Cinema of the Damned
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It Came from Outer Space
›1953 · Science Fiction, Horror · 80m · Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
The 'Burbs
›PG1989 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 102m · Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
Thanksgiving
›R2023 · Horror, Mystery · 106m · Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.
Assassination Nation
›2018 · Thriller, Horror, Comedy · 108m · Odessa Young, Hari Nef, ABRA
After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.
Cruel Summer
›2016 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 78m · Richard Pawulski, Danny Miller, Reece Douglas
Young Autism sufferer Danny enjoys the serenity and solitude of camping. That's all about to change when enraged teens Nicholas, Calvin and Julia find him, each with their own agenda for wanting to see Danny suffer.
Halloween Kills
›R2021 · Horror · 105m · Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.
Kill Game
›NR2015 · Horror · 102m · Pierson Fodé, Joe Adler, Michael Galante
In Grace Arbor the answers are never clear. Who is underneath the mask? This is the story of a group of high school kids - all popular, good looking, "most likely to succeed" types - who amuse themselves by pulling pranks on unsuspecting students and teachers. At their core lies a cruelty and shallowness which comes with the territory of privilege. One night, a prank goes horribly wrong, a teenager is killed, and the gang covers it up as a drowning accident but five years later, their lives are turned upside down when a local is killed by a serial killer wearing a haunting Marilyn Monroe mask. Soon, the gang are killed one by one in manners mirroring the pranks they pulled in high school. Is it revenge? Is it karma?
Smiley
›R2012 · Horror · 95m · Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson
After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.
I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu
›NR2019 · Horror · 148m · Camille Keaton, Jamie Bernadette, Maria Olsen
Following her rape, Jennifer Hills wrote a bestselling account of her ordeal and of the controversial trial in which she was accused of taking the law into her own hands and brutally killing her assailants. In the small town where the rape and revenge took place, the relatives of the rapists she killed are furious that the court declared her not guilty and resolve to take justice into their own hands.
