Which cult horror film, directed by Michael Dougherty, centers around four Halloween-related horror stories?
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Michael Dougherty Michael Dougherty is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his work with Dan Harris on the scripts for Bryan Singer's films "X2" and "Superman Returns". He's also known for writing and directing the cult horror film "Trick 'r Treat". On October 28, 2013, at a special screening, it was announced to the surprise of the audience that a sequel will be produced by Legendary Pictures. He also directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the horror/comedy "Krampus" (2015). Dougherty will be co-writing and directing the upcoming sequel "" for a March 22, 2019 release date.
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Trick 'r Treat Trick 'r Treat is a 2007 American-Canadian anthology horror film written and directed by Michael Dougherty. The film stars Dylan Baker, Brian Cox, Rochelle Aytes, Lauren Lee Smith, Leslie Bibb, and Anna Paquin. It centers on four Halloween-related horror stories. One common element that ties the stories together is the presence of Sam, a mysterious child trick-or-treater wearing shabby orange footie pajamas with a burlap sack over his head, who makes an appearance in all the stories whenever someone breaks Halloween traditions.
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Ghostkeeper Ghostkeeper is a 1981 Canadian independent horror film directed by Jim Makichuk. The story centers on a trio of snowmobilers in the Canadian Rockies who become stranded at an abandoned hotel, where an old woman is hiding an evil entity within the basement. The film's plot is inspired by the Windigo legend of North America.
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Castle Freak Castle Freak is a 1995 American horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, slightly based upon the short story "The Outsider" by H. P. Lovecraft. It was released direct to video on 14 November 1995. The film contains elements of splatter and slasher films.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of eight horror films, comics and a video game adaptation of the original film. The franchise focuses on Leatherface, who terrorizes unsuspecting visitors to its territory, and typically kills and cannibalizes them. The original film was released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Hooper and Kim Henkel. Hooper and Henkel were involved in only three of the later films.
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The Final Terror The Final Terror (also known as Carnivore, and internationally Campsite Massacre) is a 1983 American horror film directed by Andrew Davis, and starring Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Adrian Zmed, and Joe Pantoliano. The film originally went through many working titles as "The Creeper", "Three Blind Mice", and "The Forest Primeval", but during production it was filmed under the title "Bump in the Night" before ultimately choosing the title as "The Final Terror". The plot follows a group of forest rangers camping in the Northern California wilderness who find themselves fighting for their lives against a backwoods feral killer hunting them as prey. It blends elements of survival thrillers and slasher films.
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After Dark Horrorfest After Dark Horrorfest (also known as "8 Films to Die For") was an annual horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies, sometimes with "secret" bonus films, all distributed by After Dark Films in the USA. The first HorrorFest was held in 2006.
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The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It tells the fictional story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard) who hike in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The three disappear, but their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) is discovered a year later; the "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching.
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Slasher film Slasher films are a subgenre of horror films, typically involving a violent psychopath stalking and murdering several people, usually with bladed tools. Although the term "slasher" is sometimes used informally as a generic term for any horror movie involving murder, analysts of the genre cite an established set of characteristics which set these films apart from other horror subgenres, such as splatter films and psychological horror films.
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Jennifer (1978 film) Jennifer is a 1978 American horror film directed by Brice Mack, starring Lisa Pelikan. The story has some similarities to the 1971 film "Willard", about a social outcast with the ability to control rats, as well as the 1976 film "Carrie", about a similarly awkward and vengeful misfit who develops psychic abilities.
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Dark Heritage Dark Heritage (UK: "Dark Heritage: The Final Descendant") is a 1989 American horror film produced and directed by David McCormick. It is an unofficial adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Lurking Fear" and the first of three film adaptations of H.P Lovecraft's short story.
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Christmas Evil Christmas Evil (also known as You Better Watch Out and Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 psychological slasher film, directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. It is considered an obscure film but has gained a cult following which includes film director John Waters.
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The Boogeyman (2010 film) The Boogeyman is a short horror film directed by Gerard Lough and starring Simon Fogarty, Michael Parle and Joanne Cullen. It is based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King and was made using the "Dollar Baby" deal he set up in the '80s. It is the first Irish film to be based on a King story and would go on to attract extensive publicity and critical acclaim. The film centers around a troubled man named Andrew Billings who goes to see psychiatrist Dr. Harper to explain his theory that a "boogeyman" is responsible for the deaths of his three children.
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Hellbilly 58 Hellbilly 58 is a 2008 horror film directed by Russ Diaper about A Murdered Hillbilly returns from the dead to seek revenge on the town that put him to death in 1958. The small Town of Dackson is about to learn that the legend of 'Hellbilly', is true
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The Amityville Horror (film series) The Amityville Horror film series is a series of American horror films that currently consists of 18 films. The films center on events in a haunted house in Amityville, New York, as depicted in Jay Anson's 1977 book of the same name. The first film, released in the summer of 1979, was a major box office success, and went on to become one of the most commercially-successful independent films of all time. A series of sequels would be released throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s through various distributors; some of the films received theatrical distribution, while others were direct-to-video releases. In 2005, a re-imagining of the first film was released.
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Halloween (1978 film) Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film is the first installment of the "Halloween" franchise. In the film, on Halloween night in 1963, Michael Myers murders his sister in the fictional Midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He escapes on October 30, 1978 from Smith's Grove Sanitarium, and returns home to kill again. Michael's psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, knowing Michael's intentions, gives chase. The next day, Halloween, Michael stalks teenager Laurie Strode.
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Strangeland (film) Strangeland is a 1998 American horror film written by Dee Snider and directed by John Pieplow. It focuses on the body modification underground culture's rituals. It was filmed in the Colorado Springs and Denver vicinity, and was the first TSG Pictures and Artisan DVD release.
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The Forsaken (film) The Forsaken is a 2001 American horror film written and directed by J. S. Cardone, and starring Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko, and Jonathan Schaech. The film follows a young film editor on a cross-country trip who comes across a hitchhiker and a disoriented young woman in the Arizona desert who are connected to a cult of vampires.
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Dorm of the Dead Dorm of the Dead is a 2007 American horror film directed and written by Donald Farmer. It stars Jackey Hall, Ciara Richards, and Adrianna Eder as college students who must survive a zombie attack.
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Cult (film) Cult (カルト ) is a 2013 Japanese horror found footage film written and directed by Kôji Shiraishi about the supernatural malevolent forces haunting the Kaneda family. It was released in Japan on July 20, 2013.
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The Zombie Diaries The Zombie Diaries is a 2006 British independent found footage horror film written, produced and directed by Kevin Gates and first-time feature-filmmaker Michael Bartlett.
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Ghost Story (1981 film) Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film directed by John Irvin and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Peter Straub. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). It was the last film to feature Astaire, Fairbanks, and Douglas (who died four months before the film's release), and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont, Saratoga Springs, New York and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.