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In 2006, in Red River, Tennessee, a teenager has frequent nightmares. Her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestor, Lucy Bell. After a dispute of lands judged by the church, her husband John Bell is cursed by his opponent Kathe Batts, who has a fame of being a witch. From this mo β¦ment on, an entity threatens John and her daughter Betsy Bell, attacking the girl during the nights. With the support of Betsy's school teacher Richard Powell, who tries to find rational explanations for the manifestation; her brother John Bell Jr.; and their friend James Johnston, who unsuccessfully tries to exorcize the entity from the house, the family does their best to protect Betsy in the haunted house. (Read More)
Subgenre: | christian horrorparanormal phenomenahistorical event |
Themes: | supernatural rapehuntingdeath of fatherincestdrinkingghostchristmasrapedeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | stormcourtroomrural settingwoodssnowcarchurchschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipwitchbibledancerstudentgirlteacherteenage boychildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1810syear 200619th century2000s |
Story: | incest rapewolf attacksexual assaultbell witchvoice over letterfamily secrethorse and carriagehorse ridingrape of a minorchild rapedictionary definition in screen textcarriage accidentcheckers gamecreaking dooryear 1817 β¦year 1818after darkusuryseesawout of body experienceheavy breathingmistletoebiblical quotegrandfather clockgun held to one's headrepressed memorylandownerjumping ropeaerial photographymidnightreputationspiritualismpoltergeistfleeingpackagespoonpillowschoolteacherteenage daughtercoughingtennesseeage differencepipe smokinglanternswingdeerrainstormatticsuperstitionplaygroundwindslaveanimal attackassaultlifting someone into the airsexual abusefireplacewolfspiritdeath of husbandclasshauntingcrosspursuitcourtlightningdollstorytellingpossessionscreamingprologuecursetreeflash forwardgraveyardtonguetrialchild abusesuicide attemptcandlesoccerbedroomsubjective cameraclassroomhallucinationbedrunningriflelettersecretdrinkslow motion sceneface slapmirrorhorsevoice over narrationbased on true storypistolsurprise endingthree word titlechasepartyphotographdancingbased on novelbloodflashbackkiss (See All) |
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t β¦o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)
Subgenre: | christian horror |
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | courtroomrural settingsnowchurch |
Characters: | teenage girlbibledancergirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | voice over letterspiritualismspoonspiritcrosscourtlightningdollpossessionscreaminggraveyardtrialhallucinationletterdrink β¦horsebased on true storysurprise endingphotographdancingflashback (See All) |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir β¦ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | woodssnowchurch |
Characters: | witchdancergirlfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1810s19th century |
Story: | horse and carriagelanternlifting someone into the airwolfhauntingcrossstorytellingpossessionprologuecursetreeflash forwardtrialcandlehallucination β¦bedrunningrifledrinkmirrorhorsepistolthree word titledancingflashbackkissblood (See All) |
In London, solicitor Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the documentation of the Eel β¦ Marsh House that belonged to the recently deceased Mrs. Drablow. Arthur befriends Daily on the train and the man offers a ride to him to the Gifford Arms inn. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn tells that he did not receive the request of reservation and there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who advises him to return to London. However, Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the children of the scared locals. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | rural settingwoodscar |
Characters: | girlchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | voice over letterhorse and carriagecarriage accidentspiritualismlanternatticsuperstitionfireplacehauntingcrossdollscreamingprologuecurseflash forward β¦graveyardcandlerunninglettersecretdrinkslow motion scenemirrorphotographbased on novelflashbackblood (See All) |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, β¦not the answering of them. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | rural settingchurchschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlstudentgirlteacherteenage boy |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | horse and carriagegrandfather clocklanterndeath of husbandscreamingclassroomhallucinationrifledrinkslow motion sceneface slapmirrorhorsevoice over narrationparty β¦photographbased on novelbloodkissflashback (See All) |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Themes: | drinkingrapedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snowschool |
Characters: | teenage girldancergirlteenage boymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | rape of a minorchild rapegrandfather clockassaultpursuitlightningtreeflash forwardcandlesoccersubjective camerarunningdrinkvoice over narrationthree word title β¦chasephotographdancingbased on novelkissflashbackblood (See All) |
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a β¦ family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherghostdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | rural settingwoodschurch |
Characters: | teenage girlwitchbiblechildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | lanternanimal attackwolfdeath of husbandpossessionscreamingcandlesubjective camerahallucinationriflesecrethorsekissblood |
A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and he β¦r twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming. (Read More)
Themes: | incestdrinkingghostrapedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | woodssnowchurch |
