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I Am Legend (2007) is an American post-apocalyptic action thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich. The film depicts a world in which a measles virus, intended to cure cancer, instead becomes lethal and spreads rapidly, infecting 99% of the population and turning them into vampiric, albino, cannibalistic mutants known as Darkseekers. These creatures are vulnerable to sunlight and prey on the small number of people who are naturally immune. Three years have passed since ...

White Noise 2: The Light (2007) is a supernatural horror thriller film directed by Patrick Lussier. It serves as a standalone sequel to the 2005 film White Noise, which was directed by Geoffrey Sax. After witnessing the murder-suicide of his family at the hands of Henry Caine, Abe Dale is plunged into deep despair and tries to take his own life. However, he survives and gains an unexpected ability – the ability to foresee death. Using this power, Abe saves three individuals from dying, including a nurse named Sherry Clarke who he meets during his recovery. ...

28 Weeks Later (2007), a post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, follows the story of Don and his wife Alice, along with four other survivors, as they take refuge in a cottage on the outskirts of London during the initial outbreak of the Rage Virus. However, their safety is short-lived when they hear a terrified boy pounding at their door and Don makes the decision to let him in. Unfortunately, this leads to the infected following the boy to their location. Despite Don’s attempt to convince Alice to leave the boy behind, she refuses and he ultimately abandons them, escaping on a boat ...

The Mist (2007) is an American science-fiction horror film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 novella. A severe thunderstorm hits Bridgton, Maine, causing a tree to crash into the lakeside home of artist David Drayton, his wife Stephanie and their eight-year-old son Billy. The next morning, as they assess the damage, they spot a thick mist rolling over the lake. To prepare for potential power outages, David and Billy head to town with their neighbor Brent Norton to purchase supplies. While inside the supermarket, they witness police cars speeding through the streets. A terrified local named Dan Miller rushes into ...

George A. Romero wrote and directed Diary of the Dead (2007), a found footage horror film. The movie follows a news crew as they capture an immigrant man killing his wife and son before taking his own life. The wife and son then turn into zombies, attacking and killing medical personnel and police officers, leaving only a medic and a reporter bitten before being killed themselves. Debra, the narrator, explains that most of the disturbing footage recorded by the cameraman was never aired. Meanwhile, in a different setting, students from the University of Pittsburgh’s film studies program, led by their faculty ...

Planet Terror (2007), an American action comedy horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, is set in Texas. It follows the survivors of a biochemical outbreak as they face off against zombie-like creatures and a corrupt military unit. In rural Texas, go-go dancer Cherry Darling runs into her enigmatic ex-boyfriend El Wray at the Bone Shack, owned by brothers J.T. and Sheriff Hague. At the same time, demented Lt. Muldoon and his team strike a deal with chemical engineer Abby for large amounts of DC2, a deadly biochemical agent. When Muldoon discovers that Abby has an additional supply, he attempts to capture ...

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2003) is a slasher film directed by Joe Lynch. Following the tragic events in the West Virginia forest, reality TV contestant Kimberly is driving through the backcountry of that same state in search of her next project location. While on her way, she accidentally hits a teenager and stops to help him. However, she soon realizes that he is one of the inbred cannibal locals. In an attempt to escape, she runs into Three Finger, who brutally kills her with his axe. Meanwhile, ex-military man Colonel Dale Murphy is hosting a survival game show called The Apocalypse: Ultimate Survivalist in the same ...

The American slasher film, Halloween (2007), was written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. Serving as a remake of John Carpenter’s 1978 horror film with the same title, it takes place in Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night. A ten-year-old Michael Myers displays early signs of psychopathic tendencies as he brutally murders his school bully Wesley Rhoades, his sister Judith, her boyfriend Steve Haley, and his mother’s abusive partner Ronnie White out of a desire for revenge. However, he spares his infant sister Angel. Following one of the lengthiest ...

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) is the follow-up to its 2006 predecessor, which was a remake of the 1977 horror classic. The film centers on a captive woman who is held by Papa Hades and his inbred mutant clan at a nuclear testing village known as Sector 16 in the New Mexico desert. After her unsuccessful attempts at bearing healthy offspring and giving birth to a stillborn, she meets her demise at the hands of Papa Hades. In response to the events of the first film, the United States Department of Defense dispatches a military unit to take control of the area and eliminate any remaining mutants. While working on installing a surveillance system, Colonel Lincoln Redding ...

