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File:The Bell Jar in the Woods.jpg|link=The Bell Jar in the Woods|'''''[[The Bell Jar in the Woods]]''''' is the only horror film written and directed by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.
File:The Bell Jar in the Woods.jpg|link=The Bell Jar in the Woods|'''''[[The Bell Jar in the Woods]]''''' is the only horror film written and directed by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.
File:Jack's Labyrinth.jpg|link=Jack's Labyrinth|'''''[[Jack's Labyrinth]]''''' is a fantasy horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Stanley Kubrick, starring Doug Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Shelley Duvall.


File:Saw of the South.jpg|link=Saw of the South|'''''[[Saw of the South]]''''' is a American live-action/animated musical horror film in the ''Saw'' franchise.
File:Saw of the South.jpg|link=Saw of the South|'''''[[Saw of the South]]''''' is a American live-action/animated musical horror film in the ''Saw'' franchise.
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File:Close Encounters of the Leprechaun.jpg|link=Close Encounters of the Leprechaun|'''''[[Close Encounters of the Leprechaun]]''''' is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.
File:Close Encounters of the Leprechaun.jpg|link=Close Encounters of the Leprechaun|'''''[[Close Encounters of the Leprechaun]]''''' is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.
File:Misery Report.jpg|link=Misery Report|'''''[[Misery Report]]''''' is an American science fiction psychological thriller film starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Tom Cruise.


File:Centipede Kane.jpg|link=Centipede Kane|'''''[[Centipede Kane]]''''' is a quasi-biographical film horror film examining the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on several famous plastic surgery barons, as well as aspects of their patients' lives.  
File:Centipede Kane.jpg|link=Centipede Kane|'''''[[Centipede Kane]]''''' is a quasi-biographical film horror film examining the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on several famous plastic surgery barons, as well as aspects of their patients' lives.  
File:The Secret of BENH.jpg|link=The Secret of BENH|'''''[[The Secret of BENH]]''''' is an animated fantasy horror-adventure film directed by Phil Karlson and Don Bluth.
File:Alien Heart.jpg|link=Alien Heart|'''''[[Alien Heart]]''''' is a 1987 American neo-noir science fiction horror film about Harry Angel (Sigourney Weaver), a New York City private investigator, who is hired by a mysterious UFO researcher (Robert De Niro) to investigate the disappearance of an alien organism known Johnny Nostromo. Her investigation takes her to low Earth orbit, where she becomes embroiled in a series of brutal face huggings.


File:The Shining 2 - Return to Antarctica.jpg|link=The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica|'''''[[The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica]]''''' is a science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Kurt Russell and Jack Nicholson.
File:The Shining 2 - Return to Antarctica.jpg|link=The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica|'''''[[The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica]]''''' is a science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Kurt Russell and Jack Nicholson.
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File:John Carpenter's It.jpg|link=John Carpenter's It|'''''[[John Carpenter's It]]''''' is a science fiction horror film about an alien parasite which disguises itself as a circus clown.
File:John Carpenter's It.jpg|link=John Carpenter's It|'''''[[John Carpenter's It]]''''' is a science fiction horror film about an alien parasite which disguises itself as a circus clown.
File:Jesus Told Me To.jpg|link=Jesus Told Me To|'''''[[Jesus Told Me To]]''''' is a 1976 science fiction horror film about victims of apparently random murders who are inexplicably raised from the dead.


File:The Day the Balloon Cried.jpg|link=The Day the Balloon Cried|'''''[[The Day the Balloon Cried]]''''' is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 horror film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
File:The Day the Balloon Cried.jpg|link=The Day the Balloon Cried|'''''[[The Day the Balloon Cried]]''''' is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 horror film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
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File:Bride of Chuckles.jpg|link=Bride of Chuckles|'''''[[Bride of Chuckles]]''''' is a 1998 American confectionary slasher film about a doll possessed by a criminally insane candy manufacturer, and his former lover and accomplice Tootsie, whose soul is transferred into a diabetic doll.  
File:Bride of Chuckles.jpg|link=Bride of Chuckles|'''''[[Bride of Chuckles]]''''' is a 1998 American confectionary slasher film about a doll possessed by a criminally insane candy manufacturer, and his former lover and accomplice Tootsie, whose soul is transferred into a diabetic doll.  
File:Steamboat Bennie.jpg|link=Steamboat Bennie|'''''[[Steamboat Bennie]]''''' is an animated horror film about a lonely steamship captain who recruits an army of deadly rodents.


