Cinema of the Damned
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Gatlopp: Hell of a Game
›2022 · Comedy, Horror · 80m · Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jim Mahoney, Jon Bass
Four friends get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade of absence, which takes a dark turn.
Petey Wheatstraw
›R1977 · Fantasy, Action, Comedy · 99m · Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to give him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
Valerie on the Stairs
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 60m · Christopher Lloyd, Tony Todd, Tyron Leitso
Taken from a Clive Barker original screen story, tells the tale of a novelist who discovers there are fates worse than literary anonymity in this sexually-charged tale of terror.
The Monkey's Paw
›NR2013 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · C.J. Thomason, Stephen Lang, Michelle Pierce
After Jake Tilton is given a mystical "monkey's paw" talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, he finds his world turned upside down after his first two wishes result in his malevolent coworker, Tony Cobb, being resurrected from the dead. When Cobb pressures Jake into using the final wish to reunite Cobb with his son, his intimidation quickly escalates into relentless murder - forcing Jake to outwit his psychotic friend and save his remaining loved ones.
