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As the undisputed king of American gothic, Vincent Price holds a unique position regarding his association with British horror. From the mid sixties, nearly all his films were made in the UK, and while not as distinguished as The House of Usher (1960), Tales of Terror (1962) and The Raven (1963), they are not without interest. As an actor perfectly suited to English gothic, Price’s output includes two career-defining performances. In a nutshell, he had the best of both worlds.

Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The British phase of his career began with a bang. After directing all of Price’s Poe chillers for American International Pictures, Roger Corman wanted to give the formula a fresh approach by making his next film in England. Aip’s Samuel Z Arkoff and James H Nicholson had already produced several European films, so the next step was to establish a London base with Louis M Heyward in charge.

There may be a slight possibility that standards for movie titles have become more lenient over the years, since we can't really fathom an action movie like this week's "Bullet to the Head" coming out in 1954 with a title like that. No sir.

The Sylvester Stallone vehicle does stick in your head for some reason, so we thought we'd dig in and find the most gruesome, lurid and downright threatening movie titles ever conceived. Remember, the criteria here ain't the violent content of the film itself, just its nastified handle.

15. '8 Million Ways to Die' (1986)

The unlikely combination of star Jeff Bridges, screenwriter Oliver Stone and director Hal Ashby ("Harold and Maude") came up with this neo-noir concoction, which failed to ignite at the box office and ultimately served as Ashby's swan song. The film itself has a pulpy, sub-"Miami Vice" plot about an alcoholic ex-detective drawn into a...

I admit I love surprises. But when Ghostbusters‘ director Ivan Reitman‘s 1972 horror debut dropped through my letterbox I was pretty much anticipating an amateurish mini-budgeted gore fest, complete with hammy acting, grainy photography and overall video nasty predictability. What I got was indeed all of the above but thankfully a lot more because Cannibal Girls is a superb little treat that creeps up on you like a bad rash (as appose to a good rash!), tickles your fancy then trickles you with blood and finally messes with your soul.

The near forty year old is finally released on DVD in the U.K. this week. Here is our review…

The film opens to an aerial shot of Canadian snow capped mountains where a voice over announces that “during the showing of Cannibal Girls, in consideration for those of you with delicate sensibilities a special warning bell has been installed.

With eight films now in the can, international acclaim, and more products than we can mention, the Harry Potterverse extends beyond even the most creative imaginations. The list already includes (just to name a few) Potter-themed bobbleheads, Bertie Bott’s Everyflavor Beans by Jelly Belly, an adult film parody, and an entire theme park in Orlando. When MTV's Josh Horowitz sat down with Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, we asked his thoughts on where else Harry and Co. could possibly extend their magical wands.

“A pub in north London called Potter's Bar,” he joked. “That said there Is a place called Potter's bar.” (And there is! We looked it up, just to be sure. It’s a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England and, thanks to a quick sweep of Wikipedia, we now know it was used as the setting for horror-comedy “Bloodbath at the House of Death...

Horror fanatics are still buzzing like chainsaws over the Academy Awards’ genre montage. Anywhere there could be a conversation about it online, there was one. Many were upset over the Twilight ‘tweens’ participation, as if their mere presence sent a message about the state of scary in Hollyweird, USA.

A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).

How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...