281. Children of the Corn
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fritz Kiersch
Actors: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, John Franklin, Courtney Gains, R.G. Armstrong, Robby Kiger
Plot: A couple takes a wrong turn in the mid-west and get stuck in an almost abandoned town. They find that all the adults are gone and the children run the town in this eerie film written by Steven King.
282. Stoker
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew Goode, Lucas Till, Jacki Weaver
Plot: After her father dies in an accident, India Stoker's mysterious uncle - a person who she didn't even know existed until he showed up - helps deal with her unstable mother. Even though she suspects he has his own motives, she finds herself increasingly infatuated with him.
283. Dumplings ( Jiao zi )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fruit Chan
Actors: Bai Ling, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Meme Tian, Miki Yeung, Pauline Lau
Plot: Aunt Mei is known in Hong Kong for the rejuvenating effect of her dumplings. Former actress Mrs. Li arrives looking to regain some of her lost youth and attract her wolfish husband back into her arms. But the process is too slow, and Li asks for an acceleration - but the special ingredient is not easily sought - and harder still to stomach once Li finds out the secret...
284. Evil Dead Rise
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Cronin
Actors: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher, Jayden Daniels
Plot: Two estranged sisters have their reunion abruptly interrupted by a fight for survival after unleashing the power of the Necronomicon - and inviting in the mother of all demons.
285. Scream 4
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin
Plot: On a cross-country tour promoting her new book, Sydney Prescott returns to her home town where old friends wait... and also a new serial killer inheriting the Ghostface mantle.
286. Night of the Living Dead
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Savini
Actors: Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler, Katie Finneran, Bill Moseley
Plot: A remake of the 1968 classic finds a group of people once again stranded
in a farm house while legions of the undead try to get inside.
287. Cat People
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt
Plot: An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
288. Thanksgiving
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, Karen Cliche
Plot: Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Thanksgiving, becomes a
playground for a killer following a Black Friday riot.
289. Case 39
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christian Alvart
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Kerry O'Malley, Callum Keith Rennie, Bradley Cooper
Plot: A social worker takes on a case of an abused girl, but under the surface is a far deadlier truth.
290. Silver Bullet
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Attias
Actors: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Terry O'Quinn, Megan Follows, Bill Smitrovich
Plot: A crippled young boy thinks that a werewolf is terrorizing his small town and the only ones who believe him are his prim sister and alcoholic uncle.
