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The Ratings:
 – Terrible, The Worst |
 – Disappointingly Poor |
| – Mediocre |
– Fair But Not Great |
| – Very Good |
– A Masterpiece |
| Title | Director/Year | Theme | Rating |
| P | |||
| Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger 1990 |
Psycho Tenant | |
| The Pacifier | Adam Shankman 2005 |
Action Hero Becomes Babysitter Comedy | |
| The Pack | Robert Clouse 1977 |
Killer Dogs | |
| The Pagemaster | Maurice Hunt, Joe Johnston 1994 |
Adventures in the Land of Fiction | |
| Pale Blood | V.V. Dachin Hsu 1990 |
Vampire | |
| Panic in Year Zero! | Ray Milland 1962 |
Nuclear War/Ruthless Survivalism | |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo Del Toro 2006 |
Girl Discovers Magical Realm | |
| Paparazzi | Paul Abascal 2004 |
Celebrity Stalks Paparazzi | ½ |
| Paprika | Satoshi Kon 2006 |
Anime/Dream Therapy Device | ½ |
| Paranoia (Adam Simon, 1989). Refer to Brain Dead. | |||
| Paranoid | John Duigan 2000 |
Imprisonment Psycho-Thriller | |
| Parasite | Charles Band 1982 |
Chestbursting Nasty | ½ |
| The Parasite Murders (David Cronenberg, 1975). Refer to Shivers. | |||
| Parsifal | Hans Jürgen Syberberg 1982 |
Wagner Opera/Arthurian Legends | |
| Party Line | William Webb 1989 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| A Pass from the Back | Gil Mehmert 2004 |
Toy Footballer Comes to Life | ½ |
| The Passion of Ayn Rand | Christopher Menaul 1999 |
SF Writer Biopic | |
| Passion of Mind | Alain Berliner 2000 |
Woman’s Double Life in Dreams | |
| The Passion of the Christ | Mel Gibson 2004 |
Christian Torture Film | |
| Passionate Revenge | Nicholas Medina 1996 |
Female Stalker/Erotica | ½ |
| Past Perfect | Jonathan Heap 1996 |
Assassins from the Future | |
| Patlabor: The Mobile Police | Mamoru Oshii 1989 |
Anime/Police Amok-Robot Squad | ½ |
| Patrick | Richard Franklin 1979 |
Psychic Coma Patient | |
| The Patriot | Dean Semler 1998 |
Action Film/Biowarfare Outbreak | |
| Paws | Karl Zwicky 1997 |
Talking Dog | |
| Paycheck | John Woo 2003 |
Precognition/Action Film | |
| Peacemaker | Kevin S. Tenney 1990 |
Alien Cop and Criminal Fight on Earth | |
| Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure | Tim Burton 1985 |
Overgrown Adolescent’s Kitsch Adventures | |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Francis Coppola 1986 |
Time Travel/Housewife Revisists Her Youth | |
| The People That Time Forgot | Kevin Connor 1977 |
Prehistoric Lost World | ½ |
| The People Under the Stairs | Wes Craven 1991 |
Children Imprisoned in the Basement | |
| Percy | Ralph Thomas 1971 |
Penis Transplant Comedy | |
| Percy’s Progress | Ralph Thomas 1974 |
Last Fertile Man on Earth Comedy | ½ |
| Perdita Durango | Alex de la Iglesia 1997 |
Outlaw Lovers/Santeria Sorceror | |
| Perfect Blue | Satoshi Kon 1997 |
Anime/Psycho-Thriller | |
| Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring 2006 |
Alternate World of Vampires | |
| The Perfect Nanny | Rob Malenfant 2000 |
Psycho Babysitter | |
| Perfect Strangers | Gaylene Preston 2003 |
Abduction Thriller/Ambiguous Ghost | |
| The Perfect Tenant | Doug Campbell 2000 |
Psycho-Thriller | ½ |
| The Perfect Wife | Don E. Fauntleroy 2001 |
Psycho-Thriller | ½ |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Tom Tykwer 2006 |
Killer with a Hyper-Acute Sense of Smell | |
| The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik-Yak (Just Jaeckin, 1995). Refer to Gwendoline. | |||
| The Perils of Pauline | Herbert B. Leonard, Joshua Shelley 1967 |
Heroine’s Campy Adventures | |
| Persecution | Don Chaffey 1974 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| Personal Column | Douglas Sirk 1947 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| Pet Semetary | Mary Lambert 1989 |
Resurrection of the Dead | ½ |
| Pet Semetary II | Mary Lambert 1992 |
Resurrection of the Dead | |
| Pet Shop | Hope Perello 1994 |
Shape-Changing Alien Pets | |
