PERFUME
This 2006 adaptation of Patrick Suskind’s bestseller, about an scent-obsessed murderer in eighteenth century France, is a unique and ambitious production that deserves a look
PERFECT STRANGERS
This 1984 suspensor can be viewed as the low budget inverse of the following year’s WITNESS, a dark thriller about a kid who witnesses a crime and the tumult that results
THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK
Spanish genre-bending silliness from the seventies about horny folks trapped inside a mansion in the wake of a nuclear war
THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
This Wes Craven freak-out, about a demented couple living in a tricked-out house, is definitely unique, but far from Craven’s best work
PEEPING TOM
This is the notorious 1960 British sickie that ruined the career of the great Michael Powell. However, it happens to be one of the all-time great psycho thrillers
PATTY HEARST
The 1974 abduction and brainwashing of Patty Hearst reconfigured as a CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI-esque horror show
PARENTS
This eighties curio was advertised and possibly intended as a black comedy along the lines of EATING RAOUL, but it’s actually closer to ERASERHEAD in tone
PARASITE EVE
A film that falls into every conceivable trap, turning its memorable source novel into a silly and misconceived muddle
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
This phenomenally successful no-budgeter proves two things: 1). That audiences are always up for a good scare, and 2). Marketing-wise there’s no substitute for old-fashioned hype
PAPERHOUSE
This brilliant but criminally neglected horror-fantasy is long overdue for a rediscovery