NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS (1975)

 

Directed by: Aldo Lado

Starring: Flavio Bucci, Macha Meril, Gianfranco De Grassi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Irene Miracle, Laura D'Angelo, Marina Berti, Franco Fabrizi, Dalila Di Lazzaro

94 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, rape, drug use)

Country of origin: Italy

PLOT:

Margaret and Lisa, high school friends, take the night train from Germany to Verona to spend Christmas with Lisa's family. They flirt mildly with male passengers, including two randy delinquents in their 20s, Blackie and Curly. The four of them end up in a first-class cabin with a well-dressed woman of about 30 who has pornographic photographs in her valise. Egged on by the woman, the thugs and a male visitor to the cabin menace and then assault Margaret and Lisa. Meanwhile, we also see Christmas Eve and morning scenes at Lisa's home, where her parents are polite to each other while discussing divorce. On Christmas morning, they go to the station to meet the girls. Will they be on the train?

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BLAIR WITCH (2016)

 

Directed by: Adam Wingard
Starring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Corbin Reid, Valorie Curry, Wes Robinson

89 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
After unearthing a DV tape containing intriguing raw footage in Burkittsville's Black Hills Forest, Lane and Talia upload the video on YouTube. Then, James stumbles upon the video, and--believing that he saw an image of his missing sister, Heather, who disappeared in 1994 in the same woods while investigating the legend of the Blair Witch--he assembles a team of friends in search of answers. Convinced that she is still alive, he heads into the gloomy forest accompanied by his friend Peter; Peter's girlfriend, Ashley; the film student, Lisa, and the pair of uploaders, only to go astray in the heart of a green maze. Now, more and more, as James and his team find themselves trapped in the epicenter of the evil activity, the blood-curdling legend of the wicked sorceress seems real. Can they escape from the wrath of the demonic Blair Witch?

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BOOK OF SHADOWS - BLAIR WITCH 2 (2000)

 

Directed by: Joe Berlinger
Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Stephen Barker Turner, Kim Director, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler, Lanny Flaherty, Lauren Hulsey, Raynor Scheine, Kennen Sisco, Kevin Murray

90 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
In the wake of the blood-curdling events depicted in the film "The Blair Witch Project", witch-obsessed fans flock to the now-famous town of Burkittsville, Maryland, in high hopes of catching a glimpse of the shadowy myth. Intent on milking the same story for all it's worth, the local fan and former psychiatric patient, Jeff, launches a tour in the Black Hills, and before long, four young followers--Kim, Erica, Tristen, and Stephen--wind up spending the night in a notorious site in the woods. Now, having no recollection of what happened during their stay, the quartet of friends must try to explain how things got out of hand. Did they fall prey to the evil Blair Witch?

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THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)

 

Directed by: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
Starring: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard

81 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, scenes of terror)

PLOT:
In search of a local legend, three bold amateur documentarians--director, Heather; cameraman, Josh; sound recorder, Mike--hike into Burkittsville's gloomy Black Hills Forest to find a shadow: the fabled Blair Witch. Now, one long year later--after that fateful October of 1994--there's still no sign of the student filmmakers, apart from the raw footage they left behind. Who knows what truly happened during their creepy five-day journey into the mouth of madness? Was there, indeed, an intangible supernatural presence in the dark woods that led to the team's disappearance? Either way, the missing trio must have seen something. Could the nightmarish myth be real?

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THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT 2 (2017)

 

Directed by: Bobby Roe

Starring: Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson, Andrea Hays, Margee Kerr, Takeru Kobayashi, Christopher Steele

101 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

Recovering from the trauma of being kidnapped last Halloween by the Blue Skeleton - a group who take "extreme haunt" to another level - five friends decide they must face their fears in order to move on. Heading back out on the road to visit more haunted house attractions, signs of the Blue Skeleton start appearing again and a new terror begins.

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THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT (2014)

 

Directed by: Bobby Roe

Starring: Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson, Chloe-Charlotte Alexandra Crampton, Angelica Leigh Van Horn, Kahl Brice, Donald Dantzler, Ian Roberts, Jim Tavare, Robert Benjamin

91 minutes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them.

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