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When the Hellmouth opens beneath Darkplace Hospital in downtown Romford, kiddy doctor, Vietnam veteran and ex-warlock Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is the only man who can close it. Joined by best buddy Dr. Lucien Sanchez, fiery hospital boss Thornton Reed, and woman Liz Asher, Dagless must fight the forces of Darkness while dealing with the burden of day-to-day admin. From the chilling pen of best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi comes this lost masterpiece of televisual terror. Dare you enter Garth's Darkplace?
A group of friends are preparing the Nordic region's largest live event in an abandoned factory deep in the primeval forest. When they turn on the main power, something comes to life that begins to influence the group's behavior...
Unsuspecting people witness science fiction inspired pranks with alien abductions, hauntings, and other paranormal events.
Matrix Dreads is a strange universe that suddenly appears in the middle of the city of Arlilowy and targets Zax, Hans, Ruzy and Suzy to be brought into the universe.
When a novelist realizes her terrifying stories are coming true, she returns to her hometown to face the demons from her past that inspire her writing.
See ghosts, portents, karma, and black magic in this ominous anthology about Thai superstition.
"Don’t talk to the woman in the red kebaya!" Three close friends throw a bachelor party at a secluded resort. However, during their stay, they encounter a mysterious and beautiful woman dressed in a red kebaya. Her sudden appearance begins to tear their friendship apart, as each of them becomes obsessed with winning her heart. But who is this woman, really?
Horror Theater Unbalance is a 1973 Japanese Anthology television series created by Tsuburaya and Fuji TV to air on the Fuji TV network on Monday Nights for 13 episodes. Originally started in production in 1969, it was shelved and took years for its airing debut to begin its broadcast, before production was eventually completed at the end of 1972. It was then aired on Fuji TV in 1973.
Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.
“There’s something really strange about this island…” A group of content creators travel to a remote island to pull off an elaborate prank. But after the prank succeeds, they begin to experience strange and terrifying encounters with bizarre creatures. The question is, can they uncover the mystery behind the island, and will they make it out alive?
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
Six stories based on the manga by Amamiya Jun.
Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.
Eight kids — Red, Gabby, Lloyd, Liz, Nato, Thor, Jesse, and Maya — find out one day that they have special gifts from a supernatural epidemic that hit their hometown.
When unidentified parasites violently take over human hosts and gain power, humanity must rise to combat the growing threat.
A bite-sized horror anthology series.
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Each season of this horror anthology series follows a different group of kids, members of the Midnight Society, as they discover terrifying curses and creatures.
𝙰 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛'𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚌𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍. 𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 ... 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 '𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐' 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 ...
Jim Fernandez's Galema: Anak ni Zuma is an upcoming Philippine television drama based on the comic book Zuma created by Jim Fernandez. The series will be premiered by ABS-CBN on September 30, 2013 replacing Dugong Buhay, and worldwide on The Filipino Channel on October 1, 2013. It is topbilled by Andi Eigenmann.
Backwoods bounty hunter Hub Halloran comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. But when a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, he’s forced to face his demons — both metaphorical and literal.
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.
Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker. Now, she's trying to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City, with help from Poison Ivy and a ragtag crew of DC castoffs.
This action and adventure comedy is drawn in simple appearance and combines cute forest animals with extreme graphic violence. Each episode revolves around the characters enduring accidental events of bloodshed, pain, dismemberment and/or death.
Blade is a half-man, half-vampire who employs his extraordinary powers in a crusade to save mankind from the demonic creatures who walk the night. Set in Detroit, Blade investigates the vampire house of Chthon. Along the way he forms an uneasy alliance with Krista Starr, a former military veteran who becomes entrenched in the world of vampires while investigating the murder of her twin brother.
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
After an experimental gene therapy turns them into monsters, three twenty-somethings band together to hunt down the scientist responsible and force him to make them human again.
A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.
A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and ruthless. But by night, they’re both grappling with loneliness, dysfunctional families, screwed-up love lives, and a sense that their professional ambitions may not be totally in line with their personal needs.
Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.
An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
11-year-old George Washington "Wash" Black embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the company of his master’s eccentric inventor brother.