List by Sean Byron
Bite-sized Chunks of Terror! Horror Anthology Films.
An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a feature film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event (often a turning point). Sometimes each one is directed by a different director.
Horror anthology films were popular during the 1970s and 80s, but continue to be made today, and have existed since at least 1945's Dead of Night by the UK's Ealing Studios, and likely earlier.
These horror anthology films can be greatly effective for the same reasons the Twilight Zone television show were effective - often the bizarre, twisted stories they contain are more effectively contained in a shorter vignette rather than a full length feature.
Here are some that will be added soon, once they are in TMDB:
Waxworks (1924)
Twice Told Tales (1963)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Gallery of Horrors (1967)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Bizarre (1970)
Blood Bath (1976)
Chillers (1987)
Terrorgram (1988)
Terror Tract (2000)
A Four Course Meal (2006)
Paris I'll Kill You (2010)
The Summer of Massacre (2011)
The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Great stuff!
I like NIGHTMARES too:
letterboxd.com/film/nightmares/
NIGHTMARES, eh? Looks like I've got another entry for my watchlist (added here as well). Richard Masur is one of my favorites, so I'll definitely be checking this out.
Found this list online. Hope it helps.
Waxworks (1924)
Dead of Night (1945)
Tales of Terror (1962)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Twice Told Tales (1963)
Kwaidan (1964)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Gallery of Horrors (1967)
Torture Garden (1967)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Night Gallery (1969)
Bizarre (1970)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Asylum (1972)
Tales From the Crypt (1972)
From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Blood Bath (1976)
Dead of Night (1977)
The Uncanny (1977)
Screams of a Winter Night (1979)
The Monster Club (1980)
Creepshow (1982)
Nightmares (1983)
Screamtime (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Night Train to Terror (1985)
Deadtime Stories (1986)
Chillers (1987)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
The Offspring (1987)
Terrorgram (1988)
After Midnight (1989)
The Basement (1989, finally released 2011)
Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
The Willies (1990)
John Carpenter's Body Bags (1993)
Necronomicon (1993)
Tales from the Hood (1995)
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
Campfire Tales (1997)
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
Terror Tract (2000)
Tales From the Crapper (2004)
A Four Course Meal (2006)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2007)
Creepshow III (2006)
Trapped Ashes (2006)
Amusement (2008)
Late Fee (2009)
Trick 'r Treat (2009)
Paris I'll Kill You (2010)
Slices of Life (2010)
Chillerama (2011)
Little Deaths (2011)
The Summer of Massacre (2011)
The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Certainly helpful, thanks! I'll start sorting through these this week.
Side note: Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror sounds like just about the worst thing I could imagine.
I've added the following:
Black Sabbath, Kwaidan, Spirits of the Dead, Night Gallery, Dead of Night, Screams of a Winter Night, The Monster Clib, Screamtime, Deadtime Stories, The Offspring, The Basement, Grim Prairie Tales, The Willies, Necronomicon, Tales from the Hood, Campfire Tales, Quicksilver Highway, Terror Tract, Hood of Horror, Trapped Ashes, Amusement, Late Fee, Slices of Life, Chillerama, Little Deaths
Thanks again, jewbo23.
No problem. I forgot a favourite of mine. With friends like these www.imdb.com/title/tt0390627/.