Characters: | teenage girlbiblegirlteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | horse and carriagehorse ridingbiblical quotepipe smokingsexual abusedollprologuechild abusecandlesubjective camerarifledrinkface slaphorsevoice over narration β¦photographflashbackblood (See All) |
In present day Montreal, a famous Nicolo Bussotti violin, known as "the red violin," is being auctioned off. During the auction, we flash back to the creation of the violin in 17th century Italy, and follow the violin as it makes its way through an 18th century Austrian monastery, a violinist in 19t β¦h century Oxford, China during the Cultural Revolution, and back to Montreal, where a collector tries to establish the identity and the secrets of "the red violin." (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteacherfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | horse and carriagefleeingsuperstitionpursuitprologuecurseflash forwardgraveyardtrialrunninglettersecretvoice over narrationsurprise endingchase β¦photographflashbackblood (See All) |
The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je β¦nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherchristmas |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipdancerstudentteacherteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | age differenceclasspursuitchild abusesoccersubjective cameraclassroomsecretdrinkface slapmirrorvoice over narrationdancingbased on novelkiss β¦flashback (See All) |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c β¦ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherincestdrinkingchristmasdeath |
Locations: | rural settingsnowchurchschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipdancergirlteacherteenage boychildrenfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | horse and carriagelandownersexual abusecrosschild abusebedroomclassroombeddrinkface slaphorsevoice over narrationpartydancingkiss β¦blood (See All) |
When Jessica King goes missing, all eyes turn to Annabelle Wilson. Not as a murder suspect, but as a clairvoyant. Many of the towns folk go to Annabelle for help, and Jessica's fiancee, Wayne Collins, turns to Annabelle for possible guidance. Annabelle feels that she can't help, but this doesn't sto β¦p her from constantly getting visions of Jessica's fate. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherincestghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | stormcourtroomrural settingwoodsschool |
Characters: | witchfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | death of husbandcourtlightninggraveyardtrialchild abusecandlehallucinationsecretpartyphotographdancingbloodflashback |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Subgenre: | paranormal phenomena |
Themes: | drinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | girlchildrenfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | packagerainstormcrosslightninggraveyardsuicide attemptcandlehallucinationrifledrinkslow motion scenemirrorsurprise endingchasephotograph β¦flashback (See All) |
A man is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in law. He soon has visions and dreams of a ghost of a girl. Trying to avoid this, nearly pushes him to brink of insanity as the ghost wants something from him - to find out how she died. The only way he can get his life back is finding out the truth behi β¦nd her death. The more he digs, the more he lets her in, the shocking truth behind her death puts his whole family in danger. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | teenage girlgirlteenage boychildrenmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sexual assaultrepressed memorypillowsuperstitiongraveyardsuicide attemptsubjective camerahallucinationsecretdrinkpartybased on novelblood |
Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing β¦ voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband's urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath. (Read More)
Themes: | ghostdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | rural settingsnow |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlstudentteacherfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | poltergeistfireplacedeath of husbandhauntingpossessiongraveyardcandlesecretmirrorsurprise endingthree word titlepartyphotographblood |
In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and C β¦arver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | stormwoodssnow |
Characters: | teenage girlgirlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | horse ridingyear 1818pipe smokingfireplacepursuitprologuesubjective camerarunningrifledrinkslow motion sceneface slaphorsepistolsurprise ending β¦chasedancingflashbackblood (See All) |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and β¦ two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | teenage girldancergirlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | voice over letterfleeingcoughingfireplacecrosspursuitcourtdollprologueflash forwardchild abusesubjective camerariflelettersecret β¦drinkface slapmirrorvoice over narrationchasephotographdancingbased on novelflashbackkissblood (See All) |
Four childhood friends, Jonesy, Beaver, Pete and Henry all share a special secret. Each year, they take a trip into Maine woods. This year is different. A blizzard occurs, and they recover a man found wandering around. Unbeknownst to them,this wandering individual isn't the only being to be found. N β¦ow they must act fast to stop the outbreak developing and to prevent the world from its doom (Read More)
Themes: | huntingdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | stormrural settingwoodssnow |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipstudentteacher |
Story: | deeranimal attacklifting someone into the airfireplacepossessionflash forwardsubjective camerahallucinationriflesecretdrinkslow motion scenepistolsurprise endingchase β¦photographbased on novelflashbackblood (See All) |
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle suspects murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial β¦journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history; but, the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. (Read More)
