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The Shining

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The Shining
© 1980 Hawk Films − All right reserved.

The Shining

Poster for the movie "The Shining"
Release Date  22 May 1980 (2 h 24 min)
Directed by  Stanley Kubrick
Writer 
Composer  Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
Genres  Horror, Thriller
Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

  • Year of production  1980
  • Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Local Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Revenue  $44,017,374
  • Budget  $19,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

A masterpiece of modern horror.

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.


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  • TMDb ID  694
  • Original Title  The Shining
  • Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Local Release Date  22 May 1980
  • Runtime  2 h 24 min
  • Production  Hawk Films, Warner Bros., Peregrine
  • Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror, Thriller
  • Director  Stanley Kubrick
  • Producer  Stanley Kubrick
  • Director of Photography  John Alcott
  • Original Music Composer  Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $19,000,000
  • Revenue  $44,017,374
  • IMDb Id  tt0081505
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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Soundtrack

Wendy Carlos
Rachel Elkind

Production

Stanley Kubrick

Companies

Hawk Films
Warner Bros.
Peregrine

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Alien

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Alien
© 1979 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Alien

Poster for the movie "Alien"
Release Date  25 May 1979 (1 h 57 min)
Directed by  Ridley Scott
Writer  Ronald Shusett
Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

  • Year of production  1979
  • Release Date  25 May 1979
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Revenue  $104,931,801
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Language  English, Spanish


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Overview

In space no one can hear you scream.

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.


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  • TMDb ID  348
  • Original Title  Alien
  • Release Date  25 May 1979
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Runtime  1 h 57 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Brandywine Productions
  • Country   United States of America,   United Kingdom
  • Languages  English, Spanish
  • Genres  Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director  Ridley Scott
  • Producer  Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Ivor Powell
  • Director of Photography  Derek Vanlint
  • Original Music Composer  Jerry Goldsmith
  • Author 
  • Writer  Ronald Shusett
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $11,000,000
  • Revenue  $104,931,801
  • IMDb Id  tt0078748
  • Adult 
  • Homepage  https://www.facebook.com/alienanthology/

Directors



Scénario

Ronald Shusett

Soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith

Production

Gordon Carroll
David Giler
Walter Hill
Ivor Powell

Companies

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Brandywine Productions

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Hellraiser

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Hellraiser
© 1987 New World Pictures − All right reserved.

Hellraiser

Poster for the movie "Hellraiser"
Release Date  11 September 1987 (1 h 34 min)
Directed by  Clive Barker
Writer  Clive Barker
Composer  Christopher Young
Genres  Horror
Country   United Kingdom
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.

  • Year of production  1987
  • Release Date  11 September 1987
  • Local Release Date  18 September 1987
  • Revenue  $14,564,027
  • Budget  $1,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

He'll tear your soul apart.

Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.


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  • TMDb ID  9003
  • Original Title  Hellraiser
  • Release Date  11 September 1987
  • Local Release Date  18 September 1987
  • Runtime  1 h 34 min
  • Production  New World Pictures, Cinemarque Entertainment BV, Film Futures, Rivdel Films
  • Country   United Kingdom
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror
  • Director  Clive Barker
  • Producer  Christopher Figg
  • Director of Photography  Robin Vidgeon
  • Original Music Composer  Christopher Young
  • Author 
  • Writer  Clive Barker
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $1,000,000
  • Revenue  $14,564,027
  • IMDb Id  tt0093177
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors



Scénario

Clive Barker

Soundtrack

Christopher Young

Production

Christopher Figg

Companies

New World Pictures
Cinemarque Entertainment BV
Film Futures
Rivdel Films

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Aliens

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Aliens
© 1986 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Aliens

Poster for the movie "Aliens"
Release Date  18 July 1986 (2 h 17 min)
Directed by  James Cameron
Writer 
Composer  James Horner
Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

  • Year of production  1986
  • Release Date  18 July 1986
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Revenue  $183,316,455
  • Budget  $18,500,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

This Time It's War

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.


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  • TMDb ID  679
  • Original Title  Aliens
  • Release Date  18 July 1986
  • Local Release Date  2 December 2003
  • Runtime  2 h 17 min
  • Production  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, SLM Production Group, Brandywine Productions
  • Country   United Kingdom,   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Director  James Cameron
  • Producer  Gale Anne Hurd
  • Director of Photography  Adrian Biddle
  • Original Music Composer  James Horner
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  R
  • Budget  $18,500,000
  • Revenue  $183,316,455
  • IMDb Id  tt0090605
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Them!

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Them!
© 1954 Warner Bros. − All right reserved.

Them!

Poster for the movie "Them!"
Release Date  16 June 1954 (1 h 34 min)
Directed by  Gordon Douglas
Writer 
Composer  Bronislau Kaper
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film.

  • Year of production  1954
  • Release Date  16 June 1954
  • Local Release Date  16 June 1954
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  $23,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

The Amazing New Warner Bros. Sensation!

Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film.


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  • TMDb ID  11071
  • Original Title  Them!
  • Release Date  16 June 1954
  • Local Release Date  16 June 1954
  • Runtime  1 h 34 min
  • Production  Warner Bros.
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror
  • Director  Gordon Douglas
  • Producer  David Weisbart
  • Director of Photography  Sidney Hickox
  • Original Music Composer  Bronislau Kaper
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $23,000,000
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0047573
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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The Birds

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The Birds
© 1963 Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions − All right reserved.

