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Classic Horror Movies

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Classic Horror Movies

It's a dark and blustery night, and a strange calm comes over your living room. The shadows begin to descend. Is it a vampire? A wandering spirit? No, it's (*gasp*) a classic horror movie from Kanawha County Public Library!

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The Birds
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(1963) - Alfred Hitchcock's spine-tingling tale of when birds go bad! In a small town the birds have started running amuck, attacking unsuspecting townsfolk. You'll never look at birds the same after this film!

The Bride
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(1985) - Dr. Frankenstein (Sting) has built the perfect woman but he soon regrets it as his creations look for their place in the world. A modern remake of "The Bride of Frankenstein."

Carrie
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(1976) - Based on the Stephen King novel. Carrie is a shy, mousy teenager who has been sheltered greatly from the world by her religiously fanatic mother. Carrie has telekinesis - the power to move objects with her mind - and her mean school chums and domineering mother will learn what happens when you push Carrie one too many times.

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(1980) - John is a man consumed by grief who takes refuge in an old turn-of-the-century house. He soon discovers that he shares the big house with the spirit of a murdered child - and the spirit wants John to solve his murder!

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(1954) - In the Amazon a scientific team discovers an amphibious creature that is a living missing link! The creature falls in love with the female assistant and kidnaps her. Can the scientists save the woman and put the creature back where he belongs? (VHS only)

Creepshow
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(1982) - Cult classic from Stephen King and George Romero. Step inside this film that has five stories connected in classic comic book style. When King and Romero are behind the creative wheel - anything can happen!

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(1978) - Four survivors from the Night of the Living Dead take refuge in an abandoned shopping mall. They partake in consumerism and then they have to defend themselves against zombies and a biker gang!

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(2004) - Remake of 1978's Dawn of the Dead. The world is in chaos as zombies are taking over. We follow a band of survivors who find safety in a mall. They start running out of food though, and the dead keep finding ways inside. They make a run for a small deserted island... but can their mall shuttle busses make it?

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(1920) - Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story. A doctor creates a formula that changes his personality completely - he goes from selfless Dr. Jekyll to brutish Mr. Hyde.

The Haunting
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(1963) - A doctor obsessed with the supernatural convinces three psychic-sensitive persons to help investigate the strange circumstances at Hill House - a house that has a history of violence and insanity. Will the foursome make it out with their sanity... and their lives?

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(1933) - Based on the H.G. Wells novel. A scientist discovers how to make himself invisible - but can't reverse the process! He becomes a prisoner of his unseen self - and drives himself to madness and murder!

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(1960) - Cult classic black comedy about a young schnook named Seymour who grows a blood thirsty plant and is forced to kill to feed it.

The Magician
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(1959) - Are there supernatural happenings going on at Vogler's Magnetic Health Theatre? One town seems to think so, and try to expose the theatre troupe as charlatans. (VHS only)

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(1944) - An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of an ancient Egyptian princess and her mummy guardian. There's kidnapping and reincarnation and foul play as the high priest lets greed take over his life. (VHS only)

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(1968) - The dead are coming back to life and they want BRAINS! An unlikely group of people band together to face flesh-eating zombies and stereotypes in this classic. First in George Romero's Living Dead movie series.

Pet Semetary
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(1989) - Based on the Stephen King novel. A distraught father buries his deceased toddler in an Indian tribal burial ground. He unleashes more than he bargained for when his son comes back to life.

Poltergeist
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(1982) - A family moves into a house that turns out to be haunted. When they investigate, they learn that their house sits on a graveyard and the former occupants are very unhappy about the move.

The Shining
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(1980) - Based on a Stephen King novel. Jack, a recovering alcoholic with anger management problems, takes a job as a caretaker for a hotel that is closed for the winter. Bringing his family along while he tries to finish his novel, Jack starts to suffer from writer's block and his son starts to have gruesome visions. Mayhem ensues. (VHS only)

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Season One (1989) and Season Two (1990). One hour stories filled with horror, twists, black magic - hosted by a puppet called "The Crypt Keeper"! The show is a cross between "The Twilight Zone" and modern horror movies.

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(1971) - Based on the Edgar Allan Poe story. A murderer recounts the bizarre details of his crimes against "the old man with the evil eye." Do you hear that?

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(1951) - Scientists at an artic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice - complete with frozen pilot! Hades breaks loose when the pilot is accidentally thawed out. (VHS only)

The Wolf Man
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(1941) - Larry Talbot is attacked and bitten by... something. When the moon gets full... he turns into Wolfman! The villagers are on the hunt for him! (VHS only)

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