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LGBTQ-related film, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, horror film
Jackie and Jules, a young married couple, are celebrating their first anniversary at a remote cabin belonging to Jackie's family. Jules becomes suspicious when Jackie's childhood friend Sarah visits and addresses Jackie as "Megan". Jackie …
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Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
On Halloween night in 2019, 21-year-old Corey Cunningham babysits a young boy named Jeremy Allen who pulls a prank on him by locking him inside the attic. Just as Jeremy's parents come home, Corey kicks the door open and accidentally knock…
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Romantic Comedy, Slasher Horror, comedy horror film, romance film, slasher film
Each of the past few years on Valentine's Day, a serial killer known as the Heart Eyes Killer, or HEK, has targeted couples in a different American city. On Valentine's Day of the present year, HEK murders two couples in Seattle and a wedd…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Slasher Horror, blaxploitation film, horror film, slasher film, supernatural horror film
In 1977, at Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing projects, a young boy witnesses the killing of Sherman Fields, a homeless African American man with a hook for a hand. Suspected of giving a white child a razor blade in a piece of candy, Sherman…
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Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, Torture Porn, crime film, exploitation film, horror film, rape and revenge film, splatter film, thriller film
Novelist Jennifer Hills travels from New York City to Louisiana to work on her next book in privacy. The gas station attendant, Johnny Miller, gives her directions to her rented cabin when she gets lost. He embarrasses himself by trying to…
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Slasher Horror, slasher film
On October 29, 2018, infamous serial killer Michael Myers, who has been institutionalized at Smith's Grove Psychiatric Hospital for 40 years following his killing spree in Haddonfield, is being prepared for transfer to a different facility…
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Teen Horror Film, crossover fiction, slasher film
Having been trapped in Hell since his last defeat, Freddy Krueger can no longer invade children's dreams. His powers have been weakened by the adults of Springwood, who have erased all evidence of his existence and institutionalized anyone…
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Cannibal-Movie, Horror
Retired detective 'Big' Bob Carter and his wife Ethel are traveling from Cleveland to San Diego through the New Mexico desert for their silver wedding anniversary; with them are their three children, Lynn, Brenda, and Bobby, Lynn's husband…
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Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
One year after the brutal murders of her friends, Helen Shivers and Barry Cox, by the vengeful fisherman, Ben Willis, Julie James is attending summer classes in Boston, but suffers from nightmares of the incident. Julie's roommate, Karla W…
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Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
In early May 2002, a last-minute midnight hearing is held before serial killer Malcolm Rivers' scheduled execution the next day. A tape of Malcolm reciting the poem "Antigonish" is played. Journals belonging to Malcolm are discovered havin…
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LGBTQ-related film, Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film, teen film
In 1975, John Baker and his boyfriend Lenny take John's children, Angela and Peter, on a boating trip. After the boat capsizes, John and the children try to swim to shore, but they swim into the path of a reckless motorboat and are struck.…
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Psychological Thriller, Thriller, drama film, neo-noir, slasher film, teen film, thriller film
Seventeen-year-old Kale Brecht and his father spend an idyllic day fishing. While Kale is driving them home, a car accident kills his father. One year later, Kale is a troubled, sullen, withdrawn outcast, wracked with guilt and grief over …
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Horror, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, exploitation film, horror film, slasher film
On October 30, 1977, amateur criminals Karl and Richard Wick attempt an armed robbery at a gas station/horror museum, but are killed by the owner, Captain Spaulding, and his assistant, Ravelli. Later that night, Jerry Goldsmith, Bill Hudle…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Slasher Horror, black comedy film, comedy horror, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film, time-travel film
After a night of drunken partying, Tree Gelbman wakes up on her birthday in the dorm room of classmate Carter Davis. She dismisses him, returning to her room. Her sorority housemate Lori Spengler gives her a cupcake, which she throws away.
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Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film
En route to a football game, Carly Jones, her delinquent twin brother Nick, her boyfriend Wade Felton and their friends – Dalton Chapman, Paige Edwards and Blake Johnson – set up camp for the night in a wooded area. A stranger in a pickup …
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film
Years ago, a young boy named Christopher Robin met and befriended a group of anthropomorphic creatures—Owl, Rabbit, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Piglet and Winnie-the-Pooh—in the Hundred Acre Wood. Not long after, Christopher had to leave t…
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Slasher Horror, slasher film
On Christmas Eve, eight-year-old Billy Chapman is traveling by car with his parents when the vehicle stops on a remote road. A man dressed as Santa Claus approaches and murders Billy's parents in front of him, leaving Billy alive. The kill…
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Dark Comedy, Teen Horror Film, horror film, slasher film
In 1991, a group of teenagers in Kettle Springs, Missouri, party near the town's old Baypen Corn Syrup factory. Two teens sneak off into the nearby cornfield and are killed by Baypen's mascot, Frendo the Clown. In the present, Quinn Maybro…
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Dark Comedy, Slasher Horror, Time Travel, comedy horror, time-travel film
In the small town of Vernon, on October 27, 29, and 31, 1987, three teenage girls named Tiffany Clark, Marisa Song, and Heather Hernandez were killed by the Sweet 16 Killer, each having been stabbed 16 times on the nights of their 16th bir…
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Slasher Horror, Teen Horror Film, Thriller, horror film, slasher film
In 1999, two British tourists, Liz Hunter and Kristy Earl, are backpacking across Australia with Ben Mitchell, an Australian friend. Ben buys a dilapidated car for their journey from Broome, Western Australia to Cairns, Queensland via the …
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LGBTQ-related film, action comedy film, action film, action thriller, adventure film, anthology film, chase film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, exploitation film, girls with guns, horror film, independent film, mystery film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, vigilante film, zombie film
Slasher Horror, drama film, horror film, slasher film, thriller film
On Halloween 1990 in Haddonfield, Illinois, having already exhibited signs of psychopathic tendencies, a ten-year-old boy, Michael Myers murders his school bully Wesley, his abusive stepfather Ronnie, his promiscuous older sister Judith an…
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Cannibal-Movie, Horror, horror film, slasher film, splatter film, teen film, thriller film
Two college students, Rich Stoker and Halley Smith, are rock climbing in a remote forest of West Virginia. Rich reaches the top of a cliff and before he can help Halley up, he is attacked and killed. Someone begins to yank Halley up the cl…
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Occult Horror, horror film, mystery film, psychological horror fiction, slasher film
Police Detective Mike Norris chases fugitive serial killer Charles Lee Ray, known as the "Lakeshore Strangler", through the streets of Chicago and into a toy store while Ray's accomplice, Eddie Caputo, flees the scene with Norris' partner,…
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