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The Skeleton Key (2005) is an American Southern Gothic supernatural horror film directed by Iain Softley and written by Ehren Kruger. Caroline Ellis, a hospice aide, leaves her job at a nursing home and takes on the role of caretaker for an isolated plantation house in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Violet Devereaux, the elderly matriarch of the house, is in need of assistance caring for her husband Benjamin, who has been mostly paralyzed following a stroke. Upon the suggestion of the family’s estate lawyer, Luke Marshall, Caroline accepts the position. During a ...

White Noise (2005) is a supernatural horror thriller film directed by Geoffrey Sax. Jonathan Rivers, an architect, is married to his wife Anna, a best-selling author. Together, they have a young son from Jonathan’s previous marriage and Anna is pregnant with their second child. One night, Anna mysteriously disappears and is missing for five weeks. During this time, Jonathan is approached by Raymond Price, who has recently lost his son. Raymond shares that he has been receiving messages from his deceased son through electronic voice phenomena (EVP). He also claims to have recordings of Anna’s voice, ...

Land of the Dead (2005) is a post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero. Following the zombie apocalypse, human civilization has reorganized and established a chain of protected city-states across America. One such sanctuary is located within the triangular peninsula of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a feudal-like government governs its citizens. Surrounded on two sides by rivers and barricaded on the third with an electrified fence guarded by a militia, this city provides relative security for its inhabitants. Beyond its borders lies a desolate landscape with abandoned suburbs and ...

Masters of Horror (2005–2007) is an anthology television series on Showtime, crafted by director Mick Garris. The show brings together some of the finest horror film writers and directors, curated by genre veteran Mick Garris. This series marks the first time that such esteemed names have collaborated on a project, with each season featuring thirteen one-hour films. The highly acclaimed U.S. debut of the series was on October 28, 2005 with the premiere episode Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, co-written and directed by ...

House of Wax (2005), a slasher film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, follows the story of Carly Jones, her brother Nick, her boyfriend Wade Felton, and their friends as they camp in a wooded area on their way to a football game. A stranger in a pickup truck briefly interacts with them before leaving after Nick smashes one of his headlights. The next day, Wade discovers his car’s fan belt has been cut and Lester offers to take Carly and Wade to the nearby town of Ambrose while the others continue to the game. In Ambrose, a ghost town, the couple meets Bo Sinclair who offers to sell them a fan belt and give them a ...

Saw II (2005) is a horror movie helmed by director Darren Lynn Bousman and penned by Leigh Whannell and Bousman himself. After waking up in a room with a death mask locking his neck, police informant Michael is given instructions by Billy the Puppet on a nearby screen. Failing to retrieve the key from his eye in time, he meets his demise as the mask closes around his head. At the crime scene, Detective Kerry discovers a message for her ex-partner Detective Eric Matthews. The two team up with Officer Rigg and lead a SWAT ...

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) is an action horror film directed by Alexander Witt and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. In the previous installment, Alice (a former security operative) and Matt Addison (an environmental activist) joined forces to escape from the Hive – an underground genetic research facility responsible for a zombie outbreak. Their mission was to expose the illegal experiments being conducted by pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation. However, their efforts were thwarted as they were both captured and separated by Umbrella. Meanwhile, a team ...

Mick Garris wrote, co-produced, and directed Riding the Bullet (2004), a horror film based on Stephen King’s 2000 novella with the same title. The story takes place in 1969 and follows young artist Alan Parker who is studying at the University of Maine. His professor believes Alan has an unhealthy fascination with death. On his birthday, October 30, Alan worries that his girlfriend Jessica is planning to end their relationship. Later, while getting high in his bathtub, Alan accidentally cuts himself when Jessica and some friends surprise him at home for his birthday ...

Dawn of the Dead (2004), an action horror film, marked Zack Snyder’s first foray into feature directing. The screenplay was written by James Gunn, as it was a remake of George A. Romero’s 1978 film with the same title. After completing her shift as a nurse, Ana returns home to her suburban neighborhood and her husband, Luis. Despite having planned a date night together, they are unaware of an emergency news broadcast. The next morning, their neighbor Vivian suddenly appears in their bedroom and kills Luis. Wh is immediately turned into a zombie and attacks Ana. She manages to escape in her car but ends up ...

Saw (2004) is an American horror film directed by James Wan, in his feature directorial debut, and written by Leigh Whannell from a story by Wan and Whannell. Adam, a photographer, wakes up in a rundown bathtub with one of his ankles chained to a pipe. Nearby is oncologist Dr. Lawrence Gordon, and next to him lies the body of an apparent suicide victim with a revolver and a microcassette recorder. Each man discovers a tape in their pockets, and Adam grabs the recorder. His ...

