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On Halloween night in 2019, 21-year-old Corey Cunningham is babysitting a young boy named Jeremy, who pulls a prank on Corey by locking him inside the attic. Just as Jeremy’s parents come home, Corey kicks the door open and accidentally knocks Jeremy over a staircase railing to his death. Corey is accused of intentionally killing Jeremy but is cleared of manslaughter. Three years later, the town of Haddonfield, Illinois, is still reeling from the aftermath of Michael Myers’s latest killing spree in 2018, while Michael has vanished. Laurie Strode is writing a memoir, having bought a new house and living with Allyson, her granddaughter, who is now a nurse. Meanwhile, Corey ...

Craig becomes acquainted with retired businessman Mr. John Harrigan following the death of his mother, with instructions to simply read to him three times a week. As the years go on, Craig and Harrigan become fast friends, despite Harrigan showing some anti-social tendencies. During this time, Craig starts high school and becomes relatively close to his teacher Ms. Hart, who comes to his aid when Kenny, a school bully, attempts to intimidate him. After winning $3,000 from a lottery ticket that Harrigan gave him and receiving his first iPhone for Christmas, Craig buys Harrigan one too, despite Harrigan first showing resistance to new technology. Harrigan dies unexpectedly, leaving ...

In 19th century Macedonia, Maria – a “Wolf-Eatress”, or witch, with a horrible burned appearance – enters the home of a newborn baby. The child’s terrified mother says that if Maria spares the girl’s life, she will give her up once the girl is 16. Maria agrees, but robs the girl of her voice before leaving. The mother hides the child, Nevena, in a cave, and raises her there with no knowledge of the outside world.On Nevena’s 16th birthday, Maria arrives in the form of an eagle; the mother chases the bird out of sight, where Maria kills her and takes her form. She tells Nevena to follow her. Outside the cave, Maria kills a donkey, scratches ...

In 1918, Pearl is a young woman living with her German immigrant parents on their Texas homestead while her husband, Howard, is serving in World War I. Pearl’s father is infirm and paralyzed, and her domineering mother, Ruth, insists that she help care for both him and the farm. Pearl, longing for a more exciting life, is captivated by the films she sees at the local cinema and aspires to become a chorus girl, much to Ruth’s disapproval. However, Pearl also shows signs of being a disturbed individual, such as inexplicably killing a farm animal and physically abusing her father, knowing he cannot defend himself. At the cinema, Pearl meets a young projectionist who takes a ...

In 1979, aspiring pornographic actress Maxine Minx embarks on a road trip through Texas with her producer boyfriend Wayne, fellow actors Bobby-Lynne and Jackson Hole, director RJ, and RJ’s girlfriend, Lorraine, to shoot an adult film for the booming theatrical pornography market. Bobby-Lynne and Jackson strike up a romance, while Lorraine is unimpressed with the film’s content, and RJ attempts to make it seem like a serious cinematic piece. The group arrives at the farm of Howard and Pearl, an elderly couple in whose guest house the group intends to shoot the film The Farmer’s Daughters. Howard is temperamental towards the group, brandishing a shotgun while Pearl ...

Bjørn and Louise, a Danish couple with their young daughter Agnes, spend their vacation in Tuscany. There they meet Patrick and Karin, a Dutch couple, and their son Abel, who allegedly suffers from congenital aglossia, and is born without a tongue. A few weeks later, back in Denmark, the Danish couple receive an invitation from the Dutch couple to visit their remote rural house in the Netherlands for a weekend. Unhappy with his ordinary family life, Bjørn persuades Louise to take advantage of this opportunity for an adventurous journey. After eight hours of driving, Bjørn, Louise and Agnes arrive at Patrick and Karin’s house. During the first two days, Louise feels uncomfortable ...

