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Crime, Drama, Psychological Thriller, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=6|The Penalty As described in a film magazine, Blizzard, the legless crime boss of the Barbary Coast underworld, is possessed of two ambitions. One is to get revenge upon Dr. Ferris, whose blunder during a childhood operation resulted in Blizzard's legs being hastily and unnecessarily amputated; the other is to rally the Reds in his organization and loot the city of San Francisco.
exploitation film, Horror, Slasher
The morbidly obese Ethel Janowski has been institutionalized because of her bouts of depression and violence, but is being released into her grandmother's care despite Dr. Gerard's unease about her discharge. Upon moving into her grandmother's home, Ethel consumes massive amounts of food, repeatedly and harshly claiming that the institution employees had tried to starve her to death.
black comedy film, Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, mystery film, Psychological horror, Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Following the death of multi-millionaire Russell Harrison, his $5 million estate falls to his only child, 12-year-old Barnaby Harrison, who will receive the money upon reaching adulthood. In the meantime, Barnaby will live with his uncle, Major Kevin Harrison, who resides on a remote, sparsely populated island. The major was a war hero, a former British commando whose autobiography, Killing the Enemy, details multiple accounts of extreme close combat.
Ghost, Horror, thriller film
The movie opens in 1972, a young Aaron Roberts (8 years old) along with his grandmother watches as his father and stepmother board a small cruise ship, the Corona Queen. Before his father and stepmother depart on their honeymoon, they offer Aaron a gift (much later found to be a pocket knife), which he rejects, throwing it to the ground and criticizing his new stepmother, petulantly stating that “She’s not my mother!"; and his biological mother passed away. Later his father and stepmother discuss Aaron's behavior and decide to give him time to adjust.
Comedy horror
The film crew of a popular home-improvement television series goes to a remote village in Moldova to film a follow-up segment about an American homeowner, Becky, who's been transforming a rundown house into an artist's haven. The crew, consisting of Greg, Alex and newcomer Sarah, meet with their irritable producer Kate and a Moldovian businessman named Vladimir Filat. While getting some footage of the town, Greg and Sarah sneak into a funeral and attempt to record it, only to be exposed when Kate calls them by cellphone.
Horror
In 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. uses a rifle to kill his entire family at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. Four decades later, the Janson family comes together to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the family's widowed patriarch, Mark.
Horror
Anna has recurring dreams of a woman drowning. She and her ex-boyfriend Alex go to their families' resort, Villa Estrella, to mend their relationship. At a stopover, Madame Reza, a fortune-teller, tells Anna that a restless spirit is haunting her in her dreams, trying to send a message and return to life.
Horror
Fingerprints is based on an urban legend out of San Antonio, Texas about a school bus full of children that was involved in a terrible accident with a train leaving all the children dead. The movie centers on a teenage girl, Melanie (Pipes), who has just finished rehab. She moves to her family's new home in the town of Emerald, where her father is a part of the crew constructing a highway over the old train tracks.
Comedy horror
Fred has entered the Science Expo in Houston, Texas, with a monster trapping project involving magnets, a trampoline, and a sticky net. A girl accidentally gets caught in the trap but is quickly freed by Fred. She catches Fred's eye and identifies herself as Melanie Staples, daughter of NASA Scientist Ned Staples.
Horror, monster film, Science fiction
An unscrupulous land developer, Dick Krantz, ignores the protests of Native Americans as he violates their ancestral burial grounds. The local sheriff, Steve Evans, is caught in the middle of the conflict, as he is a quarter Native American and 3/4 Caucasian. When one of Krantz's construction crews unearths an ancient relic, they unleash a giant skeletal monster that proceeds to kill everyone in its path.
Comedy, comedy thriller, LGBTQ-related film, rape and revenge film, sexploitation film
After performing at a local club, trans women Rachel Slurr and Emma Grashun plan to party with Nacho and Chuey. When the guys tell them that they have a third friend, the girls convince their reluctant friend Bubbles Cliquot to join them. The girls drive to a warehouse where they are joined by Nacho and Chuey, along with their partner Boner.
Horror
After becoming stranded in a small town called Hope, Elizabeth "Liz" Chambers, (Jaimie Alexander) discovers her arrival was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher Jonas Hathaway (Nick Chinlund) and that she is an integral part of his impending—and terrifying—rebirth. Forced to stay overnight in the town, Liz meets Sarah Austin (Hudson Leick), a reporter for a tabloid newspaper, who is in town to investigate legends of living scarecrows. The townspeople of Hope once sacrificed people by nailing them to crosses in the cornfields until a young girl alerted residents of the nearby town of Liberty.
Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Vampire
Two girls, Christine and Reagan, find themselves paired as college roommates. Christine, a diligent student, mourns the recent loss of her parents in an automobile accident. Reagan wants to enjoy all that college has to offer.
Drama, Horror, thriller film, Vampire
In 1888 London, Jack the Ripper is pursued by police and falls into the Thames River near London Bridge, taking a stone from the bridge with him. Nearly a century later, in 1985, the missing stone is recovered and added to the reconstructed London Bridge at Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Shortly after, a tourist cuts her finger and bleeds on the stone, inadvertently resurrecting Jack the Ripper, who begins a new killing spree in the town.
Horror
Action, exploitation film, Horror, Motor-Bike Film, Satanism, Werewolf
"As it is, the story takes up the tracks of a California biker gang, the Devil's Advocates, as they speed across a barren highway on a drug-infused journey of undisclosed intent. Losing their way, they stop for the night on the grounds of a 'church' tucked away in some hills off the beaten path. Much to their initial pleasure, they are fed by a kindly group of hooded priests before settling into a deep, inebriated stupor." As a group of bikers moves across the desert, they come across an old church that a Satanic cult has taken over.
Action, exploitation film, Horror, rape and revenge film, sexploitation film
A group of eight virgin gorgeous American models take a long trip to South America, to participate in a photo session on a location deep in the jungle, apparently somewhere around Peruvian tropical forest. While flying over a cocaine plantation, their plane is shot down by Cesar, a dangerous drug lord, and the girls are taken prisoner by his army. Cesar suspects that an undercover police officer is among the models (in fact, one of the women actually is a special agent), so he orders his mercenaries to drag the girls into his dungeon for interrogation.
Horror, Occult Horror, Zombie
Studying under a disciple of Aleister Crowley, the leader of an upper class group invokes a supernatural force that slowly devours the village of Marienbad and its inhabitants, threatening to spread beyond its geographical limits. The mayor from the town nearby commissions the building of a dam which would flood the valley in 1965 and therefore submerge the village forever sealing the evil force under water after the leader and his followers were incapacitated to be kept from escaping. However, fate ensured the leader's freedom as he remained in the depths when the waters covered Marienbad.
Horror, Slasher
In the rural Northern California mountain community of Paddock County, nurse Mirna Dobson is viciously murdered by a masked murderer with an axe while driving through a car wash. Meanwhile, Gerald Martin, an eccentric young man who is obsessed with computers, has recently moved into a cabin on the property of an elderly hermit named Brock. One morning, Gerald accompanies his friend Richard, an exterminator, to investigate a putrid smell in the basement of a local tavern.
Comedy, Comedy horror, Dark Comedy, Horror, Splatter Film
When the original editor of the Loose Limbs series of splatter films commits suicide, the head of "The Splatter & Gore Department", Sam Campbell, assigns Edward Tor Swenson, an editor for European Distributors, to finish what the original editor was doing, and allows Edward the use of his private country cottage so Edward can go about his work in peace. Over the course of a few days, having to watch and edit gory scenes every day, Edward begins to lose touch with sanity. One night, he dreams about a mental asylum patient telling him to kill others to "correct the world".
Comedy horror
Trying not to spend time with his family during Christmas, Cody makes a wish by drawing a shark wearing a Santa Claus hat, until the animal manifests itself and starts killing the local population.
Horror, monster film, Science fiction
A rich actress, Ruth Warren, who has gotten too old for leading roles, hopes to restore her youthful beauty. For a few years she had been financing a scientist, Dr. Gregory Ashton, who is working on a formula for eternal youth.
Horror, thriller film
Angie Albright starts college in a town far away from home and her deeply religious mother. Her college roommate likes to indulge in smoking weed, and in trying to escape that, Angie finds a job as a babysitter. The couple who live on the outlying farm of Stanton have a son named Sam who is quiet and loves to wear a cowboy outfit, even when sleeping.
Christmas film, Horror, Slasher
The story is about a horror movie actress named Raven Quinn. After her marriage crumbles down, she wins the custody of her daughters and raises them alone. She feels fortunate that she finds a good neighbor named Wayne, who provides a much needed emotional support and agrees to baby-sit her two young daughters.