| Peter Pan | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske 1953 |
Disney Animation/Adventures in a Magic Land | |
| Peter Pan | P.J. Hogan 2003 |
Adventures in a Magic Land | |
| Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter (Reginald Mills, 1971). Refer to Tales of Beatrix Potter. | |||
| Pete’s Dragon | Don Chaffey 1977 |
Boy and Invisible Dragon/Disney Film | |
| Phantasm | Don Coscarelli 1979 |
Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers | |
| Phantasm II | Don Coscarelli 1988 |
Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers | ½ |
| Phantasm III | Don Coscarelli 1994 |
Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers | ½ |
| Phantasm: Lord of the Dead (Don Coscarelli, 1994). Refer to Phantasm III. | |||
| The Phantom | Simon Wincer 1996 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
| The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | Dan Milner 1955 |
Atomic Sea Monster | |
| The Phantom Planet | William Marshall 1961 |
Miniature Planet | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Rupert Julian 1925 |
Disfigured Madman | ½ |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Dwight H. Little 1989 |
Disfigured Madman/Time Travel | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Dario Argento 1999 |
Madman Beneath the Opera House | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Joel Schumacher 2004 |
Disfigured Madman/Musical Adaptation | |
| The Phantom of the Paradise | Brian De Palma 1974 |
Phantom of the Opera Rock Musical Parody | |
| The Phantom of the Rue Morgue | Roy Del Ruth 1954 |
Trained Killer Ape | |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow 1970 |
Journey into Absurdist Realm/Animation | |
| Phantom Town | Jeff Burr 1998 |
Haunted Western Town | |
| Phantoms (Charles Band, 1990). Refer to Meridian. | |||
| Phantoms | Joe Chappelle 1998 |
Evil Force Takes Over a Small Town | |
| Phenomena | Dario Argento 1985 |
Italian Psycho-Thriller/Insect Telepathy | ½ |
| Phenomenon | Jon Turteltaub 1996 |
Man Gains Expanded Mental Powers | |
| The Philadelphia Experiment | Stewart Raffill 1984 |
Time Travel | |
| Philadelphia Experiment II | Stephen Cornwell 1994 |
Alternate History/Nazis Rule | ½ |
| Phone Booth | Joel Schumacher 2002 |
Man Trapped in a Phone Booth by a Psycho Sniper | ½ |
| Photographing Fairies | Nick Willing 1997 |
Fairies and Altered Perception | |
| Pi | Darren Aronofsky 1998 |
Reality-Bending Mathematics | |
| The Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir 1975 |
Unexplained Disappearance | |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Albert Lewin 1945 |
Eternally Youthful Libertine | |
| Pieces | J. Piquer Simon 1983 |
Slasher | ½ |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall | Alan Parker 1982 |
Descent into Madness/Rock Musical | |
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Blake Edwards 1976 |
Bumbling Police Inspector Comedy | ½ |
| Pinocchio | Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen 1940 |
Disney Animation/Living Puppet Boy | |
| Pippi Goes on Board | Olle Hellbom 1970 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| Pippi in the South Seas | Olle Hellbom 1970 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| Pippi Longstocking | Olle Hellbom 1969 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| Pippi Longstocking | Clive Smith 1997 |
Anarchic Girl/Animation | |
| Pippi on the Run | Olle Hellbom 1973 |
Anarchic Girl | ½ |
| Piranha | Joe Dante 1978 |
Killer Fish | |
| Piranha | Scott Levy 1995 |
Killer Fish | |
| Piranha II: Flying Killers | James Cameron 1981 |
Killer Fish | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Gore Verbinski 2007 |
Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Gore Verbinski 2006 |
Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler | ½ |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski 2003 |
Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler | ½ |
