The Sentinel

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The Sentinel (1977)

Horror, Mystery, Fantasy

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Deliver Us from Evil

Deliver Us from Evil

2014 ★ 6.3

When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.

End of Days

End of Days

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The Deliverance

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The Ninth Gate

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1999 ★ 6.5

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No One Gets Out Alive

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Last Shift

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Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew to collect biomedical evidence. Ordered not to leave the station under any circumstances, Jessica comes to learn that it's more than just an outdated station, it's home to the ultimate embodiment of evil and his devoted bloodthirsty followers. Jessica is left to fend for herself in the Devil's playground.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

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The Blackcoat's Daughter

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Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.

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The Pope's Exorcist

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Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

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A Haunting in Venice

2023 ★ 6.6

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

Doctor Sleep

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2019 ★ 7.1

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The Exorcist III

The Exorcist III

1990 ★ 6.3

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The First Omen

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Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

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2025 ★ 5.9

When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.

House of 1000 Corpses

House of 1000 Corpses

2003 ★ 6.2

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

The First Purge

The First Purge

2018 ★ 6.0

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Mirrors

Mirrors

2008 ★ 6.3

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

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