Cinema of the Damned
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Village of the Damned
›NR1960 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
Strange Behavior
›R1981 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
Dark Skies
›PG-132013 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.
Z
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, Sean Rogerson
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
Ritual
›2012 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Rio Dewanto, Hannah Al Rashid, Marsha Timothy
A father on vacation wakes up separated from his family and races through the woods to find them.
Village of the Damned
›R1995 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
While the Children Sleep
›2007 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 90m · Gail O'Grady, William R. Moses, Mariana Klaveno
A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.
Beware: Children at Play
›R1989 · Horror · 94m · Lori Romero, Michael Robertson, Robin Lilly
Parents are in a panic as their children mysteriously disappear. Little do they know that the only thing worse than their children disappearing would be them coming back. After the youngsters of Ellenburg fall under the ruthless control of a cult leader, they turn on their parents with gruesome results.