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw IV (2007) is a horror film with a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and a story by Melton, Dunstan, and Thomas Fenton. During a routine autopsy of the notorious Jigsaw Killer, John Kramer, an unexpected discovery is made: a wax-coated microcassette hidden in his stomach. Lieutenant Mark Hoffman is then summoned to listen to the ...

Final Destination 3 (2006) is an American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong. Serving as a standalone sequel to Final Destination 2 (2003), it is the third addition to the Final Destination film series. The screenplay was written by Wong and Glen Morgan, who also wrote the first film. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman, it takes place years after the events of the first movie. Our ...

Silent Hill (2006) is a horror flick helmed by director Christophe Gans and penned by writer Roger Avary. The film is based on the video game series of the same name from Konami. Rose Da Silva and her spouse Christopher are troubled by their adopted daughter Sharon’s frequent sleepwalking and disturbing nightmares about Silent Hill, a deserted town in West Virginia that was abandoned decades ago due to a raging coal fire. In search of answers, Rose takes Sharon on a journey to Silent Hill, but their encounter with police officer Cybil Bennett at a gas station raises ...

The non-hosted anthology series, Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006), originally aired on TNT in the summer of 2006. This eight-episode adaptation features a collection of short stories by King, primarily from the book of the same name. While most are from this specific collection, there are also some stories taken from other works written by King. Produced jointly between Australia and the US, the series was filmed entirely in Melbourne, Victoria. The episodes include Battleground (1) where a contract killer becomes the target of ...

Desperation (2006) is an American made-for-TV horror film based on Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name. The teleplay was written by King himself. While driving through the Nevada desert, Peter and Mary Jackson, a young couple, are stopped by Collie Entragian, the local sheriff. Despite their innocence, they are accused of possessing marijuana and taken to a police station in the nearby mining town of Desperation. Upon their arrival at the station, they come across a disturbing sight: a little girl lying dead on the floor. In an act of violence, Entragian ...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) serves as a prequel to the 2003 film and is the sixth installment in the franchise. Penned by Sheldon Turner from a story co-written with David J. Schow, the film was directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Set in 1939, it follows the story of a baby who is abandoned in a dumpster by his mother during childbirth at a Texas slaughterhouse. The child is later found and raised as Thomas by Luda Mae Hewitt, who discovers him on her property. Thirty years later, Thomas still works at the ...

The American horror film, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), marks the English-language debut of both director Alexandre Aja and co-writer Grégory Levasseur. This remake of Wes Craven’s 1977 original follows retired detective Bob Carter and his wife Ethel as they journey from Cleveland to San Diego for their silver wedding anniversary. They are accompanied by their three children (Lynn, Brenda, and Bobby), Lynn’s husband Doug and their baby daughter Catherine, as well as their two German Shepherds named Beauty and ...

Saw III (2006), a horror film by director Darren Lynn Bousman, features a screenplay by Leigh Whannell and a story written by Whannell and James Wan. In the movie, Detective Eric Matthews breaks his foot with a toilet lid to escape after being imprisoned in a bathroom. Six months later, Officer Rigg’s SWAT team discovers another Jigsaw game, where victim Troy had to rip chains from his body to escape a bomb. Upon closer inspection, it is revealed that Jigsaw broke his ...

Open Water 2: Adrift (2006) is a German English-language psychological horror thriller film directed by Hans Horn, inspired by the short story Adrift by Japanese author Koji Suzuki. Though the original title was taken from the story, promotional posters claimed it was based on actual events. The film has no connection to Open Water (2003) and its script had been written before the release of the latter. A group of friends, including Amy, James, Zach, Lauren, Dan, and his new girlfriend Michelle, embark on a weekend cruise on Dan’s new yacht. While ...

The Ring Two (2005) is a psychological supernatural horror film and serves as a sequel to the 2002 remake of the Japanese film Ring. Hideo Nakata directed this installment instead of Gore Verbinski. Set six months after the events of the first film and its accompanying short Rings, Samara Morgan’s cursed videotape has made its way to teenagers in Astoria, Oregon. It is Jake Pierce’s seventh day after viewing the tape, and he enlists his friend Emily to watch it with him. While Emily supposedly watches the tape, Jake steps into his kitchen briefly ...

Rings (2005) is an American supernatural horror short film that serves as both a sequel to The Ring and a prelude to the opening sequence of The Ring Two. It was initially included as an extra disc accompanying the re-release of The Ring on DVD. Following the events of The Ring, Samara Morgan’s infamous videotape has spread like wildfire, with each person who views it creating copies and passing them on. This has resulted in the formation of a subculture centered around the tape, where individuals test their bravery by waiting until the last possible moment before showing it to someone else. These groups are known as ‘rings’.