Elvira's Movie Macabre

Sep 26, 1981

Vampire attacks woman and rapes her. Woman gives birth to a boy who must have mother`s blood instead of milk. When boy becomes an adult, he is determined to find and destroy his father.

Oct 3, 1981

The townspeople are upset when a man begins to research the history of his inheritance: an old mansion that used to be used as a mental institution.

Oct 10, 1981

Students begin to disappear from an all-girl boarding school.

Oct 17, 1981

In search of the woman he loves, a young man goes to the ancestral home of the Ushers. He discovers a house of madness and death. The first Roger Corman Poe adaptation.

Oct 25, 1981

Once upon a time, twins were born. One looks and acts human, the other is a many-headed creepy crawly. The human brother wants to bring ""the old ones"" from another dimension. He needs a book called the Necromicon and a human sacrifice. He picks Sandra Dee. ""Hey, look at me, I`m Sandra..."" Oops! Heh heh, wrong movie. Anyway, the creepy-crawly gets out and starts eating all the townspeople. That`ll drive down property values, I can tell ya. Based on H P Lovecraft story.

Nov 1, 1981

African Prince, cursed with vampirism, is shipped to the US and accidentally revived in the 1970`s. Talk about culture shock.

Nov 7, 1981

Business is so poor, a cash-strapped undertaker and his bumbling assistant decide to ""persuade"" people to become clients. Classic Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone horror comedy.

Nov 15, 1981

White bigot plans to have his head transplanted to another man`s body. He is dying and this is his idea to thwart death. Without his knowledge, his head is transplanted onto a black convict`s body. And the convict still has his own head.

Nov 21, 1981

After returning from Hungary, a reporter is appointed a press secretary to th US President. Unknown by all, he is a werewolf. Horror comedy.

Nov 29, 1981

Evil ruler with an obsessive hatred for witchcraft, destroys a witches coven. The head witch puts a curse on his entire family. Title creature begins killing family members one by one.

Dec 5, 1981

Modern (circa 1970) vampire causes havoc amongst some twentysomthings in Los Angeles.

Dec 12, 1981

Masked man is killing members of a theatre troupe. Film has very little to do with Edgar Allan Poe.

Dec 27, 1981

Visiting his ancestral castle, a young man accidentally brings the sadistic title fiend back to life. Oops!

Jan 3, 1982

A novel twist to the classic tale. When Jekyll drinks his potion, he turns into a woman!

Jan 10, 1982

In search of his missing brother, a man discovers witchcraft at a country estate. Boris Karloff`s last A film.

Jan 16, 1982

Someone or something is killing inmates and medical personnel at a mental institution.

Jan 23, 1982

Ape-like creature, found frozen on an archeological dig, thaws out and begins killing people on board a train traveling across Siberia.

Jan 30, 1982

Doctor transplants the head of a psychotic killer onto the body of a retarded young man.

Feb 6, 1982

Doctor and his wacky wife experiment on people who answer their newspaper advertisement.

Feb 13, 1982

Rattlesnakes high on nerve gas decide to kick some human butt.

Feb 20, 1982

One of Satan`s own is accidentally brought back to life. (here we go again) He immediately begins searching for women to sacrifice to his boss.

Feb 28, 1982

Still another version of the classic tale. This time the monster is more sympathetic. A Dan Curtis production.

Mar 6, 1982

If you cross these satan worshippers, you end up as a puddle on the floor.

Mar 13, 1982

After learning astral projection from a fellow inmate in a mental institution, a man uses it to kill people who tick him off.

Mar 20, 1982

Warlock wants to bring his dead son back to life.

Mar 27, 1982

Poe believes something strange is going on at the asylum where the love of his life, Lenore, is an inmate.

Apr 3, 1982

Man films his victims as he kills them. Classic film.

Apr 10, 1982

Heirs to fortune must spend the night in their late father`s mansion. Someone or something begins to kill them one by one.

Apr 18, 1982

Family is notified that their son was killed in action while serving in Vietnam. The same day, the son returns but everyone begins to realize something is horribly wrong with him. Updated version of The Monkey`s Paw.

Apr 25, 1982

Vampire becomes the head of a commune of hippies.

May 1, 1982

A piece of the original blob accidentally thaws out. Critter begins gobbling up everyone it comes in contact with.

May 8, 1982

Exorcists vs devil worshippers.

May 15, 1982

Still more devil worshippers. They recruit(read kidnap)kids for their cult.

May 22, 1982

Magician and master of disguise takes revenge on those who screwed him over.

May 22, 1982

The new governess at a country estate begins to see ghosts. Are they real or is she mad?

May 29, 1982

Four women take refuge in a castle after their coach breaks down. Guess who lives there?

Jun 12, 1982

Girl has ability to control snakes. She uses them to take revenge on classmates who torment her.

