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On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas and the world changed forever. But what if it could be changed back? James Franco stars as Jake Epping, an English teacher who accepts the monumental mission of trying to prevent the assassination of JFK. Luckily, he has the help of Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon), a resourceful librarian who₂s trying to reconcile secrets of her own. Executive produced by J.J. Abrams and based upon the bestselling...

2) 1408

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Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Enslin's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project. Defying the warnings of...

3) The black phone

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Finney Shaw is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who's being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims, and they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.

4) Cell

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An apocalyptic thriller about a mysterious signal that reprograms the minds of cellphone users around the globe.

5) Children of the corn

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A young couple find themselves stranded in the rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where they encounter a mysterious religious sect of children.But nowhere in town are there any adults. The horror grows to a blood-curdling climax as the two new visitors learn the horrifying secret behind the prospering corn fields.

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She was born in Detroit on an automobile assembly line. But she is no ordinary automobile. Deep within her chassis lives an unholy presence. She is Christine, a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes an evil, indestructible vengeance that will destroy anyone in her way.

7) creepshow

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8) Cujo

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In rural Maine, married couple struggle to repair their crumbling marriage, while their young son befriends the hulking, but lovable St. Bernard owned by the town's mechanic. With her husband out of town, she and her son take their decrepit car for repairs at the mechanic's remote farmhouse. As the aging Pinto sputters, stops and dies, Cujo appears. The once docile dog has undergone hideous transformation, and has become a demonic, impeccable killer...

9) The dark tower

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The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.

10) The dead zone

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A man awakens from a five-year coma to discover he has powers to see visions of the past, present and future.

11) Doctor Sleep

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After decades as an itinerant alcoholic, middle-aged Dan Torrance uses his remnant powers to assist the dying before coming to the aid of a twelve-year-old girl being tortured by a tribe of murderous paranormals.

12) Firestarter

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For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a...

13) The green mile

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Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.

14) horns

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15) It

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A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.

16) It chapter two

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Many years after their first encounter with the terrifying clown Pennywise, the Losers Club has moved away, until they are reunited by a devastating phone call.

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After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.

18) Mr. Mercedes: Season 3

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Tells the story of a psychopathic killer who drives a stolen Mercedes into a crowd and a recently retired detective who tries to bring him down.

19) Mr. Mercedes: Season 2

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Follows the adventures of a detective who is obsessed with a psychopathic murderer who killed several people with a stolen Mercedes.

20) Mr. Mercedes: Season 2

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Follows the adventures of a detective who is obsessed with a psychopathic murderer who killed several people with a stolen Mercedes.