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The theme of this years Summer Reading Challenge is Creepy House, and thats inspired us to come up with this selection of creepy DVDs.
Warm
Bodies
Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer star in this teen zombie romance adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion. In a post-apocalyptic world, zombie R (Hoult) feasts on the brain of a suicidal teenager and subsequently falls in love with the dead boy's girlfriend, Julie (Palmer). R decides to rescue Julie from certain death at the hands of his zombie clan and takes her back to his lair. The romance that unfolds between them results in R gradually coming back to life and sets off a series of events that could transform the entire half-lit world.
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Stoker
Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode star in this psychological thriller from Korean director Chan-Wook Park. Following her father Richard's death in an unexplained road accident, reclusive teenager India Stoker (Wasikowska) withdraws further into the quiet rural life she shares with her emotionally disturbed mother Evie (Kidman). But her curiosity is stirred when her mysterious uncle Charlie (Goode), who she has never met, suddenly arrives unannounced. Told that the darkly charismatic Charlie will now be staying at the house, India's initial well-founded distrust of her uncle's motivations begins to waver as she finds herself becoming ever more deeply entranced by his sinister charms.
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Hotel
Transylvania
Animated family comedy about a ghoulish five-star resort for the world's most famous monsters. Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) is the proprietor of Hotel Transylvania, a luxury hotel for monsters who need to relax and recover from their relentless persecution by human beings. To celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), Dracula invites a roster of A-list monsters, including Frankenstein (Kevin James) and Murray the Mummy (Cee-Lo), to the hotel. But when 21-year-old human, Jonathan (Andy Samberg), turns up unexpectedly, Dracula must do all he can to prevent Mavis from falling in love with him.
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The
Returned
This unsettling, atmospheric and intelligent French zombie drama got rave reviews when shown on Channel 4. When the recently deceased residents of a small town return from the dead, their loved ones are initially pleased to have them back in their lives. However, the zombies soon show signs of brain damage and as they have difficulty reintegrating into society, they begin to congregate to form a secret plot...
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House at the End of the Street
Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue star in this psychological horror. When divorced mother Sarah (Shue) and her teenage daughter Elissa (Lawrence) move to a new town, they soon learn that their new home is located next door to a house in which a crazed girl bludgeoned her parents to death a few years previously. When Elissa befriends the surviving son of the family, Ryan, she discovers that there is more to the story than first meets the eye...
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Dark
Shadows
In the year 1752 the Collins family set sail from Liverpool to start a new life in America, but even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) is master of Collinwood Manor, rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy, until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death, turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harbouring their own dark secrets.
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Beautiful
Creatures
Supernatural teenage drama adapted from the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. A mysterious young girl, Lena (Alice Englert), moves to a new school in Gatlin, South Carolina, quickly grabbing the attention of local boy Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich). When it is revealed that Lena is in fact a Caster with magic powers and only has a short time before she faces 'claiming' by either the light or dark side, the pair set out to find a way to prevent her from going evil, as her mother did. As they do, they unlock the secrets of their past and discover they share a connection through history.
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The
Cabin in the Woods
Five friends got to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know the story, think again. From fan favourites Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard comes The Cabin in the Woods, a mind blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out.
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Page last updated: 24th February 2014