The Hamiltons seem to be the picture-perfect American family. They are hardworking community members; giving to their local charities, attending town hall meetings and always respectful of their neighbors...except for the fact that they usually end up killing them.
Keywords: family secrets, misfit, murder, male homosexuality, serial killer
Trust is her weapon. Innocence her opportunity. Revenge her only desire.
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
Keywords: loss of loved one, nanny, destroy, family's daily life, infant, rage and hate, malice, childlessness, desire to have children, child
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Keywords: venice, italy, fbi, serial killer, cannibal, aftercreditsstinger
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.
Keywords: winter, psychopath, serial killer, cannibal
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
Czech Republic, France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
Keywords: college, murder, time loop, young adult, college student, stabbed to death
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.
Keywords: suicide, rape, age difference, photographer, shower, menace, lie, pedophilia, manipulation, sadism, castration, insanity, vigilante, sociopath, deception, neighbor, teenage girl, torture, sadist, pedophile, cruelty, older man younger woman relationship, justice, held captive, mental illness, threat, sexual torture, childhood sexual abuse, photo studio, verbal abuse
Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances.
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Keywords: new orleans, louisiana, alligator, male friendship, swamp, tourist, murder, gore, serial killer, slasher, hatchet, ax
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
Keywords: supernatural, black and white, silent film, haunted castle, early cinema
You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror.
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Keywords: alcohol, haunted house, disappearance, black and white, orphan, super power
Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, and Kirsty must follow him to save her father and witness the power struggles among the newly damned.
Keywords: seduction, pain, stepmother, hell, pinhead, sequel, betrayal, mad doctor, sexual imagery, torture, demon, skin, puzzle box, labyrinth, mattress, british soldier, ring of fire, self mutilation, cenobite, mental hospital
After tinkering with a box he bought while abroad, sexual deviant Frank inadvertently opens a portal to hell, where fetish-demons led by Pinhead tear his body apart. When Frank’s brother and his wife move into his house, a skeletal Frank appears to his sister-in-law and asks her to supply him with corpses for his regeneration.
Keywords: based on novel or book, seduction, ritual, stepmother, supernatural, revenge, surrealism, gore, undead, human sacrifice, demon, puzzle box, cult film, attic, occult, cenobite
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
Keywords: hell, remake, gore, puzzle box, based on short story, cenobite
Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
Keywords: chicago, illinois, prostitute, rape, sadistic, biography, sister, psychopath, based on true story, murder, serial killer, killing spree, incest
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
Keywords: loss of loved one, funeral, ritual, daughter, supernatural, cult, possession, murder, dysfunctional family, family drama, fear, demon, attic, evil, ritual murder, satanic ritual, dollhouse, satanic cult, séance, matriarch, miniatures
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
Keywords: robbery, fbi, human body, alien life-form, heavy metal, mind control, surrealism, parasite
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
Keywords: mass murder, insanity, gore, survival, maniac, home invasion, bound and gagged, circular saw, isolated farmhouse, french countryside, new french extremism
A nice American family. They didn't want to kill. But they didn't want to die.
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Keywords: rape, mutation, government, murder, cannibal, dog, desert, cult film, camper, set on fire
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Keywords: post traumatic stress disorder, drowning, refugee, trauma, supernatural, ghost, folklore, south sudan, diaspora, loss of child, british film, black horror
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.
Keywords: paranoia, nightmare, son, forest, sinkhole, mistrust, folk horror, rural, town
Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to a remote lake cottage for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.
Keywords: boat, lake, married couple, honeymoon, cabin, woods, memory loss, sleepwalking, woman director, mysterious events
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the night.
Keywords: isolation, computer, quarantine, evil spirit, internet, psychic, internet chat, found footage, séance, lockdown, virus, covid-19
As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Keywords: village, arrest, police, partner, parody, murder, conspiracy, serial killer, rural area, gunfight, english countryside, cult film, police force, buddy cop, accident
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!
In the heart of a violet forest, an old house awaits young girls.
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Read the fine print. You may have just mortgaged your life.
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his research and moves his family from New York City to the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
Keywords: haunted house, mad scientist, gore, zombie, video nasty
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Edgar Allan Poe's demonic tale of The Ungodly... The Evil House of Usher
After a long journey, Philip arrives at the Usher mansion seeking his loved one, Madeline. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Madeline and her brother Roderick Usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
Keywords: curse, mansion, new england, old house, based on short story, 19th century
Set on an island off the coast, a techno rave party attracts a diverse group of college coeds and a Coast Guard officer. Soon, they discover that their X-laced escapades are to be interrupted by zombies and monsters that attack them on the ground, from the air, and in the sea, ruled by an evil entity in the House of the Dead... Prequel to the House of the Dead video games.
Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch TV. Die.
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for protection. They all arrived in a hearse and will either leave in it $10,000 richer or leave in it dead!
Keywords: wine cellar, cigarette, haunted house, skeleton, blind, black and white, dripping blood, chandelier, eccentric millionaire, gimmick
Sorority sisters... Sisters in life. Sisters in death.
After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.
Keywords: haunted house, father-in-law, superstition, house arrest, basement, exploding head, security guard, garden shears, dentures, home detention
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Keywords: adultery, based on novel or book, shapeshifting, secret society, cabin, woods, murder, serial killer, werewolf, psychiatrist, hunting, newswoman
Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life, but John, her companion for centuries, suddenly discovers that he is getting old minute by minute, so he looks for Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging, and asks her for help.
Keywords: new york city, based on novel or book, immortality, gay interest, premature aging, research laboratory, animal research
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
Keywords: criterion collection, witch, mystic, hysteria, sorcery, superstition, insanity, satan, torture, devil, demon, witchcraft, mental illness, middle ages, silent film, satanic ritual, love potion, spellcasting, burned at the stake, folk horror, accusation, nervous disorder
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
Keywords: saving the world, new york city, based on novel or book, lost civilisation, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, infection, matter of life and death, alone, helplessness, loneliness, zombie, virus, pandemic, pets
If you're going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.
After four high school friends are involved in a hit-and-run road accident, they dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret. A year later, they each start receiving anonymous letters bearing the warning "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
Kyung-Chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-Hyun, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets to the Bahamas, Julie finds this a perfect opportunity to finally relax. But someone is waiting for her. Someone who she thought was dead. Someone who is out again for revenge.
See this strange, strange story of a woman whose lure set brother against brother; whose love caused hate—and whose beauty bowed to the will of an evil spell in whose power we must refuse to believe—EVEN IF IT'S TRUE!
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
Keywords: love triangle, nurse, jealousy, island, plantation, voodoo, calypso, superstition, psychological abuse, sorrow, sibling rivalry, zombie, doctor, alcoholic, tower, val lewton, tropical island, voodoo ritual, guilty conscience, voodoo doll, gothic romance, science vs superstition, brain dead, descendants of african slaves, half brothers, plantation owner, cane field
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.
A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.
Keywords: philadelphia, pennsylvania, detective, time travel, living in car, serial killer, hospital, grave digger, polaroid camera, father daughter relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship
Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.
Keywords: magic, mythical creature, occult, short film
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Keywords: criterion collection, based on novel or book, cat, giant spider, shrinking, radioactivity, black and white, shrunken human
An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Keywords: circus, movie business, homeless person, identity, violent husband, married couple, deceived husband, wife, murder, curse, los angeles, california, stabbing, poland, parallel world, madness, movie star
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Keywords: criterion collection, england, based on novel or book, haunted house, supernatural, possession, haunting, black and white, ghost story, governess
Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.
Keywords: baby, scissors, pregnancy, photography, psychopath, murder, gore, serial killer, slasher, car accident, home invasion, pregnant woman, death of husband, christmas, new french extremism, female psychopath
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Keywords: paris, france, san francisco, california, based on novel or book, new orleans, louisiana, vampire, louisiana, plantation, pity, bite, child vampire, gothic horror, 18th century, plague, 19th century, lgbt interest, reluctant vampire
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted 'replacement', realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate.
Keywords: san francisco, california, based on novel or book, 1970s, psychoanalysis, remake, alien, apocalypse, alien invasion, alien infection, epidemic, biologist, doppelgänger
There was nothing to hold onto - except each other.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Keywords: based on novel or book, small town, alien, black and white, doctor, patient, alien invasion, psychiatrist, alien infection, angry mob, doppelgänger, mystery writer, emotionless, paranoid, abandoned mine, personality change
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Keywords: based on novel or book, architect, pregnancy, fake suicide, stalker, murder, domestic abuse, scientist, police detective, death, invisible person, mental hospital, woman in peril
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
TERROR! Stalked the Brush-Choked Island...Where Men Who Were Animals Sought the Girl Who Was All-Human!
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Keywords: criterion collection, based on novel or book, exotic island, mad scientist, man beast, pre-code, south sea island, turned into animal
A grave's dank darkness smothers the screams of a girl still alive!
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people—a superstitious old peasant—suspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.