| Pit and the Pendulum | Roger Corman 1961 |
Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation | |
| The Pit and the Pendulum | Stuart Gordon 1991 |
Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Inquisition Horrors | |
| Pitch Black | David Twohy 2000 |
Planetary Survival | |
| Plague | Ed Hunt 1978 |
Plague Outbreak | ½ |
| The Plague | Luis Puenzo 1993 |
Plague Outbreak | |
| The Plague | Hal Masonberg 2006 |
Zombified Children | |
| Plan 9 from Outer Space | Edward D. Wood Jr 1959 |
Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie | |
| Planet Earth | Marc Daniels 1974 |
Post-Holocaust Women Rule Society | |
| Planet of Blood (Curtis Harrington, 1966). Refer to Queen of Blood. | |||
| Planet of the Apes | Franklin Schaffner 1968 |
Planet of Talking Apes | |
| Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton 2001 |
Planet of Talking Apes | |
| Planet of the Vampires | Mario Bava 1965 |
Mysterious Planet/Alien Possessed Dead | |
| Play It Again Sam | Herbert Ross 1972 |
Romantic Advice from Humphrey Bogart’s Ghost Comedy | |
| Play Misty for Me | Clint Eastwood 1971 |
Female Stalker | |
| Pleasantville | Gary Ross 1998 |
Trapped Inside a TV Show | ½ |
| Pleasurecraft | Franklin Vallette 1999 |
Space Opera/Erotica | |
| The Pledge | Sean Penn 2001 |
Psycho-Thriller | ½ |
| The Plumber | Peter Weir 1978 |
Sinister Handyman | |
| Pluto Nash (Ron Underwood, 2002). Refer to The Adventures of Pluto Nash. | |||
| Pocahontas | Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg 1995 |
Disney Animation/First Meeting Between English & American Indians | |
| Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond 1998 |
Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England | |
| Pokemon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back | Kunihiko Yuyama 1998 |
Animation/Cute Creatures | |
| Pokemon the Movie 2000 (Kunihiko Yuyama, 1999). Refer to Pokemon: The Power of One. | |||
| Pokemon: The Power of One | Kunihiko Yuyama 1999 |
Animation/Cute Creatures | ½ |
| The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis 2004 |
Animation/Train Journey to the North Pole | |
| Poltergeist | Tobe Hooper 1982 |
Haunting | ½ |
| Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Brian Gibson 1986 |
Haunting | |
| Poltergeist III | Gary Sherman 1988 |
Haunting | |
| Pom Poko | Isao Takahata 1994 |
Anime/Raccoons Declare War on Humanity | |
| Pootie Tang in “Sine Your Pitty on the Runy Kine” | Louis C.K. 2001 |
Funky Incomprehensible Superhero | |
| Pop Skull | Adam Wingard 2007 |
Drug Hallucinations and Madness | ½ |
| Popcorn | Mark Herrier 1991 |
Movie Theatre Slasher/Genre Homages | ½ |
| Popeye | Robert Altman 1980 |
Gonzo Comic-Strip Character | ½ |
| Population / 436 | Michelle MacLaren 2006 |
Sinister Small Town | |
| Porco Rosso | Hayao Miyazaki 1992 |
Anime/Talking Pig Aviator | |
| Portrait of Jennie | William Dieterle 1948 |
Supernatural Romance | |
| Possessed | Anders Rønnow-Klarlund 1999 |
Plague/Possession by the Devil | ½ |
| Possessed | Steven E. de Souza 2000 |
The “True Story” That Inspired The Exorcist | ½ |
| Possessed By the Night | Fred Olen Ray 1993 |
Mind-Controlling Creature | |
| Possession | Andrzej Zulawski 1981 |
Marriage Breakdown/Surrealism/Monsters | |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein 1971 |
Possession | ½ |
| Possible Loves | Sandra Werneck 2001 |
Alternate Life Pathways | |
| Posthumous Memoirs | Andre Klotzel 2001 |
Dead Man Narrates His Life Story | |
| Postmortem | Albert Pyun 1997 |
Serial Killer Thriller | |
| Powder | Victor Salva 1995 |
Psychically Gifted Alienated Teenager | |
| The Power | Byron Haskin 1967 |
Psychic Supermind | |
| Power Rangers: The Movie | Bryan Spicer 1995 |
Teen Power-Suit Superheroes | ½ |
| Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne 1998 |
Modern Witches | |
| The Preacher’s Wife | Penny Marshall 1996 |
Angelic Visitation | ½ |
| Precious Find | Philippe Mora 1996 |
