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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,216 films · Page 212.

Triloquist (2008)

Horror

Angelina is a young woman whose ventriloquist mother died from an overdose, orphaning Angelica and her brother Norbert, who is left particularly traumatized and mute. Together with her mother's ventriloquist dummy Dummy, who is capable of walking and talking on his own, the siblings are sent to live with their perverted uncle, who Dummy kills for abusing Angelica. In the resulting chaos Dummy is placed in a suitcase for several years.

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Just Jim (2015)

Comedy horror, Coming-of-age, Dark Comedy, Psychological Thriller

Jim, a lonely sixteen‑year‑old boy from Wales, spends most of his time with his dog. After the dog dies, he becomes even more isolated. His routine changes when Dean, a confident American teenager who moves in next door, enters his life and draws his attention.

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Bats: Human Harvest (2007)

Action, Animal horror, Horror

A group of Delta Force soldiers, accompanied by Russian born CIA agent Katya Zemanova (Pollyanna McIntosh), are sent to the Belzan forest in Chechnya in search of a rogue American weapons researcher, Dr. Benton Walsh. As they search for Walsh's camp, they are attacked by genetically-altered carnivorous bats.

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Terror Trap (2010)

Horror, Psychological Thriller, thriller film

When a married couple, Don and his wife, Nancy, who face relationship problems and constantly argue, go on a "vacation" to a casino, a car accident takes place. Looking for help, they call the town's sheriff, who suggests they go to a certain motel and he will have the car towed the next day. At the motel, they find blood in their apartment, and a girl being savagely killed next door.

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Bloodthirsty (2020)

body horror film, fiction film, Horror, monster film, Werewolf

Indie singer-songwriter Grey Kessler suffers anxiety over having released a successful album and feels pressure for a successful follow-up. She also takes medication to try to stop dreams of herself as a wolf, and she appears to have other medical issues too, though her doctor can find nothing physically wrong. A reclusive music producer, Vaughn Daniels, once a famous boy-band singer in the '90s, invites Grey to his remote mansion to write and record her second album.

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Black Swarm (2007)

Horror, natural horror film, suspense film, television film

A widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York with her nine-year-old daughter Kelsey Kozik. There, she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe.

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Don't go in the Woods (2010)

Horror, musical film, Slasher

A band, consisting of leader Nick, Anton, Johnny, Carlo and the blind Robbie, decide to go camping in the woods to write new songs. Upon arriving, they discover a sign reading "Don't Go in the Woods", however they ignore it and set up camp in a nearby clearing. While Nick and Carlo are collecting firewood, they find a hunting cabin that is full of weapons including a sledgehammer, however they ignore it and decide to break the group's cellphones to help with the creative process.

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War of the Dead (2011)

Action, Horror, Science fiction, Zombie

In a long corridor of an underground bunker, several prisoners are marching under armed guard. As they approach the door at the end of the corridor, one prisoner seizes his chance to assault a guard, but the door opens almost immediately and several German soldiers step through to mow down the entire group, save for one prisoner who remains standing. The guards grab him and force him through the door, where he is placed on an operating table and held down as a drip is inserted into his arm and blood pumped into his veins.

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Cuadecuc, Vampir (1971)

documentary film, Documentation, Horror, Vampire

The film tells the story of Dracula using behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film Count Dracula, complete with scenes of the cast and crew working on the film in between takes. The film also shows how the special effects and sets of the film were designed, often splicing these moments with footage of the actors. With the exception of the final scene, which features Christopher Lee explaining the end of the novel, the film is mostly silent, with sparse music and sound effects sparingly used.

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Colin (2008)

Horror, Zombie

Injured in the arm, Colin arrives home to the house he shares with Damien only to find it empty. While cleaning his wound in the kitchen sink, he is attacked by Damien, now a zombie. He manages to "kill" Damien by stabbing him multiple times in the head with a kitchen knife, but soon afterward, dies.

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Hoax (2019)

Horror

Six college students are attacked by an unknown creature while camping in the wilderness, five being killed while one, Alex Barnes, goes missing. The incident is dubbed the “Mountaineering Massacre”. Some time later, struggling film producer Rick Paxton approaches a former employer, Roger Brannan, and pitches to him an idea for a hit show that spins the Massacre as a Bigfoot attack rather than what the police suspect is a bear attack.

