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Monster Movie Marathon

Written by Washingtonian Staff | Published on October 18, 2010
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In director Mario Bava’s startling directorial debut, the creepy and seductive Barbara Steele returns from the dead 200 years after her murder to seek revenge on the ancestors of her executioners. Double feature recommendation: HAXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH T
In director Mario Bava’s startling directorial debut, the creepy and seductive Barbara Steele returns from the dead 200 years after her murder to seek revenge on the ancestors of her executioners. Double feature recommendation: HAXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH T

BLACK SUNDAY (1960) Photograph by IMDB

Reston, Virginia native Steve Niles crafted the definitive terrifying vampire story by reminding us that “real” vampires are not sparkling, brooding goth kids fresh from their trip to Hot Topic, but rather living corpses who look at us just like we might
Reston, Virginia native Steve Niles crafted the definitive terrifying vampire story by reminding us that “real” vampires are not sparkling, brooding goth kids fresh from their trip to Hot Topic, but rather living corpses who look at us just like we might

30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007) Photograph by IMDB

Director John Landis reintroduced audiences to the conventions of the classic monster movie by way of humor and a buckets of gore in his black comedy masterpiece. Double feature recommendation: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985).
Director John Landis reintroduced audiences to the conventions of the classic monster movie by way of humor and a buckets of gore in his black comedy masterpiece. Double feature recommendation: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985).

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) Photograph by Bob Willoughby, via mptvimages.com

Still the gold-standard of the zombie genre, this classic second installment of George Romero’s epic living dead repertoire focuses attention on human survivors of a zombie attack trapped in a Pittsburgh shopping mall. Double feature recommendation: SHAUN
Still the gold-standard of the zombie genre, this classic second installment of George Romero’s epic living dead repertoire focuses attention on human survivors of a zombie attack trapped in a Pittsburgh shopping mall. Double feature recommendation: SHAUN

DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) Photograph by Everett Collection

In this homicidal masterpiece of the macabre, two women plot and execute the murder of a boarding school headmaster, but things don’t go according to plan when the corpse mysteriously disappears. Double feature recommendation: PSYCHO (1960).
In this homicidal masterpiece of the macabre, two women plot and execute the murder of a boarding school headmaster, but things don’t go according to plan when the corpse mysteriously disappears. Double feature recommendation: PSYCHO (1960).

DIABOLIQUE (1955) Photograph by IMDB

In one of the first 3D movies ever made, Vincent Price is thrilling as a curator of a museum that has found a grisly alternative to wax models. Double feature recommendation: Herschell Gordon Lewis’ TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! (1964).
In one of the first 3D movies ever made, Vincent Price is thrilling as a curator of a museum that has found a grisly alternative to wax models. Double feature recommendation: Herschell Gordon Lewis’ TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! (1964).

HOUSE OF WAX (1953) Photograph by IMDB

Shockingly conventional and restrained in its execution, and unexpectedly funny at times in its delivery, this modern Frankenstein story succeeds at disgust by merely delivering a terrifying premise you know is wrong, wrong, wrong, and then escalating the
Shockingly conventional and restrained in its execution, and unexpectedly funny at times in its delivery, this modern Frankenstein story succeeds at disgust by merely delivering a terrifying premise you know is wrong, wrong, wrong, and then escalating the

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE: FIRST SEQUENCE (2009) Photograph by IFC Films

The same summer that another movie about a kid who could see dead people was released, this outstanding film,based on a Richard Matheson novel, was also released. Starring Kevin Bacon as a father who shares a haunting gift with his boy. Double feature rec
The same summer that another movie about a kid who could see dead people was released, this outstanding film,based on a Richard Matheson novel, was also released. Starring Kevin Bacon as a father who shares a haunting gift with his boy. Double feature rec

STIR OF ECHOS (1999) Photograph by Artisan Entertainment

A string of tragedies and accidents befall a family in a seemingly simple story of twin brothers (one good...the other....not so much) in filmmaker Robert Mulligan’s cruel chiller, which is still a surprise after all of these years. Double feature recomme
A string of tragedies and accidents befall a family in a seemingly simple story of twin brothers (one good…the other….not so much) in filmmaker Robert Mulligan’s cruel chiller, which is still a surprise after all of these years. Double feature recomme

THE OTHER (1972) Photograph by IMDB

A woman’s disappearance from a rest stop plunges her boyfriend into a frantic, obsessive three year search for an answer he really doesn’t want. This original Dutch thriller, from director George Sluizer, is one of the most intense and troubling films I h
A woman’s disappearance from a rest stop plunges her boyfriend into a frantic, obsessive three year search for an answer he really doesn’t want. This original Dutch thriller, from director George Sluizer, is one of the most intense and troubling films I h

THE VANISHING (1988) Photograph by IMDB

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