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Horror Movies When You Cant Sleep Perfect for When You Need a Good Cry
HORROR · WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEPWhen sleep won't come and the mind won't quiet, The right film can shift everything. This list was put together for that specific occasion.
The best horror films work because they make you afraid of something you hadn't considered before. Every film here was chosen with that standard in mind.
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Succubus
A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more ...
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Psycho
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his ho...
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La Leyenda de los Chaneques
Five years after giving up his powers and separating from his friends, Leo San Juan has started a new life trying to focus on his family and their bakery, staying away from danger and adventures. Howe...
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Las leyendas: El origen
When a human baby crosses the Eternal Mirror, the portal between the living and the dead opens its path to the beings from the underworld.
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Michael Jackson's Thriller
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers,...
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The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prep...
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Alien
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity
A motion comic follow-up to a chapter from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter novel where Abe's friend, Edgar Allan Poe, tells him the tale of historical Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory, often tied t...
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The Thing
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Ghosts
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to t...
Films that produce real grief are rare and specific. These have that quality.
A good cry from a film is different from sadness. These films understand the distinction. Horror, done properly, is the most emotionally honest genre in cinema. These are done properly.