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Knife Edge (2009)

Horror, thriller film

A successful Wall Street trader returns to Britain with her family, but her new home in the countryside contains a disturbing secret. Her understanding of this secret is complicated by her husbands' difficulties and losing his job. In trying to hide this, he uses gaslighting to trick her into believing she is going insane.

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Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

Crime, Detective, mystery film

Charlie Chan is brought in when an archaeologist disappears while excavating ancient art treasures in Egypt. Charlie must sort out the stories of the archaeological team, deal with the crazed son of the missing scientist, learn why priceless treasures are falling into the hands of private collectors, and battle many seemingly supernatural events. Chan's initial journey begins with a rickety biplane ride and then a desert trip by pack mule ("Offspring of Satan", mutters Chan at his animal).

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Condemned (2015)

Horror, LGBTQ-related film

Distraught over her parents' constant fighting, Maya moves in with her boyfriend, Dante, a struggling musician in New York City. Maya, who used to live in a wealthy neighborhood, is initially reluctant to even enter the condemned building in which Dante lives, but he convinces her to give it a chance. Dante explains that Shynola, the superintendent, still lives there, so it has basic plumbing and electricity service.

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Curfew (1989)

Horror, Psychological Thriller, thriller film, Torture Porn

Teenager Stephanie Davenport spends a night out with her friends and boyfriend, John, while her parents, Walter and Megan, prepare to depart for a weekend vacation from their small California town. Meanwhile, brothers Ray and Bob Perkins—both inmates on death row, the latter developmentally disabled—escape from prison and descend upon the town, seeking revenge against Stephanie's father, the district attorney who sentenced them to death for a brutal murder. Ray and Bob first terrorize and murder a psychologist who analyzed them prior to their trial, before murdering a man they hitch a ride with and stealing his car.

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Saint Sinner (2002)

Horror, Science fiction

In 1815 California, Father Michael, an emissary of Pope Pius VII, has traveled to meet with novice monk Brother Tomas. The young monk's order serves as the secret repository for evil, supernatural objects collected by the Church, and kept there for safekeeping. Michael delivers an ancient statue that has trapped two beautiful female demons, Munkar and Nakir.

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Frankenstein Island (1981)

Horror, monster film, Science fiction

When a hot air balloon crashes on a remote and uncharted island, the four balloonists and their dog Melvin are captured by a pair of drunken old pirates who take them to the hilltop laboratory home of Dr. Frankenstein's modern-day descendant Sheila Frankenstein who is carrying on the family tradition by turning shipwrecked sailors into pre-programmed bloodless, black-garbed zombies who must wear sunglasses to protect their weird white eyes from light. Discovering that one of the new arrivals is a doctor, the buxom, white-haired Sheila quickly brainwashes him into helping her try to save her bedridden 200-year-old husband Dr.

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Brides of Blood (1968)

Horror, monster film, Science fiction

Three Americans arrive on a tropical island: Dr. Paul Henderson, a scientist investigating radiation from atomic bomb tests; his beautiful but sexually frustrated wife, Carla; and Jim Farrell, a young Peace Corps representative. The captain tells his passengers that the island is cursed and is known as "Blood Island".

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Aberration (1997)

Horror

An oddball animal biologist local field researcher named Marshall Clarke (Simon Bossell) is investigating the disappearance of local wildlife, and stumbles upon an unidentified slimy residue. Meanwhile, a woman named Amy Harding (Pamela Gidley) moves into her old cabin in the woods of Langdon, where she spent her family holidays as a child, along with her cat, Frankie, a large sum of money, and all of the personal belongings. While attempting to make the cabin habitable, Amy realises that a moist substance has spoiled a piece of cake she is about to eat and fears she may have mice.

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Zombiegeddon (2003)

Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Comedy horror, Zombie, zombie comedy

Satan has created a human-like race called zombies. When the zombies begin taking over the world, dirty cops Jeff and Cage find themselves in the unenviable position of stopping them before it's too late. Jeff soon learns that he alone has the power to defeat them if he's up to the task.

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