Serial Killers: 170

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 ...

Teddy, a struggling fitness entrepreneur in Yorktown, Virginia, is fired from his job at a local gym. He decides not to tell his wife Lori, taking her to Onancock for her birthday. Leaving her at a spa, Teddy arrives at the wrong cabin, where a man named Coughlin is being held hostage. Mistaken for “the Man from Toronto”, a mysterious assassin with a talent for brutal interrogation, the clueless Teddy manages to intimidate Coughlin into giving up a code. The cabin is raided by the FBI, who convince Teddy to pose as the Man from Toronto to help capture would-be Venezuelan dictator Colonel Marin. Much to Teddy’s jealousy, an agent is assigned to accompany Lori and her ...

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 ...

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is an American limited series for Netflix about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, it stars Evan Peters as Dahmer, alongside Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, and Niecy Nash. All ten episodes of the ...

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 modern day Tokyo, grieving father Yuichi Kimura seeks revenge after an unknown assailant pushes his son off a rooftop, and has told him to meet them on a bullet train later in the night. Meanwhile, former assassin “Ladybug”, after recently graduating from therapy, is assigned to retrieve a briefcase from the same bullet train bound for Kyoto after the previous contact, Carver, calls in sick from a stomach flu. Ladybug is initially weary, as his recent string of bad luck during his jobs resulted in accidental deaths. Also on the train is Yuichi, a young woman codenamed the “Prince” who attacked Yuichi’s son, and two assassin brothers called ...

Alex Lewis is a contract killer living in Mexico who suffers from early onset Alzheimer’s and works for Davana Sealman. He is assigned to kill a man in El Paso, Texas, named Ellis Van Camp (a builder for the Texas Central Processing Facility). Alex’s brother turns out to be a resident at a nursing home in El Paso due to his severe Alzheimer’s disease. Meanwhile, Special Agent Vincent Serra (of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force) goes undercover to bring down an El Paso sex trafficker “Papa Leon,” who trafficked his daughter, Beatriz, 13. Vincent ends up killing Papa Leon after the latter takes Beatriz hostage. Beatriz is later taken to the ...

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 ...

Dexter: New Blood is an American crime drama mystery miniseries developed for Showtime as a continuation of the series Dexter, developed by original series showrunner Clyde Phillips and directed by Marcos Siega. The show features Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter reprising their roles as Dexter and Debra Morgan, respectively, alongside new cast members Jack Alcott, Julia ...

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 ...

Anna is an assassin raised by Moody after he discovered her in the aftermath of a massacre in Da Nang, where she killed four men who had kidnapped her. For years, they traversed the globe and completed high-profile contracts—settling in England where she runs a rare-book store and he lives in a manor house. She first encounters Rembrandt in her store when he comes in on the pretext of buying a gift. In the present day, Anna and Moody kill a Romanian mafia boss by taking his son hostage and using him as a bait. Anna and Moody celebrate his birthday, where he gives her insight into a person he is trying to find information on. In the following days, Moody and anyone Anna contacted to ...

Michael Bryce prepares to retire from being a bodyguard and tries to clear his mind on vacation until Sonia Kincaid tracks him down and asks for his services. She needs his help in recovering her hitman husband Darius, after mobsters kidnap him. After saving him, they are caught by Interpol agent Bobby O’Neill, who needs their help in locating a terrorist mastermind named Aristotle Papadopoulos, who wants to destroy the European power grid and infrastructure since the European Union is planning to impose more sanctions on Greece. The trio gets into more trouble, with Bryce taking much of the physical brunt of their encounters. After getting ...

One night in 1990, a girl drives on a highway, stalked by a motorist. She pulls over at a gas station where the motorist follows her. The gas station is closed, and she is forced to run through the desert. She catches the attention of a passing truck driver, escaping from the pursuit. Some time later in Bakersfield, Kern County deputy sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon is called to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to collect evidence pertaining to a recent murder. Deacon, a former L.A. Sheriff’s detective, accompanies recently appointed lead detective Jimmy Baxter to the scene of a new murder in L.A. Deacon notices similarities between the M.O. of the killing ...

The Outsider is an American psychological thriller-horror crime drama television series based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Stephen King, adapted for television by Richard Price. It was ordered to series on December 3, 2018, after being optioned as a miniseries by MRC in June 2018. It premiered on HBO on January 12, 2020. It stars Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Bill Camp, Paddy Considine,

John Wick makes his way through Manhattan before he is labeled “excommunicado” for the unauthorized killing of High Table crime lord Santino D’Antonio on the grounds of the New York Continental Hotel—before this, he sends his dog to safety with the concierge, Charon, at the very same hotel. At the New York Public Library, John retrieves a marker medallion and a rosary. He is injured in a fight with another hitman and seeks medical treatment from an underworld doctor, but his $14 million bounty activates before the doctor can finish, forcing John to complete the suturing himself. Upon leaving, he is quickly pursued by various gangs of assassins, all of whom he ...

Henry Brogan, a 51-year-old former Marine Scout Sniper who works as an exceptional assassin for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), is sent on a mission to assassinate an anonymous bio-terrorist aboard a train in Belgium. During the mission, Henry’s spotter warns him of a young girl approaching the target, causing Henry to delay his shot until the last second, shooting the man in the neck despite aiming for his head. Disillusioned with killing, Henry retires from government service. While adjusting to retirement in Buttermilk Sound, GA, Henry meets boat rental manager Danny and reconnects with an old friend, Jack, who reveals that an informant named Yuri told him that the man ...

In February 1969, Hollywood actor Rick Dalton, the star of the 1950s Western television series Bounty Law, fears his career is fading, as most of his recent roles have been guest appearances as villains. Casting director Marvin Schwarz advises him to make Spaghetti Westerns in Italy, which Dalton feels are beneath him. Dalton’s best friend and stunt double, Cliff Booth — a war veteran who lives in a trailer with his pit bull, Brandy — drives Dalton around because the latter’s driver’s license has been suspended due to DUI arrests. Booth struggles to find stunt work because of rumors he murdered his wife. Actress Sharon Tate and her husband, director Roman Polanski, ...

In 1988, several people simultaneously hemorrhage to death in Philadelphia, disintegrating their brains and causing massive blood loss. Police officer Thomas Lockhart and his partner, Maddox, investigate the case with Lockhart’s brother-in-law, Detective Holt. Lockhart concludes that the deaths are connected when he finds similar puncture wounds on each victim. Lockhart and Maddox find an assault victim with the same wounds; she describes her assailant as a black woman with a wounded hand before dying. Lockhart and Maddox find the suspect and chase her into a subway, where she subdues Maddox. When Lockhart confronts her, the suspect reveals details about his life, including that ...