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[TRAILER] This second horror anthology presents more eerie tales based on Stephen King stories. One episode finds a cigar-store Native American statue coming to life to avenge the death of the shop owner (George Kennedy) and his wife (Dorothy Lamour). Another features a group of teens menaced by a blob-like creature. The final installment follows a wealthy and callous woman (Lois Chiles) who hits a hitchhiker with her car and decides to flee the scene, but the victim isn't inclined to remain dead. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 6, 2024 - 5 comments

[TRAILER] Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen. In one story, a monster escapes from its holding cell. Another focuses on a husband (Leslie Nielsen) with a creative way of getting back at his cheating wife. Other stories concern a rural man (Stephen King) and a visitor from outer space, and a homeowner (E.G. Marshall) with huge bug problems and a boozing corpse. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 6, 2024 - 11 comments

When an aspiring model is told she needs to lose weight, she goes to extreme measures [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 25, 2023 - 3 comments

During lockdown, an isolated art dealer grows attached to his AI personal assistant, Daphne. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 25, 2023 - 5 comments

After the death of her mother, a teenager struggles to find acceptance and friendship. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 25, 2023 - 4 comments

Two stories concerning single mothers-one running a bookstore on the verge of eviction and another dealing with her teenage daughter recovering from having teeth extracted.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 22, 2023 - 0 comments

A woman's rich, but estranged father wants to make amends by gifting her a wedding. A fledgling cartoonist struggles to get published. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 21, 2023 - 1 comment

New neighbors move into an "integrated" neighborhood causing tensions to rise, and a father attempts to bond with his teenage son using a vintage video game.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 16, 2023 - 0 comments

Nothing Lyle does is good enough for his parents, and a woman attempts to bring her daughter to see her ailing great aunt.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 15, 2023 - 0 comments

A novelist who wants to achieve greatness is gifted the hat of his literary idol, and after a terrible accident, a husband struggles to reconnect with his wife. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 15, 2023 - 0 comments

A woman chased by a monster seeks help and an award winning photographer is stalked.
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 14, 2023 - 2 comments

A new horror anthology film featuring segments from Latinx directors Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider), Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project), Demián Rugna (Terrified), and Gigi Saul Guerrero(Bingo Hell). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 15, 2023 - 5 comments

Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny (Robert Hays), an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda (Drew Barrymore) is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 13, 2022 - 8 comments

A horror anthology that explores the dark side of the most iconic and beloved holidays. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 9, 2022 - 1 comment

Witness a hellish vision of 1999, as social isolation, analog technology and disturbing home videos fuse into a nightmare of found footage savagery. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 20, 2022 - 11 comments

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist: a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 8, 2020 - 4 comments

On the night before Christmas, a couple on an awkward date go to see a play featuring horrific Christmas stories. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 13, 2018 - 3 comments