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SCARY MOVIE WEEK
MONDAY 31 OCTOBER ?SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER AT 10PM
HALLOWEEN
MONDAY 31
OCTOBER AT 10PM
Lock the doors, bolt
the windows and
settle down in front
of the telly this
Halloween for the
original ?and best ?nslasher movie.
Credited as the
father of the teen
horror genre, we
reckon someone
ought to give JOHN
CARPENTER a Blue
Peter badge for his
inventive use of a
William Shatner
mask and a tin of
white paint. A cult
classic, the sheer
terror created by the
knife wielding, maskclad
Michael Myers
and the heavy
breathing and
screaming of JAMIE
LEE CURTIS has
spawned six sequels
and countless
imitations like
FRIDAY THE 13TH
and SCREAM.
With DONALD
PLEASANCE as the
bungling psychiatrist
who seems to have
developed Michael?
psychotic nature
instead of curbing it,
let? not forget when
the action takes
place?alloween.
Will you dare to
watch this if you?e
home alone? Go on
?test your mettle.
There? nothing to
fear. Or is there?
(1978)
THE EXORCIST:
THE DIRECTOR?
CUT
TUESDAY 1
NOVEMBER AT
10PM
It? widely regarded
as the best horror
film ever made and
the most influential
movie of its genre.
This Director? Cut
also adds to the
allure with new
scenes of demonic
possession ?and
exorcism ?and
features riveting
performances from
ELLEN BURSTYN
(REQUIEM FOR A
DREAM) and MAX
VON SYDOW
(MINORITY
REPORT, FLASH
GORDON).
With additional
sound effects and
the infamous ?piderwalk?
the film has an
unequalled capacity
to shock. (1973)
MARY SHELLEY?
FRANKENSTEIN
WEDNESDAY 2
NOVEMBER AT
10PM
Traumatised by the
death of his mother,
Dr. Victor
Frankenstein
(BRANAGH) is
obsessed with
bringing the dead
back to life. Rather
than see a
counsellor to ease
his grief, our boy
turns to grave
digging instead (as
you do!), nicking
human body parts to
make ?he Creature?n(DE NIRO). Sadly,
his creation is far
from chuffed with his
mutant existence.
Funny that. (1994)
THE HAUNTED
THURSDAY 3
NOVEMBER AT 10PM
This truly spine-tingling
movie, made more
frightening by the fact
that it? based upon a
true story, will soon
have you walking
around with a crucifix in
one hand and a bottle
of holy water in the
other.
The home of Jack and
Janet Smurl in West
Pittston, Pennsylvania,
was the allegedly the
scene of a horrific and
terrifying haunting from
1985 to 1987. No less
than four spirits ?nincluding a demon ?nwere stalking the
couple and their
children, leading to
vandalism, abuse,
violence and even
rape.
The case received
wide attention in the
media and while cynics
dismissed the claims,
countless
demonologists and an
initially reluctant
Catholic church did not.
This is the petrifying
screen adaptation of
the Smurls?nautobiography, starring
SALLY KIRKLAND
(BRUCE ALMIGHTY),
JEFFERY DEMUNN
(THE X-FILES) and
GEORGE WALLACE
(MINORITY REPORT,
NURSE BETTY).
(1991)
SALEM? LOT
(PARTS 1 & 2)
FRIDAY 4
NOVEMBER AT
10PM
Based on Stephen
King? best selling
book, this latest
adaptation is
crammed with the
author? signature
ingredients; death,
mystery, nailbiting
intrigue and
blood-curdling
horror?nWhen author Ben
Mears (ROB
LOWE, THE
WEST WING)
returns to his
home town of
Jerusalem? Lot,
life in the pictureperfect
suburb
takes a distinct
turn for the worse.
Mears came back
in search of
inspiration for a
new novel.
Instead, he?
greeted with a
spate of
mysterious deaths
and the two
sinister looking
new occupants of
his former
childhood home –
antiques dealer
Straker (DONALD
SUTHERLAND)
and his partner,
Kurt Barlow
(RUTGER
HAUER). It? not
long before Mears
realises that the
town is infested
with vampires,
and they? like
nothing better
than to toast his
welcome with a
pint of his own
blood. We wonder
if they?l be serving
crisps or peanuts
with that?(2004)
RING & RING 2
SATURDAY 5
NOVEMBER AT 10PM
Remade by Gore
Verbinski in 2002,
there? no beating this
petrifying original from
director HIDEO
NAKATA, for tension,
suspense and sheer,
unabashed terror.
Investigating the death
of her cousin, cynical
reporter Reiko
Asakawa (NANAKO
MATSUSHIMA) comes
across a mysterious
videotape that
promises death within
seven days to anyone
who watches it. As the
clock ticks away,
Reiko? only hope is to
find out where the tape
came from and to face
the dark, unimaginable
secret behind its
frightening magic.
Unfortunately, it?l chill
you to the marrow
when she does.
NAKATA? second
instalment of the
legendary horror trilogy
(at 11.50pm) follows
the story of Mai Takano
(MIKI NAKATANI), who
sets out to investigate
the mysterious death of
her boyfriend. It? not
long before Mai is
confronted with the
cursed videotape and
finds her own life in
perilous danger as the
seven day countdown
once again begins.
Like its prequel, its got
more power to raise
hairs and set teeth on
edge than a full set of
fingernails scraped
down a blackboard.
(both 1998)
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