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Drama, fantasy film, Horror, mystery film
University of Wittenberg scholar Faustus earns his doctorate, but his insatiable craving for knowledge and power leads Faustus to try his hand at necromancy in an attempt to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. Signing the pact in his own blood, Faustus bargains his soul to Lucifer in exchange for 24 living years with Mephistopheles as his slave. Mephistopheles proceeds to reveal to Faustus the works and doings of the Devil.
fantasy film, Horror
Real estate journalist Julia Talben (Jessica Lowndes) feels unsatisfied with her current writing assignments, more interested in crime reporting, but finds some comforts in her relationship with her sister Amanda and nephew Charlie, and maintains an amicable relationship with former lover and local detective Declan Grady (Joe Anderson). Tragedy strikes when Richard Renshaw breaks into Amanda's house and kills her family. The next morning, Renshaw calls Julia at work and apologizes to her for the murders.
Horror, independent film, Mysterie, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film
While on the phone with his girlfriend Jill, who has moved away to attend college, David prompts her to explicitly wish that he were there to see her compete in a fencing tournament, only to surprise her with an unplanned visit. After the competition, David approaches Jill's similarly attired opponent from behind and flirts with her, thinking she is his girlfriend. Intrigued, she kisses David, and Jill storms off angrily after walking in on them.
Horror, thriller film
In New Rochelle, New York, Christie Cromwell, a teenage girl, discovers that her stepfather Paul Fox is trying to murder her and her mother Karen for her money, but when she tries to tell other people about it, no one will believe her. After a maintenance worker dies in the basement, Christie believes Paul set the trap for her mother after she saw him leave the basement the previous night. Christie begins following Paul everywhere and discovers he is having an affair with a young attractive woman named Brenda Bohle.
Horror, monster film, Science fiction
Told in a narrative noir style mostly on Los Angeles location, popularized by the television police series Dragnet, by police detective Dick Chasen, the story concerns a 72-hour period of horror for the city of Los Angeles. Charles "Butcher" Benton is a double-crossed convicted robber and murderer who was executed in the gas chamber. His body is unlawfully sold to a scientist who plans to move his experiments into the cause and cure of cancer to human subjects by rejuvenating damaged human tissue.
Action, Adventure, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Horror, monster film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
A small oil rig located on a small river in Louisiana hits it big and former oiler John Sanders (who quit when a blowout occurred on a rig he was the boss of and four men died) and his friend Emery are hired to take his ex-wife Kelly and her boss to the location. Nearby, some thugs go diving for stolen goods that have been dumped in the river. Unfortunately, at the same time, a huge bull shark enters the river.
Horror, thriller film
Danielle, a rich, elderly woman, accompanied by her nephew, Luke, goes to a beauty parlor to get her hair done. While she is there, she begins to struggle breathing, due to two-thirds of her lungs being missing. When Danielle's beauty girl, Kassia Lancaster, sees this, she calls Danielle's other nephew, Wylie, who is with a girl when she comes to pick him up.
Horror
Nani, who has dementia, believes a supernatural entity called Sator speaks to her and compels her to record its wisdom in automatic writing. Her daughter mysteriously vanishes on the day Nani's husband dies. Nani’s grandson Adam, who also admits to hearing voices, lives in his dead grandfather's isolated cabin and searches for Sator.
Horror
The plot is separated into three parts: Uyayi, Salamin, and the film's epilogue. Uyayi (Lullaby) Nurse Melissa seeks help from her boyfriend James to investigate mysterious deaths at Angel of Mercy Hospital. Melissa suspects Dr.
Horror
David Norliss, a writer working on a book debunking spiritualists and fakers, vanishes from his home in San Francisco, California, leaving behind a series of audio tapes explaining his absence and recent investigations. The narrative unfolds as his publisher listens to the tapes. Norliss had recently investigated an incident reported by Ellen Sterns Cort, a widow who claims that she was attacked by her recently deceased artist husband, James, one night on their estate near Monterey.
Aliens, Horror, independent film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
Allan Kelley and his family struggle to survive on their small date ranch, located in the bleak California desert landscape well away from civilization. His wife Carol hates living so far from civilization, often taking her frustration out on their daughter Sandra. The only bright spot in Sandra's life is her boyfriend Larry Brewster.
