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| Macabre (1980) |
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Director: Lamberto Bava
Synopsis: The feature directorial debut of Lamberto Bava (son of Italian horror legend Mario Bava), tells the twisted tale of a New Orleans wife whose fragile sanity is about to be shattered. Jane (Bernice Stegers) is swept up in a torrid affair when she leaves her two children home alone as she dashes out to rendezvous with her lover Fred on the other side of town. When Jane's bitterly jealous daughter Lucy (Veronica Zinny) uncovers evidence of her mother's infidelity, she decide ... Read more
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| Macabre (1958) |
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Director: William Castle
Synopsis: A doctor's kidnapped daughter has been buried alive. The doctor must race against the clock to find her before it's too late. ... Read more
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| Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) |
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Director: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero
Synopsis: This Filipino scarefest is better known by the title Mad Doctor of Blood Island. The principle villain, however, is not a "he" but an "it". A frantic search is conducted on a remote island for a deadly, green-blooded "Chlorophyl Monster." Notice how we aren't making any toothpaste jokes here. It should come as no surprise that John Ashley is the star; his leading lady is the luscious Angelique Pettyjohn, while Ronald Remy is the eponymous mad doctor. Remy would make a re ... Read more
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| Mad Monster, The (1942) |
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Director: Sam Newfield
Synopsis: Bland former child actor Johnny Downs earns top billing in this low-budget horror film, but the real star is that most psychotic of all the mad doctors George Zucco. The British-born character actor plays Dr. Lorenzo Cameron, a discredited -- and quite mad -- medico who has discovered a way to turn his helper, Pietro (Glenn Strange), into a wolf man. The lycanthropic experiments succeed only too well and although Dr. Cameron spouts plans of turning his discovery into a w ... Read more
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| Madman (1982) |
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Director: Joe Giannone
Synopsis: Considered by some to be an unsung slasher classic, Madman follows six counselors working at a summer camp for gifted children. After hearing the tale of Madman Marz -- the local psycho who murdered his family and who will supposedly appear if someone calls his name loudly enough -- a cocky pre-teen tempts fate by doing exactly that. The inevitable happens, and soon the counselors are being maimed and slaughtered at every turn! ... Read more
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| Madmen of Mandoras, The (1963) |
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Director: David Bradley
Synopsis: Science goes too far as one of the greatest villains of the 20th century makes a last stand in South America in this crackpot thriller. After government scientists develop a new and virulent variety of nerve gas, Professor John Coleman (John Holland) sets out to create an antidote until he mysteriously disappears. Coleman's daughter Kathy (Audrey Caire) and her husband, Phil Day (Walter Stocker), who works in U.S. intelligence, begin to suspect foul play; they're approac ... Read more
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| Man from Deep River, The (1972) |
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Director: Umberto Lenzi
Synopsis: While in Thailand, intrepid British photographer John Bradley (Ivan Rassimov) gets into a scuffle with some thugs and soon finds himself on the run through the treacherous northern jungle, where a savage tribe captures him. When Bradley's escape attempt fails, he's forced to endure a barbaric and sadistic ritual to win the natives' respect and become accepted into their culture. Umberto Lenzi directed this grisly shocker. ... Read more
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| Man Made Monster (1941) |
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Director: George Waggner
Synopsis: Originally slated as a Boris Karloff-Bela Lugosi vehicle, Man Made Monster emerged on screen as a tour de force for Lon Chaney Jr. (in his first horror-film starring role) and Lionel Atwill. Chaney plays Dynamo Dan the Electric Man, a sideshow performer whose talent for absorbing mass quantities of electricity enables him to emerge virtually unscathed when a bus crashes into a pylon. Dan recuperates in the home of Dr. Rigas (Lionel Atwill), a demented scientist (" ... Read more
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| Manhattan Baby (1982) |
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Director: Lucio Fulci
Synopsis: Christopher Connelly (Trauma) plays an archaeologist who desecrates the tomb of a 5,000-year-old god of cruelty and evil, and is temporarily blinded by lasers from a blue stone in the wall. Meanwhile, a sightless old woman gives his daughter, Susie (Brigitta Boccoli), an identical stone -- the Evil Eye -- in a town square. Back in New York, Susie's eyes start glowing blue as she plays with her brother, Tommy (Giovanni Frezza), and her babysitter, Jamie Lee (Cinzia ... Read more
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| Maniac (1980) |
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Director: William Lustig
Synopsis: Joe Spinell, who appeared in Taxi Driver, stars in this unsavory horror film as Frank Zito, a character reminiscent of an even more disturbed Travis Bickle. Frank is an embittered loser who talks to himself and his dead mother, stalks a pretty model (Caroline Munro), and spends his spare time brutally murdering women. He then scalps his victims and puts the trophies on mannequins which he takes to bed with him at night. An unpleasant film with a relentlessly downb ... Read more
