Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Halloween Weekend - The Damned and the Dead Classic Horror Movies

Your costume is ready, the pumpkins are carved and there's a gallon of apple cider in the fridge. Now all you need to make All Hallow's Eve complete is a good horror movie. Fear not - just yet!

 

With Halloween just around the corner, we've summoned super fright films with enough vampires, zombies and slashers to keep your spine tingling long after your trick or treat candy has gone stale.

 

Here's just a tempting taste of the sinister experiences that await.

 

THE CORPSE VANISHES with BELA LUGOSI

Running Time:    64 Minutes  Horror 

Starring:              Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin

Directed By:       Wallace Fox

A scientist, aided by an old hag and her two brutish sons, kills virgins and extracts gland fluids to keep his ancient wife alive and young.

 

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL with VINCENT PRICE 

Running Time:      75 Minutes  Horror

Starring:                Vincent Price, Carol Omart, Richard Long

Directed By:          William Castle 

An eccentric millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky house overnight with he and his wife.

 

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD with DUANE JONES

Running Time:         80 Minutes  Horror

Starring:                   Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea

Directed By:            George A. Romero

A group of friends, stranded in a strange town, are forced to hide from bloodthirsty zombies on a rampage.


VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED with CHRISTOPHER REEVES

Running Time:           99 Minutes   Horror

Starring:                     Kirstie Alley, Christoper Reeves

Directed By:              John Carpenter