The Purge (2013)
James DeMonaco's 2013 home invasion thriller. The premise has acquired more cultural standing than the actual films have generated.
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DisasterWar of the Worlds (1953 & 2005)
The War of the Worlds material has been adapted as theatrical film twice across more than fifty years: The War of the Worlds (1953) starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, and War of the Worlds (2005) starring Tom Cruise and…
HorrorHellraiser Franchise (1987-1996)
Clive Barker source material. Doug Bradley's Pinhead became canonical horror cinema material.
Haunted HousePoltergeist 1 & 2 (1982, 1986)
Spielberg-Hooper directorial credit complications. Foundational suburban horror cinema.
Creature FeatureThe Blob (1958 and 1988)
The Blob exists in two memorable versions. Irvin Yeaworth directed the 1958 original.
ComedyThe World’s End (2013)
The World's End is the final film in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. Nick Frost plays Andy Knightley, Gary's former best friend who has not spoken to him in years.
HorrorInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978, 1993, 2007)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers exists in four major film versions across fifty-one years, each of which reflects the political anxieties of its era while. Don Siegel directed the 1956 original.
HorrorThe Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Day of the Triffids is the British apocalypse film about ambulatory carnivorous plants invading a world that has been blinded by a meteor shower. Steve Sekely directed most of the film, with Freddie Francis uncredited for the lighthouse subplot.
DramaUnder the Skin (2013)
Under the Skin is one of the most uncompromising science fiction films of the 2010s and one of the most divisive. Walter Campbell co-wrote with Glazer, loosely adapting Michel Faber's 2000 novel.
Creature FeatureThem! (1954)
Ted Sherdeman wrote, from a story by George Worthing Yates. The film made approximately two million dollars at initial release on a two hundred thousand dollar budget.
AnimatedCoraline (2009)
The film adapts Neil Gaiman's 2002 novella. The film cost approximately sixty million dollars and made one hundred and twenty-five million worldwide.
ChristmasGremlins (1984)
Gremlins is a Christmas horror comedy disguised as a family film. Steven Spielberg produced it through Amblin Entertainment.