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| Maniac Cop (1988) |
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Director: William Lustig
Synopsis: Larry Cohen writes and William Lustig directs this chiller about a psycho in a police uniform who's terrorizing New York City with a series of random slayings. Lt. McCrae (Tom Atkins) believes a real cop is behind the spree and fingers young Officer Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell). When McCrae becomes the killer's next victim, Forrest and an undercover vice cop (Laurene Landon) strike out on their own to solve the case and clear Forrest's name. ... Read more
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| Mansion of Madness, The (1973) |
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Director: Juan López Moctezuma
Synopsis: Claude Brook, Arthur Hansel and Ellen Sherman star in this film, inspired by writer Edgar Allan Poe, about a journalist who enters the doors of the Mansion of Madness, a mysterious institution ruled by a thief named Raul Fragonard. Once there, the journalist realizes he may be in way over his head when he finds himself the lone voice of reason amidst a wild mess of insanity. But backing out now is not an option. ... Read more
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| Mardi Gras Massacre (1978) |
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Director: Jack Weis
Synopsis: The colourful Mardi Gras carnival will soon be under way, but a sinister murder creates a feeling of fear amongst clubland's prostitutes, when on of them is discovered horribly mutilated. The police investigate but cannot prevent the next death, so similar to the first and they suspect a ritual killer is at work. As the carnival takes to the streets, amongst the crowd is someone who plans his greatest sacrificial offering yet. ... Read more
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| Mark of the Devil (1970) |
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Director: Michael Armstrong
Synopsis: Released as Mark of the Devil to U.S. theaters (accompanied by complimentary barf-bags for squeamish patrons with urpy tendencies), this gory torture-fest was produced in Germany under the title of Hexen bis aufs Blut Gequält (Witches Tortured Till They Bleed). The story is comprised of equal parts Ken Russell's The Devils and Michael Reeves' sardonic Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm). It involves the demented Count Cu ... Read more
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| Masque of the Red Death, The (1964) |
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Director: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Though based on two Edgar Allen Poe stories, Masque of the Red Death relies more upon its mood and atmosphere than its story values for its success. During a devastating 12th-century plague called "The Red Death," the decadent, devil-worshipping Prince Prospero (Vincent Price) holds court over a bizarre masked ball. Already established as a sadistic torturer, Prospero insists that his "guests" indulge in numerous depraved games, most of them ending with someone's death. ... Read more
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| Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985) |
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Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini
Synopsis: When their plane crashes smack-dab in the middle of a South American jungle, a group of frightened passengers are forced to fend for themselves, hoping a rescue is just around the corner. When no such rescue occurs, they realize that the tropical forest might be their new home for some time -- until an insatiable local man captures them and forces them into slavery. Will they get out alive? Stars Michael Sopkiw and Suzanne Carvall. ... Read more
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| Maximum Overdrive (1986) |
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Director: Stephen King
Synopsis: When a mysterious comet passes close to Earth, machines everywhere suddenly take on murderous minds of their own in this campy horror flick -- the first and only film directed by horror mastermind Stephen King. Soon, video games, cash machines, drawbridges and steamrollers all go on a global psychotic killing spree. But when folks at the Dixie Boy Truck Stop are held hostage by a mob of homicidal 18-wheelers, human vengeance goes into overdrive. ... Read more
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| Meatcleaver Massacre (1977) |
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Director: Evan Lee
Synopsis: Examine the title, and you know what you're in for. A vengeful ghost, sore at Tinseltown, descends upon various nasty agents and arrogant movie stars. Top-billed Christopher Lee tries his best to maintain his dignity in a brief appearance.. ~All Movie Guide ... Read more
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| Messiah of Evil (1973) |
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Director: Willard Huyck
Synopsis: When the messiah of evil returns (from wherever he went to) the moon will turn red, and the living dead will prowl the night and previously nice people will become flesh-eating zombies.
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| Midnight (1982) |
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Director: John A. Russo
Synopsis: This 1980s gore flick combines the cross-country feel of On the Road with the creepiness of Rosemary's Baby, following the misadventures of a girl who runs away from home after her stepfather begins molesting her. Early in the journey, she flags down a pair of boys who agree to give her a ride to California. But before they can get much farther, they collide with a family of Satan worshippers who keep their mother's rotting corpse in the attic. ... Read more
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