In the Mouth of Madness
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
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1999★ 7.2
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825 Forest Road
2025★ 6.0
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2025★ 7.3
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1976★ 6.5
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1989★ 5.9
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2020★ 6.2
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The Mortuary Collection
2020★ 6.7
In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019★ 6.5
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
The Night House
2021★ 6.6
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2011★ 6.4
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2023★ 6.0
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2025★ 5.9
When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.
The Ritual
2017★ 6.3
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Odd Thomas
2013★ 6.9
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
The Exorcist III
1990★ 6.3
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
The Pale Blue Eye
2022★ 6.8
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1988★ 6.1
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2024★ 6.3
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