Gold Prospectors in Outer Space | |
| Predator | John McTiernan 1987 |
Action/Humans Hunted by Alien Sportsman | ½ |
| Prehysteria! | Albert & Charles Band 1994 |
Baby Dinosaurs | |
| Prehysteria! 2 | Albert Band 1994 |
Baby Dinosaurs | |
| Prehysteria! 3 | Julian Breen 1995 |
Baby Dinosaurs | |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Norman Rene 1992 |
Bodyswap | |
| Premature Burial | Roger Corman 1962 |
Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation | ½ |
| Premonition | Mennan Yapo 2007 |
Clairvoyant Visions | |
| The President’s Analyst | Theodore J. Flicker 1967 |
Spy Comedy/Political Satire | |
| The Prestige | Christopher Nolan 2006 |
Rival Victorian Stage Magicians | |
| Prettykill | George Kaczendar 1987 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| The Price of Milk | Harry Sinclair 2000 |
Kiwi Magical Realism | |
| Primer | Shane Carruth 2003 |
Mysterious Scientific Experiment/Time Travel | |
| Prince of Darkness | John Carpenter 1987 |
The Devil and Quantum Physics | |
| The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells 1998 |
Animation/The Biblical Exodus | |
| Prince of Space | E. Wakabayashi 1959 |
Japanese Space Opera | |
| Prince Valiant | Anthony Hickox 1997 |
Sword and Sorcery/Comic-Strip Adaptation | |
| Princes and Princesses | Michel Ocelot 1999 |
Animated Fairytale Anthology | |
| Princess | Anders Morgenthaler 2005 |
Animation/Anti-Porn Vigilante | |
| The Princess and the Cobbler (Richard Williams, 1994). Refer to The Thief and the Cobbler. | |||
| The Princess and the Goblin | Jozsef Gemes 1991 |
Animation/Fairytale | |
| The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner 1987 |
Fairytale Romance/Swashbuckler | |
| Princess Mononoke | Hayao Miyazaki 1997 |
Anime/Epic Fantasy | |
| Princess of the Sun | Philippe Leclerc 2007 |
Historical Ancient Egyptian Adventure/Animation | ½ |
| Prison | Renny Harlin 1987 |
Haunted Prison | ½ |
| Prisoner of the Cannibal God (Sergio Martino, 1978). Refer to Slave of the Cannibal God. | |||
| Prisonship (Fred Olen Ray, 1986). Refer to The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer. | |||
| Project Moon Base | Richard Talmadge 1953 |
Expedition to the Moon | |
| Project: Shadowchaser | John Eyres 1992 |
Android Terrorist | |
| Project Shadowchaser II | John Eyres 1994 |
Android Terrorist | ½ |
| Project Shadowchaser III | John Eyres 1995 |
Shapechanging Killer Android | ½ |
| Project X | William Castle 1968 |
Future Mental Probing/Reality Simulations | |
| Project X | Jonathan Kaplan 1987 |
Save the Chimpanzees | |
| Prom Night | Paul Lynch 1980 |
Slasher | ½ |
| Prom Night | Nelson McCormick 2008 |
Slasher | |
| Prom Night III: The Last Kiss | Ron Oliver, Peter Simpson 1990 |
Haunting/Campy Horror | |
| The Prophecy | Gregory Widen 1995 |
War Between Angels | |
| The Prophecy II | Greg Spence 1998 |
War Between Angels | ½ |
| The Prophecy 3: The Ascent | Patrick Lussier 2000 |
War Between Angels | |
| The Prophet’s Game | David Worth 1999 |
Serial Killer Thriller | ½ |
| Prospero’s Books | Peter Greenaway 1991 |
Shakespeare Adaptation | |
| Proteus | Bob Keen 1996 |
Shape-Shifting Monster | |
| Prototype (Phillip Roth, 1992). Refer to Prototype X29A. | |||
| Prototype X29A | Phillip Roth 1992 |
Post-Holocaust Cyborg Wars | |
| Providence | Alain Resnais 1977 |
Meta-Fiction | |
| Proxima | Carlos Atanes 2007 |
Science-Fiction Fan Makes Alien Contact | ½ |
| Psyched by the 4D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) | Victor Luminera 1972 |
Sex and Witchcraft | |
| Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock 1960 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| Psycho | Gus Van Sant 1998 |
Psycho Remake | |
| Psycho II | Richard Franklin 1983 |
Psycho Sequel | |
| Psycho III | Anthony Perkins 1986 |
Psycho Sequel | |
| Psycho Beach Party | Robert Lee King 2000 |
Genre Parody | |
| Psycho-a-Go-Go (Al Adamson, 1972). Refer to Blood of Ghastly Horror. | |||