In Saw 0.5 (2003), a disoriented young hospital worker named David finds himself being interrogated by a nameless, unsympathetic police officer. He appears disheveled, with blood smears on his shirt and face, as he recounts being knocked unconscious after finishing his shift at the hospital. When he came to, he was in a large room with a chair and a rusty metal device attached to his head. A television to his left played a video featuring a terrifying puppet that informed David that the device was a “reverse bear trap” with the only key located in the stomach of his deceased cellmate. After freeing himself from his ...

Directed by David R. Ellis, Final Destination 2 (2003) is an American supernatural horror film with a screenplay written by J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress, based on a story by Gruber, Bress, and series creator Jeffrey Reddick. The film follows the story of college student Kimberly Corman, who has a premonition of a deadly pile-up caused by a logging truck while heading to ...

Dreamcatcher (2003) is an American science fiction horror film, based on Stephen King’s novel from two years prior. Four friends – Jonesy, Beaver, Pete, and Henry – are taking their annual hunting trip in Maine. As children, they all obtained telepathic abilities which they refer to as ‘the line’, after protecting a boy named Douglas ‘Duddits’ Cavell from bullies and becoming his friend. One night, Jonesy receives a message from Duddits to cross the street, but as he does so, he gets hit by a car. However, his injuries miraculously heal within six months and he is able to join ...

The American television film, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003), directed by Craig R. Baxley, is an adaptation of Ridley Pearson’s novel, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red (2001). Written under the pseudonym Joyce Reardon, PhD, Pearson’s book was based on Stephen King’s script for Rose Red. It follows the story of the construction of Rose Red, a cursed mansion in Seattle, Washington, during the early 20th century. Wealthy ...

Wrong Turn (2003), a slasher film directed by Rob Schmidt and written by Alan B. McElroy. In this installment, two college students, Rich Stoker and Halley Smith, are rock climbing in the remote forests of West Virginia. As Rich reaches the top of a cliff, he is suddenly murdered while trying to help Halley up. She is then forced to cut the rope and falls to the ground. However, her escape attempt is cut short when she becomes entangled in barbed wire and dragged back into the woods with screams echoing through the trees. Jumping ahead in time, we meet Chris Flynn – ...

The American slasher film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), was directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Scott Kosar. On August 18, 1973, five young adults – Erin, her boyfriend Kemper, and friends Morgan, Andy, and Pepper – were traveling to a concert after purchasing marijuana in Mexico. While driving through Texas, they picked up a distressed hitchhiker who spoke incoherently about ‘a bad man’ before tragically taking her own life. In need of assistance, the group stopped at a nearby gas station where Luda Mae instructed them to meet Sheriff ...

The American supernatural slasher film, Freddy vs. Jason (2003), was directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. This crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises serves as the eighth installment in the former and eleventh in the latter. After his previous defeat, Freddy Krueger has been trapped in Hell, unable to enter the dreams of children in Springwood. Desperate to regain his power, he manipulates Jason Voorhees to do his bidding by appearing as ...

In Open Water (2003), an American survival horror thriller film, an American couple’s vacation takes a dangerous turn when they are unintentionally left behind in shark-infested waters by the crew of their boat. Daniel Kintner and Susan Watkins struggle with limited quality time due to their busy schedules, leading them to plan a scuba-diving trip to strengthen their relationship. Despite being part of a group dive on the second day, they decide to split off briefly. But when the head count is taken and recorded as 20 passengers, the dive master mistakenly believes that everyone is back on board and departs from the site. Unfortunately, Daniel and Susan remain ...

The Ring (2002) is an American psychological supernatural horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Ehren Kruger. Two teenage girls, Katie and Becca, discuss an urban legend about a cursed videotape that leads to death in seven days. Tragically, Katie is found dead the same night after watching the tape a week prior. At her funeral, her mother asks her sister Rachel, a Seattle-based journalist, to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding her daughter’s death. During her investigation, Rachel uncovers that all of Katie’s friends also ...

Resident Evil (2002) is a thrilling action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The story takes place in Raccoon City, where the sinister Umbrella Corporation owns a genetic research facility known as the Hive. When a thief steals the powerful T-virus and unleashes it inside the facility, the Hive’s AI system, called the Red Queen, responds by sealing off the building and executing all its inhabitants. Alice wakes up with no memory of who she is or how she got there, finding herself in an empty mansion. She quickly gets dressed and explores the mansion, but her search is abruptly interrupted ...