Horror Release Calendar
Starring Seth Green, Vivica A. Fox, and Jack Noseworthy
Directed by Rodman Flender
PLOT: A teenager discovers his hands are possessed by the devil and begin doing evil deeds.
Opened April 30, 1999
Directed Stephen Sommers
Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah
PLOT: A big-budget remake of the 1932 classic.
Opened May 7, 1999
Directed by Robert Mandel
Starring Amy Irving, Jason London, Emily Bergle, and Dylan Bruno
PLOT: The sequel to the 1976 film based on a Stephen King novel about a troubled teenage girl with telekinetic powers.
Opened March 12, 1999
The Blair Witch Project (Artisan)
Starring Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams
Directed by Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick
PLOT: Shot in documentary-style, this is the story of three film students who disappear in search of a witch, and the film is all that remains as evidence.
Opens July 16, 1999
Starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Lili Taylor
Directed by Jan DeBont
PLOT: A group of people led by a parapsychologist gather in an old house to find a ghost.
Opens July 23, 1999
Deep Blue Sea (Warner Brothers)
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Jane, and Michael Rappaport
Directed by Renny Harlin
PLOT: A group of genetically engineered sharks go on a rampage.
Opens July 30, 1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (formerly Killing Mrs. Tingle) (Dimension)
Starring Katie Holmes, Helen Mirren, and Marisa Coughlan
Directed by Kevin Williamson
PLOT: A girl is willing to do anything to get top grades, even kill the most despised teacher in school.
Opens August 20, 1999
Starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, and Toni Collette
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
PLOT: A child psychologist has a patient who may have paranormal powers.
Opens August 20, 1999
The Astronaut's Wife (New Line Cinema)
Starring Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, and Joe Morton
Directed by Rand Ravitch
PLOT: An astronaut returns from space exhibiting some very strange behavior in this sci-fi thriller.
Opens August 27, 1999
Starring Patricia Arquette, Jonathan Pryce, and Gabriel Byrne
Directed by Rupert Wainwright
PLOT: When a young woman becomes the focus of brutal assaults by an unseen attacker, the spiritual implications of the incidents drive a Vatican official to send a priest to investigate. Upon witnessing her affliction firsthand, the priest becomes more concerned with saving her life than debunking her claims.
Opens August 27, 1999
Starring Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, and John Hurt
Directed by Janusz Kaminski
PLOT: A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the devil to walk the earth in human form. To defeat the prophecy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is, in fact the target of the conspiracy.
Opens October 8, 1999
Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween (Dimension)
Starring Marlon and Shawn Wayans
Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans
PLOT: A spoof of the latest wave of slasher films.
Opens October 15, 1999
Night of the Living Dead: Special Edition (Anchor Bay)
Starring Bill Hinzman, Scott Vladimire Licina, and Debbie Rochon
Directed by George A. Romero and John A. Russo
PLOT: The 30th Anniversary re-release of the 1968 masterpiece with new footage added.
Opens October 1999
Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, and Casper Van Dien
Directed by Tim Burton
PLOT: Loose adaption of the Washington Irving classic tale. Has been described as a romantic horror film.
Opens November 19, 1999
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robin Tunney, and Gabriel Byrne
Directed by Peter Hyams
PLOT: At the turn of the millennium, a man discovers that the fate of mankind rests with the safety of a woman who is pursued by Satan.
Opens November 24, 1999
Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette
Directed by Wes Craven
PLOT: Sydney travels to Hollywood to pursue her acting career, but again someone is killing off the people around her.
Opens December 10, 1999
Starring Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, and Frank Langella
Directed by Roman Polanski
PLOT: An expert in rare books gets involved in a supernatural conspiracy while tracking down the two remaining copies of a demonic text.
Opens December 24, 1999
Starring James Spader, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robin Tunney, and Angela Bassett
Directed by Walter Hill
PLOT: When a deep space medical ship, the Nightingale 229, answers an emergency distress signal from a comet mining operation in a distant galaxy, the crew soon finds themselves in danger from the mysterious young man they rescue, the alien artifact he’s smuggled aboard, and the gravitational pull of a giant star about go supernova.
Opens January 15, 2000
Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Cinema)
Directed by Rob Bottin
PLOT: ???
Opens 2000
Updated June 14, 1999
