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The Thing

1982 · Horror · John Carpenter · 1h 49m

An Antarctic research team takes in a dog from the Norwegian camp, and then nobody can be sure who is still themselves. Cold, paranoid, and the effects are all practical.

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    2007 · Horror

    A fog rolls into a Maine town with things living in it, and the people trapped in the supermarket start choosing sides. Mostly the shop, and the people are the problem.

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  • Weapons

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    2025 · Horror

    At 2:17 one morning, seventeen children from the same class get out of bed and run off into the dark, and the town starts looking for someone to blame. Told in chapters, each following a different person.

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  • The Platform

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    2019 · Horror

    In a tower prison where a table of food is lowered floor by floor, the people at the top eat first and the people below get what is left. One cell, two men at a time, and it is not shy about the point.

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