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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,216 films · Page 219.

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

Horror, Mysterie, Science fiction

While contemplating a shrunken head, professor Jonathan Drake has a vision of three floating skulls. Recoiling in fear, he instructs his daughter Alison to dispatch a telegram to his 60-year-old brother Kenneth, saying he will visit Kenneth on Thursday. But before Jonathan can arrive, Kenneth sees a shrunken head outside his window.

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Decay (2012)

Horror, Zombie

A security guard is walking along the maintenance tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN when he turns around, meets an unidentified man whom he recognizes, and informs him that he is not supposed to be down there. The man proceeds to shoot the guard dead. Connor, James, Amy, and Matt are physicists at CERN working on the Large Hadron Collider.

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AM1200 (2008)

Horror

It focuses on Sam Larson, an executive who is on the run after the suicide of a friend who he set up to take the fall for a scheme to steal money from the company where they worked, Harry Jones. While driving along at night and trying to stay awake, Sam turns on his car radio to the A.M. band.

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Dark Corners (2006)

Horror

Birch plays two characters, alternating between them each time she falls asleep, each of whom believes that the other is a dream. The first of them, Karen Clarke, is a mortuary worker who awakes to find that she has injuries which she does not recall receiving, and the second is Susan Hamilton, an office worker who is preparing to undergo artificial insemination. As time passes, Clarke's world becomes increasingly nightmarish, with a corpse coming to life on her table and a serial killer stalking her, and the line between the two worlds becomes increasingly fragile.

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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)

Horror, monster film, Science fiction

Deep in the rural swamps of Texas, the reclusive and ruthless wife-abusing mad scientist Dr. Simond Trent is conducting experiments in his laboratory on the local impoverished voodoo-worshiping black "natives" in an attempt to discover the secret to reversing evolution, feeding the failures to the alligators he keeps in his covered outdoor swimming pool. When a party of oil surveyors comes upon his isolated yet strangely suburban-style home, he decides to take the final step and turn the duplicitous female leader of the expedition into a grotesque and virtually indestructible amphibious "Fish Man" so that he can take his revenge upon the…

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The Ferryman (2007)

Horror

A group of tourists: Chris, a wealthy American; Tate, Chris's temperamental fiancé; Kathy, an ex-nurse haunted by recurring nightmares of a young girl who died in her care; her boyfriend Zane; Big Dave, the owner and captain of a luxurious yacht; and his wife Suze set sail on a leisure trip to Fiji. The voyage is interrupted when they respond to a distress signal from a nearby vessel, and rescue its sole surviving crew member ("The Greek"). Unbeknownst to the group, The Greek is possessed by the malevolent spirit of a man who seeks to cheat death by using an enchanted dagger to swap souls with a succession of new hosts.

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Zombies on Broadway (1945)

Comedy horror, zombie comedy

Jerry Miles and Mike Strager are employed as Broadway press agents. Their latest idea is to hire a "genuine zombie" for the opening of the Zombie Hut, a new cabaret nightclub owned by gangster Ace Miller that will open on Friday the 13th of the next month. The boys plan is to dress a former boxer up as a zombie, figuring no one will know the difference.

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Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1989)

Drama, fantasy film, Horror

The film opens on two young children whose mother is dying in the present-day Gimli, Manitoba hospital. During a visit to see her, the children's Icelandic grandmother launches into the grim and convoluted tale of Einar the Lonely, a patient in a far-distant-past version of the same hospital—in "a Gimli we no longer know," as the grandmother puts it. The rest of the film consists of Einar's story.

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Pale Blood (1990)

Horror, Vampire

Michael Fury (Chakiris) arrives in Los Angeles to investigate a series of mysterious high-profile murders where the victims have been completely drained of blood. Aiding him in his quest is Lori (Ludwig), a junior member at an investigative firm who is obsessed with the occult. Unbeknownst to her, Fury is himself a vampire.

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Swarmed (2005)

Animal horror, Horror, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, television film

Kent Horvath is a scientist, trying to invent a new pesticide, specifically for yellow jacket wasps. He tests its effectiveness out on eight yellow jackets, finding that it successfully kills six, but the two who survived now have extremely high pheromone levels, resulting in increased aggression. That night, the janitor accidentally releases them, and they both attack, killing him.

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Girlfriend from Hell (1989)

Comedy horror

Maggie (Liane Curtis) is a shy woman that isn't very good with men. This changes after she is possessed by Satan, who uses Maggie's body to seduce the souls out of men. Enter Chaser (Dana Ashbrook) a bounty hunter seeking redemption by pursuing Satan and working off his sins for a shot at escaping purgatory.

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Final Draft (2007)

Horror, thriller film

Paul (James Van Der Beek) is an aspiring script writer with a big problem; he only has 18 days to release his last script, a script that could be his chance to be someone. He decides to lock his home and live in isolation until the job is done. But the main character of his story is a maniac clown, and the line between fantasy and reality is so thin, which makes Paul turn crazy.

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Before I Hang (1940)

Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film

Dr. John Garth is on trial for murder after performing a mercy killing on an elderly friend. In the trial, he reveals that he had been researching a cure for aging but had not had time to perfect it before his friend's pain became unbearable.

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Blackwood (2013)

Horror, thriller film

Following a shattering emotional breakdown, a college professor relocates to the countryside with his family. After a seemingly good start, he is plagued by spectral visions and investigates a local mystery that has put him and his family in danger.

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Missionary (2013)

Horror

Katherine is a mother trying to raise her son Kesley the best she can, despite being recently separated from her husband Ian. When Mormon missionary Elder Kevin Brock offers to help her son practice football, both he and Katherine are drawn to one another. Despite some worries about the 10 year age difference between the two of them, Katherine and Kevin are initially happy in their blossoming relationship.

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The Ugly (1997)

Horror, thriller film

Inside an old, decrepit insane asylum in Auckland, detained serial killer Simon Cartwright (Paolo Rotondo) seeks to be reevaluated by an outside psychiatrist to prove that he has been cured. He requests specifically for Dr. Karen Schumaker (Rebecca Hobbs).

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Blood Theatre (1984)

Comedy horror, Slasher

Dean Murdock, the owner of the Spotlite Theater chain, purchases an abandoned theater that was once the site of a horrific massacre perpetrated by the disgruntled owner on the theater's closing night. He notifies his employees of the chain's acquisition of the property, and promotes several to renovate and subsequently operate the theater. To motivate his employees, he offers a $1,000 bonus that will go to one of them after a test run, much to the chagrin of his incredulous assistant, Miss Blackwell.

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The Unknown Terror (1957)

Horror, Science fiction

The mysterious disappearance of Jim Wheatley while exploring the legendary "Cave of the Dead" brings his sister Gina Matthews and her husband Dan to what Dan calls the "shores of the Caribbean." But at a pre-expedition party, Gina is taken aback when Pete Morgan arrives uninvited. Pete, Gina and Dan had been a romantic triangle. Pete saved Dan's life on an earlier expedition, but was injured and now limps on his permanently damaged right leg; after the injury, Gina and Dan married.

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