Themes: | huntingdeath of fatherincestdrinkingchristmasrapedeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | courtroomsnow |
Characters: | teenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipbiblegirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | family secretbiblical quoteatticassaultpursuittrialchild abusesubjective camerarunningriflesecretdrinkface slapsurprise endingchase β¦photographbased on novelkissflashbackblood (See All) |
After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Tu β¦rner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom? (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | stormcourtroomcar |
Characters: | dancerstudentteacherteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | deerwindassaultclasslightningflash forwardtrialclassroomrunningdrinkchasepartydancingkissblood |
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma β¦gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | stormcourtroomwoodssnow |
Characters: | girlfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | horse and carriagelanternfireplacecourtlightningflash forwardgraveyardtrialcandlelettersecretdrinkhorsevoice over narrationpistol β¦surprise endingphotographbased on novelflashbackblood (See All) |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en β¦ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | lanternatticcrossdollstorytellingscreamingtreehallucinationbedrunningriflesecretdrinkmirrorphotograph β¦based on novelflashbackbloodkiss (See All) |
Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to int β¦ensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | woodssnowschool |
Characters: | girlchildrenfather daughter relationship |
Story: | out of body experiencerepressed memoryjumping ropeswingplaygrounddeath of husbandscreamingtreegraveyardsubjective camerahallucinationbedslow motion scenepistolsurprise ending β¦chasepartyphotographflashbackkissblood (See All) |
Set in Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, "Brave" features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty. Merida makes a reckless choice that unleashes unintended peril and forces her to spring into action to set things right.
Themes: | ghost |
Locations: | woodssnow |
Characters: | teenage girlwitchgirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | rainstormanimal attackfireplacespiritlightningscreamingprologuecurseflash forwardslow motion scenehorsevoice over narrationsurprise endingchasedancing β¦flashback (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | dancerstudentfather son relationship |
Story: | windanimal attackslaveclasshauntinglightningstorytellingsuicide attemptsubjective camerarunningdrinksurprise endingdancingkissblood β¦flashback (See All) |
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own β¦life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | paranormal phenomena |
Themes: | ghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | teenage girlstudentgirlteacherteenage boymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | coughingcursetreeclassroomhallucinationface slapmirrorhorsesurprise endingphotographbased on novelflashbackblood |
Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.
Themes: | huntingdrinkingrapedeath |
Locations: | rural settingcarchurch |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | sexual assaultgrandfather clockswingassaultsexual abusefireplacecandlebedroomsubjective camerabedrifledrinkslow motion sceneface slapmirror β¦partybased on novelflashbackkissblood (See All) |
In the Nineteenth Century, in Darkness Falls, Matilda Dixon is a good woman, who exchanges with children their baby teeth per coins. One day, her face is burnt in a fire in her house, she becomes sensitive to light and uses a china mask to protect her face against light. When two children are not fo β¦und in the town, Matilda is blamed by the population and burnt in a fire, as if she were a witch. She claims to be not guilty and curses the whole population of the town and their descendants, stating that when each child loses the last tooth, she would come to get it, and if the child looks at her, she would kill him or her. After her death, the two children are found, and the shamed citizens decide to bury this sad and unfair event and never mention it again. Twelve years ago, the boy Kyle accidentally saw the Tooth Fairy, and she killed his mother. All the persons in Darkness Falls but his girlfriend Caitlin accused the boy of murdering his mother and sent him to an institution, considered deranged. In the present days, Caitlin calls Kyle to help her young brother Michael, who has seen the Fairy Tooth and is afraid of the dark. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | stormwoods |
Characters: | teenage girlwitchgirlteenage boychildren |
Story: | assaultlifting someone into the airlightningprologuecurseflash forwardsuicide attempthallucinationrifledrinkvoice over narrationpistolchasephotographkiss β¦bloodflashback (See All) |
Three years into the senseless American Civil War, in 1864, the dilapidated mansion of Miss Martha Farnsworth's Seminary for Young Ladies is still running, occupied by the matriarch, a teacher and five students in Spanish moss-draped Virginia. However, when a young student stumbles upon Corporal Joh β¦n McBurney, a wounded Union deserter on the verge of death, the already frail balance of things will be disrupted, as the hesitant headmistress decides to take him in to heal from his injury. Little by little, as the unwelcome guest arouses an uneasy sexual excitation among the women of the secluded boarding school, it is not before long that they will find themselves competing for the alluring man's favour. Undoubtedly, this handsome devil is a manipulator, nevertheless, will the ladies stay forever beguiled by his charm? (Read More)
Themes: | rapedeath |
Locations: | woodsschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlbibledancerstudentgirlteacher |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | lanternclassscreamingcandleclassroomrunningriflehorsedancingbased on novelbloodkiss |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life β¦, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingrapedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | courtroomcarchurch |
