
The Spiral Staircase
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
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Bad Ronald
1974★ 6.4
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.

The Old Dark House
1932★ 6.7
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

The Curse of the Werewolf
1961★ 6.5
A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.

The Dark Mirror
1946★ 7.0
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

Flowers in the Attic
2014★ 6.7
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

Z
2019★ 6.6
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

M
1951★ 6.4
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Pyewacket
2017★ 5.9
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.

Twice-Told Tales
1963★ 6.3
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

Extraordinary Tales
2015★ 6.5
Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.

Peeping Tom
1960★ 7.5
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

One & Two
2015★ 5.8
In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father while witnessing how a cruel sickness lurks their beloved mother.

The Night Walker
1964★ 6.6
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.

Conflict
1945★ 6.7
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
2016★ 6.2
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.

Dead of Night
1945★ 7.2
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Gaslight
1944★ 7.5
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

The Shed
2019★ 5.9
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.

The Truth About Emanuel
2013★ 6.0
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

The Night Stalker
1972★ 6.9
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.