281. It Chapter Two
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andy Muschietti
Actors: James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, James Ransone, Bill Skarsgård, Isaiah Mustafa
Plot: Twenty-seven years after the Loser's Club stopped the entity known as Pennywise from preying on the children of Derry, Maine, the now-adult group gets called back to town. The evil they thought they had vanquished has returned - and now they will have to remember, and come together once again and stop evil for good - no matter the sacrifice.
282. Children of the Damned
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anton Leader
Actors: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke, Sheila Allen, Ralph Michael
Plot: Six children from around the world suddenly develop amazing intellect and abilities and are brought to London for study.
283. The Fly
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Lou Gerson
Plot: The plot involves a scientist who is working on a a method of instantly transporting people across space. When he chooses to conduct his first human test on himself, there is literally a fly in the ointment. The transporter mixes up the scientist and a fly that is stowing away in the chamber, creating a monster mash-up: a human with the head and arm of a fly and a fly with the head and arm of a human! Can either survive without the other? Can the scientist find the fly in time to correct the error?
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. 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...
286. 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.
287. 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.
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. 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.
290. 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.
