The People Under the Stairs

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The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Horror, Comedy, Thriller

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Ghostland

2018 ★ 7.4

A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

Housebound

Housebound

2014 ★ 6.6

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

Bone Lake

Bone Lake

2025 ★ 5.9

A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.

Becky

Becky

2020 ★ 6.3

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Barbarian

Barbarian

2022 ★ 6.8

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

Crush the Skull

Crush the Skull

2015 ★ 6.0

A couple of master thieves find themselves trapped within a house they intended to rob, only to discover they've inadvertently wandered into the lair of a deranged serial killer.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

2010 ★ 6.5

Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.

Bloody Hell

Bloody Hell

2020 ★ 6.5

A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience.

Funny Games

Funny Games

2008 ★ 6.6

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

2019 ★ 6.1

The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.

What Josiah Saw

What Josiah Saw

2021 ★ 5.8

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

Single White Female

Single White Female

1992 ★ 6.3

Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.

The Window

The Window

1949 ★ 6.9

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

Fright

Fright

1971 ★ 6.0

Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.

The Collector

The Collector

2009 ★ 6.6

Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

The Children

The Children

2008 ★ 6.1

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

Terror Tract

Terror Tract

2000 ★ 6.0

A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.

Villains

Villains

2019 ★ 6.2

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.

Desperate Living

Desperate Living

1977 ★ 6.4

After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.

The Vagrant

The Vagrant

1992 ★ 5.8

A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.

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