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1. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
directed by Tim Burton
featuring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van DienWashington Irving's tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman gets a few new twists in a screen adaptation directed by Tim Burton. In this ... More
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2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
directed by David Attwood
featuring Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Matt DayProbably the most filmed of all Sherlock Holmes stories, Arthur Conan Doyle's 1901 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles was given another go-round ... More
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3. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
directed by Sidney Lanfield
featuring Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Wendy BarrieThough it takes a few liberties with the Arthur Conan Doyle original -- not the least of which is turning Sherlock Holmes into the second lead -- The ... More
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4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
directed by Terence Fisher
featuring Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, Miles Malleson, David OxleyIn the 17th century, the arrogant, cruel Hugo Baskerville (David Oxley) brutalizes a servant and prepares to turn the man's daughter over to his ... More
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5. The Night Stalker (1972)
directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
featuring Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude AkinsSeedy newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) is assigned the Las Vegas police beat by his boss Tony Vincenzo (Simon Oakland). A series of ... More
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6. The Nameless (2004)
directed by Jaume Balagueró
featuring Emma Vilarasau, Karra Elejalde, Tristán Ulloa, Pep Tosar, Brendan PriceSpanish director Jaime Balaguero brings us this jet-black horror thriller. Claudia (Emma Vilarasau) and Marc's beloved six-year-old daughter Angela ... More
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7. From Hell (2001)
directed by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
featuring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian RichardsonThe true-life horror story of Jack the Ripper gets a new spin in this screen adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie ... More
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8. The Name of the Rose (1986)
directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
featuring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Elya Baskin, Michel Lonsdale, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr., Ron Perlman, William HickeyAdapted from Umberto Eco's best-selling novel, director Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose is a 14th century murder-mystery thriller starring ... More
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9. Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001)
directed by Pitof
featuring Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Ines Sastre, André Dussollier, Edith ScobVidocq (1775-1857) was a noted French detective who was one of the great trailblazers of modern criminal investigation; he's been credited with ... More
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10. Night of the Ghouls (1959)
directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
featuring Criswell, Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Valda HansenNight of the Ghouls (which was also known as Revenge of the Dead) was Edward D. Wood Jr.'s first attempt at making a horror film without any ... More
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11. Kiss Me, Monster (1967)
directed by Jesús Franco
List of all editionsJanine Reynaud and Rossana Yanni return as Diana and Regina, the sexy female detectives from the Red Lips Agency, in cult filmmaker Jesus Franco's ... More
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12. Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
directed by Larry Cohen
featuring Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, Candy Clark, Richard Roundtree, Lee Louis, Malachy McCourtList of all editionsGenre pioneer Larry Cohen, who broke new horror ground with the killer-baby hit It's Alive!, takes a stab at the giant-monster scenario with this ... More
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13. Blood Thirst (1971)
directed by Newt Arnold
List of all editionsIn the city of Manila, a baffling spree of terrible murders has the police force stumped. Beautiful young girls are found drained of blood through ... More
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14. Another Heaven (2000)
directed by Joji Iida
List of all editionsAnother Heaven, a Japanese supernatural crime drama directed by Joji Iida (director of Rasen, the first Ringu sequel), begins with cops on the scene ... More
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15. The Wicker Man (2006)
directed by Neil LaBute
featuring Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances ConroyList of all editionsA young child has gone missing and it's up to a haunted but determined policeman to travel to the remote island community where she was last seen and ... More
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16. The Wicker Man (1974)
directed by Robin Hardy
featuring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, Christopher LeeList of all editionsA righteous police officer investigating the disappearance of a young girl comes into conflict with the unusual residents of a secluded Scottish isle ... More
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17. Severed (2002)
directed by Matt Green
List of all editionsA city is in the grip of a particularly bizarre and bloodthirsty serial killer in this tale of horror and suspense starring Vanessa Sanchez, known to ... More
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18. Nick Knight (1989)
directed by Farhad Mann
featuring Rick SpringfieldList of all editionsA night beat cop, a good vampire who only drinks cows' blood, is after a bad vampire, who is sucking the blood of the city's human inhabitants. ~ Rovi
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19. God Told Me To (1976)
directed by Larry Cohen
featuring Richard Lynch, Sylvia Sidney, Tony Lo BiancoList of all editionsReleased theatrically as God Told Me To, this inventive film from "B"-movie auteur Larry Cohen was later re-named Demon after television distributors ... More
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20. Tower of Terror (1997)
directed by D.J. MacHale
featuring Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst, Nia PeeplesList of all editionsSteve Guttenberg stars in this thriller as a once-respected reporter who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid. He happens ... More
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21. Fetish Dolls Die Laughing (2006)
List of all editionsA courageous homicide detective falls into a treacherous web of depravity after plunging herself into the world of sexual fetish videos in pursuit of ... More
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23. This Hollow Sacrament (2006)
directed by Greg William Stechman
featuring Marcus D. Shelby, April Potter, Sheila McClay, Anthony FalconList of all editionsInspired by a series of real-life murders that shook Northern California in the late 1990s, director Greg William Stechman's harrowing crime thriller ... More
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24. Shadows Run Black (1985)
directed by Howard Heard
featuring William Kulzer, Elizabeth Trosper, Shea PorterList of all editionsIn this exploitational slice-n-dicer masquerading as a police thriller, a college coed can do nothing while all her friends are being murdered by ... More
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25. The Haunted House (1940)
directed by Robert F. McGowan
featuring Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, George Cleveland, Henry HallList of all editionsIn the late 1930s-early 1940s, Monogram Pictures hoped to create a popular screen team in the form of teenaged thespians Jackie Moran (he was Huck ... More







