ACIDEMIC HORROR / SCI-FI REVIEW INDEX/ROUND-UP

This is an index of past reviews and current updates, as the links so carefully curated are gone. May these stay forever. For handy reference, I've emboldened personal favorites I've seen at least three times of my own free will. That's no guarantee, except that it's gonna be cool and free of petty moral encumbrances. So if you're all partied out, either from the weekend or the 90s, and fixin' to kick it on the couch, dolin' out treats or whatever, and looking for good spooky movie recommendations, I'd say TCM's line-up is on point, mostly, especially DEVIL RIDES OUT at 8. Otherwise, a lot of these are very handy on Prime, Hulu, Netflix, etc.

Also - be sure and check out Amazon Prime's vast selection of... what do you call them? Ambience videos? Whatever that old Yule Log video used to be to Xmas, these are to Halloween--flickering pumpkins, ghostly trees, jack-o-lanterns in ghostly trees, etc. names like HALLOWEEN FUN AMBIENCE and PUMPKINS IN TREES by outfits called Chill Dude and Mooney Vision Recommended, for... I'm not sure what? Ambient Background to some ghastly macabre event? Some quiet nightmare? Count me in.

But first, the movies...


PREVIOUS YEARS' WEIRD HALLOWEEN RECOMMENDATION ROUND-UPS:

Post-Giallo Nightmare Logic
Deadpan Comic Horror Initiative
(Curated Lists of films on Netflix - 2015)

13 Suggestions for an Uncommon Halloween Viewing Experience
(Bright Lights Film Journal - Oct. 2014)

13 Obscure Horror Films to watch this Halloween
 (Slant 2013)

And my long running unclaimed series celebrating strong confident crazy women in horror...

ANGELS OF DEATH Series

ANGELS OF DEATH - 1
ANGELS OF DEATH - II: Great Women of Horror
ANGELD OF DEATH III: Badass Brunette Edition
ANGELS OF DEATH IV: Lynn Lowry Special Edition 
ANGELS OF DEATH V: Magic Slut Split/Subject Maenad Edition
TOP TEN ACIDEMIC WOMEN
BABES OF WRATH: Women of the New Depression vs. American Dogma 

INDEX:

I've bolded my absolute favorites - your mileage may vary...

ITALIAN

ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK (1972)

BEYOND, THE (1981)
BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA (1971)

BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964)

CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS (1971)

CAT O'NINE TAILS (1971)

CEMETERY MAN (1994)

DEATH LAID AN EGG (1968)

DEVIL'S DAUGHTER,THE ("La Setta" 1991)

THE FIFTH CORD (1971)

FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971)

THE CHURCH, THE (1989)

GHOSTHOUSE (1988)

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981)

IN THE FOLDS OF THE FLESH (1970)

MOTHER OF TEARS (2007)

PERFUME OF A LADY IN BLACK (1974)

PHENOMENA (1985)

QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (1968)

RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR (1981)

SCARLET DIVA (2002)

SEVEN DEATHS IN A CAT'S EYE (1973)
SHE (1982)

SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (1971)

STAGEFRIGHT (1987)
THE VISITOR (1979)

WITCHERY (1988)

OLD DARK HOUSE / PRE-CODE

BEFORE DAWN (1933)
BLACK CAT, THE (1935)
THE BLACK CAT (1941)
BLACK MOON (1934)
THE BLACK RAVEN (1943)
BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU, THE (1942)

CAT AND THE CANARY (1939)

CHANDU ON MAGIC ISLAND (1935)
DEVIL COMMANDS, THE (1941)
DR. X (1933)

THE GHOUL (1933)

THE GORILLA (1939)

HAXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES (1922)

HORROR ISLAND (1941)

HOUSE OF HORRORS (1944)
INTRUDER, THE (1934)
KONGO (1932)

LEOPARD MAN, THE (1943)

MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET (1942)

MAD GHOUL, THE (1943)

THE MONSTER WALKS (1932)

MUMMY'S CURSE, THE (1944)

MURDERS IN THE ZOO (1933)

THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932)

ONE FRIGHTENED NIGHT (1935)

PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD (1932)

RAVEN, THE (1935)

RETURN OF THE APE MAN (1944)

ROGUE'S TAVERN (1936)
SECRET OF THE BLUE ROOM (1933)
SUPERNATURAL (1933)
SVENGALI (1931)

THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)
TOMORROW AT SEVEN (1933)

