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Directed by Glen MorganOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about families,
Christmas films,
Films about sexuality,
Serial killer filmsActors Katie Cassidy Rodgers,
Michelle Trachtenberg,
Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
Oliver Hudson,
Lacey Chabert,
Kristen ClokeRating47%
William Edward "Billy" Lenz, a boy born with severe jaundice due to a liver disease, is constantly abused by his hateful mother. After murdering Billy's father and burying his body in the underground crawlspace with the help of her boyfriend, Mrs. Lenz locks Billy in the attic to prevent him from talking. Years later, she attempts to conceive a new baby but realizes that her new man is impotent. She goes up to the attic and rapes 12-year-old Billy. Nine months later, a daughter named Agnes is born and treated like a princess by Mrs. Lenz. When Agnes is eight and Christmas comes around, Billy escapes from the attic and disfigures Agnes by gouging out her eye and taunts his mother, saying "she's my family now." Billy then gruesomely kills his mother and her lover. He is caught by the police eating pieces of his mother's flesh, and sent to a mental asylum., 1h35
Directed by Samuel BayerOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantastic,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about children,
Films about sexuality,
Films about pedophilia,
Freddy,
Serial killer filmsActors Jackie Earle Haley,
Kyle Gallner,
Rooney Mara,
Katie Cassidy Rodgers,
Thomas Dekker,
Kellan LutzRating52%
Kris Fowles (Katie Cassidy) goes to the Springwood Diner to meet with her boyfriend, Dean Russell (Kellan Lutz), who falls asleep at the table and meets a man covered in burn scars, wearing a red and green sweater, a fedora and a clawed glove on his hand. The burned man cuts Dean's throat in the dream, but in reality it appears that Dean is cutting his own throat as his friend, waitress Nancy Holbrook (Rooney Mara), looks on with Kris. At Dean's funeral, Kris sees a photograph of her and Dean as children, but cannot recall ever knowing Dean before high school. Kris begins to dream about the burned man herself and refuses to go to sleep for fear that she will die in her dreams. Jesse Braun (Thomas Dekker), Kris's ex-boyfriend, shows up at her house to keep her company while she sleeps, but Kris meets the burned man in her dreams and is murdered. Covered in blood, Jesse runs to Nancy's house to try to explain what happened and he learns that Nancy has been having dreams about the same man: Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley)., 1h45
Directed by Chris SivertsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Serial killer films,
Films about disabilitiesActors Lindsay Lohan,
Julia Ormond,
Neal McDonough,
Brian Geraghty,
Garcelle Beauvais,
Bonnie AaronsRating36%
The quiet suburb of New Salem is being terrorized by a serial killer who abducts and tortures young women, holding them captive for weeks before murdering them. Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a pianist and aspiring writer, appears to be his latest victim when she disappears during a night out with her friends. She is later seen bound and gagged on an operating table as her hands are exposed to dry ice. As the days tick by, the special FBI Task Force convened to track the killer begins to lose hope of finding her before it's too late., 1h31
Directed by John CarpenterOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Serial killer films,
L'enfance marginalisée,
Films about school violenceActors Donald Pleasence,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
P. J. Soles,
Nancy Kyes,
Nick Castle,
Kyle RichardsRating76%
On the night of October 31, 1963, in Haddonfield, Illinois, 6-year-old Michael Myers (Will Sandin) murders his older sister Judith (Sandy Johnson) by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, on October 30, 1978, Michael escapes Warren County Smith's Grove Sanitarium, where he had been committed since the murder. He steals the car that was to take him to a court hearing, the intention of which was for him to never be released., 1h29
Origin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Serial killer filmsActors Margot Kidder,
Christopher Plummer,
Sarah Lassez,
Tatyana Ali,
James Duval,
Ryan BittleRating43%
Years ago, opera singer Lorraine Sedgewick (Vicki Marentette) was killed in her dressing room at an opera house, supposedly by Lorenzo Orsini (Jonathan Barrett), one of the lead actors in a performance of Pagliacci. When Orsini was thought to have fled to Europe afterwards, the opera house closed down. , 1h36
Directed by Abel FerraraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Peinture,
Films about sexuality,
Serial killer films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Abel FerraraRating52%
A young artist, Reno Miller (Abel Ferrara) and his girlfriend Carol enter a Catholic church. Reno approaches an elderly bearded man kneeling at the pulpit. Although Reno seems to recognize the man as his long-lost father, he is merely a derelict. After the man seizes Reno's hand, Reno grabs Carol and runs from the church. The derelict had a paper with Reno's name and phone number and requested a meeting with him., 1h30
Directed by Joe D'AmatoOrigin ItalieGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Transport films,
Films set in the future,
Serial killer films,
Zombie films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Tisa Farrow,
Serena Grandi,
George Eastman,
Zora Kerova,
Margaret Mazzantini,
Joe D'AmatoRating53%
A pair of Germans visiting a remote Greek island go to the beach, and are slaughtered by someone who emerges from the ocean. On the mainland, five travelers are preparing to tour the islands, and are joined by Julie, who asks for a ride to an island that some friends of hers live on. The only one who objects to this detour to the island (which Julie explains has only a few permanent residents, and only sees tourists a few months out of the year) is Carol, whose tarot cards convince her that something bad will happen if they go to the island. The group sails to the island anyway, and while disembarking the pregnant Maggie hurts her ankle, so she stays behind on the boat with its owner. A man attacks the boat, ripping the sailor's head off, and abducting Maggie., 1h27
Directed by William LustigOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Serial killer filmsActors Joe Spinell,
Caroline Munro,
Tom Savini,
Gail Lawrence,
Kelly Piper,
Rita MontoneRating63%
The film starts with a young couple lying on a beach, unaware that they are being watched by an unseen person. The woman asks the man to get some firewood, and as he leaves, the unseen man approaches the woman and slits her throat with a utility razor. The man returns to the campfire and is attacked from behind. The killer wraps wire around the man's neck and pulls, killing him., 1h38
Directed by Ryūhei KitamuraOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantasy,
Horror,
Crime,
SlasherThemes Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Serial killer filmsActors Bradley Cooper,
Leslie Bibb,
Brooke Shields,
Roger Bart,
Ted Raimi,
Vinnie JonesRating60%
A well-dressed, barrel-chested man enters the New York City subway at midnight and stalks the late-night passengers of a subway train. He assaults and kills several people with a meat hammer and a butcher's hook. He dispatches his prey wordlessly, and with an unnatural strength. He wears a ring on his finger, adorned with an eight pointed star., 1h32
Directed by John Carpenter,
Rick RosenthalOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Medical-themed films,
Serial killer filmsActors Jamie Lee Curtis,
Donald Pleasence,
Lance Guest,
Jeffrey Kramer,
Dick Warlock,
Pamela Susan ShoopRating65%
On October 31, 1978, picking up immediately after the events of the first film, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is rushed to the hospital after being attacked by Michael Myers (Dick Warlock), who disappeared after being shot six times and falling from a second story balcony. Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) attempts to track down Michael. After escaping, Michael steals a butcher knife from the house of an elderly couple and kills the next door neighbor, who came outside to investigate the neighbor's scream. He later learns of Laurie's location from a radio broadcast and makes his way to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital. Laurie begins having flashbacks of being adopted by the Strodes and visiting a boy in a mental institution. However, her sedation leaves her in a semi-conscious state most of the time. Paramedic Jimmy (Lance Guest) begins to develop romantic feelings for Laurie, despite the chagrin of the head nurse Mrs. Alves (Gloria Gifford), who is trying to get Laurie to rest comfortably. Dr. Loomis and Sheriff Brackett (Charles Cyphers) continue to search for Michael, only for an oncoming speeding police car to accidentally hit and kill Bennett Tramer (who was wearing a mask similar to Michael's) in the process.