Black Sunday (1960)Directed by: Mario Bava
Written by: Nikolai Gogol; Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Coscia
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Oliveri
Atmospheric chiller about a family haunted by the presence of an evil centuries old vampire, who on the anniversary of her death must resurrect herself and claim the life of her descendent. This creepy black and white film is a must see. A-
Moon of the Wolf (1972)Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Written by: Leslie H. Whitten; Alvin Sapinsley
Starring: David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman, John Beradino, Geoffrey Lewis, Royal Dano
A woman is found clawed to death and it is up to the local sheriff of a backwater Louisiana town to find the murderer. He gets more than he bargained for when he discovers a werewolf may be the culprit. If this run-of-the-mill TV movie had a bigger budget, better actors and a more compelling storyline, this could have been better. Instead it's just a dull murder mystery where we don't see the "werewolf" until the last ten minutes. F
The Spell (1977)Directed by: Lee Philips
Written by: Brian Taggert
Starring: Lee Grant, Susan Myers, James Olson, Helen Hunt, Kathleen Hughes, Barbara Bostock
A chubby girl grows tired of being terrorized by her classmates at school and ignored by her parents at home, so she uses her supernatural powers to get revenge. This made for television movie, a rip-off of 'Carrie,' is unintentionally hilarious campy fun. F (A)
Fright Night (1985)Directed by: Tom Holland
Written by: Tom Holland
Starring: William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, Dorothy Fielding
Fun horror comedy about a teenage boy who suspects his new neighbor is a vampire. He soon learns that his suspicions are not unfounded when he is confronted by the vampire neighbor, so he enlists the help of his friends and a local late-night horror host to destroy him. B+
Scarecrows (1988)Directed by: William Wesley
Written by: William Wesley, Richard Jefferies, Larry Stamper, Stephen Gerard, Marcus Crowder
Starring: Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan, Kristina Sanborn, Victoria Christian, David James Campbell, BJ Turner, Dax Vernon
A group of thieves hijack a cargo plane and end up in the Mexican jungle. They soon discover that they are being murdered one by one by a group of supernatural killer scarecrows. Some decently creepy shots of scarecrows can't save this run of the mill movie, which is basically a zombie movie without the zombies. D
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