Triskaidekafiles

Triskaidekafiles is a love letter to cheesy cinema from the 80s and 90s, with the occasional dip into other eras.  if you're a fan of MST3K, Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or just bad horror movies in general, Trisk is the place for you.

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From Beyond the Grave (1973)

FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

WRITERS: Screenplay by Robin Clarke and Raymond Christodoulou
    Based on stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

DIRECTOR: Kevin Connor

STARRING: Ian Bannen as Christopher Lowe
    Ian Carmichael as Reggie Warren
    Peter Cushing as The Proprietor
    Diana Dors as Mabel Lowe
    Margaret Leighton as Madame Orloff
    Donald Pleasence as Jim Underwood
    Nyree Dawn Porter as Susan Warren
    David Warner as Edward Charlton
    Ian Ogilvy as William Seaton
    Lesley Anne Down as Rosemary Seaton
    Jack Watson as Sir Michael Sinclair
    Angela Pleasence as Emily Underwood
    Wendy Allnut as Pamela
    Tommy Godfrey as Mr. Jeffries
    Ben Howard as Burglar
    John O'Farrell as Stephen Lowe
    Marcel Steiner as The Face

QUICK CUT: At a quiet antiques and knicknacks shop, the old proprietor just tries to sell his wares, while people keep screwing him over.  So his magic items get revenge in the most disproportionate ways possible!

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Halloween (1978)

HALLOWEEN

WRITERS: Screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill

DIRECTOR: John Carpenter

STARRING:

Donald Pleasence as Loomis
    Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie
    Nancy Loomis as Annie
    PJ Soles as Lynda
    Charles Cyphers as Bracken
    Kyle Richards as Lindsey
    Brian Andrews as Tommy

QUICK CUT: What starts out as an average Halloween night for babysitter Laurie Strode ends in horror when a masked killer stalks through the small, Midwestern town she lives in.

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