Characters: | teenage girlgirlteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | sexual assaultsexual abusecrosscourttrialchild abusebeddrinkface slapvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolbloodkiss |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell β¦ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingrapedeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | bibledancer |
Story: | horse and carriagehorse ridingpursuitpossessionflash forwardcandlebedroomletterdrinkslow motion scenemirrorhorsevoice over narrationsurprise endingparty β¦photographdancingbased on novelkissflashbackblood (See All) |
In the millenium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing (Plummer), who has tangled with Count Dracula (Butler) in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon (Miller) is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship. Van Helsing and Simon travel from Lon β¦don to New Orleans to rescue Van Helsing's daughter Mary (Waddell) from the family's life long nemesis - Dracula. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | churchschool |
Characters: | biblefather daughter relationship |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | out of body experiencewolfcrosslightningcurseflash forwardsuicide attemptcandlebedroomhallucinationbedslow motion scenemirrorpistolsurprise ending β¦chasepartyphotographflashbackblood (See All) |
Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud. The friends find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one, with only one surv β¦ivor left with the evil dead and desperately tries to fight to live until morning. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural rapeghostrapedeath |
Locations: | woodscar |
Characters: | teenage girlstudentteenage boy |
Story: | sexual assaultgrandfather clocktennesseesexual abusefireplacespirithauntingpossessiontreesubjective camerasurprise endingthree word titlekissblood |
In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances. Despite having not seen each other in fifteen years when they were teenagers, they almost ⦠immediately recognize each other as Eduard Abramovich and Sophie von Teschen, they who had a doomed romance at that time due to their class differences. The Duchess is soon to be wed to the Crown Prince Leopold in what would be for him a marriage solely in pursuit of power: overthrowing his father, the Emperor Leopold, as well as overtaking the Hungarian side of the empire. The Crown Prince is known to use violence against women if it suits his needs or purposes. As such, the Duchess, who realizes that she still loves Eisenheim and he her, can never leave the Crown Prince without it jeopardizing her life. After Eisenheim humiliates the Crown Prince at a private show which results in an incident between the Crown Prince and the Duchess, the battle between Eisenheim and the Crown Prince moves into the public performance realm, which many believe demonstrates Eisenheim's supernatural powers. Much of the work for the Crown Prince in the battle with Eisenheim is conducted by Chief Inspector Uhl, who would become the Chief of Police under the Crown Prince's reign. As such, Uhl may have ulterior motives in turning a blind eye to any unlawful act of the Crown Prince against Eisenheim or t⦠(Read More)
Subgenre: | paranormal phenomena |
Themes: | huntingdrinkingghostdeath |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | girl |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | horse and carriagespiritualismpipe smokinglanternassaultclasspursuittreecandlerifleletterdrinkface slapmirrorhorse β¦voice over narrationpistolsurprise endingphotographkissflashback (See All) |
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are β¦ sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherchristmas |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | snowchurchschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipbibledancerstudentgirlteacherchildrenfather son relationship |
Story: | reputationwindclasscrossstorytellingprologueclassroommirrorsurprise endingphotographdancingflashback |
The outcast teenager Carrie White is bullied by her classmates at high school. Her mother, Margaret White, is a pious and paranoid woman that sees sin everywhere and the need of self-inflicting punishment. When Carrie has her first period, she does not understand what is happening to her and her cla β¦ssmates humiliate her in the changing room. The spiteful Chris Hargensen videotapes Carrie with her cell phone and posts it on the Internet. Their teacher Ms. Desjardin punishes the students, but when Chris challenges her, she is suspended and consequently is banned from the prom. Meanwhile, Carrie discovers that she has telekinesis and learns how to control her ability. Sue Snell, one of the girls that tormented Carrie, feels bad and asks her boyfriend Tommy Ross to invite Carrie to go with him to the prom to make up for what she did to Carrie. But Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan plot an evil prank with her friends to seek vengeance for Carrie. (Read More)
Themes: | rapedeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | carschool |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlbiblestudentteachermother daughter relationship |
Story: | teenage daughterlifting someone into the airclasscrosslightningscreamingprologuegraveyardchild abusebedroomclassroomslow motion sceneface slapsurprise endingdancing β¦based on novelkissblood (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingrapedeath |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | horse ridingchild rapedeerplaygroundpursuitprologueflash forwardsubjective camerarunningriflesecretdrinkslow motion sceneface slapmirror β¦horsechasephotographbased on novelbloodflashback (See All) |
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, β¦a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their pβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingchristmasdeath |
Locations: | courtroomrural settingsnowchurch |
