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Dark Comedy, Slasher Horror, comedy horror, horror film, satanic film, slasher film
Douglas "Dougie" Whooly is a nine-year-old boy obsessed with a video game, in which he plays Satan's little helper. His sister Jenna comes home from college for Halloween, but things turn sour when Dougie finds out she brought her boyfrien…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, slasher film
Virginia Clayton, an aspiring actress who works at a used bookstore in downtown Los Angeles, becomes absorbed in the pulp horror novels of the late author Malcolm Brand. Virginia's detective boyfriend, Richard, begins to grow concerned abo…
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horror film, slasher film
The Kelly family lives in the fictional town of Oakmoor Crossing, just before and during Halloween. The family, consisting of father David, mother Linda, and son Sean, live a normal suburban life, but are eventually visited by a stranger w…
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Horror, horror film, slasher film, teen film
While taking a shower, Dr. Mitchell Allen's daughter, Audrey, sees a hand with a black glove. Scared, Audrey gets out and goes to her room to sleep.
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
After closing hours in the Starbody Health Spa in Los Angeles, Laura Danvers is mysteriously locked inside the sauna, which fills with chlorine gas, inducing chemical burns on her skin and eyes, nearly killing her. Her boyfriend Michael Ev…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, slasher film
College student Amanda is babysitting for Helen and Jim, watching after their young son at their large estate in the woods. Amanda finds it odd there are so many locks on the front door but meets the child, Tara, before they go to sleep. H…
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horror film, slasher film, teen film
The film opens to a snuff film, consisting of 8 mm footage of a handcuffed woman being stabbed to death. The film then switches to six friends—Rachel, John, Tiffany, Mike, Jennifer and Jack—who are driving through a desolate area. They fin…
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Horror, horror film
In 1977, young Alex Grant witnessed a carnival clown named Louis Seagram—a brutal sadist—rape and murder her mother, Elaine. Twenty years later, Alex lives above the Mermaid Bar, a seaside tavern she inherited from her mother, where she wo…
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Psychological Thriller, Splatter Film, crime film, horror film, thriller film
Dr. Alan Feinstone is in the maximum security mental hospital he was sentenced to at the end of the first film. While talking to the psychiatrist, he remembers the murders he committed in his mind, while convincing the doctor that it was a…
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film
Catherine is cooking dinner, expecting her boyfriend to arrive. She discovers his car in her driveway, and inside finds him with his throat slit. A killer wearing a skull mask breaks into the home and murders her, throwing her body in a sw…
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Christmas film, horror film, slasher film
On a college campus, a young male coed is chased and killed by an unseen assailant. Meanwhile, Joanne Murray and her boyfriend, Tim, attend a campus party and learn that their dormitory, Morgan Meadows Hall, has been condemned. Along with …
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
Screenwriter Stanley Caldwell lives in a cabin at the edge of Summit Lake. After speaking with his agent, Regan, over the phone, Stanley accesses a hidden room in his house revealing a young woman who is chained to the floor by her ankle. …
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Horror, Slasher Horror, Thriller, horror film, slasher film
Deborah Ballin, a feminist activist, inspires the wrath of the misogynistic psychopath and serial killer Colt Hawker on a TV talk show. He attacks her, but she survives and is sent to County General Hospital. Colt begins stalking her.
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Horror, Slasher Horror, Thriller, horror film, slasher film
When Beth was a little girl, her brother Bobby killed her whole family and attempted to kill her. He was caught and committed, and she grew up with a new family. Years later, Beth goes to college, where she joins a sorority.
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Horror, Slasher Horror, horror film, independent film, slasher film
One New Year's Eve, popular punk rock/new wave disc jockey Diane Sullivan (known as "Blaze" among her fans) is hosting a late-night countdown celebration, televised live from a Hollywood hotel and simulcast on local radio. All is going wel…
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slasher film
After witnessing the murder of her grandmother Deborah Voorhees, a famous Friday the 13th actress, Kelsie Voorhees is left traumatized as a child. When other Friday the 13th actresses begin to fall victim to the killer, an adult Kelsie fin…
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Thriller, crime film, horror film, slasher film
Jane, a newscaster in Miami, reports on the latest victim of a serial killer and rapist. She lives with and cares for her teenage sister, Tracy, who is blind and deaf-mute owing to a conversion disorder she suffered after being kidnapped a…
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Horror, Slasher Horror, comedy horror, ghost film, teen film
Head girl Justine Fielding (Tuppence Middleton) is escorted out of Fairview High School by the police, as other pupils look on. Five days earlier, Justine is reading the eulogy at the funeral of unpopular, asthmatic student Darren Mullet (…
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horror film, slasher film
We open on the death of Gary and Merv's parents, seemingly murdered and then taken away by paramedics. Jill Robinson arrives back in her small hometown, having returned from college. She learns that the townspeople are not happy with her f…
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
The minions of serial killer Jesse "ChromeSkull" Cromeans locate their employer and bring him back from the brink of death, though the injuries he sustained have left him disfigured. As ChromeSkull recuperates, tended to by an assistant na…
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Horror, Motor-Bike Film, comedy horror
A motorbike gang kills an occultist with a crossbow during a satanic ritual. One of the motorcycles is damaged during the ritual, and an evil spirit inhabits it. Noddy is then seen purchasing the bike from a dealer, but lies to his girlfri…
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Horror, slasher film
In a close-knit Amish community, a prophecy appears to come true when six girls are born on June 6. The prophecy states that six girls will be born on the sixth day of the six month and one of them will become the "Devil’s Hand" when she t…
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Horror, Slasher Horror, Thriller, slasher film, splatter film, teen film
A mother prepares a cake for her husband Big Ed’s birthday. In the adjacent room, their son Ed attempts to clean his father’s hunting rifle to surprise him but accidentally fires it. The bullet passes through the wall, striking and killing…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film
Six friends, Christian, Elizabeth, Piper, Kate, Adam, and Benjamin, play a game which consists of “yes” and “no” questions that are to be answered anonymously. Once the cards are shuffled, the questions are read aloud and answered by anoth…
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