The Hitcher

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The Hitcher (1986)

Horror, Action, Thriller

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The Hitcher

The Hitcher

2007 ★ 5.9

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.

No One Lives

No One Lives

2013 ★ 6.0

A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

X

X

2022 ★ 6.7

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

Rampage

Rampage

2009 ★ 6.0

The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His shockingly violent plan will shake the very foundations of society by painting the streets red with blood.

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007 ★ 7.0

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Night of the Hunted

Night of the Hunted

2023 ★ 6.0

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974 ★ 7.3

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

The Cell

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2000 ★ 6.3

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

Copycat

Copycat

1995 ★ 6.5

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 ★ 7.2

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

2006 ★ 6.5

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

Compulsion

Compulsion

2024 ★ 6.2

Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta.

Dust Devil

Dust Devil

1992 ★ 6.3

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

2007 ★ 6.7

Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend El Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 ★ 7.3

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

John Doe: Vigilante

John Doe: Vigilante

2014 ★ 6.4

When John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about justice versus vengeance.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2003 ★ 6.3

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

Sniper: Legacy

Sniper: Legacy

2014 ★ 6.0

A rogue gunman is assassinating high-ranking military officers one by one. When Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Beckett is informed his father, legendary shooter Thomas Beckett has been killed, Brandon springs into action to take out the perpetrator.

Influencers

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2025 ★ 6.5

In the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.

Bloodline

Bloodline

2019 ★ 5.9

Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

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