horror films

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Psycho

1960
A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Dracula

the connoisseur's guide
1997
A study of the Dracula legend, looking at its origins, examining various interpretations of the vampire in literature, film, and theater, discussing the impact of the legend on Western culture, and including a retelling of Bram Stoker's famous novel.

The birds

1999
A small California town is attacked by thousands of birds. (119 min.).

Lights! camera! scream!

how to make your own monster movies
1983
Reveals the secrets behind creating monsters and bringing them to life on the screen.

The beast with 1000 eyes

2009
Fifth-grader Stella Min rallies her classmates in the Monster Squad to help her fight a new horror movie creature whose blink is deadly.

The Wolf man

1985
Briefly discusses the origins of werewolf legends and the portrayal of werewolves in films. Also presents a synopsis of the 1941 film starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and the 1935 film starring Henry Hull.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

adapted from the screenplay by Arthur Ross and Harry Essex from a story by Maurice Zimm
1981
Recounts the plots of the 1954 film and its two sequels which followed the career of an unfriendly half-man, half-fish creature discovered in a Brazilian lake.

Horrors!

1988

Introducing Invasion of the body snatchers

2007
Examines a retelling of the film, a look at mass hysteria, post war status quo and communism that explains events in the movie.

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