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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,216 films · Page 165.

Boardinghouse (1982)

Comedy horror, Horror, Slasher, Splatter Film

On September 18, 1972, Dr. Hoffman and his wife, both of whom specialized in the study of telekinesis and the occult, are found dead in their Mulholland Drive ranch home on the night of their anniversary party. Their deaths, ruled a double suicide, were witnessed by the couple's thirteen-year-old daughter, Debbie, who was institutionalized due to a subsequent nervous breakdown.

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Road Games (2015)

Horror, thriller film

After walking along through the French countryside for hours, without having any cars stop, Jack, a young British hitchhiker, comes upon an arguing couple. Concerned, Jack approaches them and restrains the man out before he can strike the woman. The man backs off and drives away, leaving Jack with the woman, who introduces herself as a fellow hitchhiker named Véronique.

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Against the Dark (2009)

Action, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film, Vampire, Zombie

An epidemic disease has overwhelmed humanity, turning nearly everyone into blood-thirsty infected who resemble vampires and zombies. There is no known cure and there are very few survivors left fighting "against the dark". Tao (Seagal) is in charge of a group of vampire/zombie hunters.

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The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)

exploitation film, Horror, rape and revenge film

Molly is a troubled alcoholic woman living in the Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles. She is obsessed with television and idolizes the memory of her sea captain father, who was allegedly lost at sea during her childhood. Her sister, Cathy, is candid about her disgust for their abusive father, but Molly deludedly tells romanticized stories about him to her nephews, Tadd and Tripoli.

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Blood Tide (1982)

Adventure, Horror, monster film, Science fiction

Neil and Sherry Grice, a young American couple, are visiting Greece in search of Neil's missing sister, Madeline, an artist who traveled to a remote island off the coast shortly before her disappearance. Upon arriving on the island, the couple are met by Nereus, the elderly mayor. While touring the island, Neil and Sherry see Madeline walking along a rocky hill, and follow her.

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From Hell It Came (1957)

Horror, monster film

Kimo, prince of a South Seas island whose residents are suffering a plague epidemic, is accused of murdering his father, the chief of the island natives. Kimo is alleged to have administered to his father poisonous medicine provided by a group of American scientists stationed on a field laboratory on the island. The true murderers of Kimo's father—Tano, a witch doctor, and Maranka, the new chief—sentence Kimo to be executed by having a knife driven into his heart.

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The Werewolf (1956)

Horror, Science fiction, Werewolf

A disheveled man in a suit wanders down the main street of the small, rural town of Mountaincrest on a winter's night. He goes into a bar, telling the bartender that he does not know who or where he is. Local thug Joe Mitchell demands his money as he leaves.

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4D Man (1959)

Action, Horror, independent film, romance film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film

Brilliant but irresponsible electrodynamics scientist Dr. Tony Nelson develops an electronic amplifier, intending to use it to convert any object into a fourth-dimensional (4D) state, allowing it to pass freely through any other object. Tony, however, ignores the overload, which sparks an electrical fire that burns down his laboratory.

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Remando al viento (1988)

Biography, Drama, Horror, mystery film

In the summer of 1816, English poet Percy Shelley, his soon to be wife Mary Shelley (daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft), and Mary's stepsister and companion Claire Clairmont take a holiday with Lord Byron and his physician John William Polidori at a villa rented by Byron at Lake Leman, Switzerland. Byron challenges each of the friends to write a horror story, and Mary begins her novel, Frankenstein. She imagines the monster becoming real, and for the next six years, as tragedy befalls those around her, she believes the creature of her imagination is the cause.

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The Black Sleep (1955)

Horror, Science fiction

In a London prison in 1872, Dr. Gordon Ramsay is awaiting execution for the murder of a man named Curry, despite his claims of innocence. He is visited by renowned surgeon Sir Joel Cadman, who offers him a chance to save his life in exchange for assisting Cadman with experiments at his estate.

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Are You in the House Alone? (1978)

Drama, Horror, thriller film

16-year-old Gail Osborne is a typical high school student with a passion for photography. Six months ago, she and her parents moved from San Francisco to a smaller town due to her father Neil's claim the city was too dangerous following a burglary. Gail, a high-spirited romantic, initially started dating classmate E.K.

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T Blockers (2023)

Horror

In the opening narration, a drag queen named Cryptessa (Etcetera Etcetera) tells the audience that the film is a work of fiction, but that it may be "realer than you think." She adds that "every one of us is a survivor in a lifeboat on a dark ocean." It is revealed that this is an excerpt from a lost film named Terror from Below made by a trans woman named Betty Palmer (Calliope Jackson, voiced by Cassie Workman) who lived in an Australian small town in the 1990s, and later committed suicide. In the present day, Sophie (Lauren Last) is a young trans woman who lives in the same town, works at a cinema and spends time with her best friend…

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The Beast in the Cellar (1971)

Horror

Soldiers stationed at a rural army base in Lancashire are being mauled to death in the surrounding woodland. The authorities suspect a wild cat, but sisters Joyce and Ellie Ballantyne, who live in a house nearby, fear that the soldiers are actually being murdered by their brother Steven, who has been locked in their cellar for nearly 30 years. Joyce and Ellie discover that Steven has dug a tunnel out of the cellar, allowing him to come and go as he pleases.

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The Dead (2010)

Horror, Zombie

Amidst a zombie outbreak, the final evacuation plane out of Africa crashes off the coast of West Africa. Lieutenant Brian Murphy (Freeman), a United States Air Force engineer, is the sole survivor of the crash. Hiding and evading zombies, Brian gathers supplies from the plane.

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The Colossus of New York (1958)

Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film

Jeremy Spensser (Ross Martin), the brilliant young son of a New York family of scientists and humanitarians, is killed when hit by a truck as he chases his son's toy airplane. His death occurs on the eve of his winning the "International Peace Prize", and he leaves behind a wife (Mala Powers) and young son (Charles Herbert). thumb|left|Advertisement from 1958 for The Colossus of New York and co-feature, The Space Children Jeremy's father, noted brain surgeon William Spensser (Otto Kruger), is distressed that his son's gifts will be denied to mankind.

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The Unseen (2016)

Drama, Horror

After discovering he inherited a family curse that is slowly turning his body invisible, disgraced former NHL hockey player Bob Langmore abandoned his wife Darlene and young daughter Eva to spare them from his suffering. Living in isolation as a logger for the past eight years, Bob tries slowing his transformation with illegal drugs while contemplating suicide. Darlene calls Bob to warn him about Eva’s increasing disobedience and worrisome plan to travel with friends instead of attending college.

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