File:Jacob's Flatline.jpg|link=Jacob's Flatline|'''''[[Jacob's Flatline]]''''' is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.
File:Jacob's Flatline.jpg|link=Jacob's Flatline|'''''[[Jacob's Flatline]]''''' is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.
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File:Ocean's Plan 9.jpg|link=Ocean's Plan 9|'''''[[Ocean's Plan 9]]''''' is a 1957 independent American science fiction-horror heist film about World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster, who resurrect the corpses of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos.
File:Ocean's Plan 9.jpg|link=Ocean's Plan 9|'''''[[Ocean's Plan 9]]''''' is a 1957 independent American science fiction-horror heist film about World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster, who resurrect the corpses of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos.
File:When Harry Met Misery.jpg|link=When Harry Met Misery...|'''''[[When Harry Met Misery...]]''''' is a romantic comedy-drama horror film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal and Sally Bates.


File:Hellralpher - The box is making me evil.jpg|link=Hellralpher|'''''[[Hellralpher]]''''' is an American television series about Ralph, a boy with a magical box that summons the Cimpsons, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic cartoon animators who cannot differentiate licensed and unlicensed intellectual properties.
File:Hellralpher - The box is making me evil.jpg|link=Hellralpher|'''''[[Hellralpher]]''''' is an American television series about Ralph, a boy with a magical box that summons the Cimpsons, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic cartoon animators who cannot differentiate licensed and unlicensed intellectual properties.
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File:The Silence of Laura Mars.jpg|link=The Silence of Laura Mars|'''''[[The Silence of Laura Mars]]''''' is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film a young FBI trainee who is hunting a glamorous fashion photographer who sees real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.
File:The Silence of Laura Mars.jpg|link=The Silence of Laura Mars|'''''[[The Silence of Laura Mars]]''''' is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film a young FBI trainee who is hunting a glamorous fashion photographer who sees real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.
File:Ben-Hur 2.jpg|link=Ben-Hur 2|'''''[[Ben-Hur 2]]''''' is an epic American religious animal rights horror film directed by Phil Karlson and William Wyler, starring Charlton Heston and Lee Montgomery.


