Top 100 Thriller Movies of 2021
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Jennifer's Body
September 18, 2009Sexy temptress Megan Fox is hotter than hell as Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader who takes evil to a whole new level after she’s possessed by a sin...
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Possessor: Uncut
October 2, 2020Uncut and uncensored from the visionary mind of Brandon Cronenberg, Tasya Vos invades the minds of others to make them carry out high-profile assassinations. Bu...
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Thirteen Ghosts
October 26, 2001A family inherits an elegant steel-and-glass mansion from a deceased relative. The catch is that along with the house comes a slew of ghosts that can be seen on...
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Memory: The Origins of Alien
October 4, 2019Take an in depth voyage into the sci-fi masterpiece ALIEN with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time bu...
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The Seventh Day (2021)
March 26, 2021A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur,...
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World War Z (Unrated Cut)
June 21, 2013The suspense is killer in this fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pit...
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The Conjuring 2
June 9, 2016The supernatural thriller brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Oscar n...
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Salem's Lot
November 17, 1979A New England village is plagued by vampirism in this blood-curdling shocker based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King, directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeis...
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Shadow in the Cloud
January 1, 2021In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett (CHLOË GRACE MORETZ) joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard ...
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The First Purge
July 4, 2018Coming off the most successful film in the series, "The Purge: Election Year," creator James DeMonaco (writer/director of "The Purge," "The Purge: Anarchy" and ...
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Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
August 21, 2020Four years after South Korea's total decimation in TRAIN TO BUSAN, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brin...
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Godzilla
May 20, 1998Following the French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing westward through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous...
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The Retreat
May 21, 2021Renee and Valerie, a couple at a crossroad in their relationship, leave the city to spend the weekend at a remote cabin with friends but when they arrive, their...
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Don't Breathe
August 26, 2016A trio of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re wrong.
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Sinister
October 12, 2012True crime novelist Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is so desperate to repeat the success of his first book that he moves his family into a home that served as the...
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Insidious: Chapter 2
September 13, 2013James Wan and Leigh Whannell return to deliver this follow-up to their low-budget successful creep-out, Insidious, which focused on a family who were haunted by...
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The Purge: Election Year
July 1, 2016It has been two years since Leo Barnes (FRANK GRILLO) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night --- the 12 hours of lawlessness. This yea...
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Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood
August 16, 1996The iconic Crypt Keeper returns with this creepy comedy brimming with lust and laughs. Dennis Miller stars as Rafe Guttman, a wisecracking private eye investiga...
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Midsommar
July 3, 2019Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dan...
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Hunter Hunter
December 18, 2020HUNTER HUNTER follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan),...
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated)
January 25, 2013Unrated and too intense for theaters with more witches, weapons and action! Get ready for a twisted take on the classic tale as Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Grete...
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The Conjuring
July 19, 2013Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. The Conjuring tells the horrifying true story of Ed and Lorraine Warren, world renowned paranormal investiga...
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Wrong Turn (2021)
January 26, 2021Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to st...
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The Vigil
February 26, 2021Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, THE VIGIL is a supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn's Hasidic Borough Par...
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The Endless
March 23, 2018Following their Lovecraftian modern cult classic SPRING, acclaimed filmmakers Moorhead and Benson return with this mind-bending thriller that follows two brothe...
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Lights Out
November 1, 2016When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights wen...
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Happy Death Day
October 13, 2017Blumhouse (Split, Get Out, The Purge) produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day, in which a college student relives the day of he...
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It (2017)
September 8, 2017The horror thriller “IT”, directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been te...
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The Unholy
April 2, 2021The Unholy follows a hearing-impaired girl who is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak, and heal the sick. As people flock to witness her mir...
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Donnie Darko: Anniversary Special Edition
January 19, 2001Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template – and t...
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The Thing
June 25, 1982Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling vers...
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In The Earth
April 16, 2021As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, th...
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The Final Girls
October 9, 2015When Max (Taissa Farmiga) and her friends reluctantly attend an anniversary screening of “Camp Bloodbath”, the infamous ‘80s horror film that starred Max...
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Halloween (2018)
October 19, 2018Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her sin...
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Beetlejuice
March 30, 1988A couple of nice homebody ghosts, trying to rid their house of afamily of trendsetting human beings, is hell-bent on making their home unlivable -- even for the...
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Jaws
June 20, 1975Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever ch...
