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Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Films about films,
Freddy,
Serial killer filmsActors Robert Englund,
Heather Langenkamp,
Miko Hugues,
John Saxon,
Tracy Middendorf,
Wes CravenRating63%
Heather Langenkamp lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chase and her young son Dylan, and has become quite popular due to her role as Nancy Thompson from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. One night, she has a nightmare in which she, Dylan and Chase are attacked by animated Krueger claws of an upcoming Nightmare film in which two of the workers are brutally murdered on set. Waking up to an earthquake, she spies a cut on Chase's finger exactly like one he'd received in his dream, but they quickly dismiss the notion., 1h36
Directed by Wes Craven,
Chuck RussellOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantasy,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Medical-themed films,
Freddy,
Serial killer films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Heather Langenkamp,
Patricia Arquette,
Laurence Fishburne,
Priscilla Pointer,
Craig Wasson,
Robert EnglundRating66%
One year after the events of the second film, Kristen Parker is scolded by her mother Elaine to go to bed after staying up all night making a papier-mâché house. Kristen objects but obeys her mother. As she dreams, she is stalked in her model, which is revealed to be 1428 Elm Street, the home of Nancy Thompson and Jesse Walsh. Running from him, she wakes up in her own bed again and realizes it was a dream. The stalker, who is revealed as Freddy Krueger, then appears to her when she goes to wash her face and proceeds to slash her wrists with his claws. Elaine walks in, and Freddy makes the attack appear as a suicide attempt and has her admitted to the hospital for help. Going into hysterics after an attempt to sedate her, Kristen is calmed when Nancy Thompson, a newly hired member of the hospital staff arrives and earns her trust by finishing Freddy's nursery rhyme., 1h37
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
HorrorThemes L'adolescence,
Films about animals,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about magic and magicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Wolves in film,
Werewolves in film,
Comedy horror films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Films about school violence,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Christina Ricci,
Joshua Jackson,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Judy Greer,
Mýa,
Michael RosenbaumRating50%
The film begins in Hollywood Los Angeles, when two friends, Jenny Tate and Becky Morton, are at a pier and decide to get their fortune told by Zela, asking about a boy. Zela foretells that they will suffer a horrible fate, but they don't believe her and walk away laughing. A little while later, Becky realizes Jenny has disappeared and can't find her on the pier., 1h42
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
HorrorThemes Films about children,
Films about families,
Films about sexuality,
Serial killer films,
Comedy horror films,
Heist films,
Films about child abuseActors Brandon Quintin Adams,
Everett McGill,
Wendy Robie,
Allison Joy Langer,
Ving Rhames,
Sean WhalenRating64%
Poindexter "Fool" Williams is a resident of a Los Angeles ghetto. He and his family are being evicted from their apartment by their landlords, the Robesons., 2h
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror comedy,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Serial killer films,
Comedy horror films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Neve Campbell,
Courteney Cox,
David Arquette,
Jamie Kennedy,
Sarah Michelle Prinze,
Elise NealRating63%
While attending a preview of the film Stab, a film within a film based on the Woodsboro murders depicted in Scream, two Ohio Windsor College seniors, Maureen Evans and Phil Stevens are murdered by Ghostface. Phil is stabbed through the ear in a bathroom stall while trying to eavesdrop on strange whimpering noises. The killer, wearing a Ghostface costume, then returns to the screening and sits beside Maureen, before mortally stabbing her. At first the audience believe she is part of the raucuous acting out by audience members, until she falls dead in front of the cinema screen. , 1h47
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Serial killer filmsActors Max Thieriot,
Denzel Whitaker,
John Magaro,
Raúl Esparza,
Shareeka Epps,
Zena GreyRating47%
Family man Abel Plenkov (Raul Esparza), a sufferer of schizophrenia, accidentally discovers that he is the Riverton Ripper, a local, masked serial killer. After killing his pregnant wife, Sarah (Alexandra Wilson), and then his psychiatrist, he is shot down and carted away in an ambulance, leaving his young daughter Leah and premature son orphaned. On the way to the hospital, a paramedic (Danai Gurira) suggests that Plenkov himself is innocent but that he houses multiple souls, with the Ripper's being one of them. Near death, Plenkov unexpectedly revives, slashing the paramedic in the throat, causing the ambulance car to crash and burn and seemingly escapes., 1h26
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
HorrorThemes Transport films,
Motocyclette,
Serial killer filmsActors Michael Berryman,
Kevin Spirtas,
Joe Bob Briggs,
John Bloom,
Penny Johnson,
John LaughlinRating37%
The film begins with Bobby Carter and his psychiatrist discussing the events of the first film, which took place eight years ago. Bobby is still traumatized by those events, but he and Rachel (formerly known as Ruby) now own a biker team, and have also invented a super fuel that can power bikes. The team is due to race in the same desert where the original massacre took place, and Bobby's psychiatrist tries to convince him to go, but he decides against it, and Rachel takes his place. The team consisting of the blind Cass, her boyfriend Roy, Harry, Hulk, Foster, Jane and Sue meet up at a bus and set off. Along the way, they pick up Beast from the dog pound, the dog previously owned by the Carters, who now belongs to Rachel., 1h32
Directed by Sean S. CunninghamOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Serial killer filmsActors Kate Mulgrew,
Rip Torn,
James Naughton,
Barbara Baxley,
Joanne Dorian,
James RussoRating53%
Three years after Steve Peterson's wife, Nina, was murdered in front of their 11-year-old daughter Julie, she and his new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Imprisoning them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, he throws the police into a race against time to save the girls and catch the killer., 1h51
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about writers,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Serial killer films,
Comedy horror films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors David Arquette,
Neve Campbell,
Courteney Cox,
Emma Roberts,
Hayden Panettiere,
Carlos AlazraquiRating62%
On the 15th anniversary of the Woodsboro Massacre, high school students Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper are attacked and brutally murdered in their home by a new Ghostface., 1h31
Directed by Wes CravenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Erotic films,
Serial killer films,
Rape and revenge films,
Films about psychiatry,
Auto-justiceActors Sandra Cassel,
Lucy Grantham,
David Hess,
Fred J. Lincoln,
Jeramie Rain,
Martin KoveRating59%
Mari Collingwood plans to attend a concert with her friend, Phyllis Stone, for her 17th birthday. Her parents, Estelle and John, express concern at the band and at Mari's friendship with Phyllis, but let her go and give her a peace symbol necklace. Phyllis and Mari go to the city for the concert. On the way, they hear a news report on the car radio of a recent prison escape, involving criminals Krug Stillo, a rapist and serial killer; his son Junior; Sadie, a promiscuous psychopath and sadist; and Fred "Weasel" Podowski, a child molester, peeping tom, and murderer. Before the concert, Mari and Phyllis encounter Junior when trying to buy marijuana. He leads them to an apartment where they are trapped by the criminals. Phyllis tries to escape, then reason with the criminals, but she fails and is gang-raped by Krug, Weasel and Sadie. Meanwhile, Mari's unsuspecting parents prepare a surprise party for her.