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  1. Woman in White, The (1997)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 125 minutes), off air recording scheme members only

    Television production of the Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, a gothic tale telling of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in...

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  2. Macbeth Horror Site di Carmelo Bene Da William Shakespeare (1997 Film, Television)

    aka: Macbeth Horror Suite

    Director
    Carmelo Bene

    Made-for-television film. A giallo interpretation of Macbeth. The production was first staged at the Festival d’Automne at the Theatre de Paris in 1990.

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  3. Nightmare: The Birth of Horror (4 Parts) (1996)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 4 x 50 minutes), £125 each or £250 the series

    A BBC series, written and presented by Professor Christopher Frayling, investigating the origins of our popular gothic novels. These best-selling books have thrived in industries such as film,...

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  4. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £5.99

    Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel featuring Robert De Niro as the creature.

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  5. Opera (1987 Film)

    aka: Terror at the Opera

    Director
    Dario Argento
    Producer
    Dario Argento

    Feature film. In this giallo a young opera singer, Betty (Marsillach) gets her big chance to sing Lady Macbeth when the previous star of an avant garde production of Verdi’s Macbeth breaks her leg....

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  6. Ninth Configuration, The (1979 Film)

    aka: Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane.

    Director
    William Peter Blatty
    Producer
    William Peter Blatty

    Feature film. Theological thriller in which some critics have seen parallels with Hamlet in its theme of madness. In a gothic castle called Center 18, the US military attempts to establish whether a group...

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  7. Theatre of Blood (1973 Film)

    Director
    Douglas Hickox
    Producer
    John Kahn; Stanley Mann
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 min), £12.99

    Feature film. Spoof horror picture in which a ham Shakespearean actor, Edward Lionheart, takes revenge on eight critics who have ridiculed his performances. He engineers a series of elaborate murders....

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  8. Exorcist, The (1973)

    Director
    William Friedkin
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), £5.99

    A 12 year old girl becomes obsessed by a presence created by a Ouija board. Possessed by the devil she turns into a monster. THE EXORCIST remains a superior work, regularly voted the scariest film ever...

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  9. Flesh and Blood Show, The (1972 Film)

    aka: Asylum of the Insane

    Director
    Pete Walker
    Producer
    Pete Walker
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £11

    Horror film. A group of eight actors rehearsing a review at the Dome, an abandoned seaside theatre, are attacked by a mysterious killer. In an extended flashback sequence (initiated by Othello’s exchange...

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  10. Masque of Red Death, The (1964)

    Director
    Roger Corman
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £8.00

    While the plague rages throughout Europe, sadistic Italian prince Prospero dallies with devil worship. To entertain his fellow Satanists, Prospero hosts a lavish ball in the confines of his castle, but the...

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