Who directed the film that chronicled Stephen Kaplan's attempt to prove thatt the Amityville Horror hauntings were a hoax?
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Stephen Kaplan Stephen Kaplan (September 19, 1940 – June 9, 1995) was a noted paranormal investigator, vampirologist, and founder/director of the Vampire Research Center and the Parapsychology Institute of America, both of which were founded in Suffolk County, New York and subsequently relocated to Elmhurst, Queens. He was a popular author and radio commentator, best known for his vocal skepticism of the alleged Amityville Horror hauntings. Kaplan lived in Suffolk County, New York and worked for the New York City Board of Education. His overview of the Amityville Horror became the basis for the film Amityville 3-D that chronicles his attempt to prove the story was a hoax.
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Amityville 3-D Amityville 3-D (also known as Amityville III: The Demon) is a 1983 American supernatural horror film and the third film based on the Amityville horror. It was one of a spate of 3-D films released in the early 1980s. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and the script was written by David Ambrose (under the pseudonym William Wales). It was the only Orion Pictures film filmed in 3-D.
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Tormented (1960 film) Tormented is a 1960 American horror film directed and produced by Bert I. Gordon for Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, and starring Richard Carlson. The film was featured in the fourth season of the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K").
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The Frankenstein Theory The Frankenstein Theory is a 2013 American horror film directed by Andrew Weiner and stars Kris Lemche, Joe Egender, Timothy V. Murphy, and Eric Zuckerman. The film is distributed by Image Entertainment. It is presented as "found footage", pieced together from a film crew's footage. The film relates the story of a documentary film crew that follows a professor who journeys to the Arctic Circle in order to prove that Mary Shelley's classic novel, "Frankenstein", was based on fact.
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The Unseen (1980 film) The Unseen is a 1980 American horror film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Stephen Furst, Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick and Lelia Goldoni.
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Paranormal Activity Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American horror film written, co-produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli. It is the first (chronologically, the third) entry into the "Paranormal Activity" film series. The film centers on a young couple, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of "found footage", from cameras set up by the couple in an attempt to document what is haunting them. The film sets up found-footage conventions that were mirrored in the later films of the series.
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The Borderlands (2013 film) The Borderlands," released in the United States as Final Prayer", is a 2013 British found footage horror film and the feature film directorial debut of Elliot Goldner, who also wrote the movie's script. It had its world premiere on 24 August 2013 at the London FrightFest Film Festival and centres upon a group of Vatican investigators researching an old church rumoured to be the site of a miracle.
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Hide and Go Shriek Hide and Go Shriek (also known as Close Your Eyes and Pray) is a 1987 American horror film. It was directed by Skip Schoolnik, who had already served as an editor on several films, including "Halloween II". Screenplay by Michael Kelly. The film was given a limited theatrical release with an R rating; an alternate video version, containing only a little more violence, was released unrated.
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Mirrors (film) Mirrors is a 2008 supernatural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, and Amy Smart. The film was first titled "Into the Mirror", but the name was later changed to "Mirrors". Filming began on May 1, 2007, and it was released in American theaters on August 15, 2008.
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Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove is a 2005 horror film written and directed by William Winckler. It is the second film from William Winckler Productions. Filmed in black and white, the movie is an homage to classic monster movies, harkening back to the days of Universal's "Monster Rally" heyday. The movie was released direct to DVD in 2005 and has since gone on to acquire a growing fan base. Part of the success of the film to date has been the support it has received from horror hosts and fans of late night cinema, with a national syndicated showing on Mr. Lobo's "Cinema Insomnia" Halloween special as well as local airings on shows from the Horror Host Underground.
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Terror Trap Terror Trap (stylized in some countries as Vacancy 3), is an American 2010 horror film, written and directed by the controversial Dan Garcia who pleaded guilty in 2013 to a Motion Picture Tax Scam after orchestrating a scheme to defraud the State of Louisiana’s Motion Picture Industry Development Tax Credit Program. At the time of this update Garcia has not been sentenced. Filming took place in Louisiana. The film stars David James Elliott, Michael Madsen and Jeff Fahey. Movie tagline is "Once you check in, there's no escape...". The film is similar to the 2008 film, "Vacancy" which also features a couple being terrorized by a motel's owner and his employees while being recorded.
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School Spirit School Spirit is a 1985 comedy film about a college student who is killed in a car accident and returns as a ghost to haunt his school. The film was directed by Alan Holleb, and stars Tom Nolan, Roberta Collins, and Larry Linville.
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Ghosts of Goldfield Ghosts of Goldfield is a 2007 American horror film directed by Ed Winfield. This film music composed by Steve Yeaman. The film stars Kellan Lutz, Marnette Patterson, Mandy Amano, Scott Whyte, Chuck Zito and Ashly Margaret Rae in the lead roles.
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The American Scream The American Scream is a documentary profiling three families in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, who transform their homes into extravagant haunted attractions for Halloween. Produced and directed by Michael Stephenson, the film premiered on the Chiller network October 28, 2012. The recent growth of the "home haunter" phenomenon is linked to the influence of the Internet as well as the Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention (HAuNTcon).
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The Secret Village The Secret Village is a 2013 American psychological thriller directed by Swamy Kandan, written by Kandan and Jason Whittier, and starring Jonathan Bennett, Ali Faulkner, Richard Riehle, and Stelio Savante. It was filmed in the Berkshires, a hilly region of Massachusetts. Faulkner plays a reporter who investigates rumors of persistent ergot poisoning in an isolated, unfriendly town, only to find a plot that involves cults and modern day accusations of witchcraft. It premiered in October 2013 and was released on DVD in December 2013.
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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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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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A Haunted House 2 A Haunted House 2 is a 2014 American horror comedy film directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans. The film is the sequel to the 2013 film "A Haunted House". Produced by IM Global Octane and distributed by Open Road Films, the film was released on April 18, 2014. The film received negative reviews, and earned over $23 million at the box office.
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Carnival of Souls (1998 film) Carnival of Souls (also billed as Wes Craven Presents 'Carnival of Souls') is a 1998 horror film, a remake of Herk Harvey's 1962 horror film of the same name, although it has very little in common with the story of the original. It stars Bobbie Phillips and comedian Larry Miller, and was directed by Adam Grossman and Ian Kessner. It was executive produced by Wes Craven. The tagline for the film was: "Enter at your own risk! Enter if you dare."
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The Exorcist III The Exorcist III is a 1990 American supernatural horror film written and directed by William Peter Blatty. It is the third installment of "The Exorcist" franchise and a film adaptation of Blatty's novel, "Legion" (1983). The film stars George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson and Brad Dourif. This is the only "The Exorcist" film not to be distributed theatrically by Warner Bros., though Warner Bros. subsequently gained international distribution rights.
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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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Moonlight Films Moonlight Films is an American motion picture production and distribution company headed by James Ian Mair and James Stevenson. It is best known for the horror anthology film "Graveyard Stories" starring Lloyd Kaufman and Jim O'Rear and the "A Whisper in the Dark" online film franchise, as well as various full-length and short online films produced exclusively for YouTube and Amazon Instant Video.