50 years after Leatherface’s killing spree in 1973, young entrepreneurs Melody and Dante, Melody’s sister Lila and Dante’s girlfriend Ruth travel to the abandoned Texas town of Harlow, to auction off old properties to create a trendy, heavily gentrified area. While inspecting a dilapidated orphanage, the group discover it is still occupied by an elderly woman called Ginny. When she claims she has papers to prove she still owns the property, an argument breaks out, briefly interrupted by a silent and towering man from upstairs. Ginny then collapses from a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital, accompanied by Ruth and the man. An investor, Catherine, along with a ...

In 1998, in front of a large studio audience for the sitcom Gordy’s Home, the titular chimpanzee animal actor attacks several of its human co-stars after being startled by the pop of a balloon. Child actor Ricky “Jupe” Park hides under a table and is unharmed, though traumatized by the experience. The chimp finds Jupe and extends his hand for a fist bump, before being shot dead by authorities. In present-day Agua Dulce, ranch owner Otis Haywood Sr. trains and handles horses for film and television productions. When he is killed by a nickel through the eye that falls inexplicably from the sky, his children Otis “OJ” Haywood Jr. and Emerald “Em” ...

The movie begins with a flashback of baby Charlie McGee in her crib. Charlie spontaneously sets the room on fire with her pyrokinesis powers, sending her father Andy McGee into a panic. The opening credits show a young Andy and Vicky talking to a doctor in a clinical trial, who explains to them that they will be injected with an experimental chemical known as Lot-6, which unbeknownst to them will give them supernatural powers. In the present day, Charlie is sitting at the kitchen table after having a nightmare. Her father and mother join her and Charlie explains that she has been repressing something bad, her powers becoming more unstable. Her father comforts her. Charlie ...

Twenty-five years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher terrorized the town of Woodsboro, a high school student named Tara Carpenter is home alone when she is attacked by Ghostface and left hospitalized. While out of town, Tara’s older sister Sam Carpenter is informed by Wes Hicks, about her sister’s attack. Sam returns to Woodsboro with her boyfriend Richie to visit Tara at the hospital where Sam is reunited with Tara’s friendship group; Amber Freeman, twins Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin, and Liv McKenzie. Liv’s summer fling Vince Schneider, who is later revealed to be Stu Macher nephew, is next to be killed by Ghostface. After Sam arrival at the hospital, she is ...

In 1993, Dr. Florence Weaver and her colleagues Victor Fields and John Gregory treat a violent, disturbed patient named Gabriel at Simion Research Hospital who is able to control electricity and broadcast his thoughts via speakers. After Gabriel kills several staff members. Dr. Weaver determines that he is a lost cause and the “cancer” must be removed. 27 years later, Madison Lake-Mitchell, a pregnant woman living in Seattle, returns home to her abusive husband, Derek. During an argument about her multiple previous miscarriages, Derek smashes Madison’s head against a wall, causing her to bleed at the point of impact. After locking herself in her room, she had a ...

Lisey’s Story is an American horror drama miniseries based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The series is written by King, directed by Pablo Larraín, and produced by J. J. Abrams. It stars Julianne Moore in the title role. Lisey’s Story premiered on Apple TV+ on June 4, 2021. Lisa “Lisey” Landon is the widow of famous fiction author Scott Landon, who died two years prior to the start of the ...

On October 31, 1978, Deputy Frank Hawkins accidentally shoots his partner dead while trying to save him from Michael Myers. He also prevents Dr. Samuel Loomis from executing Michael. Forty years later, on October 31, 2018, after being stabbed and left to die by Dr. Ranbir Sartain, Hawkins is found by Cameron Elam, who calls an ambulance. Hawkins regrets not allowing Michael’s execution and vows to kill him. Meanwhile, Tommy Doyle celebrates the 40th anniversary of Michael’s imprisonment along with fellow survivors Marion Chambers, Lindsey Wallace, and Cameron’s father, Lonnie Elam, having each survived an encounter with Michael in 1978. Firefighters responding to ...

