Bestsellers > VHS > Horror
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Interview With the Vampire»rank: 2141starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Virginia McCollam, John McConnell
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Beetlejuice Volume 3»rank: 2006starring: Stephen Ouimette, Alyson Court, Roger Dunn, Elizabeth Hanna, Paulina Gillis
: essential video:When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicized objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal bloodlust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare ... |
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark»rank: 2490starring: Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, Barbara Anderson, William Demarest, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
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Doctor Who: Twin Dilemma»rank: 14011starring: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison
: :When this four-part adventure first appeared in 1984, it was the only thing fans had to go on as their first impression of the new sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) until another season could be produced the next year. Baker gave it his all, drawing on his years as a character actor and frequent villain on British TV to play a manic, possibly schizophrenic, Time Lord immediately after regenerating, quoting Longfellow and nearly strangling his American assistant Peri (Nicola Bryant) at one point. The ... |
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The Birds II: Land's End»rank: 14162starring: Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton, Jan Rubes, Tippi Hedren
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Little Shop of Horrors»rank: 11230starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Tichina Arnold
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Clownhouse»rank: 14755starring: Gloria Belsky, Frank A. Damiani, Timothy Enos, David E. Gehringer, Kate Haefke
: essential video:The off-Broadway comedy-horror-musical hit that ran for years makes a successful transfer to film with a bevy of big-name cameos and two perfectly cast leads. Rick Moranis is the nebbish Seymour, who pines for flower-girl Audrey (Ellen Greene) while living in the basement of florist Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia). Things start turning around for Seymour, though, after he buys a little plant during a solar eclipse, christens it Audrey ll, and discovers that it likes to drink blood. Soon enough, though, ... |
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Wait Until Dark»rank: 12719starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston
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Phantasm II»rank: 10793starring: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips
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Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen»rank: 13340starring: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison
: essential video:Audrey Hepburn's last 0scar nomination was for this adaptation of Frederick Knott's famed stage thriller about a blind woman, a con man (Alan Arkin), and a doll full of heroin. Thanks to Hepburn's husband, a photographer who does a good deal of traveling, she's unknowingly come into possession of said doll, which was given to him on a plane by a comely young drug runner who winds up dead. The murderous Arkin, aided by sympathetic henchman Richard Crenna, will let nothing ... |