| Psychomania | Richard Hilliard 1963 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| Pterodactyl | Mark L. Lester 2005 |
Dinosaurs Amok | ½ |
| Pufnstuf | Hollingsworth Morse 1970 |
Gonzo Children’s Film/Magical Island | |
| Pulse | Paul Golding 1988 |
Malevolent Electrical Appliances | |
| Pulse | Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2001 |
Japanese Ghost Story | |
| Pulse | Jim Sonzero 2006 |
Soul-Sucking Creatures from the Internet | |
| Pumpkinhead | Stan Winston 1987 |
Demon Unleashed | |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt 1990 |
Comic-Book Vigilante | ½ |
| The Punisher | Jonathan Hensleigh 2004 |
Comic-Book Vigilante | |
| Puppet Master II | David Allen 1990 |
Malevolent Dolls | |
| The Puppet Masters | Stuart Orme 1994 |
Alien Body Snatchers | ½ |
| Puppetmaster | David Schmoeller 1989 |
Malevolent Dolls | |
| Puppetmaster III: Toulon’s Revenge | David DeCoteau 1991 |
Puppetmaster & Toys vs Nazis | |
| A Pure Formality | Giuseppe Tornatore 1994 |
Police Interrogation/Deathdream | ½ |
| Purple People Eater | Linda Shayne 1988 |
Cute Musical Alien | |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen 1985 |
Character Steps Out of a Film | |
| Puss in Boots | Eugene Marner 1987 |
Fairy-Tale | |
| The Pyramid of Fear (Barry Levinson, 1985). Refer to Young Sherlock Holmes. | |||
| Pyrates | Noah Stern 1991 |
Pyrokinesis Relationship Comedy | |
| Pyrokinesis (Shusuke Kaneko, 2000). Refer to Cross Fire. | |||
| Q | |||
| Q Planes | Tim Whelan 1939 |
British Air Hero Comedy-Thriller | |
| Q – The Winged Serpent | Larry Cohen 1982 |
Monster | |
| Quatermass | Piers Haggard 1979 |
Alien Megalithic Artefacts Reactivated | |
| Quatermass and the Pit | Roy Ward Baker 1967 |
Alien Artefact/The Devil | |
| The Quatermass Conclusion (Piers Haggard, 1979). Refer to Quatermass. | |||
| The Quatermass Experiment | Sam Miller 2005 |
Mutating Astronaut | |
| The Quatermass Xperiment | Val Guest 1955 |
Mutating Astronaut | |
| Queen of Blood | Curtis Harrington 1966 |
Alien Vampire Woman | |
| Queen of Evil (Oliver Stone, 1974). Refer to Seizure. | |||
| Queen of Outer Space | Edward L. Bernds 1958 |
Planet of Women | |
| Queen of the Damned | Mark Rymer 2002 |
Vampires | |
| The Quest (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986). Refer to Frog Dreaming. | |||
| Quest for Camelot | Frederik Du Chau 1998 |
Animation/Arthurian Fantasy | |
| Quest for Fire | Jean-Jacques Annaud 1981 |
Prehistory | |
| The Quiet Earth | Geoff Murphy 1985 |
Last People on Earth | ½ |
| Quills | Philip Kaufman 2000 |
The Marquis de Sade Story | |
| Quintet | Robert Altman 1979 |
Frozen Future/Enigmatic Game | |
| R | |||
| Raat | Ramgopal Varma 1992 |
Bollywood Possession Story | |
| Raaz | Vikram Bhatt 2002 |
Bollywood Ghost Story | |
| Rabid | David Cronenberg 1976 |
Vampiric Skin Graft | |
| Race Through Time | Jeff Woolnough 2000 |
Time Travel | |
| Race with the Devil | Jack Starrett 1975 |
Backroads Pursuit by Satanists | |
| Racing Stripes | Frederik Du Chau 2005 |
Racing Zebra/Talking Barnyard Animals | |
| Radar Men from the Moon | Fred C. Brannon 1952 |
Serial/Rocket Backpack Hero vs Alien Invaders | |
| Radio Flyer | Richard Donner 1992 |
Childhood Abuse/Fantasy of Flight | |
| Radio Free Steve | Jules Beesley 2000 |
Gonzo Post Holocaust | |
| The Rage: Carrie 2 | Katt Shea 1999 |
Telekinetic Teen | ½ |
| Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate (Various Directors, 1984). Refer to The Dungeonmaster. | |||
| Raggedy Man | Jack Fisk 1981 |
WWII Smalltown Romance/Hick Psychos | ½ |
| Raging Angels | Alan Smithee 1994 |
Christian Spiritual War | |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg 1981 |
High Adventure | ½ |
| Rainbow | Bob Hoskins 1995 |
Journey Up a Rainbow/Children’s Film | |
| Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | Bernard DeVries, Kimio Yabuki 1985 |
Animation/Magic Horse Saves the Universe | |