Eloise “Ellie” Turner loves the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties and dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Her mother, also a designer, killed herself during Ellie’s childhood. Ellie occasionally sees her mother’s ghost in mirrors. Ellie moves from her rural home near Redruth, Cornwall to London, in order to study at the London College of Fashion, where she has trouble fitting in with her peers, particularly her snobbish roommate Jocasta. Only John, another student, is sympathetic to her. Unhappy in the hall of residence, Ellie moves into a bedsit owned by the elderly Alexandra Collins. That night, Ellie has a vivid dream in which she is transported ...

During a baseball game attended by the Abbott family, spectators look skyward as objects hurtles towards the Earth. As people exit the park and attempt to drive away, the town is attacked by hostile alien creatures possessing armored skin and extraordinary speed and strength. The blind creatures have hypersensitive hearing to track their victims. Over a year later, the aliens have killed much of the Earth’s population, including Lee Abbott, who had sacrificed himself to save his surviving family – wife Evelyn, deaf teen daughter Regan, adolescent son Marcus, and a newborn son. Regan previously discovered that high-frequency audio feedback could incapacitate the creatures. ...

A baby girl in a village falls ill and is not expected to survive. The father takes the child to see an enchantress, who removes the illness but leaves power within the girl. The villagers go to the girl, as she grows up, to hear her premonitions, but she uses her power to kill people, including her father. She is taken into the woods to be abandoned. There, she lures other children to their deaths. She becomes known as the Beautiful Child. The scene shifts to teenaged Gretel and her younger brother, Hansel, after their father’s death. They meet a man about a housekeeping job, but he reveals his true intentions by asking Gretel if she is still ...

Creepshow is an American horror anthology streaming television series that was released on Shudder in 2019. The series serves as a continuation of the 1982 film of the same name, ignores the sequel Creepshow 2, and features seventeen episodes with two horror stories per episode. The series premiered on September 26, 2019. The Creep shows audience members darkly grim horror stories from the pages of the Creepshow comic book. Each story evokes the traits of a comic book like the first Creepshow film and shows some occasional advertisements of horror products promoted in the comics.

Siblings Becky, 6 months pregnant, and Cal DeMuth travel to San Diego. They hear a young boy, Tobin, calling for help from a field of tall grass. His mother, Natalie, shuts him up. Concerned, they enter but quickly get separated and find that their distance changes unnaturally. Panicked, they decide to leave but can’t find the road. Becky encounters Tobin’s father Ross, who tells her to stay with him and not to lose sight of him. She does lose him. Cal stumbles across a bruised, dirty Tobin holding a dead crow. Tobin claims the grass won’t move dead things and buries the bird in the path. He tells Cal that Becky will die soon and that the rock told him that. Tobin ...

After being evicted from their home, Louis Creed, an ER doctor from Boston, Massachusetts, moves to the small town of Ludlow, Maine with his wife, Rachel, their two young children, Ellie and Gage, and Ellie’s cat, Church. Exploring the woods, Rachel and Ellie stumble across a funeral procession of children taking a dead dog to a cemetery called “Pet Sematary.” At the university hospital, Louis is left shaken after failing to save the life of Victor Pascow, a student who was fatally injured after being struck and dragged by a vehicle. He later experiences a vivid dream in which Victor leads him to the deadfall at the back of the cemetery and warns him not to ...

Dan Torrance, still traumatized from his family’s 1980 ordeal at the Overlook hotel, is guided by the ghost of Dick Hallorann to capture the ghosts of the Overlook in lockboxes. In 2011, he becomes an alcoholic to suppress his shining. After moving to a New Hampshire town, he recovers through Alcoholics Anonymous set up by his new friend Billy Freeman and becomes a hospice orderly, where he uses his shining to comfort dying patients, who nickname him “Doctor Sleep.” Meanwhile, the True Knot, a cult of psychics led by Rose the Hat, extend their lifespans by consuming “steam”, a psychic essence released by torturing and killing those who have the ...