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Slasher Horror, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
In Woodsboro, Stab fan Scott and his girlfriend Madison visit Stu Macher's house after hearing rumors that he might have survived having a television dropped on his head. They are killed by Ghostface, who sets the house on fire. In Pine Gr…
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, thriller film
In Phoenix, Arizona, real estate secretary Marion Crane embezzles $40,000 in cash from her employer after hearing her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, complain that his debts are delaying their marriage. She sets off to drive to Sam's home in the to…
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Ghost-House-Movies, Horror, Marital Tragedy, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, drama film, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Jack Torrance takes a caretaker position to look after the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains while it is closed for the winter. On arrival hotel manager Stuart Ullman informs Jack that a previous caretaker, Charles Grad…
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Slasher Horror, slasher film
On July 4, 2024, Ava Brucks visits her hometown of Southport, North Carolina, for her best friend Danica Richards' engagement party. Ava, Danica, Ava's ex-boyfriend Milo Griffin, and Danica's fiancé, Teddy Spencer, drive to see the firewor…
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Crime, Psychological Thriller, black comedy film, comedy horror, crime film, drama film, slasher film, thriller film
In 1987, New York City investment banker Patrick Bateman meticulously maintains a polished social façade while harboring violent impulses. He dines at trendy restaurants, obsesses over his physical appearance, and navigates a shallow circl…
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Gothic film, Horror, body horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, gothic horror film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
In the early hours of August 18, 1973, a grave robber steals several corpses from a cemetery near Newt, Muerto County, Texas. The robber ties a rotting corpse and other body parts onto a monument, creating a grisly display that is discover…
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Parodie, Silly Movie, comedy horror, horror film, parody film, slasher film, teen film
On Halloween night, Drew Decker receives a threatening phone call while home alone. Chased outside by somebody dressed as Ghostface, she is stripped to her bra and panties before being stabbed in the breast, removing one of her silicone im…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, thriller film
Jenny Greengrass and her boyfriend, Steve Taylor, set off for a weekend away at Eden Lake, a remote spot in the English countryside. On the journey there, Steve complains about youths' recent antisocial behaviour and criticises adult paren…
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Mysterie, Parodie, Teen Horror Film, comedy film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film
In the small town of Woodsboro, California, high school student Casey Becker is home alone when she receives a phone call from an unknown person. Their conversation about horror films turns sadistic when the caller reveals that her boyfrie…
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, horror film, slasher film, supernatural horror film
In 2016, twenty-seven years after It's initial defeat, Pennywise the Dancing Clown returns to Derry, Maine, killing a man named Adrian Mellon after he and his boyfriend are brutally assaulted by homophobic teens. Mike Hanlon, the only memb…
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Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
In 1979, police officers arrive on a lonely farm in rural Texas and find numerous dead bodies wrapped in bags. They then enter the farmhouse and find something shocking in the basement. Twenty-four hours earlier, aspiring adult film star M…
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Slasher Horror, comedy horror, drama film, horror film, romance film, satirical film, slasher film
Camp Miasma is a long-running slasher franchise that originated in the 1980s. Its recurring villain is "Little Death", the ghost of a child who was purportedly raised as both a boy and girl by their parents. After being drowned by hateful …
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Horror, Horror comedy, horror film, slasher film
In 1969, Iris Campbell and her boyfriend Paul attend the grand opening of the Sky View, an observation tower restaurant. Iris has a premonition of a chain of events that causes the tower to collapse, killing everyone inside. She warns the …
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Slasher Horror, comedy horror film, slasher film
One year after the Woodsboro killings orchestrated by Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman, Blackmore University professor Laura Crane is catfished and murdered by her student Jason Carvey wearing a Ghostface costume. Jason plots with his roomm…
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Slasher Horror, comedy horror film, metafiction, slasher film
Twenty-five years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher's killing spree in Woodsboro, high school student Tara Carpenter is home alone when she is attacked by Ghostface and left hospitalized. In Modesto, Tara's estranged older sister Sam Carpe…
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Horror, psychological horror fiction, slasher film
In 1918, Pearl is a young woman living with her German immigrant parents on their farm in Texas, while her husband, Howard, serves in World War I. Her father is infirm and paralyzed, and her strict mother, Ruth, insists that she help care …
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
On July 4, 1996, in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James and her friends Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry Cox drive to the beach while celebrating Helen's victory at the beauty pageant. On the way back, Barry's drunken antics cause …
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
In 2021, in the small town of Venus, Oregon, Carol's Diner waitress Shelly greets a man named Frank Quincanoh, sharing the information she learns about him with an unseen patron. Later that night, Shelly knocks on the door of his motel roo…
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
In 1985 Los Angeles, amid the Night Stalker murders, Maxine Minx successfully auditions for the lead in a new horror film, The Puritan II, despite all of her previous film credits being in adult films. After sharing the news with her frien…
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Teen Horror Film, Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, slasher film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On October 31, 1963, in the suburban Illinois town of Haddonfield, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally stabs his teenage sister Judith to death with a chef's knife. On October 30, 1978, psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis and nurse Marion Chamb…
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Slasher Horror, horror film
In Bayleen Bay, an ice cream truck run by a mysterious, silent man arrives and quickly becomes popular amongst the local children. Lactose-intolerant Jared Mayfair avoids eating the treats and is unsettled by the Ice Cream Man, whom he see…
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Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, slasher film, splatter film
A facially disfigured woman who survived a massacre the year before is interviewed for a TV talk show. Once off air, the host, Monica Brown, makes cruel comments about the woman's appearance while on the phone with her boyfriend in her dre…
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Teen Horror Film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, independent film, psychological drama film, psychological thriller film, slasher film, splatter film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, suspense film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
Teenager Tina Gray awakens from a terrifying nightmare in which a disfigured man wearing a bladed glove attacks her in a boiler room. Her mother points out the mysterious slashes on her nightgown. The following morning, Tina's best friend …
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Horror, slasher film
In 2017, in the small town of Venus, Oregon, a businessman named Jeff Morell is ambushed in the woods by three masked perpetrators—Scarecrow, Dollface, and Pin-Up Girl. Scarecrow ultimately kills Jeff with an axe. Some time later, Maya and…
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