Jun 19, 1982

Believing Satan protects him and his privileged guests from the plague that is ravaging the countryside, an evil count torments selected victims. Classic Price/Poe/Corman film.

Jun 26, 1982

Man believes his new wife is possessed by the ghost of his first wife.

Jul 3, 1982

After returning from a space mission, astronaut begins to turn to liquid. Bloody mess, what?

Jul 10, 1982

Van Helsing-like professor and his bumbling assistant hunt vampires. They stumble onto the mother lode. Classic horror comedy.

Jul 17, 1982

Guests are on the menu at the Red Wolf Inn.

Jul 24, 1982

Social worker investigates bizarre family where the twentysomething son is kept in diapers and treated like an infant!

Jul 31, 1982

Someone or something is killing members of a production crew filming a movie in an old dark house.

Aug 7, 1982

Hell raising bikers discover that, if they commit suicide, they can return from the dead and raise even more hell.

Aug 14, 1982

Modern version of Hansel and Gretel. Wacko lures kids into her old dark house. Pie anyone?

Sep 4, 1982

Vincent Price leads a band of immortal men who live in a series of caves beneath the sea. Directed by Jacques Tourenur.

Sep 11, 1982

Man cursed by witchdoctor returns from Africa to torment his brother. Vincent Price stars with an assist by Christopher Lee.

Sep 25, 1982

Classic comedy horror film starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff. Yep, that`s a very young Jack Nicholson playing Lorre`s son. Directed by Roger Corman.

Oct 2, 1982

Merciless man hunts down witches in the name of the king. Vincent Price is pure evil in ultra violent film. British title is Witchfinder General.

Oct 9, 1982

In 1795, a young bride moves into her husband`s mansion. Is it haunted or is she losing her mind? Peter Cushing saves this film.

Oct 16, 1982

The mummy of an evil queen is brought back from Egypt. The daughter of the expedition`s leader is possessed by the soul of the evil queen. When the daughter becomes a young woman, members of the expedition begin to be murdered one by one.

Oct 23, 1982

Vincent Price plays an aging star of horror films. He becomes a suspect in a series of murders.

Oct 30, 1982

Film made up of short horror tales. Similar to films like Tales From the Crypt, Asylum, Vault of Horror.

Oct 30, 1982

Another monster fest with three tales based on Poe short stories or poems. Starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone. Directed by Roger Corman.

Nov 7, 1982

The first of many TV horror movies produced and directed by Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame. Jack Palance is excellent in the title roles.

Nov 13, 1982

Dead gangster is brought back to ""life"" by radiation from a meteorite.

Nov 20, 1982

A group of children in 17th century England form a devil cult.

Nov 27, 1982

An evil man rules his family with an iron hand. His wife and daughter plot to kill him. But is he really dead?

Dec 4, 1982

Another novel twist on the classic tale. When Dr Black drinks his potion, he turns white!

Dec 12, 1982

After being cursed by a dwarf, a woman`s baby appears to be possessed by a demon.

Dec 19, 1982

Bitten by a bat, a scientist turns into a bat creature. A different take on the werewolf legend.

Jan 1, 1983

The Count returns for another round of death and destruction.

Jan 8, 1983

A man and woman take revenge on the creep who murdered their daughter.

Jan 29, 1983

A man believes that an African idol grants him good luck when he sacrifices women to it.

Feb 6, 1983

Three tales of the supernatural. The wraparounds feature Vincent Price and John Carradine.

Feb 12, 1983

A mad scientist transplants the brain of a dying ruler into the body of an idiot. Another Al Adamson mess.

Feb 19, 1983

The second of the blood trilogy filmed in the Philippines. John Ashley returns to battle a mad scientist and his gobble-de-goop monster.

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Nov 5, 1983

A young man makes friends with a super intelligent rat. When anyone angers him, the rat and his buddies tear the offender to pieces.

Nov 12, 1983

Nov 20, 1983

Mad doctor invites some people to his island. Something begins to kill them one by one. The phrase ""buckets of blood"" describes this gory film. Yecch!

Dec 11, 1983

Dec 24, 1983

""Well, lookee there, Ma. Ain`t that the biggest durn tu`tle you eva saw?"" ""Oh, go on, Pa. Grandper usta pull bigga ones than that outa Skunk Holler Crick.""

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Aug 26, 1984

Dead WW II soldiers have been kept animated by some type of gas.

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Jun 22, 1986

The TV gothic soap opera comes to the big screen. Far more violent and graphic than TV series.

Jun 29, 1986

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Aug 3, 1986

A circus owner travels to Africa in search of a giant ape.

Aug 10, 1986

Demented artist uses zombies to kidnap hippies for use in his experiments to create human art.

Aug 17, 1986

A woman is haunted by visions of bloody death after moving into a house where a murder was committed.

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Nov 2, 1986

A plane is zapped with radiation which turns everyone on board into flesh-eating zombies. These zombies can still think and even use weapons on their victims.