Cinema of the Damned
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
›R1984 · Horror · 91m · Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
The Secret of Crickley HallSeries
›2012 · Drama · 1 season · Suranne Jones, Maisie Williams, Tom Ellis
A year after the disappearance of their son, Gabe and Eve Caleigh and their two daughters attempt to start anew, they head to Crickley Hall - a seemingly perfect countryside house. But when cellar doors start to open on their own, phantom children's cries are heard through the night and a frenzied cane-wielding specter rears its head - the Caleigh's realize the house comes with a lot more than they bargained for. Just as they're ready to move out, Eve Caleigh hears Cam's cries and all bets are off.
The Confession
›NR2026 · Horror · 87m · Italia Ricci, Scott Mechlowicz, Zachary Golinger
A woman finds her late father’s tape confessing to murder tied to an evil force—now her son shows the same darkness, and she must fight to stop it.
The Keeping Hours
›PG-132017 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 91m · Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, Sander Thomas
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
It's Alive
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.
Mansion of the Doomed
›R1976 · Horror · 86m · Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Lance Henriksen
An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own in a car-accident he caused.
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
›R1987 · Horror · 94m · Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon
The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation by the legal system and the media, the man responsible leads an expedition to the island to free them.