File:Are_you_sure_that_John_Brown's_body_lies_a-mouldering_in_the_grave.jpg|link=John Brown's Body|"'''[[John Brown's Body]]'''" (popularly known as "'''[[John Brown's Body|John Brown's Body Rises a-Mouldering From the Grave]]'''") is an [[Unaffected States]] marching song about the zombie abolitionist John Brown.
File:Are_you_sure_that_John_Brown's_body_lies_a-mouldering_in_the_grave.jpg|link=John Brown's Body|"'''[[John Brown's Body]]'''" (popularly known as "'''[[John Brown's Body|John Brown's Body Rises a-Mouldering From the Grave]]'''") is an [[Unaffected States]] marching song about the zombie abolitionist John Brown.
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* ''[[9½ Psychs]]''
* ''[[9½ Psychs]]''
* ''[[Alien Heart]]''
* ''[[An Affair to Dismember]]''
* ''[[An Affair to Dismember]]''
* ''[[Ben-Hur 2]]''
* ''[[Bride of Chuckles]]''
* ''[[Bride of Chuckles]]''
* ''[[Cannibal Argonauts]]''
* ''[[Cannibal Argonauts]]''
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* ''[[Hellraiser: Adventure Time]]''
* ''[[Hellraiser: Adventure Time]]''
* ''[[Hellralpher]]''
* ''[[Hellralpher]]''
* ''[[Jack's Labyrinth]]''
* ''[[Jacob's Flatline]]''
* ''[[Jacob's Flatline]]''
* ''[[Jacob's Ladder & the Chocolate Factory]]''
* ''[[Jacob's Ladder & the Chocolate Factory]]''
* ''[[Jesus Told Me To]]''
* [[John Brown's Body]]
* [[John Brown's Body]]
* ''[[John Carpenter's It]]''
* ''[[John Carpenter's It]]''
* ''[[John Dies at Parkland]]''
* ''[[John Dies at Parkland]]''
* ''[[Little Man It]]''
* ''[[Little Man It]]''
* ''[[Misery Report]]''
* ''[[Moby-Vamp]]''
* ''[[Moby-Vamp]]''
* ''[[Ocean's Plan 9]]''
* ''[[Ocean's Plan 9]]''
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* ''[[Saw of the South]]''
* ''[[Saw of the South]]''
* ''[[Sawless in Seattle]]''
* ''[[Sawless in Seattle]]''
* ''[[Steamboat Bennie]]''
* ''[[Stephen King's Winnie-the-Pooh]]''
* ''[[Stephen King's Winnie-the-Pooh]]''
* ''[[The Bedtime Story]]''
* ''[[The Bedtime Story]]''
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* ''[[The China Thing]]''
* ''[[The China Thing]]''
* ''[[The Day the Balloon Cried]]''
* ''[[The Day the Balloon Cried]]''
* ''[[The Secret of BENH]]''
* ''[[The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica]]''
* ''[[The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica]]''
* ''[[They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?]]''
* ''[[They Shoot Zombies, Don't They?]]''
* ''[[The Silence of Laura Mars]]''
* ''[[The Silence of Laura Mars]]''
* ''[[When a Riddler Calls]]''
* ''[[When a Riddler Calls]]''
* ''[[When Harry Met Misery...]]''
* [[You Are the Shining of My Life]]
* [[You Are the Shining of My Life]]
* ''[[You Should Have Six Degrees Left]]''
* ''[[You Should Have Six Degrees Left]]''
* ''[[Zombie Doctor]]''
* ''[[Zombie Doctor]]''


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

Latest revision as of 13:49, 8 November 2024

The Horror Festival is a celebration of horror in film, literature, and other media.

Gallery

  • The Bell Jar in the Woods is the only horror film written and directed by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.

    The Bell Jar in the Woods is the only horror film written and directed by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.

  • Jack's Labyrinth is a fantasy horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Stanley Kubrick, starring Doug Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Shelley Duvall.

    Jack's Labyrinth is a fantasy horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Stanley Kubrick, starring Doug Jones, Jack Nicholson, and Shelley Duvall.

  • Saw of the South is a American live-action/animated musical horror film in the Saw franchise.

    Saw of the South is a American live-action/animated musical horror film in the Saw franchise.

  • An Affair to Dismember is a 1957 American romance comedy-horror film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

    An Affair to Dismember is a 1957 American romance comedy-horror film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

  • 9½ Psychs is an erotic horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.

    9½ Psychs is an erotic horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.

  • Hellraiser: Adventure Time is a fantasy horror animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and Clive Barker.

    Hellraiser: Adventure Time is a fantasy horror animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and Clive Barker.

  • When a Riddler Calls is a 1979 American psychological horror superhero film based on the classic folk legend of "the babysitter and the man upstairs".

    When a Riddler Calls is a 1979 American psychological horror superhero film based on the classic folk legend of "the babysitter and the man upstairs".

  • Sawless in Seattle is an American psychological horror television series starring Kelsey Grammer and Peri Gilpin, two marriage counsellors whose own marriage descends into madness when they host a live call-in radio show.

    Sawless in Seattle is an American psychological horror television series starring Kelsey Grammer and Peri Gilpin, two marriage counsellors whose own marriage descends into madness when they host a live call-in radio show.

  • Jacob's Ladder & the Chocolate Factory is a musical fantasy psychological horror film directed by Mel Stuart and Adrian Lyne, starring Gene Wilder and Tim Robbins.