Horror, monster film, Vampire
During World War I, the vampire Armand Tesla stalks London. His latest victim is admitted to the clinic of Lady Jane Ainsley and her colleague, Professor Walter Saunders. They are baffled by what they regard as a severe case of anemia.
Horror, monster film
When workers begin disappearing in a Namibian mine, Dr. Zack Straker and a search team are sent into the desert to find out why the geologists of a diamond expedition have lost radio contact. They arrive at the scientist's camp in the desert, but soon find the neatly gnawed bones of their colleagues and a trail that leads them to a strange rock formation.
Crime, Horror, thriller film
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. She is found to be the escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer. The girl has become mute because of her experience, and Strother is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds.
Christmas film, Horror, Slasher, thriller film
A man in a Santa suit and a woman meet in an alleyway to have sex in a car, and are stabbed to death by a man wearing a grinning translucent mask. During a party, another man dressed like Santa Claus has a spear thrown through his head, and dies in front of his daughter, Kate Brioski. At Scotland Yard, Chief Inspector Ian Harris and Detective Sergeant Powell discuss the murders, and interview Kate, and her boyfriend Cliff.
Horror
In the underworld of Hell, a demon lord named Sutekh sends forth a trio of diminutive servants called the Totems, magically controlled by his netherworld minions, to kill those who possess the secret of animation, including the magic André Toulon used to give his puppets life. It transpires also that a team of researchers working on the development of artificial intelligence are close to discovering Toulon's secret. Sutekh sends one of the Totems as a package to two of the researchers involved, Dr.
Horror, Slasher
A parked motorist is strangled by escaped mental patient Jay Jones, a PCP addict who was institutionalized after bludgeoning his parents. Jay carjacks his victim, and runs down an old woman while driving through Los Angeles. On the outskirts of the city, nine people have gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving at the ranch of Harold Bradley.
Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, fantasy film, Horror, monster film, Science fiction, thriller film
After a mechanical failure aboard the spaceship Odyssey, Captain Lee Norsythe is forced to crash land on a planet with atmosphere and conditions much like that of Earth, although it is many light-years away. As the ship sinks into the lake that it landed in, Cindy realizes that she forgot the radio in the ship and attempts to retrieve it, with the assistance of fellow crew-member navigator Chuck. En route, Cindy is attacked and killed by an unidentified aquatic creature, prompting Chuck to return to shore without the radio.
Horror, Science fiction
While California University of the Sciences Professor Douglas McCadden explores the tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun, an earthquake causes a wall in the tomb to collapse, revealing a hidden chamber. Inside, Douglas finds a mummy in a sarcophagus. Unbeknownst to Douglas, the "mummy" is not the body of a dead Egyptian, but an extraterrestrial alien in suspended animation, being wrapped up and buried alive thousands of years before and covered with a dormant green fungus.
Animal horror, Horror
During construction at the old, hard-pressed Lakewood Hotel, two workers stumble upon a swarm of ants in a closed section of the building. After discovering the ants to be unusually aggressive and dangerous, the workers attempt to get the warning out, but are accidentally buried alive. Shortly after, the unscrupulous real estate magnate Anthony Fleming and his partner and mistress Gloria arrive at the hotel, there to haggle with the elderly proprietor, Ethel Adams and her daughter Valerie as they pursue plans to convert Lakewood into a casino.
Animal horror, B movie, Horror, Science fiction
When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut. When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.
Horror
Rebecca "Becca" Riley was blinded in an accident caused by her boyfriend John driving under the influence. This puts a strain on their relationship. Marku, an estate agent in Albania, informs Becca that her biological mother Lavinia Whateley is dead, leaving a castle as her inheritance.
Adventure, Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
The doll manufacturing company Dolls Inc. is owned and operated by Mr. Franz, who has a personal collection of very lifelike dolls stored in glass canisters locked in a display case on a wall.
Horror
Dr. Elaine Frederick, a mad scientist, is working on developing maggots that prefer human flesh, while her services are used to make a clone of Adolf Hitler. She cooperates with the plan to resurrect Hitler as a way of exacting revenge for the death of her mother, a political prisoner executed in Ravensbrück concentration camp.