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Masters of Classic Horror

Masters of Classic Horror

Explore foundational films from the horror masters who helped shape the genre we love.

Vertigo
Vertigo

James Stewart and Kim Novak star in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece thriller about an acrophobic detective hired to shadow a friend’s mysterious and suicidal wife.

The Birds
The Birds

Tippi Hedren as a beautiful blonde who, with her fiance, must fight for her life against a deadly force that can't be explained-or stopped.

Rear Window
Rear Window

A photographer who suspects his neighbor of murder enlists his girlfriend to help investigate.

Psycho
Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark thriller of the macabre about a quiet motel and a mysterious killer.

Sundelbolong
Sundelbolong

A wronged ex-prostitute returns as a vengeful ghost.

John Carpenter
John Carpenter's The Ward

An institutionalized woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.

The Whip and The Body
The Whip and The Body

A sadistic count (Christopher Lee) becomes a vengeful ghost who torments the living.

The Black Cat
The Black Cat

An evil feline causes a series of gruesome deaths in a small town.

Manhattan Baby
Manhattan Baby

An evil Egyptian spirit possesses the young daughter of an archaeologist.

A Cat in the Brain
A Cat in the Brain

A horror director becomes unable to distinguish between his films and reality.

The Beyond
The Beyond

In this gore classic, a woman inherits a hotel built over an entrance to Hell.

Room 237
Room 237

Five fans of THE SHINING explain their bizarre theories about the film's true meaning.

Rabid
Rabid

In David Cronenberg’s early cult favorite, a woman develops a thirst for blood after experimental plastic surgery.

Audition
Audition

A man begins a relationship with a very deadly female killer.

Tenebrae
Tenebrae

A razor-wielding psycho stalks a horror writer in one of Dario Argento's most celebrated gialli.

Phenomena
Phenomena

A girl with a psychic connection to insects must use her gift to catch a killer.

Demons 2
Demons 2

A demonic invasion turns a high-rise apartment building into hell on Earth.

Demons
Demons

A horror movie audience turns into bloodthirsty demons.

Nightbreed: The Director
Nightbreed: The Director's Cut

A wanted man seeks refuge in an underground kingdom of grotesque monsters.

King on Screen
King on Screen

Interviews with filmmakers that have adapted Stephen King.

House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill

William Castle's gimmick-laden horror thriller is a fairground fun house come to life.

Blood and Black Lace
Blood and Black Lace

A masked killer terrorizes a chic fashion house in Mario Bava's seminal giallo.

The Psychic
The Psychic

A woman realises her horrific visions announce her own death

Two Evil Eyes
Two Evil Eyes

Directors Dario Argento and George Romero adapt two famous Edgar Allan Poe stories.

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

When Sam, an American writer in Rome witnesses an attempted slaying in an art gallery, he unwittingly sets the killers sights on himself and his beautiful model girlfriend.

Dario Argento Panico
Dario Argento Panico

A detailed journey through the life and legacy of the legendary Italian filmmaker, Dario Argento.

Body Bags
Body Bags

Masters John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper team three short tales of terror.

Piranha
Piranha

Two people unwittingly unleash a school of deadly genetically modified piranha in Joe Dante's killer fish fav.

The Evil Eye
The Evil Eye

This influential early giallo follows a tourist who witnesses a grisly murder.

Lisa and the Devil
Lisa and the Devil

Mario Bava's most unusual film depicts a tourist pulled into a hellish mystery.

Kill Baby Kill
Kill Baby Kill

An 18th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

Black Sunday
Black Sunday

A vengeful witch returns to possess her descendant in Mario Bava's most famous film.

A Bay of Blood
A Bay of Blood

When a rich Countess dies, strange murders befall people trying to claim her property.

Baron Blood
Baron Blood

The spirit of a sadistic Baron is resurrected in Mario Bava's supernatural shocker.

Demonia
Demonia

When a Canadian archeological team excavates the ruins of a medieval Sicilian monastery, they unleash the vengeance of a crucified coven of satanic sisters with full-on Fulci fury.

Aenigma
Aenigma

When a bullied student at a New England girls school becomes comatose after a prank gone wrong, her tormenters will suffer graphic telepathic punishment.

Fulci for Fake
Fulci for Fake

He was known as The Maestro of Splatter, but who was the real Lucio Fulci?

Opera
Opera

A stalker torments an opera star by forcing her to watch her friends being murdered.

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Karloff, examining his illustrious 60-year career in the entertainment industry and his enduring legacy as one of the icons of 20th century popular culture.

The Amusement Park
The Amusement Park

Rediscovered and restored, this "lost" gem from George A. Romero takes an elderly gentleman to the amusement park for a hellish nightmare.

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

In a striking documentary, William Friedkin explores the inspirations, production and legacy of THE EXORCIST.

Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead

After a zombie apocalypse, scientists attempt to reverse the reanimation process.

Deep Red
Deep Red

A teacher gets drawn into a serial killer's web in Dario Argento's iconic giallo.

Halloween
Halloween

An escaped killer returns home in John Carpenter's classic.

Zombie
Zombie

Lucio Fulci’s ultra-gory masterpiece is a must-see classic of zombie cinema.

The House by the Cemetery
The House by the Cemetery

Gruesome supernatural slayings begin after a family moves into their new house.