    Jacob's Ladder & the Chocolate Factory is a musical fantasy psychological horror film directed by Mel Stuart and Adrian Lyne, starring Gene Wilder and Tim Robbins.

  • Crown of the Vampire is a historical horror drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

    Crown of the Vampire is a historical horror drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Hard Cotton Candy is an American psychological horror film about a 14-year-old female vigilante who traps and tortures a circus barker who she suspects of being an evil supernatural clown.

    Hard Cotton Candy is an American psychological horror film about a 14-year-old female vigilante who traps and tortures a circus barker who she suspects of being an evil supernatural clown.

  • They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? is a 1969 American psychological horror film about a group of individuals desperate to escape a Depression-era zombie invasion and an opportunistic emcee who urges them on.

    They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? is a 1969 American psychological horror film about a group of individuals desperate to escape a Depression-era zombie invasion and an opportunistic emcee who urges them on.

  • We Need to Talk About Constantine is an American superhero psychological horror film about the Archangel Gabriel (Tilda Swinton), who struggles to come to terms with her psychopathic son Constantine (Keanu Reeves) and the horrors he will unleash.

    We Need to Talk About Constantine is an American superhero psychological horror film about the Archangel Gabriel (Tilda Swinton), who struggles to come to terms with her psychopathic son Constantine (Keanu Reeves) and the horrors he will unleash.

  • Little Man It is a 1991 drama horror film about Fred Tate, a seven-year-old child prodigy who struggles to make adults see the evil clown which follows them everywhere.

    Little Man It is a 1991 drama horror film about Fred Tate, a seven-year-old child prodigy who struggles to make adults see the evil clown which follows them everywhere.

  • Close Encounters of the Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.

    Close Encounters of the Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.

  • Centipede Kane is a quasi-biographical film horror film examining the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on several famous plastic surgery barons, as well as aspects of their patients' lives.

    Centipede Kane is a quasi-biographical film horror film examining the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on several famous plastic surgery barons, as well as aspects of their patients' lives.

  • The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica is a science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Kurt Russell and Jack Nicholson.

    The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica is a science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Kurt Russell and Jack Nicholson.

  • Rambo: First Brood is a psychological body horror action film directed by David Cronenberg and Ted Kotcheff, starring Samantha Eggar and Sylvester Stallone.

    Rambo: First Brood is a psychological body horror action film directed by David Cronenberg and Ted Kotcheff, starring Samantha Eggar and Sylvester Stallone.

  • John Carpenter's It is a science fiction horror film about an alien parasite which disguises itself as a circus clown.

    John Carpenter's It is a science fiction horror film about an alien parasite which disguises itself as a circus clown.

  • The Day the Balloon Cried is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 horror film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.

    The Day the Balloon Cried is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 horror film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.

  • Moby-Vamp is a novel by Herman Melville about the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, a giant vampire whale.

    Moby-Vamp is a novel by Herman Melville about the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, a giant vampire whale.

  • The Bedtime Story is a 1973 comedy horror film directed by William Friedkin. It is loosely based on the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.

    The Bedtime Story is a 1973 comedy horror film directed by William Friedkin. It is loosely based on the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.

  • Peeping Toms is a 1960 British psychological horror-confectionary film about a serial killer who murders women while using Peeps to record their dying expressions of terror.

    Peeping Toms is a 1960 British psychological horror-confectionary film about a serial killer who murders women while using Peeps to record their dying expressions of terror.

  • Children of the Beans is a 1984 American supernatural slasher foodie film based on Stephen King's 1977 short story of the same name.

    Children of the Beans is a 1984 American supernatural slasher foodie film based on Stephen King's 1977 short story of the same name.

  • Bride of Chuckles is a 1998 American confectionary slasher film about a doll possessed by a criminally insane candy manufacturer, and his former lover and accomplice Tootsie, whose soul is transferred into a diabetic doll.

