It's hard to imagine how shocking this film was when it first broke on the film scene in 1968. There's never been anything quite like it, though it's inspired numerous pale imitations. Part of the terror lies in the fact that this one's shot in such a raw, unadorned fashion it feels like a home movie, and all the more authentic for that. Another is that it draws us into its world gradually, ...

Manufacturer: 4 Front Video
Starring: Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley
Directed By: George A. Romero

No matter how many sequels they've made or how big a hit it was in 1980, it's difficult to view the first Friday the 13th as anything but a quickie designed to cram in as many elements from horror movies that had been hits in the late 1970s--most obviously, Halloween and Carrie--while adding as little as possible to the formula. Director Sean S Cunningham has an archetypal ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon
Directed By: Sean S. Cunningham

The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in Children of the Corn, a flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 ...

Manufacturer: Cinema Club
Starring: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains
Directed By: Fritz Kiersch

George A. Romero's original version of this film classic re-mastered in colour.

Manufacturer: Boulevard Entertainment
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
Directed By: George A. Romero

Manufacturer: Cinema Club
Starring: Terry Farrell, Paula Marshall, Kevin Bernhardt, Peter Boynton, Doug Bradley
Directed By: Anthony Hickox

Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier ...

Manufacturer: Starz Home Entertainment
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles
Directed By: John Carpenter

An instant werewolf classic, The Howling was directed by Joe Dante, a graduate of Roger Corman's school of low-budget ingenuity who had gained enough momentum with 1978's Piranha to rise to this bigger challenge. He brought along Piranha screenwriter John Sayles, too, and recruited makeup wizard Rob Bottin to create what was then the wildest on-screen transformation ever seen. ...

Manufacturer: 4 Front Video
Starring: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski
Directed By: Joe Dante

Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley
Directed By: Wes Craven

Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
Starring: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange
Directed By: Jack Sholder

Manufacturer: Cinema Club
Starring: Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Ryan Bollman, Christie Clark, Rosalind Allen
Directed By: David F. Price