| Raising Cain | Brian De Palma 1992 |
Split Personality Psycho-Thriller | |
| Rampage | William Friedkin 1991 |
Serial Killer Courtroom Thriller | ½ |
| Rampo Noir | Suguru Takeuchi, Akio Jissoji, Hisayasu Sato, Atsushi Kaneko 2005 |
Japanese Horror Anthology | |
| The Rapture | Michael Tolkin 1991 |
Biblical End of the World | |
| Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa 1950 |
The Subjectivity of Perception | |
| Rasputin The Mad Monk | Don Sharp 1966 |
Hammer Historical Horror | |
| Rat | Steve Barron 2000 |
Man Transforms into a Rat | ½ |
| Rat Pfink a Boo Boo | Ray Dennis Steckler 1965 |
Masked Superheroes/Classic Bad Movie | ½ |
| Ratatouille | Brad Bird 2007 |
Animation/Talking Rat Chef | ½ |
| Ratboy | Sondra Locke 1986 |
Deformed Boy Fable | |
| Ravagers | Richard Compton 1979 |
Post-Holocaust | |
| The Raven | Louis Friedlander 1935 |
Demented Edgar Allan Poe Fan | |
| The Raven | Roger Corman 1963 |
War Between Magicians Comedy | |
| Ravenous | Antonia Bird 1999 |
Cannibalism | ½ |
| Raw Meat (Gary Sherman, 1972). Refer to Death Line. | |||
| Rawhead Rex | George Pavlou 1987 |
Prehistoric Monster Revived | |
| Razor Blade Smile | Jake West 1998 |
Chic Modern Vampires | |
| Razorback | Russell Mulcahy 1984 |
Killer Boar | |
| Real Genius | Martha Coolidge 1985 |
Hi-Tech University Hijinks | |
| Real Men | Dennis Feldman 1987 |
Gonzo Spy Film | |
| Re-Animator | Stuart Gordon 1985 |
Resurrection/Splatter Black Comedy | |
| Re-Animator 2 (Brian Yuzna, 1990). Refer to Bride of Re-Animator. | |||
| Reaper | John Bradshaw 1998 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| The Reaping | Stephen Hopkins 2007 |
Modern-Day Biblical Plagues | ½ |
| Reckless Kelly | Yahoo Serious 1993 |
Gonzo Bank Robber Comedy | |
| Red Blooded American Girl | David Blyth 1991 |
Medical Vampirism | ½ |
| Red Dawn | John Milius 1984 |
Communist Invasion of the USA | |
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner 2002 |
Hannibal Lecter Prequel | |
| Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter (Michael Mann, 1986). Refer to Manhunter. | |||
| Red Planet | Antony Hoffman 2000 |
Mission to Mars | ½ |
| Red Planet Mars | Harry Horner 1952 |
Radio Messages from God on Mars | |
| The Red Shoes | Michael Powell 1948 |
Ballet Drama/Fairytale Magic Shoes | |
| The Red Shoes | Kim Young-Gyun 2005 |
Haunted Shoes | ½ |
| Red Sonja | Richard Fleischer 1985 |
Amazonian Warrior/Sword and Sorcery | |
| Red Team | Jeremy Haft 2000 |
Rogue FBI Serial Killer-Hunting Team | ½ |
| The Red Violin | Francois Girard 1998 |
Cursed/Inspired Violin Through the Ages | |
| Redline | Tibor Takacs 1997 |
Near Future Russia Thriller | ½ |
| The Reflecting Skin | Philip Ridley 1991 |
Surreal Vision of Disturbed Childhood | |
| Reign of Fire | Rob Bowman 2002 |
Dragon-Ruled Future | ½ |
| Relative Fear | George Mihalka 1994 |
Autistic Child Psycho-Thriller | ½ |
| The Relic | Peter Hyams 1997 |
Monster Movie | ½ |
| The Reluctant Astronaut | Edward J. Montagne 1967 |
Bumbling Idiot Goes into Space | |
| Remo: The First Adventure (Guy Hamilton, 1985). Refer to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. | |||
| Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous (Guy Hamilton, 1985). Refer to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. | |||
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Guy Hamilton 1985 |
Martial Arts Super-Spy | |
| Remote Control | Jeff Lieberman 1987 |
Alien Mind-Control Video | |
| Renaissance | Christian Volckman 2006 |
Animation/Futuristic Film Noir | |
| Repeat Performance | Alfred Werker 1947 |
Personal Past Revisited | |
| Replicant | Ringo Lam 2001 |
Cloned Serial Killer | |
| Repo Man | Alex Cox 1984 |
Gonzo Punk Film | |
| Repossessed | Bob Logan 1990 |
Exorcist Spoof | |
| The Reptile | John Gilling 1965 |
Hammer Film/Human-Snake Transformation | |
| Reptilicus | Sidney Pink 1962 |
Revived Dinosaur Amok | |
| Repulsion | Roman Polanski 1965 |
Portrait of Madness | |
