ThrillerVideo is a horror home video

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 series that began being released in 1985 by International Video Entertainment

Artisan Entertainment

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 (I.V.E.).

Background

Released on VHS

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 and Betamax

Betamax

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

Thriller (UK TV series)

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast...

and Hammer House of Horror. Many of the titles in the series were hosted by TV horror hostess Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Cassandra Peterson

Cassandra Peterson is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror movie presentation...

, who declined to be associated with slasher movies and films involving animal cruelty, so titles such as Make Them Die Slowly

Cannibal Ferox

Cannibal Ferox, also known as Make Them Die Slowly, is a 1981 Italian exploitation film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi. Upon its release, the film made claims to being "The most violent film ever made"...

, Seven Doors of Death, and Buried Alive

Buio Omega

Buio Omega is an Italian horror/exploitation film directed by Joe D'Amato, and released in 1979.- Plot :...

as well as later videos featuring episodes of Thriller were simply released without her. Several of the Thriller

Thriller (UK TV series)

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast...

episodes included 2–3 minutes of additional footage that wasn't seen in the original British broadcasts.

Hosted by Elvira

• Alabama's Ghost
• Attack of the Swamp Creature
  Zaat
  Zaat is a 1972 cult movie that gained significant exposure when it was used in an episode of movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 in May...
  
  
• The Carpathian Eagle
• Charlie Boy
• Children of the Full Moon
• The Cyclops
  The Cyclops
  The Cyclops is a science fiction film starring James Craig and Gloria Talbott.-Synopsis:A test pilot is missing and a search party is sent out in the jungles of Mexico...
  
  
• Dead of Night
  Dead of Night
  Dead of Night is a British portmanteau horror film made by Ealing Studios, its various episodes directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. The film stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave...
  
  
• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• Growing Pains
• Guardian of the Abyss
• The House That Bled to Death
• The Human Duplicators
  The Human Duplicators
  The Human Duplicators is an American science fiction film released in 1965 by independent company Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc.-Plot:The plot involves a giant alien named Dr. Kolos who is dispatched to Earth from a faraway galaxy on orders to create android doppelgängers by employing the...
  
  
• The Monster Club
  The Monster Club
  The Monster Club is a 1980 British 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...
  
  
• NATAS: The Reflection
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
  Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray
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• Rude Awakening
• The Silent Scream
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Turn of the Screw (1974)
• The Thirteenth Reunion
• The Two Faces of Evil
• Visitor from the Grave
• Witching Time

Non-Elvira Releases

• Anatomy of Terror
• Buried Alive
  Buio Omega
  Buio Omega is an Italian horror/exploitation film directed by Joe D'Amato, and released in 1979.- Plot :...
  
  
• Death in Deep Water
• The Devil's Web
• Doctor Butcher, M.D.
  Zombie Holocaust
  Zombie Holocaust, also known as Zombie 3 and Doctor Butcher, M.D., is a 1979 Italian zombie movie, directed by Marino Girolami.-Plot:...
  
  
• If It's a Man, Hang Up
• I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
• In the Steps of a Dead Man
• A Killer in Every Corner
• Make Them Die Slowly
  Cannibal Ferox
  Cannibal Ferox, also known as Make Them Die Slowly, is a 1981 Italian exploitation film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi. Upon its release, the film made claims to being "The most violent film ever made"...
  
  
• Murder Motel
• The Next Victim
• NightStalker
  Don't Go Near the Park
  Don't Go Near the Park is a 1981 American horror film directed by Lawrence D. Foldes...
  
  
• One Deadly Owner
• Screamer
• Seven Doors of Death

External links

• Gallery of ThrillerVideo Covers
• Seth's ThrillerVideo Collection