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The 'Burbs(1989)

PG
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 506 votes)

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.

Friday the 13th(2009)

R
| 1h 37min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 1,200 votes)

A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Creep(2014)

R
| 1h 22min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 574 votes)

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Directed by Patrick Brice

Triangle(2009)

R
| 1h 39min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 1,072 votes)

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety, a ship Jess is convinced she’s been on before.

Christmas Bloody Christmas(2022)

1h 26min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 60 votes)

It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.

Directed by Joe Begos

Girl(2020)

1h 32min | Thriller
3.1/5 (with 74 votes)

A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.

Directed by Chad Faust - With Bella Thorne

So I Married an Axe Murderer(1993)

PG-13
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Crime, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 169 votes)

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.

The Furies(2019)

1h 22min | Horror, Action, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 69 votes)

A young woman faces her darkest fears with seven other unwilling participants in a deadly game — a game that can only have one winner.

Directed by Tony D'Aquino

Silent Night(2012)

R
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
2.6/5 (with 122 votes)

The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero(2014)

NR
| 1h 31min | Horror
2.5/5 (with 132 votes)

A group of friends head to a deserted Caribbean island for a surprise overnight bachelor party only to discover that the island isn't deserted. It's actually the home to a secret medical facility. Not only that, there's something wrong with the water surrounding the island...

Lizzie(2018)

R
| 1h 46min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 107 votes)

Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.

A Bay of Blood(1971)

1h 25min | Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 157 votes)

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.

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The Outwaters(2023)

NR
| 1h 40min | Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 24 votes)

Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.

Cottage Country(2013)

2.7/5 (with 60 votes)

When Todd takes his girlfriend Cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal, the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was his slacker brother and his hippie girlfriend. But in this comedy of errors, Todd and Cammie, have to deal with his accidentally murdered brother in order to live happily ever after.

Directed by Peter Wellington - With Malin Åkerman

Brain Bucket(2024)

8min | Comedy, Horror

Three popular snowboarders hit the slopes on the latest episode of the Canadian hit show "Brain Bucket". However, during the filming of the episode, they're hunted down by a sadistic and mysterious sniper.

Silent Rage(1982)

3.0/5 (with 65 votes)

A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland(1989)

R
| 1h 19min | Comedy, Horror
2.7/5 (with 93 votes)

Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.

Directed by Michael A. Simpson - With Pamela Springsteen, Michael J. Pollard

Sweet Home(2015)

1h 20min | Horror
2.5/5 (with 64 votes)

A couple decides to spend a romantic evening in a floor of a semi-abandoned building that slip because she works as a consultant for the council house and got the keys. During the evening they discover that a hooded murderer is the only tenant left in the building...and they have become the new target.

Directed by Rafa Martínez - With Íngrid García Jonsson, José María Blanco, Luka Peroš

Strait-Jacket(1964)

NR
| 1h 33min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 46 votes)

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2(1987)

R
| 1h 28min | Comedy, Horror
2.2/5 (with 62 votes)

After being traumatized by his brother Billy's murderous rampage years earlier, Ricky Caldwell has become a serial killer himself and is now living in a mental hospital. Relating his story to a psychiatrist, Ricky recounts the details of their murder sprees and vows to avenge his brother's death.

Bereavement(2010)

1h 43min | Crime, Horror
2.7/5 (with 69 votes)

In 1989, six year old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing in Minersville Pennsylvania. Graham Sutter, a psychotic recluse, kept Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm, forcing him to witness and participate in unspeakable horrors. Chosen at random, his victim's screams were drowned out by the rural countryside. For five years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a mystery, until 17 year old Allison Miller comes to live with her Uncle, Jonathan. While exploring her new surroundings, Allison discovers things aren't quite right at the farmhouse down the road. Her curiosity disturbs a hornet's nest of evil and despair that once torn open, can never be closed.

The Brain(1988)

R
| 1h 34min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.5/5 (with 25 votes)

Dr. Blake runs a TV show called "Independent Thinkers", which is sort of a Scientology-like self-help/religion program. But he's not making his audience think any more independently - with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain, he's using brainwashing and mind control. The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks...

The Hike(2011)

1h 23min | Horror
2.0/5 (with 18 votes)

Kate returns from war and goes on a camping trip with her friends. They come across strange people living off the land and befriend a group of rock climbers. After their friend goes missing, the women team up with the climbers to survive their hike.

Curse of the Devil(1973)

R
| 1h 24min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 12 votes)

The great inquisitor Ireneus Daninsky has Countess Bathory burned alive and her female followers hanged. Before perishing in the flames the countess puts a curse on Daninsky and his descendants. Four centuries later, Waldemar Daninsky accidentally shoots a gypsy while hunting a wolf. The angry gypsies, who knew of the curse, summon up the Satan and the beautiful Ilona is chosen to seduce the young lord. During a night of love, Ilona bites Waldemar who turns into a werewolf killing his preys on full moon nights. His murders are first attributed to a mad killer escaped from the asylum. Waldemar, who suspects the killer is none other than himself, falls in love with Kinga, the daughter of a professor from Budapest. When Maria, Kinga's jealous younger sister, manages to seduce Waldemar and sleep with him, she is killed by the young man, once again turned into a werewolf.

Count Dracula's Great Love(1973)

R
| 1h 25min | Horror
2.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Four women spend the night in an old deserted sanitarium on a mountain. They each in turn fall into the the evil hands of a doctor….

Murders in the Rue Morgue(1971)

2.7/5 (with 18 votes)

In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.

Almost Human(2013)

NR
| 1h 20min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.4/5 (with 45 votes)

Mark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost two years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil is living inside of him.

Directed by Joe Begos

The Brain from Planet Arous(1957)

2.5/5 (with 15 votes)

An evil alien brain, bent on world domination, takes over the body of an atomic scientist, while a "good" alien brain inhabits the body of the scientist's dog and waits for an opportunity to defeat the evil brain.

The Harvesting(2018)

1h 32min | Thriller, Horror
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

To escape their marital problems, a young family travels from the city to spend the summer in Amish Country where a malevolent presence grips them. They soon discover that they were brought there for a reason and they must break free before the demonic hold consumes them.

Directed by Ivan Kraljevic

Blood Rage(1987)

R
| 1h 24min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 59 votes)

In 1974, Terry commits a murder and pins it on his twin brother, Todd. Ten years later, Todd escapes from a mental institution on the same day as Terry’s murderous instincts resurface.

Directed by John Grissmer - With Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Ted Raimi
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