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When two young mothers lose their daughter in a mysterious accident after moving into a new home, one of the moms begins to believe her neighbors and a satanic cult had something to do with her death. However, as the movie progresses, it gets harder and harder to determine whether the distressed mother's claims are reality or delusion.

This psychological horror film will make you question what is real and what is created by the minds of two isolated lighthouse keepers stuck on a remote outpost during a storm. The audience watches as the two descend into madness as they wait for a rescue that may never come.

When a veteran returns home after serving in the Vietnam War, he is troubled with vivid hallucinations and flashbacks that worsen over time. Can his loved ones help him rediscover himself, or will the veteran be trapped in the past forever?

A private detective is hired to track down an infamous singer, but every witness he contacts meets a brutal end. As the detective gets closer and closer to his target, he soon discovers that dark magic may be playing a part in these tragedies.

In a high-tech research facility, one psychopathic scientist restrains a young girl with telepathic abilities and locks her in the basement to use her psychic powers for his own needs. Can the little girl escape from her confines and return to her father?

When a writer famous for busting myths of haunted locations around the world books a stay in the haunted room at the Dolphin Hotel, he has no idea what he's in for. Will he survive the night, or will whatever haunts the hotel room cause too much mental damage?

In this Japanese sci-fi adventure film, a scientist working on a futuristic brain implant created to improve patients' mental health discovers that someone stole a prototype of the implant. She and her team must track down the thief before someone uses the device for evil.

Horse Girl is a psychological thriller that will make your skin crawl and your mind bend. When a woman who loves horses begins experiencing delusions, her life gets turned upside down as reality stops making sense.

When a schoolgirl in Japan survives a freak accident on a bus, she finds herself hurtled into alternate realities where everyone dies except for her. As she travels through each deadly scenario, she wonders whether or not she's traveling through dimensions or if she's going mad.

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When a young ballerina joins a world-famous ballet school in Germany, she meets another student who is murdered the next day. As the ballerina attends classes and spends time in the dormitories, she becomes unsettled by the mysterious sounds and events surrounding her. Can she discover what's really going on at her school?

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Long-time horror fans often complain that most scary movies no longer phase them. Horror lovers constantly search for movies that make them feel the terror that helped them fall in love with the genre in the first place.

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While the horror genre is known for jump scares, those moments aren't the scariest parts of horror. The psychological elements that play out on screen in horror films are far more terrifying than any jump scare could be.

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