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Five Nights at Freddy's(2023)

PG-13
| 1h 49min | Horror, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 1,633 votes)

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

Directed by Emma Tammi - With Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio, MatPat, ...

A Quiet Place(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 31min | Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 6,298 votes)

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

A Quiet Place Part II(2021)

PG-13
| 1h 37min | Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
3.8/5 (with 2,901 votes)

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Night Nurse(1931)

1h 12min | Crime, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 27 votes)

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

Last Action Hero(1993)

3.2/5 (with 1,196 votes)

Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater. After being given a magic ticket by theater manager Nick, Danny is sucked into the screen and bonds with Slater. When evil fictional villain Benedict gets his hands on the ticket and enters the real world, Danny and Jack must follow and stop him.

Flash Point(2007)

R
| 1h 28min | Action
3.5/5 (with 135 votes)

Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!

Earthquake(1974)

PG
| 2h 3min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 133 votes)

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice(1986)

1h 26min | Action
2.8/5 (with 14 votes)

Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.

A High Wind in Jamaica(1965)

1h 43min | Action, Drama, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

Kaw(2007)

2.2/5 (with 35 votes)

On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.

The Night of the Grizzly(1966)

1h 48min | Adventure, Western
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.

The Curse of the Cat People(1944)

1h 10min | Horror, Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 55 votes)

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

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Hero Wanted(2008)

R
| 1h 35min | Crime, Action, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 63 votes)

Liam Case is a garbage man whose life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to impress the girl of his dreams, Liam plans an elaborate heist that will culminate with him jumping in to save the day at the last minute. When the day of the heist arrives, however, the plan takes an unexpected turn and Liam winds up in the hospital.

The Window(1949)

1h 13min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

Alma(2009)

NR
| 6min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
3.5/5 (with 59 votes)

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

Directed by Rodrigo Blaas

A Woman's Face(1941)

NR
| 1h 46min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

4D Man(1959)

NR
| 1h 25min | Science Fiction, Horror
2.8/5 (with 22 votes)

Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.

The Cat with Hands(2001)

3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

The story of a cat who, legend has it, longs to become human.

Directed by Robert Morgan

Macabre(1958)

3.0/5 (with 19 votes)

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.

Fright(1971)

PG
| 1h 27min | Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 24 votes)

Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.

A Straightforward Boy(1929)

14min | Comedy, Crime
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

Time Lock(1957)

1h 13min | Thriller
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

Hoods(1998)

1h 30min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.

The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For(2001)

Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stine.

The Miser's Heart(1911)

NR
| 18min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.

The Lost Volcano(1950)

NR
| 1h 16min | Adventure
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he's made friends with Bomba the jungle boy, who has shown him a great deal about life in the jungle. One day two adventurers come looking for ancient treasure in the shadow of a live volcano.

Directed by Ford Beebe

Suffer, Little Children(1983)

1h 14min | Horror
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A mute child arrives at a children's home and starts terrorizing the other children with her demonic powers.

The Little Ark(1972)

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps them reunite with their father.

Building Sites Bite(1978)

28min | Drama

This film tells the story of Ronald, an intelligent boy who wants to become an architect or surveyor. His cousins Paul and Jane cannot believe that Ronald has any awareness of building sites. In Paul's imagination, he and his sister set Ronald in a number of typical sites, to see if he can survive the hazards that kill and maim many children each year. Ronald eventually learns the hard way that he did not know as much about building sites as he thought.

Frankenstein vs. the Wolfman in 3-D(2008)

NR
| 20min | Horror, Animation
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Three young orphans team up with the Frankenstein Monster to battle a Wolfman in their small mountain community.

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