In the 2002 British horror film 28 Days Later a rampant virus infects a group of people turning them into killer zombies who take over the human population. Zombies: The Truth, National Geographic 2010
She was a very troubled young woman … We’re all very close here. Satan’s School for Girls 2000 starring Shannen Doherty & Julie Benz & Daniel Cosgrove & Richard Joseph Paul & Taraji P Henson & Aimee Castle & Mandy Schaffer & Victoria Sanchez & Kate Jackson et al, director Christopher Leitch, head to woman
A very delicate operation – an operation which has never been performed before. The Body Snatcher 1945 starring Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi & Henry Daniell & Edith Atwater & Russell Wade & Rita Corday & Sharyn Moffett & Donna Lee et al, director Robert Wise, doctor to bird
It’s like Burke & Hare all over again. ibid. geezer to doctor
I think we should do what we always do – dissection. ibid. doctor to geezer
Jungle fever all right. Looks like he’s had it. Woman Eater 1958 starring Peter Wayn & Joyce Gregg & Joy Webster & Jimmy Vaughan & George Coulouris & Vera Day & Robert Mackenzie & Norman Claridge & Marpessa Daw & Sara Leighton et al, director Charles Saunders, England geezer
It’s [woman-eating tree] turning death into life. ibid.
The Diary of Jonathan Harker 3rd May 1885: at last my long journey is drawing to its close. Dracula 1958 starring Michael Gough & Christopher Lee & Melissa Stribling & Carol Marsh 7 Mailes Malleson & John van Eyssen & Olga Dickie & George Benson & Charles Lloyd Pack & George Woodbridge et al, director Terence Fisher, opening lines
Castle Dracula: the castle appeared innocuous in the afternoon sun. ibid.
I have become a victim of Dracula and the woman in his power. ibid.
This unholy cult must be wiped out. ibid. van Helsing
Fu Manchu: your arrival is well timed. There are among us some who desire to prevent your return. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu 1967 starring Christopher Lee & Douglas Wilmer & Tsai Chin & Horst Frank & Noel Trevarthen & Maria Rohm et al, director Jeremy Summers, opening scene
Now my work can begin. A work of infinite pleasure. A work of vengeance - vengeance against one man. ibid.
World domination? That means Fu Manchu. ibid.
Ghosts are real ... The first time I saw one I was ten years old. It was my mother’s. Black Cholera had taken her. Crimson Peak 2015 starring Mia Wasikowska & Jessica Chastain & Tom Hiddleston & Charlie Hunnam & Jim Beaver & Burn Gorman & Doug Jones et al, director Guillermo del Toro, opening commentary
The Pentagon likes to keep its eye on government-sponsored research facilities like Brandt. Invasion of the Bee Girls 1973 starring William Smith & Anitra Ford & Victoria Vetri & Cliff Osmond & Wright Knight & Ben Hammer & Anna Aries & Andre Philippe & Sid Kaiser & Katie A Saylor & William Keller & Beverly Powers et al, director Denis Sanders, rozzer
We have to find ways to amuse ourselves. We never really get a chance to get down to LA. There’s a lot of sex games go on, wife-swapping and a lot of related nonsense. Scientists really aren’t any different from humankind. Just more inventive, that’s all. ibid. bird in canteen
It’ll all gone … You haven’t worked a single day for eight months. Kill List 2011 starring Neil Maskell & MyAnne Buring & Michael Smiley & Emma Fryer & Harry Simpson & Struan Rodger & Ben Crompton & Robin Hill & Gareth Tunley & Mark Kempner & Robert Hill et al, director Ben Wheatley, her to him opening scene
You’re in serious danger of turning into a miserable cow, Shel. ibid. him to her
They’re bad people. They should suffer. ibid.
I as you can see am a police officer. A complaint has been registered by a resident of this island about a missing child. The Wicker Man 1973 starring Edward Woodward & Christopher Lee & Britt Ekland & Annie Ross & Rachel Verney & Diane Cilento & Diane Cilento & Ingrid Pitt & Lindsay Kemp & Russell Waters & Aubrey Morris et al, director Robin Hardy, opening scene
You’re all raving mad. ibid. rozzer to old bird in post office
Here, the old gods aren’t dead. ibid. Christopher Lee
You, sergeant, are the right kind of adult. ibid.
Come, it is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man. ibid.
