After Dark Horrorfest 2006

Penny Dreadful

1 - Penny Dreadful

After surviving an automobile accident that killed both of her parents, Penny Dearborn (Rachel Miner) has an understandable fear of cars. But her therapist's (Mimi Rogers) suggestion that they confront it together head-on turns out to have deadly consequences. Horror icon Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, Weird Science) co-stars in this heart-pounding psychological thriller from director Richard Brandes.

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Horror · R · 92 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 01/06/2009
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The Gravedancers

2 - The Gravedancers

A heartfelt Irish wake for an old friend accidentally awakens three ghosts - a rapist, an ax murderer and a pint-sized pyromaniac - who wreak havoc on Harris, Allison and Kira, the drunken revelers who danced on their graves.

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Horror · R · 98 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 01/25/2009
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The Abandoned

3 - The Abandoned

Upon hearing that her birth mother has died, an American woman who was raised by adoptive parents travels to her Russian homeland to take over the family farm she inherited. But almost immediately, she senses something's wrong.

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Horror · R · 94 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 02/15/2009
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The Hamiltons

4 - The Hamiltons

No one would suspect that the Hamiltons are a dangerous family -- after all, with their white picket fence and squeaky clean public image, they're practically impeccable. But behind closed doors, their extracurricular activities tend toward the sadistic. Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, Mackenzie Firgens and Brittany Daniel co-star in this gory horror offering from Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, better known as The Butcher Brothers.

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Horror · R · 90 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 03/30/2009
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Reincarnation

5 - Reincarnation

A Japanese actress comes face to face with a slew of restless spirits when she signs on to star in a horror film -- the true story of a crazed professor's murderous rampage that left 11 victims, including his young daughter, in its wake -- being shot at the very site where the grisly killings took place. J-horror master Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) directs this darkly mesmerizing tale of crime, punishment and redemption.

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Horror · R · 95 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 04/05/2009
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Unrest

6 - Unrest

Medical student Alison Blanchard (Corri English) has no choice but to confront her fear of mortality when she and her classmates are ordered to dissect cadavers for their gross anatomy class. But Alison gets the fright of her life when she begins to suspect the corpse she's working on isn't truly dead. The only way Alison can help this cadaver's restless spirit find peace is to investigate the authorities' claim that it died from natural causes.

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Horror · R · 84 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 05/18/2009
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Dark Ride

7 - Dark Ride

An impromptu stop at a roadside theme park fails to amuse six college students (including Jamie-Lynn DiScala of "The Sopranos") when they cross paths with an escaped serial killer (Dave Warden) who committed a pair of murders there nearly a decade ago. Hiding out in the park's Dark Ride attraction, the brooding killer lies in wait until his unsuspecting victims come to him. Craig Singer directs.

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Horror · R · 94 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 06/16/2009
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Wicked Little Things

8 - Wicked Little Things

When a grieving widow moves her two daughters to a rustic house in the Pennsylvania mountains, she hopes the solitude will help them work through their feelings of abandonment. But they hardly have time to reflect, given the discovery of unexpected neighbors. As it turns out, the ghosts of children who were killed in a tragic accident more than 90 years before are still "playing" in the mine shaft nearby.

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Action · R · 94 minutes · 2006 · Watched: 08/16/2009
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Hood of Horror

9 - Hood of Horror

Hosted by Snoop Dogg, this hip-hop horror trilogy begins with the story of a girl who tags murdering gangsters with the mark of death. Then, a greedy redneck plans to evict four retired military servicemen and suffers the veterans' grisly wrath. Finally, a rap star's bloody climb to the top leads to his retribution. Billy Dee Williams, Danny Trejo, Aries Spears, Jason Alexander and Ernie Hudson star in these urban terror tales.

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Horror · R · 87 minutes · 2007 · Watched: 10/18/2009
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The Tripper

10 - The Tripper

A group of pill-popping hippies journeys to a love and peace concert in the woods, where they soon come under attack by a psycho with an ax to grind -- and he's sporting a Ronald Reagan mask. Can the young stoners emerge from their drug-induced haze before they literally become chopped liver? Actor David Arquette makes his directorial debut in this gory, politically charged tale of horror starring Jaime King, Lukas Haas and Thomas Jane.

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Horror · R · 100 minutes · 2007 · Watched: 11/08/2009
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