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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,216 films · Page 167.

Madhouse (2004)

Horror, Slasher, thriller film

In 1989, a young boy attempts to escape from Cunningham Hall Mental Facility before getting hit by a car. Years later, psychiatric intern Clark Stevens arrives to Cunningham Hall to train before he can graduate to medical school. Inside, he meets some of the patients and is welcomed by Nurse Betty, who gives him keys and a walkie-talkie before taking him to the director of the facility, Dr.

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Ghost Shark (2013)

Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, fantasy film, Ghost, Horror, monster film, mystery film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, supernatural horror film, television film, thriller film

When a great white shark eats the potential catch of a sport fisherman, the man and his daughter violently retaliate by sadistically torturing and killing the shark. The shark's corpse then sinks to the bottom of an underwater cave. It is subsequently resurrected as a ghost due to the cave's mysterious paranormal properties.

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Kill Theory (2008)

Horror, thriller film

An unnamed man is sitting in a psychiatrist's office, being released from an insane asylum. His doctor, Dr. Karl Truftin (Don McManus), recaps how the man sacrificed his three friends during a mountain climbing expedition, cutting their climbing ropes in order to save himself.

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Under the Bed (2012)

Horror, monster film

Neal has been living with his aunt following the death of his mother, and it is implied that he attempted to burn their house down. He has just returned to live with his father and new stepmother Angela, and younger brother Paulie. Although everyone seems to welcome him back, his father is very hostile, and the neighborhood kids believe that Neal is crazy.

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Cat Girl (1957)

Horror

Leonora Johnson is a young woman who returns to her ancestral home and is told by her uncle Edmund Brandt of her legacy – she will inherit the large ancestral home and money, but also a family curse: she will be possessed by the spirit of a leopard, as members of her family have been for centuries. Edmund is then killed by his pet leopard, fulfilling the curse, which states that its victims must die in their 70th year. A fruitless search is made for the leopard.

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A Bucket of Blood (1995)

Comedy horror

At a Los Angeles coffee house called the Jabberjaw, several performance artists vie for the attention of Generation X hipsters, including Maxwell, a poet who declares that "life is nothing but a homeless traveler on the RTD of art", Mayolia, who performs monologues holding a toy monkey, Cuff and Link, a pair of sarcastic photographers who intentionally run over animals and photograph the road kill, and "Stupid Girl", who strips nude on stage while playing cello. Other regular attendants at the cafe include an older rich couple looking for art by new talent, and Lou, an undercover cop trying to bust heroin dealers operating in the cafe.…

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I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2012)

Horror, mystery film, romance film

Sophia Monet is a young woman battling depression after losing both her parents in the last six months. She becomes increasingly isolated and convinces herself that she'll never see her parents again, dismissing any notion of an afterlife. She is drawn out of this flux when she meets a new love interest, Adam Hunt.

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The Haunted House of Horror (1969)

Horror

In Swinging London, a group of twenty-something friends are attending a rather dull party, and they decide to gather for kicks at an old, supposedly haunted mansion where one of their number used to play as a child. Among the group is American ringleader Chris, his bored girlfriend Sheila, promiscuous Sylvia (who has her eye on handsome two-timing Gary) and his "good girl" date, Dorothy. Also tagging along are nervous, heavy-set Madge, her sarcastic, hot-tempered boyfriend Peter, sweet-faced Richard and his friend Henry.

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Slash/Back (2022)

Adventure, Horror, Science fiction

Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a remote community, this story follows four teenage girls. We are introduced to them as they are living a typical boring day. The girls decide to take a boat to the land, where they have always been warned never to go without an adult.

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Edge of Sanity (1989)

Horror, thriller film

In the opening scene, Henry Jekyll, a young boy, witnesses his father having sex with a prostitute in a barn. His father catches him and violently whips Henry for spying, scarring him for life and leading to repressed sadomasochistic longings. Many years later, in late 1880s England, the adult Dr.

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Lumina (2024)

Action, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film

Alex, a wealthy young man, hosts a party at his mansion to introduce his new girlfriend, Tatiana, to his close friends. Among the guests are Patricia, a free-spirited videographer, and Delilah, Alex's ex-girlfriend who still harbors feelings for him. Tensions rise when Delilah arrives uninvited, leading to awkward interactions.

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I've Been Waiting for You (1998)

Horror, Slasher

Sarah Zoltanne (Sarah Chalke) is a teenager who recently moved from Los Angeles to Pinecrest, New England with her mother, Rosemary (Markie Post). Always having been an outsider, she is not very welcomed by her classmates at school. Especially the popular group (who call themselves the 'Descendants Club,' as they are the children of the town's oldest families), including Kyra Thompson (Soleil Moon Frye), Eric Garrett (Christian Campbell), Debbie Murdock (Maggie Lawson), Kevin Lane (Chad Cox), and Misty (Julie Patzwald) are rude to her, criticizing her unusual clothes and attitude.

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Microwave Massacre (1983)

Comedy horror, Dark Comedy, Horror

Donald is an overweight, middle-aged construction worker with a big problem: his shrew of a wife May has started to only cook gourmet foods in a Hyacinth Bucket–style misguided effort to make themselves seem classier than they are. While his friends Roosevelt and Phillip dine on simple bologna-and-cheese sandwiches for lunch, Donald is saddled with crab sandwiches and other cooking atrocities. To his horror, he discovers his wife has bought an unusually large Major Electric microwave oven, which makes the meals worse in half the time.

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Butcher Boys (2012)

Action, Cannibal, Comedy horror, Horror, Slasher, thriller film

A group of Texas youths are celebrating a birthday at a posh San Antonio restaurant when they cross paths with a ravenous clan of cannibals called the Boneboys. Mercilessly stalked through the darkened streets of the city, the young revelers must fight back against their attackers with sheer ferocity in order to avoid having their bodies defiled, and their flesh devoured. Butcher Boys is described as an updating of Jonathan Swift's 1729 satirical essay A Modest Proposal, which suggested poor people sell their children to the rich as food.

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Head of the Family (1996)

Comedy horror, Horror, Science fiction

Howard is the meanest nastiest thug in town, a Harley riding criminal with an attractive wife named Loretta. Loretta's problem is that she is having an affair with Lance, owner of the town diner and Howard is getting suspicious. Driving back from one of their nightly flings, Lance witnesses the local family of weirdos, the Stackpools, dragging a man from his truck and into their house.

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American Nightmare (1983)

Horror

In the dead of winter in a large unnamed American city, Isabelle smokes a joint on a cheap hotel bed while one of her johns finishes showering in the bathroom. At the sink, the unseen man puts on latex gloves. Isabelle makes an oblique reference to the man about a sex tape that was used as blackmail.

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Shake, Rattle and Roll 12 (2010)

Horror

"Mamanyiika" After a serious fight, Abel was incapacitated by a passing car while his wife Gail was killed in a hit-and-run accident, leaving Abel widowed with his two children, Ara and Abigail. A few years later, after a visit to their mother's grave, Abigail picks up an old doll in a nearby barrow. A suspicious Ara demands her sister to throw it away.

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