Body Bags 1993  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper
Cast: John Carpenter, Robert Carradine, Alex Datcher, Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, Stacy Keach, David Warner, Deborah Harry, Mark Hamill, John Agar
John Carpenter is the coroner-host of this made-for-TV trio of horror/comedy stories. 1. A killer is on the loose, and the gas station attendant is worried about it as various odd-balls pass by. 2. A man is concerned over his hair loss and tries out a very strange clinic. 3. A baseball player is in a car accident, receives an eye transplant, and what he sees is bad indeed. Carpenter is a hilarious host with lots of cameos–including Roger Corman.
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Chiller 1985  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Wes Craven's Chiller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson, Dick O'Neill, Alan Fudge, Craig Richard Nelson, Paul Sorvino, Jill Schoelen, Anne Seymour, Russ Marin, Jerry Lacy, Ned Wertimer
Young, successful businessman Miles Creighton (Michael Beck) dies, and his body is frozen in hopes that science will allow him to be brought back to life in the future. Ten years later, a computer problem results in a thaw, and, surprisingly, Miles lives, but, alas, without a soul. Those around him realize that he is bent on destruction, and his mother (Beatrice Straight) must bite the bullet and take the lead in his destruction. Made for TV.
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Cursed 2005  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, Judy Greer, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristina Anapau, Portia de Rossi, Shannon Elizabeth, Mya, Nick Offerman, Jonny Acker
After being bitten by a werewolf, Ellie (Christina Ricci) and her brother, Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg), notice signs that they may be showing characteristics of werewolves. To save their neighbors and themselves, they must kill the beast to remove the curse.
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Deadly Friend 1986 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Matthew Laborteaux, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Ramsey, Robin Nuyen, Russ Marin, Lee Paul, Andrew Roperto, Charles Fleischer
When his girlfriend (Kristy Swanson) dies, a teenage computer geek, Paul (Matthew Laborteau), inserts a computer chip into her brain turning her into a zombified robot that goes on a killing spree.
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The Fear 1995 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Vincent Robert
Cast: Eddie Bowz, Heather Medway, Ann Turkel, Vince Edwards, Darin Heames, Anna Karin, Antonio Todd, Leland Hayward, Erick Weiss, Wes Craven
Richard (Eddie Bowz) is troubled by nightmares. What better way to deal with it than taking his girlfriend and other friends with similar problems to his remote boyhood home for therapy sessions? Maybe it would have worked if it hadn't been for Morty, the wooden figure found on a shelf
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 The Hills Have Eyes 1977 R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Virginia Vincent, Dee Wallace, Martin Speer, Russ Grieve, John Steadman, James Whitworth, Lance Gordon, Michael Berryman
Horrible things happen when a middle-class family–the Carters–drive their mobile home through the desert on their way to California. A breakdown of their vehicle leaves them stranded in the territory of desert cannibals who find the Carter baby a likely item for their first dinner menu.
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The Hills Have Eyes Part II 1985 R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Michael Berryman, Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Janus Blythe, Colleen Riley, Penny Johnson, John Laughlin, Willard E. Pugh, Robert Houston, Susan Lanier
When a bus carrying a load of bikers breaks down in the desert, some of the passengers wander off and soon are attacked by cannibals–in the same part of the desert where the Carter family ran into trouble in the original film.
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Invitation to Hell 1984 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci, Joe Regalbuto, Kevin McCarthy, Patricia McCormack, Bill Erwin, Soleil Moon Frye, Barret Oliver, Nicholas Worth, Virginia Vincent, Greg Monaghan
Matt (Robert Urich) starts a new life in California working on a top secret space suit project. He and his wife and children are continuously being urged to join an exclusive country club, but he thinks the people in the club act strangely. His wife and children join the club, the demonic influences take hold, and Matt must resort to his space suit to overcome evil.
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Last House on the Left 1972  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Hess, Lucy Grantham, Sandra Cassel, Marc Sheffler, Jeramie Rain, Fred Lincoln, Gaylord St. James, Cynthia Carr, Martin Cove, Ada Washington
This is a horror film that exhibits bad taste–unless you like stories about innocent young girls being tortured and murdered. Horrifying as it is, there is still power in the tenseness and in the telling of the story.
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 Music of the Heart 1999  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Aidan Quinn, Cloris Leachman, Gloria Estefan, Jane Leeves, Michael Angarano, Charlie Hofheimer, Jay O. Sanders, Kieran Culkin
A divorced music teacher, Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep) fights a 10-year, uphill battle against her principal and the school board to attain her dream of teaching violin lessons to inner-city kids in Harlem. Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actress.
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New Nightmare 1994  R, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
aka: A Nightmare on Elm Street 7
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Jeff Davis, Miko Hughes, David Newsom, Matt Winston, Wes Craven, Rob LaBelle, Marianne Maddalena, Gretchen Oehler, John Saxon, Robert Shaye, Tracy Middendorf, Bodhi Elfman
Lots of screaming is about all one can say concerning this "Nightmare" movie in which actors from previous "Freddy Krueger" films return for more slashing. Of special note, Robert Englund appears as himself, opposing his old character, Freddy. And you thought the series ended with #6.
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 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Johnny Depp, Charles Fleischer, Jack Shea, Joseph Whipp, Lin Shaye, Joe Unger, Mimi Craven, Ed Call
Years ago, angry locals took the law into their own hands and burned Fred Krueger alive after they discovered that he was abusing children. Now, Freddie (Robert Englund) has returned in the dreams of his killer's children, and the children begin to die. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is also having dreams about Freddie, and when her friends are meeting their demise, Nancy knows that she must stay awake and draw the dream killer out of the dreams and into the present-day world. This is great fare in the horror genre. In fact, the story of teenagers with some very bad dreams spurred many sequels.
