1) Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
Jane's car breaks down and she makes her way to a nearby estate, owned by a mysterious man named Caligari. Soon she finds that she has become a virtual prisoner, and none of the strange inhabitants of the estate are willing or capable of helping her escape. Caligari reveals himself as a passive pervert, showing her filthy pictures, spying on her, and trying to make her talk about intimate details of her life. She attempts to free herself by the only means at her disposal.
Director: Roger Kay
Writer: Robert Bloch
Stars: Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, Richard Davalos |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1962
2) Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror
Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok's castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase a isolated house in Wisbourg. They plan on selling him the one across the way from Hutter's own home. Hutter leaves his innocent wife, Ellen, with some friends while he is away. Hutter's trek is an unusual one, with many locals not wanting to take him near the castle where strange events have been occurring. Once at the castle, Hutter does manage to sell the Count the house, but he also notices and feels unusual occurrences, primarily feeling like there is a dark shadow hanging over him, even in the daytime when the Count is unusually asleep. Hutter eventually sees the Count's sleeping chamber in a crypt, and based on a book he has recently read, believes the Count is really a vampire or Nosferatu. While Hutter is trapped in the castle, the Count, hiding in a shipment of coffins, makes his way to Wisbourg, causing death along his way, ...
Director: F.W. Murnau
Writers: Henrik Galeen (screen play), Bram Stoker (based on the novel: "Dracula")
Stars: Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1922
3) Repulsion
A Belgian girl, Carol, works as a manicurist at a London beauty salon. While having lunch, a good looking young man, Colin, spots her and makes a date for another evening. She shares a flat with her sister Helen. Her sister's married lover, Michael, brings out her dislike of men which she cannot explain to Colin. Michael takes Helen abroad for a holiday. Left alone in their flat, Carol's moments of catalepsy and hallucination increase and deepen into madness.
Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Roman Polanski (original screenplay), Gérard Brach (original screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1965
4) King Kong
Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is it's grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper (uncredited) , Ernest B. Schoedsack (uncredited)
Writers: James Ashmore Creelman (screen play by), Ruth Rose (screen play by), 5 more credits »
Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1933
5) The Bride of Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.
Director: James Whale
Writers: Mary Shelley (suggested by: the original story written in 1816 by), William Hurlbut (adapted by), 10 more credits »
Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1935
6) Psycho
Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Joseph Stefano (screenplay), Robert Bloch(novel)
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1960
7) Frankenstein
Henry Frankenstein is a doctor who is trying to discover a way to make the dead walk. He succeeds and creates a monster that has to deal with living again.
Director: James Whale
Writers: John L. Balderston (based upon the composition by), Mary Shelley (from the novel by), 6 more credits »
Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1931
8) Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into an apartment in a building with a bad reputation. They discover that their neighbours are a very friendly elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castevet, and Guy begins to spend a lot of time with them. Strange things start to happen: a woman Rosemary meets in the laundry dies a mysterious death, Rosemary has strange dreams and hears strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Then Rosemary falls pregnant and begins to suspect that her neighbours have special plans for her child.
Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Ira Levin (novel), Roman Polanski (screenplay)
Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1968
9) Let the Right One In
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Writers: John Ajvide Lindqvist (screenplay), John Ajvide Lindqvist (novel)
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2008
10) Aliens
Fifty seven years after Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting across the galaxy as she slept in cryogenic stasis. Back on earth, nobody believed her story about the "Aliens" on the planet LV-426. After the "Company" orders the colony on LV-426 to investigate, however, all communication with the colony is lost. The Company enlists Ripley to aid a team of tough, rugged space marines on a rescue mission to the now partially terraformed planet to find out if there are aliens or survivors. As the mission unfolds, Ripley will be forced to come to grips with her worst nightmare, but even as she does, she finds that the worst is yet to come.
Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron (story), David Giler (story), 4 more credits »
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1986
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.