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Fulci's masterpiece is a genuinely frightening, gory, and atmospheric take on the zombie genre with tones of the supernatural.

Bava's classic gothic chiller about a witch returning from the grave to fulfill a centuries-old curse on the descendants of the brother who betrayed her.

A folksy horror yarn about a group of ghostly fishermen returning to exact revenge upon the town that betrayed them one hundred years after their death.

I celebrated Halloween this year with a viewing of both the American cut and European original of Mario Bava's LISA AND THE DEVIL. The American cut (a.k.a. THE HOUSE OF EXORCISM) is an entirely different film with a possessed girl storyline added to a heavily edited version of the original. As is normally the case with these things, the original cut was superior -- an eery, gory, and atmospheric horror film that explored familiar gothic themes with vivid and original imagery. The American cut lacked the coherence of the original.

A really interesting film. It's filmed in Esperanto, which adds to its dream-like quality. William Shatner plays a young war hero who finds himself at the center of a war over his soul between the powers of good and evil.

H2 is a disappointing follow-up to Zombie's take on the classic John Carpenter film. This one scores points for audacity because it plays around with the Myers mythology a bit, but it accomplishes little else.

Sarah Butler delivers a fine performance as Jennifer Hills in this Hollywood take on Zarchi's infamous shocker. This feels more like a horror film than the original, which plays more like a stunt than anything else. The revenge scenes are a bit overwrought, but that does not take much away from the film.

Slick, but ultimately bland, urban vampire tale featuring sexy female vampires traveling the world in search of blood and a good time.

I enoyed this second attempt at bringing the soap series to the big screen more than the first one. It is a gothic chiller that fans of the show are bound to enjoy.

A hurried re-hashing of the original episodes following the arrival of Barnabas Collins at Collinwood.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Delpy is cold and beautiful as the titular countess Bathory, but some clunky dialogue and a plodding pace keep this one from a higher rating.