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The People Under the Stairs 1991 R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen, Bill Cobbs, Kelly Jo Minter, Jeremy Roberts, Conni Marie Brazelton, Joshua Cox, John Hostetter
Young Fool (Brandon Quintin Adams) and his family are evicted from their sleazy ghetto apartment by greedy landlords who intend to build profitable apartments on the site. Fool's sister's boyfriend (Ving Rhames) talks the boy into helping him rob the landlords' upscale home, which is rumored to contain valuable coins. But when they get in the house, they are confronted with the horrors of the place: children that have been deformed by the owners are being kept in the basement. Can Fool survive and save the creatures?
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Red Eye 2005 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Laura Johnson, Jayma Mays, Jack Scalia, Loren Lester, Angela Paton, Suzie Plakson, Dey Young
Lisa boards her flight in Dallas expecting to be back at work the next morning as manager of the Lux Atlantic Hotel in Miami. Once the plane reaches cruising altitude, her seat partner, Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy), shows Lisa her father's stolen wallet and reveals that he needs help in killing the Deputy Director of Homeland Security who is scheduled to arrive at her hotel the next day. If Lisa refuses, Jackson will contact his partner and tell him to kill Lisa's father.
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 Scream 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Liev Schreiber, Rose McGowan, Joseph Whipp
Scream is a horror film about actors making a horror film that will entertain fans of that genre. As one could guess, the actors become victims in this Wes Craven film.
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Scream 2 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, David Warner, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liev Schreiber
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), after surviving her ordeal in "Scream," is now a college co-ed, but massacres seem to remain her fate as her fellow students are carved to pieces by a maniac killer.
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 Scream 3 2000 R, 116 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Deon Richmond, Liev Schreiber, Lance Henriksen, Jenny McCarthy
In this final episode of the "Scream" trilogy, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is still haunted by her terrifying past, has changed her name, and is hiding out in Monterey. Despite hopes that she will not be bothered again, Sidney's ordeal is far from over.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings, Conrad Roberts, Badja Djola, Theresa Merritt, Michael Gough, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Dey Young, Aleta Mitchell
It appears that zombies really do exist, and scientist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) is sent to Haiti by a drug company to find the drug that may used in creating zombies. Teaming up with a local "good" voodoo priest (Paul Winfield) and his daughter (Cathy Tyson), he finds that, as he gets closer to the answers, the resistance from the "bad" voodoo priest becomes greater, and he is in jeopardy of becoming a zombie himself. Based on a book by Wade Davis who actually looked for the drug. Good special effects.
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Shadow Zone: The Undead Express 1996 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy
Director: Stephen Williams
Cast: Ron Silver, Chauncey Leopardi, Natanya Ross, Tony T. Johnson, Sherry Miller, Ron Lea, Ron White, Frank Moore, Wes Craven, Linda Carter, Derwin Jordan, Norma Dell'Agnese
In this made-for-TV film, teenager Zach (Chauncey Leopardi) loves horror movies–until he befriends a vampire, Valentine (Ron Silver), and is escorted through an underground world filled with danger from which Zach finally manages to escape.
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Shocker 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp, Peter Berg, Jessica Craven, Camille Cooper, Richard(2) Brooks, Sam Scarber, Ted Raimi, Keith Anthony-Lubow-Bellamy, Virginia Morris, Emily Samuel
Psychotic Horace (Mitch Pileggi) slashes his way through entire families until he is caught with help from young Jonathan (Peter Berg) and electrocuted. But Horace had made a pact with the Devil and returns as an evil spirit, possessing others and making them continue the killings. The ultimate goal is to take revenge on Jonathan. Plenty of satire and rip-offs of other films. Fun, in sordid sort of way.
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Stranger in Our House 1978 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate, Jeff McCracken, Jeff East, Carol Lawrence, Macdonald Carey, Fran Drescher, Billy Beck, James Jarnigan
When cousin Julia (Lee Purcell) moves in with the Bryant family, after her parents are killed in an auto accident, she charms all in the household except Rachel (Linda Blair), who is sure that Julia is a witch.
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Swamp Thing 1982 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight, Dick Durock, Al Ruban, Ben Bates, Nannette Brown, Reggie Batts, Mimi Craven, Karen Price, Bill Erickson, Dov Gottesfeld
Based on the comic book character, this is the story of Doctor Alec Holland's (Ray Wise) strange odyssey during which he turns himself into the slimy title character. Holland is trying to save the world from hunger by combining plant and animal cells. His lab is being protected by government agent Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau), but criminal mastermind Arcane (Louis Jourdan) breaks into the lab, kills Holland's sister Dr. Linda Holland (Nannette Brown) who works with him, and the formula spills on Holland. During the confusion, Alice escapes with Arcane in pursuit, and she is rescued by a green man who is actually Holland transformed by his formula into the Swamp Thing (Dick Durock).
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| 1. Body Bags (1993)
2. Chiller (1985)
aka: Wes Craven's Chiller
3. Cursed (2005)
4. Deadly Blessing (1981)
5. Deadly Friend (1986)
6. The Fear (1995)
7. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
8. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
9. Invitation to Hell (1984)
10. Last House on the Left (1972)
11. Music of the Heart (1999)
12. New Nightmare (1994)
aka: A Nightmare on Elm Street 7
aka: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
13. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
14. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
15. Red Eye (2005)
16. Scream (1996)
17. Scream 2 (1997)
18. Scream 3 (2000)
19. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
20. Shadow Zone: The Undead Express (1996)
21. Shocker (1989)
22. Stranger in Our House (1978)
23. Swamp Thing (1982)
24. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
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