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series that began being released in February 1985 to 1987 by U.S.A. Home Video and

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(I.V.E.).

Background

Released on VHS and

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, many of the "films" released by ''ThrillerVideo'' were actually episodes of the British TV shows '' Thriller'' and ''

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''. Many of the titles in the series were hosted by TV horror hostess Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who declined to be associated with slasher movies and films involving animal cruelty, so titles such as '' Make Them Die Slowly'', '' Seven Doors of Death'', and ''

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Releases

Hosted by Elvira

*'' Alabama's Ghost'' *'' Attack of the Swamp Creature'' *'' The Carpathian Eagle'' *'' Charlie Boy'' *'' Children of the Full Moon'' *'' The Cyclops'' *''

Dead of Night ''Dead of Night'' is a 1945 black and white British anthology horror film, made by Ealing Studios. The individual segments were directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Wi ...

'' (1977) *''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...

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Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

'' *''

Growing Pains ''Growing Pains'' is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the Se ...

'' *'' Guardian of the Abyss'' *'' The House That Bled to Death'' *''

The Human Duplicators ''The Human Duplicators'' is a 1965 American science fiction film by Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc. Produced and directed by Hugo Grimaldi and Arthur C. Pierce (the latter uncredited as director), the film stars George Nader, Barbara Nichols, ...

'' *''

The Monster Club ''The Monster Club'' is a 1981 British anthology horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Vincent Price and John Carradine. An anthology film, it is based on the works of the British horror author R. Chetwynd-Hayes. It was the fin ...

'' *'' NATAS: The Reflection'' *''

The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical fiction, philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''Th ...

'' *'' Rude Awakening'' *''

The Silent Scream ''The Silent Scream'' is a 1984 anti-abortion propaganda film directed by Jack Duane Dabner, narrated by Bernard Nathanson (an abortion-provider-turned-anti-abortion-activist), and produced in partnership with the National Right to Life Committ ...

'' *''

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is a 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old ...

'' *''

The Turn of the Screw ''The Turn of the Screw'' is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in ''Collier's Weekly'' (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898, it was collected in ''The Two Magics'', published by Macmill ...

'' (1974) *'' The Thirteenth Reunion'' *'' The Two Faces of Evil'' *'' Visitor from the Grave'' *'' Witching Time''

Non-Elvira releases

*'' Anatomy of Terror'' *''

'' *'' Death in Deep Water'' *'' The Devil's Web'' *'' Doctor Butcher, M.D.'' *'' If It's a Man, Hang Up'' *'' I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill'' *'' In the Steps of a Dead Man'' *'' The Invasion of Carol Enders'' *'' A Killer in Every Corner'' *'' Make Them Die Slowly'' *'' Murder Motel'' *'' The Next Victim'' *'' NightStalker'' *'' One Deadly Owner'' *''

Screamer The screamers are three South American bird species placed in Family (biology), family Anhimidae. They were thought to be related to the Galliformes because of similar beak, bills, but are more closely related to ducks (family Anatidae),Todd, F. ...

'' *'' Seven Doors of Death'' *''

Tales from the Darkside ''Tales from the Darkside'' is an American anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero. Debuting in October 1983 with a pilot episode and then being picked up for syndication in September 1984, the show ran for 4 seasons through July ...

'' (seven volumes)

References

External links

Gallery of ThrillerVideo Covers

VHSCollector.com's ThrillerVideo Info & Covers
{{Elvira Direct-to-video horror films Elvira, Mistress of the Dark