It's Alive

Turn out the lights, get out the popcorn, and have a horror fest. Based upon a list compiled by YALSA.

	Beetlejuice A couple of likable ghosts contact the afterlife's bio-exorcist to rid their home of a trendy New York family that moves in. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis. PG
	The Birds When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  Starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, & Jessica Tandy. Based on the story The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier. NR
	Creature From the Black Lagoon A scientific expedition traveling up the Amazon River encounter a dangerous humanoid amphibious fish creature. Directed by Jack Arnold. Starring Richard Carlson & Julie Adams. NR
	Ed Wood The unusual true-life story of filmmaker Ed Wood , said to have made among the worst motion pictures of all time. Directed by Tim Burton.  Starring Johnny Depp & Martin Landau. R
	Evil Dead The evil dead lie in wait for the one ancient incantation that will give them license to attack the living. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect these demons. One by one, the students are transformed into monsters whose own thirst for revenge becomes insatiable. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell. NR
	Evil Dead 2 The sole survivor of the evil dead returns to the same cabin in the woods and again unleashes the forces of the dead. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell. NR
	Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness Back to do battle with the hideous "Deadites", Bruce Campbell reprises his role from the Evil Dead series. Demonic forces time-warp him into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of undead beasts. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell. R
	Frankenstein Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster in his laboratory but his dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast.  Directed by James Whale. Starring Boris Karloff. Based on the book Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. NR
	Ghostbusters When the university downsizes the parapsychology department, Doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler make the leap from scientists to Ghostbusters, investigators and exterminators of paranormal pests. But when bewitching Dana Barrett discovers her refrigerator has become a portal into the spiritual dimension, our heroes come face to face with an ancient evil force with plans to raise hell in Manhattan. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring Billy Murray, Dan Akroid, & Sigourney Weaver. PG
	The Haunting This psychological thiller tells the story of four people who come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Julie Harris & Claire Bloom. Based on the book The Haunting of Hill House by Shirely Jackson. NR
	Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte Charlotte Hollis, a reclusive spinster still mourning the savage murder of the man she loved some 37 years ago, turns to her worldly cousin for help when the state wants her property to construct a new highway. Directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring Bette Davis & Olivia de Haviland. Based on the book by Henry Farrell. R
	The Mummy A mummy , Im-Ho-Tep, is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a team of British archaeologists. It is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive the vestal virgin whom he loved, after she had been sacrificed. Alive again, he sets out to find his lost love. Directed by Karl Freund. Starring Boris Karloff. NR
	The Mummy Three British archeologists discover the grave of an important Egyptian female priest who has died about four millenia ago. But when they open it a bad curse falls on them for having woken up the mighty guard of the grave who was buried with the priest. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee. NR
	Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die Dr. Bill Cortner is a brilliant young surgeon who experiments illegally with the bodies and minds of fellow humans. When his fiancee is decapitated in a freak accident, he tries to transplant her still living head and brain to another body. Directed by Joseph Green. Starring Jason Evers. NR
	Night of the Living Dead The radiation from a fallen satellite causes the recently deceased to rise from the grave and seek the living to use as food. Several people barricade themselves inside a rural farmhouse in an attempt to survive the night. Directed by George Romero. Starring Duane Jones & Judith O'Dea. NR
	Nosferatu Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Directed by F.W. Murnau. Starring Max Schreck. Based on the book Dracula by Bram Stoker. NR
	Psycho When Marion Crane steals money from her employer and escapes out of town, her getaway takes her to the Bates Motel, run by a young man with his own terrible secrets. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh. Based on the book Psycho by Robert Bloch. R
	Rosemary's Baby Rosemary and her new husband Guy move into a new apartment in New York, befriending an elderly couple who live nearby. But when another girl on the block commits suicide, Rosemary starts getting more attention than she desires, from all the wrong people. And now with her (late) friend's warnings about witches in mind, she has a new problem - the protection of her forthcoming child. But it may not be the child that needs protection. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, & Ruth Gordon.  Based on the book Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. R
	Shadow of the Vampire This riveting suspense thriller is about the filming of Nosferatu and the difficult relationship between F.W. Murnau adn Max Shreck. As cast and crew begin to disappear, it seems that Murnau has made a devil's bargain with Schreck, whose performance is too authentic. Directed by E. Elias Merhige. Starring John Malkovich & Willem Dafoe. R
	The Shining Unforgettable images of terror envelope a family isolated and snowbound in a huge resort hotel with a macabre history of violence. The caretaker's son's psychic ability (his " shining ") gives him visions of evil to come. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.  Starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall. Based on the book The Shining by Stephen King. R
	Something Wicked This Way Comes Green Town, Illinois, is visited by a seductive stranger named Mr. Dark and his Pandemonium Carnival. Terrifying things begin to happen when two adventurous boys stumble onto the carnival's deadly and destructive secret. Directed by Jack Clayton. Starring Jason Robards & Jonathan Price. Based on the book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. PG
	War of the Worlds Disguised as meteors, Martian spacecraft invade the Earth and conduct the systematic destruction of all major population centers. Not even nuclear bombs can stop them. Soon panic and looting set in as the thin veneer of civilization is stripped away. Directed by Byron Haskin. Starring Gene Barry & Anne Robinson. Based on the book The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. G
	Weird Science Two nerdish boys attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that. Directed by John Hughes. Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, & Ilan Mitchell-Smith. PG-13
	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? An aging ex-vaudeville child star initiates a psychotic reign of terror over her crippled sister, a former movie-queen of the 1930's. Directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring Bette Davis & Joan Crawford. Based on the book by Henry Farrell. NR