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A Quiet Place
April 6, 2018If they hear you, they hunt you. In this critically acclaimed, worldwide box office hit, a family must navigate their lives in silence to avoid mysterious creat...
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The Djinn
May 14, 2021A mute boy is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart's greatest desire.
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The Shining
May 23, 1980Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star in director Stanley Kubrick's disturbing adaptation of Stephen King's blockbuster horror novel. When...
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Jigsaw
October 27, 2017Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man: John Kramer. But h...
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Insidious: Chapter 3
June 5, 2015Go back to the beginning....in this chilling prequel that takes place before the unforgettable haunting of the Lambert family. When paranormal investigators Tu...
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The Stylist
March 1, 2021Obsession gets a makeover in The Stylist, a deliciously twisted slice of female-led psychological horror, nominated for the New Visions Award for Best Motion Pi...
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John Carpenter's Halloween
October 25, 1978The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 y...
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The Mummy (1932)
December 22, 1932Boris Karloff's legendary performance as The Mummy has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. When Egyptian mummy Im-Ho-Tep is accidentally revived ...
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What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
November 3, 1962Screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star in the 1962 box office champ that became a classic! This Academy Award-winning, tense psychological drama tel...
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World War Z
June 21, 2013The suspense is killer in this fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pit...
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Wrong Turn
June 27, 2003An indescribable nightmare begins when a group of young friends become stranded in the back woods of West Virginia after their car breaks down. Desperate and fe...
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe
December 21, 2016It's just another night at the morgue for a father (Brian Cox) and son (Emile Hirsch) team of coroners, until an unidentified, highly unusual corpse comes in. D...
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Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
December 9, 1994Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Tom Cruise, Academy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Brad Pitt and Golden Globe-nominee Kirsten Dunst are amo...
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Freaky
November 13, 2020Prepare for a Freaky take on the body-swap movie which only Blumhouse (makers of Happy Death Day & The Purge Franchise) could bring: a teenage girl switches bod...
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What We Do In the Shadows
May 5, 2015Housemates Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires who are trying to get by in modern society; from paying rent and doing housework to trying to get inv...
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Insidious
April 1, 2011From the makers of Paranormal Activity, INSIDIOUS is the terrifying story of a family who, shortly after moving, discovers that dark spirits have possessed thei...
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American Psycho (Uncut Version)
April 14, 2000Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a ps...
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The Resort
April 30, 2021Lex is a writer obsessed with the paranormal, which is why for her birthday, her three closest friends decide to take her on a surprise trip to an abandoned res...
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Insidious: The Last Key
January 5, 2018The creative minds behind the hit Insidious trilogy return for Insidious: The Last Key. In the supernatural thriller, which welcomes back franchise standout Lin...
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Us (2019)
March 22, 2019From Academy Award®-winning visionary Jordan Peele comes another original nightmare. Starring Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) and Winston Duke...
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Annabelle
October 3, 2014Based on the terrifying doll from The Conjuring. John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white...
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The Purge: Anarchy
July 18, 2014The New Founders of America invite you to celebrate your annual right to Purge. The Purge: Anarchy takes it to the streets for the country’s yearly 12 hours o...
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Synchronic
October 23, 2020When New Orleans paramedics and longtime best friends Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan) are called to a series of bizarre, gruesome accidents, th...
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The Invisible Man (2020)
February 28, 2020What you can't see can hurt you. Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss (Us, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale) stars in a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universa...
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The Curse of La Llorona
April 19, 2019The timeless Hispanic legend comes to terrifying life in “The Curse of La Llorona.” She is The Weeping Woman and those who hear her death call in the night ...
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Alien
May 25, 1979Directed by Ridley Scott, the original sci-fi classic follows Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) investigating a suspected SOS on a remote planet and makes a terrifying ...
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The Void
April 7, 2017A blood-soaked man limping down a deserted road is rushed by officer Carter to a nearby hospital with a skeleton crew. Trapped inside by hooded figures, Carter ...
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Split (2017)
January 20, 2017Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns with an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Th...
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Ma (2019)
May 31, 2019Everybody's welcome at Ma's. But good luck getting home safe. Sue Ann (Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer) is a lonely woman who keeps to herself in a quiet Ohio to...
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Annabelle: Creation
August 11, 2017She’s back! In “Annabelle: Creation”, several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls ...
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It Chapter Two
September 6, 2019Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “It Chapter Two” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back ...
