Afraid of the Dark 1991 R, 91 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery
Director: Mark Peploe Cast: James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann, Clare Holman, Robert Stephens, Susan Wooldridge, David Thewlis, Ben Keyworth, Catriona MacColl, Hilary Mason, Sheila Burrell, Frances Cuka, Star Acri, Niven Boyd, Tiffany Bryant
His father Frank (James Fox) is a police officer, his mother Miriam (Fanny Ardant) is blind, and 11-year-old Lucas' (Ben Keyworth) eyesight is deteriorating to the point where he faces eye surgery. In the meantime, he wanders around the neighborhood, believes that someone is committing brutal assaults on blind people, and begins his own investigation. Is Lucas living in the real world, or is it his imagination?
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The Gates of Hell 1980 N/R, 93 min. Genre: Foreign / Horror aka: City of the Living Dead
Director: Lucio Fulci Cast: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Daniela Doria, Janet Agren, Robert Sampson, Michele Soavi, Venantino Venantini, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Fabrizio Jovine, Luca Venantini, Enzo D'Ausilio, Adelaide Aste, Luciano Rossi
After a priest hangs himself in the church cemetery, the gates of Hell are opened, and, on All Saints Day, the dead will rise up and kill all living beings. NYC reporter Peter Bell (Christopher George) and psychic Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl) team up with psychiatrist Gerry (Carlo De Mejo) and Sandra (Janet Agren) to close the gates and save the living world.
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The House by the Cemetery 1981 R, 78 min. Genre: Foreign / Horror / Mystery aka: Zombie Hell House
Director: Lucio Fulci Cast: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia Collatina, Dagmar Lassander, Giovanni De Nava, Daniela Doria, Gianpaolo Saccarola, Carlo De Mejo, Kenneth A. Olsen, Elmer Johnsson, Ranieri Ferrara, Teresa Rossi Passante, Lucio Fulci
OK, we're talking cult classic here. The Boyle family (Catriona Macoll, Paolo Malco, and Giovanni Frezza) moves into a house near Boston and finds out quickly that there is an old man (Giovanni De Nava) in the basement who has kept himself alive for over 100 years–but he needs body parts to stay alive. A supreme helping of gore, as body parts fly.
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Seven Doors of Death 1981 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Foreign / Horror / Thriller aka: The Beyond
Director: Lucio Fulci Cast: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar, Anthony Flees, Michele Mirabella, Gianpaolo Saccarola, Al Cliver, Giovanni De Nava, Maria Pia Marsala, Laura De Marchi, Lucio Fulci, Cicely Browne, Roberto Dell'Acqua
Louisiana, 1927. At a hotel a man is violently killed with his murderers accusing him of being a warlock. Now a young woman, Liza Merril (Catriona MacColl) in the 1960s is restoring the hotel. Terrible things happen as the restoration progresses at this hotel that sits on one of the Seven Gates of Hell. Really gross from a master (Lucio Fulci) of the low-budget genre and is not for all.
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| 1. Afraid of the Dark (1991)
2. The Gates of Hell (1980) aka: City of the Living Dead
3. The House by the Cemetery (1981) aka: Zombie Hell House
4. Seven Doors of Death (1981) aka: The Beyond
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