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4Oct2016

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Child’s Play | 1988 | Final | UK Quad

Child's Play is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed and written by Tom Holland, Don Mancini, and John Lafia, and starring Catherine Hicks, Dinah Manoff, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, and Brad Dourif. The film tells about a single widowed mother giving her son a doll, by "Good Guy doll's" for his birthday, unaware that the doll is possessed by a serial killer's soul. When Charles Lee Ray needs to get quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky. Little does he know a little boy by the name of Andy Barclay will be the new owner of him soon-to-come. Charles confides in Andy while he commits numerous murders. Once the adults accept Andy's story as truth, it's too late. The film was released on November 9, 1...

The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Teaser | UK Quad

22Sep2016

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The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Teaser | UK Quad

The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999 and is a found footage type horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and produced by Haxan Films. The film relates the fictional story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard) who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later and that this "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching. While the film received unexpected acclaim from critics, audience reception was polarise...

Wes Craven’s The People Under The Stairs | 1991 | Final | UK Quad

21Sep2016

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Wes Craven’s The People Under The Stairs | 1991 | Final | UK Quad

The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 horror comedy film that was written and directed by Wes Craven. It was produced by Stuart M. Besser and Marianne Maddalena. The film stars Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The storyline focuses on a young boy called Poindexter Williams known by the nickname Fool who comes from the ghetto. On his 13th birthday, he and two adult robbers attempt a burglary of the home of his family's evil landlords trying to steal their collection of rare coins. He and his two accompliances become trapped inside their large suburban house and soon discover the secret of the "children" that the insane brother and sister have been "rearing" under the stairs. According to writer-director Wes Craven, the story behind The People Under the St...

19Sep2016

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The Omen | 1976 | UK Quad

The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. The film stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. The first instalment in The Omen series, the film concerns a young child adopted at birth by American Ambassador Robert Thorn unbeknownst to his wife, after their own son is stillborn. They are surrounded by mysterious and ominous deaths, unaware that the child is the Antichrist. Released theatrically by 20th Century Fox in June 1976, The Omen received acclaim from critics and was a commercial success, grossing over $60 million at the box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1976. The film earned two Academy Award nominatio...

19Sep2016

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Carrie | 1976 | UK Quad

Carrie is a 1976 film directed by Brian De Palma. It was produced by Paul Monash and the screenplay was written by Lawrence D. Cohen. The film is based on Stephen King’s 1974 novel, Carrie. It stars Sissy Spacek, John Travolta and Piper Laurie in the lead roles. Carrie was the first novel by Stephen King to be adapted into a feature film. At the time when the film was made Stephen King was 26 years old and he was paid just $2,500 for the film rights however he said “I was fortunate to have that happen to my first book”. It became one of many film or television adaptions of his books and since Carrie more than 100 have been made. In the final scene which Sue reaches towards Carrie’s grave, was filmed backwards in order to give it a dreamlike feel. The scene was inspired by the final s...

17Sep2016

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Blair Witch | 2016 | Advance | UK Quad

The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999 and is a found footage type horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Blair Witch was released in 2016 and is a found footage type psychological horror film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. It is a direct sequel to The Blair Witch Project and stars James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry. The storyline follows a group of college students and their local guides who venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of Heather Donahue, the sister of one of the characters. Initially, the film's connection to the Blair Witch franchise was kept secret, with the film having been shot under the fake title...

16Sep2016

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Jaws 2 | 1978 | Advance | UK Quad

Jaws 2 is a 1978 thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and produced by Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. The screenplay was written by Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler based on the characters created by Peter Benchley. Jaws 2 is the first sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws released in 1975, and the second instalment in the Jaws franchise. The film sees Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles from the first film and being joined by Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner, Susan French, Barry Coe, Donna Wilkes, and Gary Springer. The storyline is set four years after the events of Jaws, the town of Amity suddenly experiences series of mysterious boating accidents and disappearances. Chief of Police, Martin Brod...

The Shining | 1980 | BFI R2012 | UK Quad

2Sep2016

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The Shining | 1980 | BFI R2012 | UK Quad

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film by Stanley Kubrick and is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name. Stanley Kubrick directed and produced the film along with co-wroting the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. The Shining stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd. The storyline centres around Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife, Wendy Torrance and young son, Danny Torrance. Danny possesses "the shining", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past. The hotel cook, Dick Hallorann, also has this ability and is able to communicate...

The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Final | UK Quad

27Aug2016

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The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Final | UK Quad

The Blair Witch Project was released in 1999 and is a found footage type horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez and produced by Haxan Films. The film relates the fictional story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard) who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later and that this "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching. While the film received unexpected acclaim from critics, audience reception was polarise...