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I – And heard within, a lie is spun A young girl named Mabel lives with her father Raymond, mother Penny, and newborn sister Isobel in relative poverty. After a visit from wealthy yet spoiled relatives, Raymond wanders drunk into the forest at night and encounters the mysterious architect Mr. Van Schoonbeek. The following morning, Van Schoonbeek’s employee Mr. Thomas visits the family and convinces Raymond and Penny to accept Van Schoonbeek’s offer to move into a new luxurious house built for them at no charge. After the family moves in, Mabel notices several peculiar things about the house and the workers constantly refitting it; but her parents are too ...

Following the apparent suicide of her husband James, Harper Marlowe decides to spend a holiday alone in the small village of Cotson. In flashbacks, it is revealed that Harper, fed up with James’ emotional abuse and manipulation, intended to divorce him, causing an explosive argument between the two, which eventually leads James to declare that he will die by suicide should Harper ever leave him. Disturbed by James’ behavior, Harper leaves the room and quietly attempts to text a friend that she feels unsafe. James suddenly reappears, rips Harper’s phone away from her, and reads her text messages. Feeling betrayed that Harper would feel unsafe with him, James becomes ...

In 1981, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren document the exorcism of 8-year-old David Glatzel, attended by his family, his sister Debbie, her boyfriend Arne Johnson, and Father Gordon in Brookfield, Connecticut. During the exorcism, Arne invites the demon to enter his body instead of David’s. Ed witnesses the demon transport itself from David’s body to Arne’s while he suffers from a heart attack and is taken to a hospital in an unconscious state. The following month, Ed wakes up at the hospital and reveals to Lorraine that he witnessed the demon enter Arne’s body. She sends the police to the Glatzel household, warning them that a tragedy will occur there. ...

Chapelwaite is an American horror television series based on the short story “Jerusalem’s Lot” by American writer Stephen King. It is written by Peter and Jason Filardi, and premiered on Epix on August 22, 2021. The series takes place in the second half of the 19th century in America. After the death of his wife, former captain Charles Boone moves with his children to the family estate of Chapelwaite, located in Maine, which was inherited from his cousin. To help raise the children, Charles hires a ...

Behind Her Eyes is a British noir supernatural psychological thriller web series created by Steve Lightfoot, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough, that premiered on Netflix on 17 February 2021. The limited series stars Simona Brown, Tom Bateman, Eve Hewson and Robert Aramayo. Behind Her Eyes follows the story of Louise, ...

Midnight Mass is an American supernatural horror streaming television miniseries created and directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kristin Lehman and Henry Thomas. The plot centers on an isolated island community ...

Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren confiscate the Annabelle doll from nurses Debbie and Camilla, who claimed that the doll often performed violent activities in their apartment. During the drive back home, the doll summons spirits to attack Ed, but he narrowly survives. Annabelle is locked in a sacred glass case in the couple’s artifacts room that is blessed by Father Gordon to ensure the evil is contained. Sometime later, the Warrens welcome Mary Ellen, who will be in charge of babysitting their daughter, Judy, at the house while they travel overnight to investigate another case. At school, Judy notices a ghostly priest that begins following her. Mary Ellen’s friend, ...

In 1673 Mexico, a family plays in a field, and the youngest son gives his mother a necklace, who says she will treasure the item forever. The boy goes on a hike a while later and finds his mother violently drowning his brother in a stream. Horrified, he runs, but his mother catches him and drowns him too. 300 years later, in 1973 Los Angeles, caseworker Anna Tate-Garcia investigates the truancy of client Patricia Alvarez’s two children. Arriving at Patricia’s house for a welfare check, she finds the children locked behind a door. Patricia attacks her and is taken away by the police. Patricia’s sons, Carlos and Tomas, tell Anna to keep them in the room, so they are ...

Servant is an American psychological horror streaming television series created by Tony Basgallop as well as executive produced alongside M. Night Shyamalan, who serves as showrunner. The series follows Dorothy and Sean Turner, a Philadelphia couple who hire a girl named Leanne Grayson to be the nanny for their infant son, Jericho. Leanne’s arrival brings about strange and frightening occurrences for the couple. A wealthy Philadelphia couple, Dorothy and Sean Turner, experience a fracture in their marriage after the death of their ...

In 2016, It has returned to Derry, Maine and is killing children again. The only member of the Losers Club currently in the town, Mike Hanlon, calls the other members, Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, and Stanley Uris to honor the promise they made 27 years ago to kill It if it came back. All of them travel back with hazy memories except for Stan, who kills himself out of his fear of the creature. At a restaurant, Mike refreshes the Losers with memories before It torments them with hallucinations and Stan’s suicide. Richie and Eddie decide to leave until Beverly reveals that she has had psychic visions of their deaths should they fail to ...