VOODOO MAN (1944)

WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935)

ATOMIC 50s

CAT WOMEN OF THE MOON (1953)

DEADLY MANTIS. THE (1956)
DEMENTIA / DAUGHTER OF HORROR (1955)

GIANT CLAW, THE (1957)
GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (1955)
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
MESA OF LOST WOMEN (1952)
PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
NIGHT OF THE GHOULS (1959)
THE UNDEAD (1957)

SORDID 60s

BLOOD AND ROSES (1960)
BLOOD BATH (1966)

BLOOD FROM DRACULA'S CASTLE (1969)

BURN, WITCH BURN (1965)
CAVE OF THE LIVING DEAD (1964)

CITY OF THE DEAD (1960) AKA "Horror Hotel" 
COMEDY OF TERRORS (1963)

DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)

EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966)
FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH (1967)
FLESH EATERS, THE (1964)
GHIDORAH (1965)
INCUBUS (1966)
KILL BABY KILL (1966)
LAST MAN ON EARTH (1963)
LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE (1963)

MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)

MONDO KEYHOLE (1966)

PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1966)

QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)
THE RAVEN (1963)

REPULSION (1965)

ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
SPIDER BABY (1968)
THE TERROR (1963)

TARGETS (1968)
TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964)

VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA (1960)

X- THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES (1963)

TELEKINETIC 70s:

ALTERED STATES (1977)
ANTICHRIST (1974)

BODY BENEATH, THE (1970)

BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS (1973)
THE BROOD (1979)

THE CAR (1977)

CREEPING FLESH, THE (1973)

DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979)

DEATH AT LOVE HOUSE (1976)

DEATHMASTER (1971)

THE DEVIL'S RAIN (1975)
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972)
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977)

FEMALE VAMPIRE (1973)

FOOD OF THE GODS (1976)

FROGS (1972)

THE FURY (1978)
GIRLY (1970)
GOD TOLD ME TO (1976)

GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (1972)

HALLOWEEN (1978)
HEAVEN AND HELL (1978)

HORROR AT 37,000 FEET (1973)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977)

THE LEGACY (1978)
LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973)
MANITOU, THE (1978)

MESSIAH OF EVIL (1973)
ORCA (1977)

QUEEN KONG (1976)
PHANTASM (1979)

PHASE IV (1974)
PROPHECY (1979)
PSYCHOMANIA (1971)

REQUIEM FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)

ROOMMATES, THE (1973)

SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1973)

SENTINEL, THE (1977)

SHIVERS (1975)

STAR MAIDENS (1976)

SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (1975)

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE (AKA "They Call her One Eye" -1974)

THE VELVET VAMPIRE (1971)

SMARTASS 80s:

ALTERED STATES (1980)
BAD DREAMS (1988)

BAY COVE (1987)
BEYOND, THE (1981)

BOOGENS, THE (1981)

CHOPPING MALL (1986)

COMMUNION (1989)

DEMONS (1985)

FINAL TERROR, THE (1983)
FOG, THE (1980)

FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

FROM BEYOND (1986)

HALLOWEEN 2 (1981)
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982)

HANGAR 18 (1980)

HOWLING, THE (1981)

HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN (1988)

JAWS OF SATAN (1981)
KEEP, THE (1983)
NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984)
PHANTASM II (1988)

POLTERGEIST (1982)

POSSESSION (1981)
PUMPKINHEAD (1988)

SATURN 3 (1980)
SCANNERS (1981)

SHINING (1980)

SOLE SURVIVOR (1983)

TERRORVISION (1986)
TERROR WITHIN (1989)

VAMPIRE'S KISS (1988)

WITHOUT WARNING (1980)

Post-Lounge 1990s

THE ADDICTION (1995)

AFTER MIDNIGHT (1995)

ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE (1996)
THE CRAFT (1996)
DARK ANGEL: THE ASCENT (1994)

DARK ANGEL (AKA "I Come in Peace" - 1990)
DOCTOR VAMPIRE (1991) 

THE ETERNAL (1998)

EVE OF DESTRUCTION (1991)
EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)

EXISTENZ (1999)

FACULTY, THE (1998)
FLATLINERS (1991)

HABIT (1995)

HARDWARE (1990)

HAUNTING, THE (1999)

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
LITTLE WITCHES (1996)

LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
LURKING FEAR, THE (1994)

MODERN VAMPIRES (1998)