The Birds

Poster for the movie "The Birds"
Release Date  28 March 1963 (1 h 59 min)
Directed by  Alfred Hitchcock
Writer 
Composer  Bernard Herrmann
Genres  Horror
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.

  • Year of production  1963
  • Release Date  28 March 1963
  • Local Release Date  28 March 1963
  • Revenue  $11,403,529
  • Budget  $2,500,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!

Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.


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  • TMDb ID  571
  • Original Title  The Birds
  • Release Date  28 March 1963
  • Local Release Date  28 March 1963
  • Runtime  1 h 59 min
  • Production  Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror
  • Director  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Producer  Alfred Hitchcock
  • Director of Photography  Robert Burks
  • Original Music Composer  Bernard Herrmann
  • Author  Daphne Du Maurier
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG-13
  • Budget  $2,500,000
  • Revenue  $11,403,529
  • IMDb Id  tt0056869
  • Adult 
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Jaws

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Jaws
© 1975 Universal Pictures − All right reserved.

Jaws

Poster for the movie "Jaws"
Release Date  18 June 1975 (2 h 04 min)
Directed by  Steven Spielberg
Writer 
Composer  John Williams
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.

  • Year of production  1975
  • Release Date  18 June 1975
  • Local Release Date  19 June 1975
  • Revenue  $470,700,000
  • Budget  $7,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

Don't go in the water.

An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.


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  • TMDb ID  578
  • Original Title  Jaws
  • Release Date  18 June 1975
  • Local Release Date  19 June 1975
  • Runtime  2 h 04 min
  • Production  Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror, Thriller, Adventure
  • Director  Steven Spielberg
  • Producer  David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck
  • Director of Photography  Bill Butler
  • Original Music Composer  John Williams
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $7,000,000
  • Revenue  $470,700,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0073195
  • Adult 
  • Homepage  http://www.jaws25.com/

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King Kong

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King Kong
© 1933 RKO Radio Pictures − All right reserved.

King Kong

Poster for the movie "King Kong"
Release Date  7 April 1933 (1 h 40 min)
Writer 
Composer  Max Steiner
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.

  • Year of production  1933
  • Release Date  7 April 1933
  • Local Release Date  7 April 1933
  • Revenue  $10,000,000
  • Budget  $672,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!

An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.


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  • TMDb ID  244
  • Original Title  King Kong
  • Release Date  7 April 1933
  • Local Release Date  7 April 1933
  • Runtime  1 h 40 min
  • Production  RKO Radio Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror
  • Director  Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
  • Producer  Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Walter Daniels
  • Director of Photography  Edward Linden, J.O. Taylor, Vernon L. Walker, Kenneth Peach
  • Original Music Composer  Max Steiner
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $672,000
  • Revenue  $10,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0024216
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 


Scénario


Soundtrack

Max Steiner

Production

Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Walter Daniels

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Godzilla

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Godzilla
© 1954 Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd. − All right reserved.

Godzilla

Poster for the movie "Godzilla"
Release Date  3 November 1954 (1 h 36 min)
Directed by  Ishirô Honda
Writer 
Composer  Akira Ifukube
Country   Japan
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships explode and are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by paleontologist Professor Kyohei Yemani soon discover something more devastating than imagined in the form of a 164 foot tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

  • Year of production  1954
  • Release Date  3 November 1954
  • Local Release Date 
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  $1,000,000
  • Language  Japanese


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Overview

It's Alive!

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships explode and are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by paleontologist Professor Kyohei Yemani soon discover something more devastating than imagined in the form of a 164 foot tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.


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  • TMDb ID  1678
  • Original Title  ゴジラ
  • Release Date  3 November 1954
  • Local Release Date 
  • Runtime  1 h 36 min
  • Production  Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
  • Country   Japan
  • Languages  Japanese
  • Genres  Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Director  Ishirô Honda
  • Producer  Tomoyuki Tanaka
  • Director of Photography  Masao Tamai
  • Original Music Composer  Akira Ifukube
  • Author  Ishirô Honda
  • Writer 
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $1,000,000
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0047034
  • Adult 
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Dracula

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Dracula
© 1931 Universal Pictures − All right reserved.

Dracula

Poster for the movie "Dracula"
Release Date  12 February 1931 (1 h 12 min)
Directed by  Tod Browning
Writer 
Composer  Philip Glass
Genres  Horror
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

The legend of vampire Count Dracula begins here with this original 1931 Dracula film from Bela Lugosi.

  • Year of production  1931
  • Release Date  12 February 1931
  • Local Release Date  12 February 1931
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  $10,000,000
  • Language  English


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The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!

The legend of vampire Count Dracula begins here with this original 1931 Dracula film from Bela Lugosi.


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  • TMDb ID  138
  • Original Title  Dracula
  • Release Date  12 February 1931
  • Local Release Date  12 February 1931
  • Runtime  1 h 12 min
  • Production  Universal Pictures
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Horror
  • Director  Tod Browning
  • Producer  E.M. Asher, Tod Browning, Carl Laemmle Jr.
  • Director of Photography  Karl Freund
  • Original Music Composer  Philip Glass
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  PG
  • Budget  $10,000,000
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0021814
  • Adult 
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