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Slasher Horror, drama film, high school film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, supernatural horror film, teen film, teen horror film, thriller film
On May 23, 1988, the senior class of Shadyside High School prepares for their prom. Lori Granger signs up to run for prom queen against the popular girl group nicknamed the "Wolfpack", consisting of ruthless queen bee Tiffany Falconer and …
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Cannibal-Movie, Horror, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, horror film, slasher film
Jennifer "Jen" Shaw, her boyfriend Darius, and couples Adam and Milla and Gary and Luis, arrive in a small town in rural Virginia to hike the Appalachian Trail. They encounter hostility from locals in the bar, especially from Nate. Jen als…
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Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, crime film, slasher film, splatter film
Police informant Michael Marks awakens in a room with a spike-filled mask locked around his neck. Billy the Puppet on a screen says that the key to open the death mask has been surgically inserted behind his eye. He cannot bring himself to…
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Slasher Horror, independent film, slasher film
Fourteen-year-old James is sent to live with his grandfather Geppetto after his parents perish in a car accident. He makes friends with two other children, Zach and Michael, but Zach dies from terminal cancer and Michael is forced to move …
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Historie, Vampirfilm, action film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film, vampire film
In 1818, Abraham Lincoln lives in Indiana with parents Nancy and Thomas, who work at a plantation owned by Jack Barts. There, Lincoln befriends a young African-American boy, William Johnson, and intervenes when Johnson is beaten by a slave…
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LGBTQ-related film, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
During a Friday afternoon tryst in a Phoenix hotel, real-estate secretary Marion Crane and her boyfriend Sam Loomis discuss their inability to get married because of his debts. Returning to work, she decides to steal a cash payment of $400…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Psychological Thriller, Teen Horror Film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, slasher film, teen film
Kristen Parker dreams of Freddy Krueger, who attacks her and makes it look like she has slit her wrist in the real world. Believing Kristen to be suicidal, her mother Elaine admits her to Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital, where she is pla…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Detective Film, Historie, Horror, Mysterie, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
In 1888, Mary Kelly and a small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. Their friend Ann Crook is a former prostitute now married to a wealthy painter named Albert, and she has recently given birth to a daughte…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, horror film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film
In 1944, eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their …
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Psychological Thriller, Slasher Horror, horror film, slasher film
On the night of October 31, 1978 in the town of Haddonfield, Illinois, Laurie Strode is narrowly saved from Michael Myers when his psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis shoots him off a balcony. Michael wanders the alleys, stealing a kitchen knife f…
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Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, ghost film, horror film, mystery film, slasher film, thriller film
Dean Russell falls asleep at a diner and is attacked by Freddy Krueger, a burned man wearing a bladed gardener's glove on his right hand. In the dream, the burned man cuts Dean's throat; in reality, Dean cuts his own throat as his friends …
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Zombiefilm, action film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
In the fictional town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa, resident Rory interrupts a local baseball game, entering the outfield with a shotgun. Sheriff David Dutten attempts to dissuade Rory but is forced to kill him when he raises his weapon. David's w…
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Horror comedy, Splatter Film, comedy film, comedy horror, comedy thriller, horror film, slasher film
A group of college kids – Allison, Chad, Chloe, Chuck, Jason, Naomi, Todd, Mitch, and Mike – go on a camping trip in West Virginia. While at a gas station, they encounter Tucker and Dale, two well-meaning hillbillies who recently bought an…
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Cannibal-Movie, Western film, Zombiefilm, body horror film, crime film, crime thriller film, exploitation film, horror film, horror western, independent film, political film, rape and revenge film, revisionist Western, suspense film, thriller film
The Carter family is traveling on vacation towing a trailer en route to Los Angeles. Parents Bob and Ethel are driving, accompanied by their children Bobby, Brenda, eldest daughter Lynne, Lynne's husband Doug, Lynne and Doug's baby daughte…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Monster Film, horror film, monster film, slasher film, teen film
Three days after the events of the first film, in its 22nd day of feeding, the Creeper abducts a young Billy Taggart in front of his father Jack Sr., his older brother Jack Jr. and their dog Mac. The next day, a school bus carrying a sport…
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Horror, Mysterie, horror film, slasher film
Two months after the murders at Camp Crystal Lake, sole survivor Alice Hardy is recovering from her traumatic experience. In her apartment, when Alice opens the refrigerator to get her cat some food, she finds the severed head of Pamela Vo…
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Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Norman Bates is released from a mental institution, despite the protests of Marion Crane's sister Lila Loomis. Against the advice of Dr. Bill Raymond, he moves to his old home behind the Bates Motel and starts working in a diner.
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Slasher Horror, horror film
Macy and her boyfriend Chase travel into a remote wooded mountain area in East Tennessee for a hike, where Chase intends to propose. While briefly separated, Chase encounters a large woman wearing a porcelain doll mask as she buries a head…
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Exorcism Film, Slasher Horror, horror film
In Georgetown, fifteen years after Regan MacNeil's exorcism in 1973, Father Joseph Dyer and Lieutenant William F. Kinderman reminisce about Father Damien Karras. The following night, an incident at a church occurs indicating the presence o…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Slasher Horror, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, slasher film
In 2008, mass murderer Jason Voorhees is captured by the United States government and held at the Crystal Lake Research Facility. By 2010, after numerous failed attempts to kill him, Rowan LaFontaine, the head of the facility, suggests pla…
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Horror comedy, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, slasher film, teen film
Two years after a satanic cult led by his former babysitter, Bee, tried to kill him, Cole Johnson is a junior in high school. He is unable to convince anyone, except for his best friend Melanie, of Bee's life-threatening plot; his parents …
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, Super Hero, crime film, drama film
In 1983, teenagers Martin Asher and Matt Soulsby meet on a bus to Mont-Laurier, Quebec. The bus breaks down, and the two acquire a car, which soon blows a tire. As Matt changes the tire, Martin comments that they are about the same height …
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Horror comedy, comedy horror, fantasy film, horror film
In 1983, Dan O'Grady returns home to North Dakota from a trip to his native Ireland, where he captured a leprechaun, who then gave him a pot of gold in accordance with the leprechaun code. After burying the gold, O'Grady discovers that the…
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Horror, horror film, slasher film
At a Halloween party, a shy boy named Felix arrives alone. Among the guests are spoilt Chris, his mild-mannered girlfriend Gemma, their friend Paul, his abrasive girlfriend Eleanor, and drug-dealer Luke. Felix, who is smitten with Gemma, a…
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