Creepshow. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1982 comic book
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Creepshow
Stephen King, 1982
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George A. Romero, 1982

A young boy named Billy Hopkins gets disciplined by his father Stan for reading a horror comic titled Creepshow. After swiping the comic from Billy and throwing it in the garbage, Stan reminds his wife that he has to be hard on Billy because he does not want their son to read it, calling it horror crap.


Marilyn: The Untold Story. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1973 book, Marilyn
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Marilyn
Norman Mailer, 1973
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Jack Arnold, John Flynn, 1980

The story of how Norma Jean, once an orphan in Hollywood California, becomes Marilyn Monroe, the movie star and celebrity. The movie begins with Norma Jean as a child and ends with the mysterious way she dies. Throughout the movie, we see the highlights and lowlights of her career, including the parts of her private life not widely known.


The Exorcist III. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Legion
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Legion
William Peter Blatty, 1983
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William Peter Blatty, 1990

For over fifteen years, Police Lieutenant Kinderman has been haunted by the memory of his friend Father Damien Karras’s death. However, on the 15th anniversary of the exorcism that claimed the priest’s life, Kinderman’s world is once again shattered as a boy is discovered decapitated and brutally crucified. This gruesome discovery marks the start of a nightmarish series of bizarre religious murders.


Child of Darkness, Child of Light. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1980 book, Virgin
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Virgin
James Patterson, 1980
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Marina Sargenti, 1991

The Vatican sends Father Rosetti to a small town in Pennsylvania to investigate a report of a potential virgin birth, but he is attacked by unidentified bikers on the way and left in a catatonic state. As a result, the Vatican dispatches Father Justin O’Carroll to take his place, warning him that 70 years earlier, the Virgin Mary appeared in an Italian village and left a message predicting the birth of a divine child at the end of the century.