In 1952 Romania, two nuns living at the Saint Cartha’s monastery are attacked by an unseen evil force after one of them entered a tunnel to retrieve an ancient Christian relic. The surviving nun, Sister Victoria, flees from the attacker, a demon appearing as a nun, and hangs herself. Her body is discovered by Frenchie, a villager who transports supplies to the nuns. The Vatican learns of the incident and summons Father Burke to Rome, where they ask him to travel with Sister Irene, a nun in her novitiate, to Romania in order to investigate the situation. While Sister Irene is teaching children the relationship between religion and science in a school, her Mother Superior ...

In 1953, Elise Rainier lives in Five Keys, New Mexico with her parents Audrey and Gerald and younger brother Christian. Elise and Christian encounter a ghost in their bedroom. Frightened, Christian looks for a whistle their mother gave him to call for help, but cannot find it. Gerald, furious, canes Elise and locks her in the basement. Elise opens a mysterious red doorway and is briefly possessed by a demonic spirit. Audrey is killed by the demon. Decades later in California in 2010, Elise works as a paranormal investigator with her colleagues Specs and Tucker. A man named Ted Garza calls, saying he’s been experiencing paranormal activity at his house. Realizing it’s her ...

Castle Rock is an American psychological horror streaming television series, featuring and inspired by characters, settings, and themes from the stories created by Stephen King and his fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. The series premiered on July 25, 2018, on Hulu. It was created by Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, and stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård,

In 1977, Susie Bannion arrives in Berlin during the height of the German Autumn to audition for the Markos Dance Academy. Her arrival coincides with the sudden disappearance of a student, Patricia Hingle, who vanished after revealing to her psychotherapist, Dr. Josef Klemperer, that the school’s matrons are a coven of witches who worship the Three Mothers—a trio of witches who once roamed Earth, known individually as Mother Tenebrarum, Mother Lachrymarum, and Mother Suspiriorum. Susie befriends a wealthy classmate, Sara Simms, while her dancing quickly begins to attract attention from the head artistic director and choreographer, Madame Blanc.

A dollmaker named Samuel Mullins and his wife Esther grieve for the loss of their seven-year-old daughter Annabelle, nicknamed “Bee”, who dies when she accidentally steps in front of a car. Twelve years later, the Mullins open their home to provide shelter for Sister Charlotte and six girls left homeless by the closing of their orphanage. Despite having been warned to avoid Bee’s locked bedroom, Janice, a young orphan disabled by polio, discovers a note saying “Find me” and sneaks into the room, which has mysteriously become unlocked. She finds a key for Bee’s closet and opens it, where she sees an eerie porcelain doll. This unwittingly releases a ...

In October 1988, Bill Denbrough crafts a paper sailboat for Georgie, his six-year-old brother. Georgie sails the boat along the rainy streets of small town Derry, Maine, only to have it fall down a storm drain. As he attempts to retrieve it, Georgie sees a clown in the drain, who introduces himself as “Pennywise the Dancing Clown”. Pennywise entices Georgie to come closer, then bites his arm off and drags him into the sewer. The following summer, Bill and his friends Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, and Stan Uris run afoul of older bullies Henry Bowers, Belch Huggins, Patrick Hockstetter, and Victor Criss. Bill, still haunted by Georgie’s disappearance, calculates that ...

Damien is an A&E television series based on the horror film series The Omen. The show was ordered as a series on August 25, 2014, by Lifetime, but was moved to A&E on April 29, 2015, where it premiered on March 7, 2016. On May 20, 2016, A&E cancelled the series after one season. Based on the 1976 film The Omen, Damien follows the adult life of Damien Thorn, now a 30-year-old war photographer who has forgotten his Satanic past, facing his true identity. Ann Rutledge, who has protected Damien all his life, will help him embrace his Antichrist side.

The Exorcist is an American supernatural horror television series created by Jeremy Slater for Fox. Part of The Exorcist franchise, the series serves as a direct sequel to the original 1973 film and ignores the film’s various sequels. Alfonso Herrera and Ben Daniels star as a pair of exorcists who investigate cases of demonic possession. The series premiered on September 23, 2016, and a second season premiered on September 29, 2017, each comprising 10 episodes. After the conclusion of the second season, Fox ...

In 1976, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the Amityville murders at the Amityville house, to determine if a demonic presence was truly responsible for Ronald DeFeo Jr. killing his entire family on November 13, 1974, and the subsequent haunting incident involving the Lutz family. During a seance, Lorraine is drawn into a vision where she relives the murders and encounters a demonic nun figure. She then witnesses Ed being impaled, badly frightening her. In 1977, the Hodgson family begins to experience strange occurrences in their home in the London borough of Enfield after Janet, the second-oldest of four children, plays with a ouija board. Janet starts to ...

The remaining vampire covens are on the verge of annihilation by the Lycans. Both species are searching for Selene: the vampires seek justice for the death of Viktor, while the Lycans, led by Marius, intend to use her to locate Eve, whose blood holds the key to building an army of vampire-werewolf hybrids. Semira, a council member of the Eastern Coven, asks Thomas to plead Selene’s case before the council. The plea is successful and the council reluctantly agrees to a pardon in exchange for Selene’s help. Selene arrives with David and starts training the coven’s neophyte Death Dealers for the upcoming war. Semira and Varga, her ally and lover, later poison Selene, ...