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1 La Llorona (2019)
Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.
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- 2019-07-25 | Thriller / Horror
Cast
- María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz
Rating
- 6.46
2 The Reckoning (2021)
In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.
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- 2021-02-05 | Horror / Drama
Cast
- Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee
Rating
- 6.642
3 Detention (2019)
In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.
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- 2019-09-20 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- Gingle Wang, Jing-Hua Tseng
Rating
- 6.742
4 Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
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- 2001-01-31 | Adventure / Horror
Cast
- Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel
Rating
- 6.7
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5 Gwen (2018)
A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
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- 2018-07-12 | Drama / Mystery
Cast
- Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Maxine Peake
Rating
- 5.509
6 The Devils (1971)
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.
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- 1971-07-16 | Drama / History
Cast
- Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave
Rating
- 7.491
7 Witchfinder General (1968)
England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.
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- 1968-05-17 | Drama / History
Cast
- Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy
Rating
- 6.491
8 A Field in England (2013)
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
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- 2013-07-05 | Drama / History
Cast
- Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley
Rating
- 6.205
9 A Nightmare Wakes (2020)
An adaptation of the novel "Frankenstein," as told through the life of Mary Shelley. As she creates her masterpiece, she gives birth to a monster.
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- 2020-10-02 | Thriller / Horror
Cast
- Alix Wilton Regan, Giullian Yao Gioiello
Rating
- 4.5
10 Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.
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- 2019-01-24 | Documentary
Cast
- Ronald Shusett, Roger Christian
Rating
- 6.1