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Publisher
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences. Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes—such as the circumspect and resilient “final girl,”...
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English
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On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. As he probes the strange circumstances surrounding Ashley's life and death, McGrath comes face-to-face with the legacy of her father, the legendary, reclusive cult-horror-film director Stanislas Cordova-- a man who hasn't been seen...
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Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately,...
5) The Mummy
Language
English
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Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess, whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in the current day. Her malevolence, grown over millennia, unleashes terrors that defy human comprehension.
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Publisher
Kaboom!, a division of Boom Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ruthie and Ezra Dillon's dad and uncle just bought an old Hollywood movie studio, known for all the best horror flicks of the 50s but those classic on screen monsters have returned to the real world with a vengeance!"--Provided by publisher.
10) Roman
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When an encounter with the beauty next door goes horribly wrong, a moment of desperation triggers a chilling turn of events for a reclusive social misfit. His grisley secret is then jeopardized by an eccentric neighbor who forces herself into his world.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Covering a decade worth of macabre movies, this collection showcases the sinister star's versatile villainy, presenting him as everything from a mad scientist to a wild-eyed zombie master. Bela Lugosi's Classic Horor Extravaganza is guaranteed to provide a whole host of "Good eee-ven-ings" - and a few sleepless nights in the bargain!
14) Talk to me
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
15) Hereditary
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When the matriarch of a family dies, terrifying things start happening to the members of the family.
16) Lullaby
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A new mother discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and regards the song as a blessing. But her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullaby brings forth the ancient demon Lilith.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
To explain the millennial shift away from the traditionally dark Protestant post-Enlightenment Gothic, Nelson studies the complex arena of contemporary Gothic subgenres that take the form of novels, films, and graphic novels. She considers the work of Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer, graphic novelists Mike Mignola and Garth Ennis, Christian writer William P. Young (author of The Shack), and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. She considers twentieth-century...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A disturbed babysitter experiences a sexual awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly "sick" child from a family with dark secrets of their own.
A disturbed babysitter experiences a sexual awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly 'sick' child from a family with dark secrets of their own.
19) The cursed
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper and sinister force that has the manor and its townspeople in its grip.
20) Hellraiser
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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The hideous zombie Pinhead, terrifies his brother and his estranged wife now inhabiting his former home. When a drop of blood partially resurrects him, all hell breaks loose as Pinhead forces his sister-in-law, formerly his lover, to kill and kill again so he can become whole.
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