New Zealand - Horror & Suspense Movies Around the Globe
A series of lists chronicling horror and suspense releases from various countries, brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series.
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- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
- DirectorJonathan KingStarsOliver DriverNathan MeisterTammy DavisAn experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
- DirectorChris GrahamStarsJohn Rhys-DaviesKerry FoxTamer HassanThe story of a group of twenty-somethings who charter a boat to Fiji for the trip of a lifetime, before stumbling upon an evil that demands vengeance at any cost.
- DirectorGlenn StandringStarsDougray ScottSaffron BurrowsLeo GregoryThe vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.
- DirectorPeter BurgerStarsJason BehrMia BlakeDavid FaneA young artist unknowingly plays a role in releasing a deadly spirit as he attempts to learn tatau, the Samoan tradition of tattooing.
- DirectorScott ReynoldsStarsPaolo RotondoPaul GloverChris GrahamA female psychologist wants to understand the minds of a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTerry PotterPete O'HerneCraig SmithThe population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsMichael J. FoxTrini AlvaradoPeter DobsonAfter a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
- DirectorJonathan KingStarsTom CameronSam NeillSophie McBrideTeenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives after their mother suddenly dies. They find an alien environment and overhear Mr. Wilberforce talking about something stirring beneath the ground - the fire-raiser.
- DirectorJemaine ClementTaika WaititiStarsJemaine ClementTaika WaititiCori Gonzalez-MacuerViago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
- DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsMorgana O'ReillyRima Te WiataGlen-Paul WaruA young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking.
- DirectorDanny MulheronStarsTemuera MorrisonKate ElliottHanna TevitaA dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.
- DirectorPaul CampionStarsCraig HallMatthew SunderlandGina VarelaSet in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.
- DirectorJason HowdenStarsMilo CawthorneJames Joshua BlakeKimberley CrossmanTwo teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
- DirectorVincent WardStarsPenelope StewartFrank WhittenBill KerrA lonely girl living on an isolated, mist-cloaked farm is confronted with the changes wrought by a stranger that arrives.
- DirectorGreg PageStarsJohnny BarkerDwayne CameronKate ElliottTwo best friends, Grant and Paul, hit the country road for a night of fun, but unfortunately take a short cut to their fate... where they meet the Locals.
- DirectorGlenn StandringStarsKarl UrbanKatie WolfeJonathon HendryAn Anthropologist's life and reality are ripped apart by a Satanic cult.
- DirectorDennis C. LewistonStarsSimone GriffethBryan MarshallSteve MarachukWife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the beautiful Christine in mind.
- DirectorJohnny HallAndrew ToddStarsJohnny HallCampbell CooleyRoberto NascimentoWhen Ghost Shark returns to terrorize Auckland, Mayor Broody calls in an expert ghost shark hunter to protect the citizens and finally defeat the creature.
- DirectorAshim AhluwaliaCan EvrenolSeverin FialaStarsMarlene HauserLuzia OppermannKarin PauerA feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind's darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
- DirectorJason StutterStarsJed BrophyJeffrey ThomasLaura PetersenWhen a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the house's secrets at all costs.
- DirectorDavid BlythStarsMichael HurstMargaret UmbersNorelle ScottA kid is hypnotized by a scientist to kill his parents and ends in a mental institution. As a grown up he returns to seek revenge over the scientist.
- DirectorSimon BaréNiki CaroCharlie De SalisStarsStephen UreA collection of terrifying stories of horror, mayhem and destruction.
- DirectorDavid BlythStarsYoson AnRebekah PalmerFiona FengYoung Chinese immigrant Jason Chen is trapped between two women; kiwi girl Skye and Chinese bride May Ling, two cultures; modern New Zealand and traditional China, and two worlds, that of the living and that of the dead.
- DirectorPaul CampionStarsJulia RoseEuan DempsyRobyn PatersonIn a secure military laboratory, a Scientist has become obsessed with the strange half-eel, half-human creature he's studying. When she beckons him to her, it's the call of a siren...