1969)
Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee all turn in for this Hammer mad–doctor–creates–super–being yarn.

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