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Night of the Living Dead

IMDB Rating: 8.00
29448 votes

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Chaos descends upon the world as the brains of the recently deceased become inexplicably reanimated, causing the dead to rise and feed on human flesh. Speculation rests on a radiation-covered NASA satellite returning from Venus, but it only remains a speculation. Anyone who dies during the crisis of causes unrelated to brain trauma will return as a flesh-eating zombie, including anyone who has been bitten by a zombie. The only way to destroy the zombies is to destroy the brain. As the catastrophe unfolds, a young woman visiting her father's grave takes refuge in a nearby farmhouse, where she is met by a man who protects her and barricades them inside. They both later discover people hiding in the basement, and they each attempt to cope with the situation. Their only hope rests on getting some gasoline from a nearby pump into a truck that is running on empty, but this requires braving the hordes of ravenous walking corpses outside. When they finally put their plans into action, panic and personal tensions only add to the terror as they try to survive.
Actors
BenDuane Jones
BarbraJudith O'Dea
Harry CooperKarl Hardman
Also posted in 1968, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

IMDB Rating: 8.70
125868 votes

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U.S. President Merkin Muffley is on the hot line to Moscow with some rather embarrassing news for the Soviet premier: "Hello, Dimitri....I'm fine....Now then, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb....The bomb, Dimitri. The hydrogen bomb....Well, now, what happened is that, uh, one of our base commanders...he went a little funny in the head....and he went and did a silly thing....He ordered his planes to attack your country." A comedy about an accidental nuclear attack? One that ends with total annihilation, thermonuclear apocalypse? Preposterous! Stanley Kubrick thought otherwise. In the end his thinking prevailed. The mad saga revolves around a psychotic Strategic Air Command officer, Gen. Jack D. Ripper, who lets loose his B-52 bomber squadron on the Soviet Union. Ripper takes this unilateral action because of his paranoid belief that Communists are sapping and contaminating "all our precious bodily fluids" as part of their plan to take over the world." Unbeknownst to Ripper, his attack will trigger the Russian's ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine, a diabolical retaliatory device set to blow up the planet.
Actors
Group Captain Lionel MandrakePeter Sellers
President Merkin MuffleyPeter Sellers
Dr. StrangelovePeter Sellers
Also posted in 1964, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Hand

IMDB Rating: 4.90
1581 votes

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Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Actors
Jonathan LansdaleMichael Caine
Anne LansdaleAndrea Marcovicci
Stella RocheAnnie McEnroe
Also posted in 1981, Drama, Horror | Comments (0)

Phantasm II

IMDB Rating: 6.10
2605 votes

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Mike, following his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does. They reach an Oregon cemetery that has had all the bodies dug up and removed. Realizing this is the work of the Tall Man, they venture inside armed heavily. But the Tall Man still has his deadly flying spheres - and a couple of cronies who will stop at nothing to keep their evil plans a secret.
Actors
MikeJames LeGros
ReggieReggie Bannister
The Tall ManAngus Scrimm
Also posted in 1988, Action, High IMDB rating, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

IMDB Rating: 5.60
1664 votes

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The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. They also must contend with the resurrected dead plus a growing number of the infamous and deadly silver spheres which aid the Tall Man as he sets his sights on indoctrinating Mike and finishing the fight begun so many years ago.
Actors
ReggieReggie Bannister
MikeA. Michael Baldwin
JodyBill Thornbury
Also posted in 1994, Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Phantasm

IMDB Rating: 6.60
5997 votes

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Mike cannot decide what is real and what isn't, and is plagued by vivid nightmares. He gets the shock of his life when he watches, with binoculars, the conclusion of the funeral of his older brother's friend—the mortician (the Tall Man), by himself, lifts the casket into the back of a hearse. Mike heads to the grounds of the mortuary, which is home to very bizarre happenings, including a unique security device. Enlisting the help of brother Jody and ice cream salesman Reggie, Mike attempts to vanquish the Tall Man.
Actors
Michael 'Mike' PearsonA. Michael Baldwin
Jody PearsonBill Thornbury
ReggieReggie Bannister
Also posted in 1979, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Land of Plenty

IMDB Rating: 6.50
1610 votes

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The Gospels, preached at a Skid-Row mission, contrast with images of LA's homeless, post-9/11 mistrust, and anti-Muslim violence. Lana cares about the poor - she's just come to LA from the West Bank, staying at a mission. She seeks her uncle Paul, a burned out Agent-Orange-addled Vietnam War vet, now a vigilante security cop, watching for terrorists two years after 9/11, suspicious of everything, including a Muslim carrying boxes of Borax. Lana and Paul drive to Death Valley, Lana to take the body of a murdered homeless Muslim to his brother, Paul to follow the Borax trail. Does family reconciliation resemble something larger?
Actors
LanaMichelle Williams
PaulJohn Diehl
HassanShaun Toub
Also posted in 2004, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Swamp Thing

IMDB Rating: 5.20
2773 votes

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Dr. Alec Holland, hidden away in the depths of a murky swamp, is trying to create a new species - a combination of animal and plant capable of adapting and thriving in the harshest conditions. Unfortunately he becomes subject of his own creation and is transformed . . . Arcane, desperate for the formula attempts to capture the Swamp Thing. An explosive chase ensues that ultimately ends with a confrontation between Holland and a changed Arcane . . .
Actors
Dr. Anton ArcaneLouis Jourdan
Alice CableAdrienne Barbeau
Doctor Alec HollandRay Wise
Also posted in 1982, Horror, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)
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