Criterion Channel is starting the Halloween period with an avalanche of wonderful scary films as component of its ’80s Horror collection. The schedule shows up onOct 1 as well as consists of standards from throughout the globe as well as under-the-radar treasures. The huge obtain? Near Dark, a motion picture that’s infamously tough to stream.
Near Dark is a 1987 horror-action vampire film from Oscar- winning supervisor Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). Despite this cult-classic film starring Bill Paxton as well as Lance Henriksen, as well as originating from an admired American activity supervisor, it’s seldom been offered on streaming systems for one factor or one more. The collection will certainly likewise consist of one more vampire-classic in Tony Scott’s The Hunger, which will certainly sign up with the schedule onNov 1.
Along with those vampire films, the collection likewise consists of movies like John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness, regarding a team of university student uncovering something even worse than the adversary, Larry Cohen’s Q: The Winged Serpent, regarding a dragon terrifying Manhattan, Dario Argento’s Inferno, Tobe Hooper’s The Funhouse, Paul Schrader’s Cat People, Michael Mann’s The Keep, as well as a lots much more wonderful scary films from the ’80s.
Here’s a complete listing of all the films Criterion Channel will certainly be including in its streaming solution onOct 1 (with the exemption of The Hunger which shows up a month later on):
- Inferno, Dario Argento, 1980
- The Strange Case ofDr Jekyll as well as Miss Osbourne, Walerian Borowczyk, 1981
- Dead & & Buried, Gary Sherman, 1981
- The House by the Cemetery, Lucio Fulci, 1981
- The Funhouse, Tobe Hooper, 1981
- Strange Behavior, Michael Laughlin, 1981
- Wolfen, Michael Wadleigh, 1981
- Scanners, David Cronenberg, 1981
- Road Games, Richard Franklin, 1981
- The Fan, Ed Bianchi, 1981
- Basket Case, Frank Henenlotter, 1982
- Next of Kin, Tony Williams, 1982
- Cat People, Paul Schrader, 1982
- Q: The Winged Serpent, Larry Cohen, 1982
- The Slumber Party Massacre, Amy Holden Jones, 1982
- The Keep, Michael Mann, 1983
- The Hunger, Tony Scott, 1983 *
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, John McNaughton, 1986
- The Hidden, Jack Sholder, 1987
- Prince of Darkness, John Carpenter, 1987
- White of the Eye, Donald Cammell, 1987
- Near Dark, Kathryn Bigelow, 1987
- The Vanishing, George Sluizer, 1988
- Brain Damage, Frank Henenlotter, 1988
- Dream Demon, Harley Cokeliss, 1988
- The Blob, Chuck Russell, 1988
- Lair of the White Worm, Ken Russell, 1988
- Vampire’s Kiss, Robert Bierman, 1989
- Society, Brian Yuzna, 1989
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989
Source: Polygon
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