Please! Please don’t hurt me, OK. Just let me go. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2017 starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead& John goodman& John Gallagher & Suzanne Cryer & Bradley Cooper et al, director Dan Trachtenberg
You’re lucky to be here at all … There’s nowhere to go, Michelle. ibid. Howard
I focused on being prepared. And I was. And here we are. ibid.
I accept it. I keep quiet. But when he attacks the kids it disgusts me. I can’t stand it. Les Diaboliques aka Diabolique 1955 starring Simone Signoret & Vera Clouzot & Paul Meurisse & Charles Vanel & Jean Brochard & Pierre Larquey & Michel Serrault & Therese Dorny & Noel Roquevert & Georges Poujouly et al, director Henri-Georges Clouzot, Christina
I found him. He’ll be here very shortly. ibid. detective
No other kind of film deploys images and sounds to such powerful primal effect as the horror movie. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema s1e5: Horror, BBC 2018
Insidious … Get Out … Shivers … The Exorcist … Dawn of the Dead … The Blair Witch Project … It Follows … Manhunter … The Silence of the Lambs … Psycho … Angel Heart … Dracula … The Wicker Man … The Shining … The Evil Dead … Salem’s Lot … Friday the 13th … Carnival of Souls …The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari … Monster … The Haunting … Suspiria … Don’t … The Texas Chain Saw Massacre … The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water … The Exorcist … Paranormal Activity … Eraserhead … The Orphanage … The Devil’s Backbone … Cat People … An American Werewolf in London … Phantom of the Opera … The Bride of Frankenstein … The Wolf Man … The Howling … The Brood … The Fear of God … Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer … Deranged … Eyes Without a Face … Onibaba (Jap) … He Who Gets Slapped … Night of the Demon … It … Poltergeist … Last House on the Left … It Comes at Night … Halloween … Witchfinder General … Jaws … Night of the Living Dead … Cockneys vs Zombies … Alien … Red Riding Hood … Nosferatu … The Spiral Staircase … The Babadook … Prevenge … A Nightmare on Elm Street … Carrie … ibid.
It’s the treatment of the subject and our reaction to it. ibid.
Back in 1998 there was only one version of The Exorcist … For the first time missing scenes that have been spoken of but never seen before. Mark Kermode, The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist, BBC 2023
I don’t think the film has lost any of its power to amaze and dazzle. ibid.
25 years ago an extraordinary movie changed the face of modern cinema. ibid.
Rome. June 6th 6 a.m. The child is dead. He breathed for a moment then he breathed no more. The child is dead. Dead. The Omen 1976 ***** starring Gregory Peck & Lee Remick & David Warner & Billie Whitelaw & Harvey Spencer & Patrick Troughton & Martin Benson & Leo McKern & Robert Rietti & Tommy Duggan & John Stride et al, director Richard Donner, Gregory peck driving to hospital, doctor’s voice
You could adopt a child ... Your wife need never know. ibid. priest
The Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. You’re married to him. ibid. him to her
Look at me, Damien. It’s all for you. ibid. nanny hangs herself from roof
You must accept Christ as your saviour. ibid. priest in office
I was at the hospital, Mr Thorn. The night your son was born. ibid.
His mother was a jackal. ibid.
I am here to protect thee. ibid. nurse
When the Jews return to Zion, and a comet rips the sky, and a Holy Roman Empire rises, then you and I must die. From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, till man exists no more. ibid. priest
She is pregnant. He will not allow the child to be born. He’ll kill it while it slumbers in the womb. You’re son, Mr Thorn, is the son of the Devil. ibid.
I want Damien to die too. ibid. Thorn
Damien Thorn is the Anti-Christ. Damien: Omen II 1978 starring William Holden & Lee Grant & Robert Foxworth & Nicholas Pryor & Lew Ayres & Jonathan Scott-Taylor & Sylvia Sidney & Lance Henriksen & Elizabeth Shephard & Lucas Donat & Leo McKern & Ian Hendry et al, director Don Taylor, Carl
The Anti-Christ is with us! ibid. Carl
What did you do to him? ibid. Cousin to Damien
A deep wordless knowledge that our time has come. ibid. Paul
The day will come when everyone will know who you are. ibid. drill sergeant
Why? Why me? ibid. Damien knows himself
Why are you running away from me, Mark? ibid. Damien