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On Halloween night, big-time nerd Warren (John Hawkes, channelling a mix of Buster Keaton and Crispin Glover) attends a spookhouse in a small Texas town.

But is the haunted house as harmless as it seems, or has a psychotic mental patient found a new stomping ground? From the songs by Roky Erickson and Butthole Surfers to the surrealistic mood, this is a true discovery for adventurous horror-heads.

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Director David Cronenberg ventures into the realms of science fiction in 'Scanners' - a horrifying story of the supernatural. The action centres around a group of psychics known as "scanners" whoare capable of reading people's minds.

Whilst this power could be used for the good of mankind these telepathic misfits also have the uncanny ability to lock into the human nervous system causing their unfortunate victims' heads to explode. When doctorssucceed in recruiting a good "scanner" to go in search of a one who is abusing his powers, the scene is set for a truly mind-blowing experience.

Sean Kane (Chuck Norris) is a cop in the San Francisco police department's narcotics division. When his partner is killed in a drugs bust, he leaves the division and takes the fight into his own hands, determined to track down the killers and extract revenge for his colleague.

Robert Egger's 'Nosferatu' is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe.

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Les's friends are relying on him to pass his driving test so he can provide the wheels for the weekend, but he's more interested in impressing his date Mercedes (Heather Graham). When things don't go according to plan he steals his grandpa's immaculate Cadillac.

But what was supposed to be a dream' date soon turns into a nightmare when Mercedes gets drunk, dances on the bonnet in her stilettos, then passes out in the back. He calls on his friend Dean for help and things go from bad to worse when the car is towed and a car chase leads to disastrous consequences.

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Like a blast from a .44 magnum, Carl Weathers (Predator, Rocky) makes 'Action Jackson' a hero who delivers the goods with charisma and excitement. He plays Detroit police Sergeant Jericho Jackson, pitted against the brutal thugs of ruthless auto tycoon Peter Dellaplane (Craig T.

Nelson), who's out to murder his way to political power. Jackson's also involved with Dellaplane's beautiful wife, Patrice (Sharon Stone) - and his mistress, Sydney (singer Vanity). Framed and hunted by his fellow officers, Jackson sets up a desperate showdown that hurls 'Action Jackson' toward a heart-stopping climax.

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In 1959, ex-pupil Christine coolly marched into the school chapel where the nuns were deep in prayer. She pulled out a sawn-off shotgun and blew them away. She then turned to the Mother Superior, doused her in petrol and flicked her cigarette...

It's 40 years later and the convent school has long since been shut down, but the urban legend lives on. A group of college students break in the night before their Homecoming game, as part of what has become an unspoken tradition. Little do they know what the night has in store for them - an unflinchingly violent and satirically funny assault of human sacrifices, battling demons and death.
Will tough chick Christine confront her demons? Who, if anyone, will survive? The perfect midnight movie - 'The Convent' takes the concept of excess and blows it up in your face. Step inside and join the party... if you dare!

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About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events.

Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter (Chloe East) and caring for his ailing father, Officer Marshall (Jim Cummings) struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.

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A colonial aristocrat with a dark, guilty secret, being held captive in his attic is his hideously disfigured brother, Edward (Alister Williamson), the victim of a strange and grotesque voodoo curse. In an attempt to escape, Edward fakes his own death and ends up being buried alive.

Unearthed by grave robbing body snatchers working for a sinister Doctor J. Neuhartt (Christopher Lee), Edward decides it's time to let his presence be known in a world of ghastly shadows.

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"I was born under unusual circumstances". And so begins 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time.

We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any mans life can be. Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

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Christie (Mary Beth McDonough) is convinced her father's death wasn't an accident and tries to unlock the truth. Her trail of clues leads to the local mortuary where she uncovers ghastly horrors beyond her imagination.

Probably best known for starring Bill Paxton as an embalmer (the movie is also known as Embalmed) who is a bit of a social misfit with an unhealthy, lifelong crush on Christie.

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In the year 2050, global economic turmoil has destroyed the middle class in Cape Town, South Africa, which is now divided between the ultra-rich and the displaced.

Ronald (Sean Cameron Michael) and a group of fellow houseless friends uncover a plot by the local government to 'wash away' the houseless population with a sinister chemical agent called 'V'. Now, they must risk everything to expose the truth and resist a society that's determined to erase them.

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A terrifying new addition to the Dracula legend, based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's classic novel, 'The Last Voyage of the Demeter' chronicles the doomed journey of a merchant ship ferrying 50 mysterious wooden crates from Carpathia to London.

As they set sail, the crew soon discover they are not alone on board: at night they are stalked by a hidden passenger whose monstrous thirst for blood turns the trip into a harrowing nightmare of tension, terror, and unfathomable evil.

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Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River.

Still haunted by Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), Lydia (Winona Ryder) finds her life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened.