
House of 1000 Corpses(2003)
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.


“Deep in the woods, no one can hear you scream.”
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

James Marsden
Eddie (segment "The Hook")

Jay R. Ferguson
Cliff (segment "The Campfire")

Christine Taylor
Lauren (segment "The Campfire")

Christopher Masterson
Eric (segment "The Campfire")

Kim Murphy
Alex (segment "The Campfire")

Ron Livingston
Rick (segment "The Honeymoon") / RV Driver (segment "The Campfire")
Jennifer MacDonald
Valerie (segment "The Honeymoon") / RV Passenger (segment "The Campfire")

Hawthorne James
Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")

Alex McKenna
Amanda (segment "People Can Lick Too")

Devon Odessa
Katherine (segment "People Can Lick Too")
Campfire Tales is a horror film released in 1997 exploring themes of car crash, anthology, urban legend, spirit, campfire story, 1990s. Directed by Matt Cooper, it stars James Marsden, Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor. Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
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H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".

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