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22) Blood Fest
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Blu-ray + DVD combo.
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival attendees start dying off, three teenagers more schooled in horror film clichés than practical knowledge about neutralizing psycho killers must band together and battle through various madmen and monstrosities to survive.
23) Room 237
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Two-disc special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1980 Stanley Kubrick released his masterpiece of modern horror, The Shining. Over 30 years later we're still struggling to understand its hidden meanings. Rodney Ascher's wry and provocative documentary fuses fact and fiction through interviews with both fanatics and scholars, creating a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick's still-controversial classic.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A former horror movie actress returns to the set of her most iconic film, only to find that the strange circumstances begin to resemble the plot of her most famous film. A desolate bit of land, with only a few remaining behind: the horror director, the starlet once cast as the final girl, the young teenager searching for clues of her father, the mother determined to get off the island, and the person picking them off one-by-one.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (4 hr., 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Film director, writer, producer, and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror, the storytellers, and stars who define the genre, to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has evolved through the years and examine the genre's impact on society as well as delving into how horror maintains its fan base....
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 366 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Here are twenty-three terrifying tales, dark reflections of the silver screen from both sides of the camera. James Dean gets a second chance at life, and death. The Wicked Witch is out of Oz, and she's made some very unlucky friends. When God decides reality needs an editor, what, and who, gets cut? These award-winning, bestselling authors will take you to the darkest depths of the theater and beyond.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scary movie: A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.
Scary movie 2: Four teens are tricked by Professor Oldman into visiting a haunted house for a school project.
Scary movie 3: Cindy must investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xii, 702 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This detailed filmography surveys more than 300 horror films that were released in the years 1990 through 1999. The horror genre's trends, clichés and patterns of the decade are connected to social and cultural phenomena. Among the popular forms of this period were serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and "interlopers, " new monsters who wreak havoc"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Squish volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
91 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Afraid to watch horror movies with his friend, Pod, Squish the amoeba feels better after learning that even comic book superheroes get scared sometimes.
Publisher
Alliance Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Halloween H20: Laurie Strode, using an assumed name and now the dean of a Northern California private school, is still struggling with the horrifying 20-year-old memories of the maniacal killer Michael Myers. When he reappears, she must conquer her fears and battle him one last time, for the life of her son hangs in the balance.
Halloween: resurrection: An Internet reality show challenges six college students to spend the night in Michael Myers'...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Olivia's summer plans are to binge-watch horror movies and chat with her online friend, Elm. Olivia and Elm have never shared details, apart from their ages and their mutual interest in fear-inducing films. When Elm sends her a selfie, she sends him one of her gorgeous friend Katie. But then Olivia's parents rope her into a woodsy getaway, and she gets caught in her web of lies. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice is sent back to the night of her sister's murder and has until midnight to figure out who the killer is or risk losing her sister forever.
Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister's murder trial. And in the year since Claire's death, Alice's life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she's moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister's killer and a courtroom full...
36) Silver nitrate
Author
Language
English
Description
"Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives--even if...
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This magnificent companion to The Art of Horror , from the same creative team behind that award-winning illustrated volume, looks at the entire history of the horror film, from the silent era right up to the latest releases and trends. Through a series of informative chapters and fascinating sidebars chronologically charting the evolution of horror movies for more than a century, profusely illustrated throughout with over 600 rare and unique images...
Author
Publisher
Nightfire
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why. In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do horror films get under our skin? What about them keeps us up at night, even days later? And why do we keep coming back for more? Horror films promise an experience: fear. From monsters that hide in plain sight to tension-building scores, every aspect of...
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