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Film · 10 connectionsAn intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.
Directed byCraig William Macneill
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2017 · 104 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
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2012 · 93 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
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2008 · 85 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller
On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.
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2018 · 85 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller
A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
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2009 · 108 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
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2017 · 89 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller
Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment on, they're thrust into a horror worse than anything they've ever experienced. Personal demons manifest and tear the family apart from the inside out as they come to terms with their past.
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2015 · 70 min · Crime · Drama · Horror · Thriller
Seeking fulfillment, a young drifter forgoes isolation to embark on a year-long murder spree.
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2018 · 106 min · Drama · Horror · Mystery
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
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2019 · 98 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
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2007 · 84 min · Crime · Horror · Thriller
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.
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