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Horror movies

Spine-chilling tales designed to provoke fear and suspense, featuring the supernatural, monsters, and psychological terror.

Subgenres include: Slasher Horror, Monster Horror, Zombie Horror.

The Cloverfield Paradox

1201. The Cloverfield Paradox

Horror Thriller Science Fiction Alien Horror Space Sci-Fi
5.5

20181h 42min

United States

Director: Julius Onah

Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

Themes

Leadership under crisis, Trust and deception in teams, Resource scarcity under crisis, Existential threat from unknowns, Duty vs personal sacrifice, Risk of scientific overreach

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Winchester

1202. Winchester

Horror Thriller Haunting Horror Computer Threat Thriller
5.5

20181h 40min

Australia, United States

Director: Michael Spierig

San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Themes

Power and control, Grief and loss, Trauma and addiction, Perception and misdiagnosis, Ancestral guilt, Haunted space and memory

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Terrifier

1203. Terrifier

Horror Thriller Slasher Horror
5.5

20181h 24min

United States

Director: Damien Leone

A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Survival under threat, Violence as spectacle, Fear during holidays, Media intrusion and mockery

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Ghost Stories

1204. Ghost Stories

Horror Drama Supernatural Horror Psychological Drama
6.4

20181h 38min

United Kingdom

Director: Jeremy Dyson

Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

Themes

Grief and guilt, Skepticism vs belief, Unreliable perception, Hauntings in ordinary spaces, Abandonment and care, Obsession and paranoia

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The Legend of the Black Charro

1205. The Legend of the Black Charro

Animation Fantasy Action Family Horror
6.9

20181h 25min

Director: Alberto Rodríguez

After releasing the Chupacabras, Leo San Juan decides that it is time to return together with his brother Nando to his grandmother's house. Halfway down the road, Charro Negro manages to confuse Leo and because of him, an innocent girl is dragged into the underworld. Leo is forced to repair the damage. His friends will come to try to help him and get out of there as soon as possible. But it is no coincidence that the Charro has chosen to involve Leo, his intentions go beyond getting a new soul.


Insidious: The Last Key

1206. Insidious: The Last Key

Horror Thriller Supernatural Horror Investigation Suspense
5.7

20181h 43min

United States

Director: Adam Robitel

Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.

Themes

Power and control, Abuse and resilience, Family bonds under stress, Fear as catalyst, Secrecy and harm, Professional pressure

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Pyewacket

1207. Pyewacket

Horror Thriller Supernatural Horror Korean-Style Thriller
5.8

20171h 28min

Canada

Director: Adam MacDonald

A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.

Themes

"movie: pyewacket. genres: horror, Thriller, Horror, Thriller main themes: witch, High school, Widow, Witch, High school, Widow full keywords list: witch, High school, Widow, Black magic, Woods, Murder, Teenage girl, Cabin, Attic, Occult, Devil worship, Mother daughter relationship, Evil spell. concept analysis: the film explores the destructive consequences of grief and the longing for control in the face of familial conflict. it serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of invoking forces beyond one's understanding in a quest for power and resolution."

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The Cured

1208. The Cured

Horror Drama Science Fiction Zombie Horror Psychological Drama
5.6

20171h 35min

Ireland

Director: David Freyne

What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins.

Themes

"movie: the cured. genres: horror, Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Drama, Science fiction main themes: infection, Flashback, Zombie, Infection, Flashback, Zombie full keywords list: infection, Flashback, Zombie, Disease, Military, Cure, Pack. concept analysis: the film explores the themes of redemption and societal reintegration in the face of trauma and stigma. it raises ethical questions about the treatment of those deemed dangerous and the moral implications of survival in a post-apocalyptic world."

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Mayhem

1209. Mayhem

Action Comedy Horror Dark Comedy Gore Horror
6.4

20171h 27min

United States

Director: Joe Lynch

A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.

Themes

Moral collapse under contagion, Workplace violence under quarantine, Corporate power dynamics, Bureaucratic manipulation and deception, Status games and leverage, Systems exploitation and loopholes

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Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

Themes

Childhood trauma legacy, Time manipulation ethics, Time loop repetition, Cult dynamics under pressure, Ascension framework, Video cassette mystery

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