Characters: | teenage girlbibledancergirlteenage boychildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | horse ridinglifting someone into the airdeath of husbandpursuitcourtdollstorytellingriflelettersecretface slapmirrorhorsechasephotograph β¦dancingbased on novelblood (See All) |
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnap β¦s Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherrapedeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | rural settingwoods |
Characters: | teenage girlstudentfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sexual assaultswingfireplacedeath of husbandpursuitdollsubjective camerabedrifleslow motion scenemirrorsurprise endingchasephotographflashback β¦blood (See All) |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece β¦s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdancergirlfather daughter relationship |
Story: | classpursuitflash forwardsuicide attemptclassroomrunningriflesecretdrinkslow motion scenemirrorhorsevoice over narrationpistolchase β¦photographdancingbloodkissflashback (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | teenage girldancergirlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | atticwindassaultprologueflash forwardgraveyardcandlesubjective camerarunningdrinkface slapmirrorsurprise endingphotographdancing β¦bloodflashback (See All) |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc β¦alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Locations: | stormwoodssnow |
Characters: | girlchildrenfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | voice over letterslavepursuitlightningprologueflash forwardcandlesubjective camerarunningriflelettersecretdrinkface slaphorse β¦pistolchasephotographbased on novelflashbackkissblood (See All) |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser β¦ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherincestdrinkingghostdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | dancergirlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse and carriagelifting someone into the aircrosspursuitprologueflash forwardcandledrinkface slapmirrorhorsevoice over narrationchasedancingflashback β¦kiss (See All) |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape β¦d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
Themes: | ghostrapedeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | father daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | repressed memoryrainstormdeath of husbandpursuitlightningpossessionscreamingsuicide attemptsubjective camerahallucinationrunningriflemirrorpistolsurprise ending β¦chasephotographflashbackbloodkiss (See All) |
John and Laura Baxter are in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters' daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seei β¦ng their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | rural settingchurch |
Characters: | girlchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | spiritpursuitdollflash forwardcandlesubjective camerahallucinationletterslow motion scenemirrorhorsesurprise endingthree word titlechasephotograph β¦flashbackkissblood (See All) |
When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever β¦ had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | carchurchschool |
Characters: | teenage girlgirlteenage boymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | classlightningscreaminggraveyardchild abuseclassroomdrinkblood |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes β¦ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
Themes: | incestrapedeath |
Locations: | courtroomsnowchurch |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlbibledancerstudentteacherfather son relationship |
Story: | fireplacetonguetrialcandlehallucinationrunningslow motion scenemirrorpistolsurprise endingthree word titlepartyphotographdancingbased on novel β¦blood (See All) |
Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is β¦also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingrapedeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | woodsschool |
Characters: | teenage girlwitchdancerstudentteacherteenage boyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | swingplaygroundanimal attackwolfclasscursecandleclassroomrunningdrinkpartyphotographdancingkissblood |
Near Burkittsville, in the Black Hills Forest, on the root of a lightning-struck tree, the couple of Lane and Talia find a DV tape sticking out of the ground. The content of the found tape is mostly footage of static, however, near the end, there is also an intriguing small part where someone is try β¦ing to escape from something that is after him, screaming and running in an abandoned house. After accidentally stumbling across the uploaded footage, James, believing that this is his final chance to put an end once and for all in the unresolved mystery of his sister's Heather disappearance, some twenty years ago in the same woods, he assembles a team of friends in search of answers. Sooner or later, the team will go astray in the heart of a green maze that is riddled with the chilling legend of Elly Kedward, the Blair Witch who relentlessly keeps messing with their sanity, gradually taking them down, one by one. Eventually, James will find himself in the epicentre of the evil activity, trapped inside the very house where his sister disappeared, unaware of the fact that, once more, the witch will demand her sacrifice. (Read More)
Themes: | ghostdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | witch |
Story: | rainstormatticlightningscreamingcursetreesubjective camerarunningsurprise endingchaseblood |
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her f β¦ear. (Read More)
Subgenre: | paranormal phenomena |
Themes: | ghostdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | stormschool |
Characters: | teenage girlstudentgirlteacherteenage boymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | jumping roperainstormlifting someone into the airclasslightningpossessionscreamingsubjective cameraclassroomhallucinationslow motion sceneface slapsurprise endingchaseparty β¦blood (See All) |