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In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. Details on Mad Max / IMDB / YouTube

A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer. Learn about Friday the 13th / IMDB / YouTube

Local legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance. Find out about The Fog / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder. Check out Dressed to Kill / IMDB / YouTube

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. Find out about Altered States / IMDB / YouTube

Los Angeles escort Julian Kay is accused of a murder which he did not commit. Details on American Gigolo / IMDB / YouTube

A police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men. Read about Cruising / IMDB / YouTube

An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book. Get info on Inferno / IMDB / YouTube

At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. Look into Prom Night / IMDB / YouTube

A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu. Look into Alligator / IMDB / YouTube

Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train. Info on Terror Train / IMDB / YouTube

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the special meat they are famous for. Get info on Motel Hell / IMDB / YouTube

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York. Get info on Gloria / IMDB / YouTube

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director. More about The Stunt Man / IMDB / YouTube

Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot. Explore Saturn 3 / IMDB / YouTube

When a married American woman ends up in a Vienna hospital after a suicide attempt, an inspector seeks to uncover the cause and eventual demise of her torrid affair with a psychoanalyst. Details on Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession / IMDB / YouTube

Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned, but a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim. Info on The Mirror Crack'd / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-marine psychiatrist attempts to rehabilitate his patients by indulging their fantasies, and seeks to prove the existence of a loving God to one especially troubled inmate. Check out The Ninth Configuration / IMDB / YouTube

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree. Info on Christmas Evil / IMDB / YouTube

Bounty hunter Ralph Papa Thorson is receiving death threats from a criminal he helped put away. This while his girlfriend is about to give birth, an event he isn't looking forward to. Find out about The Hunter / IMDB / YouTube

A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim. See more about The Psychic / IMDB / YouTube

A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him. Find out about The Exterminator / IMDB / YouTube

Two brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother. Info on Mother's Day / IMDB / YouTube

A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists. Explore The Octagon / IMDB / YouTube

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them. Get info on North Sea Hijack / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel. Info on Death Ship / IMDB / YouTube