NADJA (1994)
NAKED LUNCH (1991)

TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE (1990)

WITCHOUSE (1999)

00s and BEYOND:

#HORROR (2015)

ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE (2013)
AMER (2009)

ANTICHRIST (2009)
THE BABADOOK (2015)
BATTLESHIP (2012)
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2013)

BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010)

BIG ASS SPIDER (2013)

BLUEBEARD (2009)

BOUNTY KILLER (2013)
CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)
CHILDREN, THE (2009)
CHRONICLE (2012)
CLOUD ATLAS (2012)

COLD PREY / COLD PREY 2(2006)
CONJURING, THE (2013)
CONTAGION (2011)

DAGON (2001)

DEAD OF WINTER (2006)
DEAD SNOW 2 (2014)

DEATH-PROOF (2007)

DETENTION (2011)

DEVIL'S PASS (2013)

DOG SOLDIERS (2002)

DOOMSDAY (2008)

DREAMCATCHER (2003)

DUKE OF BURGUNDY (2015)

EDITOR, THE (2015)
ENDER'S GAME (2013)
ENTER THE VOID (2001)

EX MACHINA (2015)
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW (2013)

FIELD IN ENGLAND, A (2013)
FORBIDDEN ROOM. THE (2015)
FOURTH KIND (2009)

GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X (2012)
GHOSTS OF MARS (2001)
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (2011)

GINGER SNAPS (2000)

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014)
GRABBERS (2012)

THE HALLOW (2015)

HONEYMOON (2015)

HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2008)
HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (2013)
INSIDE (2007)
IT'S A DISASTER (2013)
JOHN DIES AT THE END (2012)

JURASSIC WORLD (2016)
KICK-ASS 2 (2013)

KILL LIST (2011)
IRON SKY (2011)

IT FOLLOWS (2015)
KISS OF THE DAMNED (2012)

LET ME IN (2010)

LORDS OF SALEM (2013)
LOVED ONE, THE (2009)
MACHETE KILLS (2013)

THE MACHINE (2010)
MALEFICENT (2014)

MARK OF THE WITCH (2014)
MELANCHOLIA (2011)

MIMIC 2: HARDSHELL (2001)
EL MONSTRO DEL MAR (2010)

OCULUS (2013)
OREGONIAN, THE (2011)
PACIFIC RIM (2013)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2010)
PHANTOMS (1991)
PLAIN DIRTY (2003)

PONTYPOOL (2008)

PROMETHEUS (2012)
PURGE, THE (2013)
RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE (2013)

REEF, THE (2010)

RESIDENT EVIL (series)

RING, THE (2001)
ROAD, THE (2010)
ROOM 237 (2013)

ROOST, THE (2005)

SCREAM IV (2011)

SHARKNADO (2013)

SHARKNADO 2 (2014)

SHARKNADO 3 (2016)
SHROOMS (2007)
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (2012)
SOLITUDE OF BLOOD (2002)
SOUTHBOUND (2015)
STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS (2013)

STRANGERS, THE (2008)
SURVIVING CROOKED LAKE (2009)
THIS IS THE END (2013)
TERMINATOR: GENYSIS (2015)

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2001 -remake)
THING, THE (2011)

TOAD ROAD (2012)
TRANSCENDENCE (2014)
TRIANGLE (2009)

TRICK 'R TREAT (2007)
TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2001)

TWILIGHT (series)

UNDER THE SKIN (2014)
VAMPIRES: LOS MUERTOS (2012)

WICKER MAN, THE (2006)

WIND CHILL (2007)

WITCH, THE (2016)

WITCHING and BITCHING (2014)

WORLD WAR Z (2013)

WYRMWOOD (2015)
YOU'RE NEXT (2011)

TV

American Horror Story Season 1

American Horror Story Season 1 "Smoldering Children"

American Horror Story Season 2 "Asylum"

The Dead Files (2012)

From Dusk to Dawn (El Rey) - Season 1

GATES OF HELL (documentary)

Guide to TV's Paranormal / Ghost Hunting TV Shows

Penny Dreadful - Season 1
Shark Week 

The Strain (2014)
Twin Peaks

LANA DEL READER:

Hauntology for a De-New America
America of Ghosts: Why Lana Del Rey is the New Val Lewton
Fool in the Flame: Lana Del Rey's "Ride"
Lana Del Rey "Video Games"
Babes of Wrath: Rose McGowan, Courtney Love