Recommendations for other portmanteau films?
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Atomic_matt — 18 years ago(May 28, 2007 03:34 PM)
I'm not a massive fan of this film, but I do love horror films made up of shorter, seperate films. Any recommendations for other good ones I should look out for? I've seen quite a few of of the old Amicus collections such as 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'Asylum'. They're great an' all but I quite like seeing how more modern directors do them. Anyone got any suggestions and/or recommendations?
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specialmark — 18 years ago(July 17, 2007 04:09 PM)
There's 'Dead of Night' from 1945. That's really good. And the Rodriguez/Tarantino double bill 'Grindhouse' of course.
Most of the Amicus ones like 'Dr. Terror's House of Horrors' and 'The House That Dripped Blood'. 'Asylum' is my favourite Amicus.
Here's a few others:- Creepshow
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
- Trilogy of Terror
- Grim Prairie Tales
- Kwaidan
- Tales from the Hood
- Waxworks (1924)
- Cat's Eye
- The Illustrated Man
- Tales of Terror
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queenetteashley — 17 years ago(April 01, 2009 01:14 AM)
Since you fellows seem to be knowledgeable about portmanteau films, I was wondering if you could assist me.
I am searching for another portmanteau that aired on TMC in the mid-90's, often just after Body Bags. The lead-in was a homeless man in a house reading stories from newspapers to someone we can't see. I don't remember all of the stories, but I know the first one involved a guy whose car broke down at night. he gets attacked by a dog, but manages to escape to a doctor's office. What the guy doesn't know is that it's a mental institution, and the patients have escaped, and are disguised as the staff.
At the end of the movie, it is revealed that the person that the homeless man has been talking to is a little boy. It was cheesy, but no more so than any of the other portmanteaus. I figured that the movie would be easy to find, but I have not been able to figure out the title, and it has bugged me for years. -
fuzzix — 18 years ago(January 16, 2008 06:53 PM)
Not exactly new but I liked Two Evil Eyes from Romero and Argento. Three stories based on Edgar Allan Poe's work:
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Demonic_Entity-1 — 16 years ago(August 11, 2009 02:36 PM)
Here are some others:
Dead Of Night
Campfire Tales
Terror Tract
ThreeExtremes
After Midnight
The Willies
Trick R Treat
And this one is to 'queenetteashley' the film you referred to was:
Twists Of Terror
I saw it years ago also, it was a pretty cool flick.