Keywords: island, superstition, quarantine, val lewton, plague
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Keywords: based on novel or book, small town, clown, bullying, abandoned house, murder, flashback, balloon, maine, school, creature, fear, summer, killer, missing person, death of brother, well, child, demonic, town history
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
Keywords: based on novel or book, clown, carnival, sequel, remake, maine, creature, fear, ancient evil, loss of a friend, 2016
It doesn’t think, it doesn’t feel, it doesn’t give up.
When carefree teenager Jay sleeps with her older boyfriend for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Jay's friends don't believe her seemingly paranoid ravings, until they too begin to see the phantom assassins and band together to help her defend herself.
Keywords: beach, chase, supernatural, friends, vision, teenage girl, school, detroit, michigan, evil, voyeurism, young adult, followed, std
The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming.
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Keywords: new york city, vietnam veteran, post traumatic stress disorder, 1970s, subway, experiment, paranoia, nightmare, hallucination, car bomb, grief, memory, chemist, demon, postal worker, figment of imagination, oneiric, chiropractor
A brother and sister driving home through an isolated countryside from college encounter a flesh-eating creature in the midst of its ritualistic eating spree.
Keywords: monster, mass murder, brother, sister, aftercreditsstinger, cross country trip, rural
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose and only John knows it.
Keywords: fight, blindness and impaired vision, victim, serial killer, falling in love, series of murders, police officer, surveillance
Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.
Keywords: minnesota, high school, sexual murder, possession, gore, teenage girl, slumber party, demon, rock band, succubus, satanic ritual, candlelight vigil, duringcreditsstinger, woman director, virgin sacrifice, frenemies, bloodthirsty
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
Keywords: sadism, sequel, flashback, gore, torture, death, survival horror, death match, suicide by hanging, mind game, abduction
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Keywords: street gang, dream, clown, villain, society, psychopath, based on comic, murder, psychological thriller, criminal mastermind, mental illness, anarchy, clown makeup, subway train, social realism, supervillain, tv host, 1980s, mother son relationship, origin story, falling into madness
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Keywords: gas station, psychological thriller, cb radio, road rage, brothers
When a grudge from the dead passes to the living - Who is safe?
Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.
Keywords: japan, restart, dying and death, panic, primal fear, egomania, supernatural, remake, japanese horror
When a supernatural pit worshipped by a remote community in the woods demands a new blood sacrifice, a young woman struggles to find a way to survive as the pit lashes out in anger.
Keywords: small town, neglect, arranged marriage, pregnancy, pit, human sacrifice, rural area, incest, moonshine, misogyny, isolated community
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
Keywords: exotic island, dna, paleontology, tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops, brontosaurus, electric fence, island, dinosaur, amusement park, theme park
In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inherited but are warned by the forest ranger not to venture forth. Soon after they set up camp, they begin hearing strange noises, encounter a mysterious singing girl and start disappearing one by one.
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Keywords: post traumatic stress disorder, hotel, husband wife relationship, hitman, infection, forest, cult, priest, murderer, brutality, bonfire, ceremony, ex soldier, ritual sacrifice, contract killer, video tape, folk horror, sheffield, england
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.
Keywords: prostitute, hotel, sheriff, based on novel or book, crime fighter, texas, airplane, deputy, sadism, cigar smoking, killer, mental hospital, 1950s
Genres
Mind & Body
Serial Killers
Country
Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America
A Monster of Creation’s Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Keywords: new york city, screenplay, movie business, exotic island, island, ship, great depression, unsociability, dinosaur, black and white, pre-code, sea voyage, damsel in distress, empire state building, giant ape, animal horror, great ape, king kong
The two mightiest monsters of all time! In the most colossal conflict the screen has ever known!
US version. The re-edited John Beck version of the film: released outside of Japan and restructured with new footage of American actors centering around a news report plot not present in the original. Eric Carter of United Nation News is joined by Dr. Arnold Johnson as a prehistoric monster emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with their own monster.
Keywords: criterion collection, giant monster, dinosaur, kaiju, giant ape, king kong
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Keywords: detective, based on novel or book, fbi, kidnapping, investigation, north carolina, escape, serial killer, kickboxing, missing person, police psychologist
Save your family or save humanity. Make the choice.
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
Keywords: based on novel or book, sacrifice, faith, end of the world, apocalypse, home invasion, lgbt, aftercreditsstinger, adopted child, adopted daughter, gay, same sex relationship, religious symbolism
When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.
Keywords: fire, winter, santa claus, snowstorm, christmas tree, flashback, snow, fireplace, creature, power outage, destruction, demon, family, blizzard, christmas, bad kids
Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of samurai!
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
Keywords: criterion collection, samurai, revenge, murder, black cat, ghost, rape and revenge, folk horror