| Requiem | Hans-Christian Schmid 2006 |
Possible Demonic Possession/True Story | |
| Resident Evil | Paul W.S. Anderson 2002 |
Videogame Adaptation/Lab Complex of Zombies | |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Alexander Witt 2004 |
Videogame Adaptation/City of Zombies | |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | Russell Mulcahy 2007 |
Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies | |
| Rest in Peace | Tom McLoughlin 1982 |
Haunted Mausoleum | |
| The Resurrected | Dan O’Bannon 1992 |
Black Magician’s Resurrection/H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation | |
| Resurrection | Daniel Petrie 1980 |
Faith Healer | |
| Resurrection | Russell Mulcahy 1999 |
Serial Killer Thriller | |
| Resurrection Man | Marc Evans 1998 |
Irish Killing Gang | |
| The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Bob Wynn 1971 |
Conspiracy Film/Cloning | |
| Retik the Moon Menace (Fred C. Brannon, 1952). Refer to Radar Men from the Moon. | |||
| Retribution (Gavin Millar, 2000). Refer to Complicity. | |||
| Retribution | Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2006 |
Japanese Ghost Story | ½ |
| Retro Puppetmaster | Joseph Tennent 1999 |
Toymaker Creates Living Dolls | |
| Retroactive | Louis Morneau 1997 |
Timeloop | ½ |
| The Return | Asif Kapadia 2006 |
Haunting | |
| Return from Witch Mountain | John Hough 1978 |
Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film | |
| The Return of Captain Nemo (Alex March, 1978). Refer to The Amazing Captain Nemo. | |||
| The Return of Captain Invincible | Philippe Mora 1983 |
Superhero Spoof | |
| The Return of Count Yorga | Bob Kelljan 1971 |
Modern-Day Vampire | ½ |
| The Return of Dr X | Vincent Sherman 1939 |
Mad Scientist/Medical Vampire | |
| The Return of Jafar | Toby Shelton, Tad Stones, Alan Zaslove 1994 |
Disney Animation/Aladdin Sequel | |
| The Return of Swamp Thing | Jim Wynorski 1989 |
Comic-Book Mutant Superhero | ½ |
| Return of the Fly | Edward L. Bernds 1959 |
The Fly Sequel | |
| Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983). Refer to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. | |||
| Return of the Killer Tomatoes! | John De Bello 1988 |
Genre Spoof | |
| Return of the Living Dead | Dan O’Bannon 1985 |
Zombies/Black Comedy | |
| Return of the Living Dead Part II | Ken Wiederhorn 1988 |
Zombie Comedy | |
| Return to House on Haunted Hill | Victor Garcia 2007 |
Haunted House | |
| Return to Never Land | Robin Budd 2002 |
Disney Animation/Peter Pan Sequel | ½ |
| Return to Oz | Walter Murch 1985 |
Wizard of Oz Sequel | ½ |
| Return to Pontianak | Djinn 2001 |
Haunted Spirits in the Malaysian Jungle | ½ |
| A Return to Salem’s Lot | Larry Cohen 1987 |
Town of Vampires | |
| Returner | Takashi Yamazaki 2002 |
Alien Invasion/Time Travel/Action | |
| Revelation | Andre van Heerden 1999 |
The Anti-Christ in Virtual Reality | |
| Revenant (Richard Elfman, 1998). Refer to Modern Vampires. | |||
| Revenge (Marc S. Greiner, 1999). Refer to Eternal Revenge. | |||
| The Revenge of Dr Death (Jim Clark, 1974). Refer to Madhouse. | |||
| The Revenge of Frankenstein | Terence Fisher 1958 |
Hammer Frankenstein | |
| Revenge of the Creature | Jack Arnold 1955 |
The Creature from the Black Lagoon Sequel | |
| The Revenge of the Teenage Vixens from Outer Space | Jeff Ferrell 1986 |
Deliberately Bad SF Movie | |
| Revenge of the Vampire Woman (Mario Bava, 1960). Refer to Black Sunday. | |||
| Revolt of the Zombies | Victor Halperin 1936 |
Cambodian Zombie Secrets | |
| Richie Rich | Donald Petrie 1994 |
Comic-Book Rich Kid | |
| Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish | John Murlowski 1998 |
Comic-Book Rich Kid/Alternate Timeline | |
| Ricochet | Russell Mulcahy 1991 |
Ex-Con’s Revenge | |
| Riders to the Stars | Richard Carlson 1954 |
Space Launch | ½ |
| Riding the Bullet | Mick Garris 2004 |
Car Ride with the Dead/Stephen King Adaptation | |