    Bride of Chuckles is a 1998 American confectionary slasher film about a doll possessed by a criminally insane candy manufacturer, and his former lover and accomplice Tootsie, whose soul is transferred into a diabetic doll.

  • Jacob's Flatline is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.

    Jacob's Flatline is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.

  • Zombie Doctor is a 2003 American medical crime-horror film about a physician (Danny Nucci) who is forced by an undead crime lord (Paul Sorvino) to heal zombies.

    Zombie Doctor is a 2003 American medical crime-horror film about a physician (Danny Nucci) who is forced by an undead crime lord (Paul Sorvino) to heal zombies.

  • "Cacofonia" (known in English as "Deafening Nights of Deafening Chainsaws") is a bossa nova song and Halloween standard written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. English lyrics were later written by Jason Voorhees.

    "Cacofonia" (known in English as "Deafening Nights of Deafening Chainsaws") is a bossa nova song and Halloween standard written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. English lyrics were later written by Jason Voorhees.

  • Ocean's Plan 9 is a 1957 independent American science fiction-horror heist film about World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster, who resurrect the corpses of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos.

    Ocean's Plan 9 is a 1957 independent American science fiction-horror heist film about World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster, who resurrect the corpses of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos.

  • Hellralpher is an American television series about Ralph, a boy with a magical box that summons the Cimpsons, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic cartoon animators who cannot differentiate licensed and unlicensed intellectual properties.

    Hellralpher is an American television series about Ralph, a boy with a magical box that summons the Cimpsons, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic cartoon animators who cannot differentiate licensed and unlicensed intellectual properties.

  • "You Are the Shining of My Life" is a song by Stevie Wonder and Scatman Crothers.

    "You Are the Shining of My Life" is a song by Stevie Wonder and Scatman Crothers.

  • The Silence of Laura Mars is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film a young FBI trainee who is hunting a glamorous fashion photographer who sees real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.

    The Silence of Laura Mars is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film a young FBI trainee who is hunting a glamorous fashion photographer who sees real-time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues.

  • "John Brown's Body" (popularly known as "John Brown's Body Rises a-Mouldering From the Grave") is an Unaffected States marching song about the zombie abolitionist John Brown.

    "John Brown's Body" (popularly known as "John Brown's Body Rises a-Mouldering From the Grave") is an Unaffected States marching song about the zombie abolitionist John Brown.

  • Cannibal Argonauts is an independent fantasy adventure-horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and Don Chaffey.

    Cannibal Argonauts is an independent fantasy adventure-horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and Don Chaffey.

  • Stephen King's Winnie-the-Pooh is an American children's horror novel about an anthropomorphic bear who befriends an evil clown.

    Stephen King's Winnie-the-Pooh is an American children's horror novel about an anthropomorphic bear who befriends an evil clown.

  • The China Thing is a science fiction disaster horror film starring Wilford Brimley, Jane Fonda, and Kurt Russell.

    The China Thing is a science fiction disaster horror film starring Wilford Brimley, Jane Fonda, and Kurt Russell.

  • You Should Have Six Degrees Left is a psychological parlor game horror film starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried.

    You Should Have Six Degrees Left is a psychological parlor game horror film starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried.

  • Workshop of the Damned is a science fiction Christmas horror comedy film starring Christopher Reeve, Will Farrell, and Kirstie Alley.

    Workshop of the Damned is a science fiction Christmas horror comedy film starring Christopher Reeve, Will Farrell, and Kirstie Alley.

  • John Dies at Parkland a 2013 American historical drama horror film that recounts the supernatural events that occurred following the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.

    John Dies at Parkland a 2013 American historical drama horror film that recounts the supernatural events that occurred following the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (27 March 2024) • We Need to Talk About Constantine • Saw of the South • Ocean's Plan 9 • Hellraiser: Adventure Time
  • Post @ Twitter (20 February 2024) • Saw of the South • Little Man It • The Silence of Laura Mars • John Dies at Parkland
  • Post @ Twitter (18 November 2023) • Saw of the South • 9½ Psychs • When a Riddler Calls • We Need to Talk About Constantine
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