A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom’s most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film’s maniacal killer. – Source
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 62% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Written By: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie and Kathryn Hahn
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day. – (Source)
In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust. – Source
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 78% (Audience)
Directed By: Chris Sun
Written By: Chris Sun
Starring: Tara Reid, Nathan Jones, Kane Hodder
Studio: Shoreline Entertainment
Synopsis: In an effort to do something different, four friends head into Australia’s outback to explore Charlie’s Farm, the site where a violent family met their end at the hands of an angry mob. Despite all warnings, they persist in their horror-seeking adventure. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 67% (Critics) / 47% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Knautz and Trevor Matthews
Written By: Nick Gordon
Starring: Ali Cobrin, Adam DiMarco, Slaine, Zuleyka Silver
Studio: Entertainment One Films
Synopsis: A HALLOWEEN-style slasher for the digital age, it follows a beautiful young college student who, needing money for tuition, moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house’s location, she finds herself in a terrifying fight for her life. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 58% (Critics) / 66% (Audience)
Directed By: Leigh Whannell
Written By: Leigh Whannell
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson and Lin Shaye
Studio: Focus Features
Synopsis: A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 14% (Critics) / 26% (Audience)
Directed By: David Gelb
Written By: Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger and Donald Glover
Studio: Relativity Media
Synopsis: A group of medical students discover a way to bring dead patients back to life. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 51% (Critics) / 43% (Audience)
Directed By: Henry Hobson
Written By: John Scott 3
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis: A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 7% (Critics) / 27% (Audience)
Directed By: Stiles White
Written By: Stiles White and Juliet Snowden
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Darren Kagasoff, Ana Coto, Shelley Hennig and Lin Shaye
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 17% (Critics) / 20% (Audience)
Directed By: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
Written By: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
Starring: Shelby Young, Chloe Bridges, Carter Jenkins
Studio: Lionsgate
Synopsis: Five friends play a game in a ”mysterious” forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 33% (Audience)
Directed By: Zach Lipovsky
Written By: Tim Carter
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Keegan Connor Tracy, Virginia Madsen and Dennis Haysbert
Studio: Crackle
Synopsis: A zombie outbreak sweeps across the country, sending desperate survivors on a race to find a cure in this feature adaptation of the popular video-game franchise. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 66% (Critics) / 58% (Audience)
Directed By: Levan Gabriadze
Written By: Nelson Greaves
Starring: Shelley Hennig, Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson
Studio: Radius-TWC
Synopsis: A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend. – (Source)
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