| The Rift | Juan Piquer Simon 1990 |
Submarine Encounters Monsters Underwater | |
| The Right Stuff | Philip Kaufman 1983 |
Story of the True Life Space Mission | ½ |
| Ring | Hideo Nakata 1998 |
Cursed Video Broadcast | |
| The Ring | Gore Verbinski 2002 |
Cursed Videotape | |
| Ring 0: Birthdays | Norio Tsuruta 2000 |
Haunting/Psychic Powers | |
| Ring 2 | Hideo Nakata 1999 |
Cursed Videotape/Haunting | |
| Ring: The Spiral (Joji Iida, 1998). Refer to The Spiral. | |||
| The Ring Two | Hideo Nakata 2005 |
Haunting/Possession | |
| Ripper: Letter From Hell | John Eyres 2001 |
Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings | |
| River Queen | Vincent Ward 2005 |
Maori Wars Epic/Precognitive Dream | |
| River’s Edge | Tim Hunter 1986 |
Disaffected Teens/Disturbed Psychology | |
| Road Killers (Deran Sarafian, 1993). Refer to Roadflower. | |||
| The Road to El Dorado | Eric ‘Bibi’ Bergeron, Don Paul 2000 |
Animation/Lost City | |
| The Road to Hong Kong | Norman Panama 1962 |
Screwball Comedy | |
| Road to Morocco | David Butler 1942 |
Screwball Comedy | ½ |
| The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981). Refer to Mad Max 2. | |||
| Roadflower | Deran Sarafian 1993 |
Backroads Brutality | |
| Robin Hood | Wolfgang Reitherman 1973 |
Disney Animation/Legend Enacted with Talking Animals | |
| RoboCop | Paul Verhoeven 1987 |
Cyborg Cop | ½ |
| Robocop 3 | Fred Dekker 1993 |
Cyborg Cop | |
| Roboforce | David Chung 1988 |
Hong Kong Android Comedy | |
| Robot Jox | Stuart Gordon 1990 |
Future Gladiatorial Combat with Transformer Robots | |
| Robot Monster | Phil Tucker 1953 |
Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie | |
| Robotrix | Luk Kim Ming 1991 |
Female Cyborg Cops | |
| Robots | Chris Wedge 2005 |
Animation/Cute Robots | ½ |
| Rock and Rule | Clive A. Smith 1983 |
Animation/Post Holocaust Talking Animals/Occult Rock Music | ½ |
| Rock-a-Doodle | Don Bluth 1991 |
Boy’s Animated Adventures/Singing Rooster | |
| Rocket Attack U.S.A. | Barry Mahon 1958 |
Communist Missile Threat | |
| RocketMan | Stuart Gillard 1997 |
Idiot Joins a NASA Mars Mission | |
| Rocket’s Red Glare (Christopher Bremble, 2000). Refer to The Mercury Project. | |||
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Jim Sharman 1975 |
Gender-Bender Rock Musical/Frankenstein Spoof | |
| Rohtenburg | Martin Weisz 2006 |
True-Life German Cannibal | |
| Rollerball | Norman Jewison 1975 |
Future Ultra-Violent Sport | ½ |
| Rollerball | John McTiernan 2002 |
Ultra-Violent Sports | |
| Rollercoaster | James Goldstone 1977 |
Psycho Bomber | |
| Rollover | Alan J. Pakula 1981 |
Western Economic Collapse | ½ |
| Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt | Paco Plaza 2004 |
“True Life” Werewolf | |
| Rope | Alfred Hitchcock 1948 |
Psycho-Thriller | |
| The Rosary Murders | Fred Walton 1987 |
Catholic Serial Killings | |
| Rose Red | Craig R. Baxley 2002 |
Haunted House | |
| Rosemary’s Baby | Roman Polanski 1968 |
Satanic Impregnation | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | Cullen Blaine 1989 |
Android Cop Amok | |
| Rottweiler | Brian Yuzna 2004 |
Killer Cyborg Dog | |
| Rough Magic | Clara Peploe 1995 |
Magical Realism | |
| Roujin Z | Hiroyuki Kitakubi 1991 |
Anime/Rampaging Hospital Bed | ½ |
| Rover Dangerfield | Jim George, Bob Seeley 1991 |
Animation/Talking Dog’s Adventures | |
| Rub Love | Lee Suh-Goon 1998 |
Future Thriller/Amnesia Drug | ½ |
| Ruby | Curtis Harrington 1977 |
Haunted Drive-In/Possession | |
| Run Lola Run | Tom Tykwer 1998 |
Alternate Timelines | ½ |
| Runaway | Michael Crichton 1984 |
Police Amok-Robot Squad | ½ |
| The Runestone | Willard Carroll 1990 |
Monster Movie | |
| The Running Man | Paul Michael Glaser 1987 |
Action/Future Televised Gladiatorial Combat | |
| Rush Week | Bob Bralver 1989 |
Slasher | |
| Russian Ark | Alexander Sokurov 2002 |
Walk Through Russian History/Temporal Disjunctions | |
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