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Phantom of the Paradise
October 31, 1974After hearing Winslow Leach (William Finley) perform a song from his Faust rock opera, Phil Spector-ish impresario Swan (Paul Williams) decides that Winslow's o...
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The Empty Man
October 23, 2020The Empty Man is a supernatural horror film filled with action, suspense and sheer terror! After teenagers from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously va...
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Annabelle Comes Home
June 26, 2019Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home,...
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Resident Evil: Retribution
September 14, 2012The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human r...
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Untitled Horror Movie
June 15, 2021With their hit TV show on the brink of cancellation, six actors decide to film their own horror movie. Their fictional work becomes all too real when they unint...
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Orphan
July 24, 2009The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard), taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psy...
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Anything for Jackson
June 15, 2021After a tragic car accident that resulted in the death of their only grandson, Audrey and Henry are unable to go on with their lives without him. Following the ...
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Get Out
February 24, 2017When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinis...
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The Nun (2018)
September 7, 2018When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest (Demian Bichir) with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final...
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
September 9, 2005A thrilling, horror film based on a true story about a single lawyer (Laura Linney), who takes on the church and the state, when she fights for the life of a pr...
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Terror Eyes
April 2, 2021Terrorized at multiple stops on a road trip to Joshua Tree, three friends realize something unexpected is pulling the strings. As they are followed in the shado...
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Shaun of the Dead
September 24, 2004Get ready for a gut-busting, bone-mashing good time in the hilarious horror comedy, Shaun of the Dead. There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get...
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Willy's Wonderland
February 12, 2021A quiet loner (Nic Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Unable to pay for the repairs he needs, he agrees to spend the night ...
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The Cabin In the Woods
April 13, 2012From writer/producer Joss Whedon (THE AVENGERS), comes a sci-fi horror film unlike any you’ve seen before – or is it? Curt (Chris Hemsworth) and a rambuncti...
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Hereditary
June 8, 2018When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their anc...
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
January 27, 2017Picking up after Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. No...
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The Witch
February 19, 2016New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote ...
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The Visit
September 11, 2015When Becca and Tyler are sent to their grandparents' secluded Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong stay, they quickly discover something is not right with the elder...
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Happy Death Day 2U
February 14, 2019It's déjà vu all over again for Tree Gelbman, the snarky sorority sister who solved her own murder by repeatedly reliving her death. When the masked campus ki...
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Ready or Not
August 21, 2019READY OR NOT follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband's (Mark O'Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDow...
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Scary Movie
July 7, 2000Carmen Electra, Marlon Wayans, Jon Abrahams, Shannon Elizabeth, Shawn Wayans, Cheri Oteri, and Anna Faris star in this outrageously funny parody slasher. A year...
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Escape Room
January 4, 2019Escape Room is a psychological thriller about six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues ...
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Child's Play 3
August 30, 1991One of filmdom's most notorious killers is back to wreak more mayhem as Chucky continues his quest to possess the body of a human child. Eight years after seemi...
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The Silence of the Lambs
February 14, 1991Clarice Starling, a gutsy FBI trainee haunted by her past, risks her life in an attempt to save a missing woman from certain death. The desperate, deadly search...
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Jeepers Creepers 3 (Theatrical Edition)
September 26, 2017On the last day of The Creeper’s 23 day feeding frenzy, Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hell-bent on destroying the creature for good. The Creeper f...
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Queen of Spades
June 11, 2021According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual. Those brave enough draw a door and a stairc...
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The Mist
November 21, 2007When a mysterious mist, and the supernatural creatures within, falls across their town in the wake of a violent storm, a group of local citizens must fend for t...
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Scream
December 20, 1996Legendary director Wes Craven (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) re-invented and revitalized the slasher-horror genre with this funny, clever and scary first film in t...
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Spawn
August 1, 1997An assassin, betrayed and murdered by his boss, receives the chance to return from Hell--if he helps Satan conquer the world as the Spawn. Based on the comic bo...
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Stephen King's Cat's Eye
April 12, 1985An anthology of three Stephen King short stories, connected by a supernatural stray cat who wanders through each tale.
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Alien: Covenant
May 19, 2017Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant...
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Triangle
May 15, 2019A group of friends overturns their yacht and is forced to take refuge in a drifting ocean liner. They soon find themselves hunted by an unseen attacker.
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The Invisible Man
November 13, 1933Claude Rains delivers a remarkable performance in The Invisible Man as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum that makes him invisible. Covered by bandages a...
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