Movies and TV shows like Tales from the Crypt
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Tales from the Crypt (1989)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from June 10, 1989 to July 19, 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO for seven seasons with a total of 93 episodes. The title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and most of the content originated in that comic or the four other EC Comics of the time. The show was produced by HBO with uncredited association by The Geffen Film Company and Warner Bros. Television. The series is not to be confused with the 1972 film by the same name or Tales from the Darkside, another similarly themed horror anthology series.
Because it was aired on HBO, a premium cable television channel, it was one of the few anthology series to be allowed to have full freedom from censorship by network standards and practices as a result, HBO allowed the series to contain graphic violence as well as other content that had not appeared in most television series up to that time, such as profanity, gore, nudity and sexual situations, which could give the series a TV-MA rating for today's standards. The show is subsequently edited for such content when broadcast in syndication or on basic cable. While the series began production in the United States, in the final season filming moved to Britain, resulting in episodes which revolved around British characters.
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suspenseful, witty, psychological, spooky, scary, dark, splatter, sitcom, dark fairy tale, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
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dark humor, supernatural, nightmare, supernatural ability, hidden identity, amateur detective, nightmare comes true, woman in danger, verbal byplay, monster, macabre, superhero, werewolf, serial killer, halloween, sex scene, suspense, cemetery, supernatural being, supernatural power, puppet, creature, tv show, young heroes, mysterious character ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 1990s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, anthology, suspenseful and dark fairy tale films and TV series with plots about supernatural, danger, supernatural power, deadly, monster, ghost and macabre mostly in Horror, Fantasy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Tales from the Crypt: Masters of Horror (2005), Creepshow (1982), Creepshow (2019), The Twilight Zone (2002), Goosebumps (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Masters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.
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disturbing, scary, suspenseful, serious, stylized ...
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nightmare, supernatural, insanity, serial killer, fear, ghost, murder, self destructing, disfigurement, evil force, mysterious place, mysterious character ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
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suspenseful, scary, bloody, splatter, campy ...
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teens
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monster, zombie, cult, death, murder, halloween, torture, dark humor, transformation, brutality, multiple storylines, voodoo ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
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bleak, disturbing, mystical, captivating, scary ...
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monster, ghost, supernatural, killings, nightmare comes true, fantasy becomes reality, transformation, halloween, paranormal, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero; it was released in 1984. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, Tales From The Crypt, and Lee Martin's The Midnight ...
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scary, atmospheric, semi serious, surreal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
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nightmare comes true, supernatural ability, twists and turns, paranormal activity, nobody believes, mysterious character, supernatural, little creatures, tv show, paranormal, hospital, space ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
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The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
The series ...
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atmospheric, serious, mind bending, stylized, dark ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Goosebumps is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s.
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scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, spooky ...
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kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
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supernatural, youth, teenager, fright, good versus evil, surrealism, child in peril, ghost, survival, heroes, deadly creature, monster ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed in ...
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scary, semi serious, suspenseful, spooky, bleak ...
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teens, kids, boys' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
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halloween, supernatural, campfire story, paranormal, youth, surrealism, ghost, forest, escapades, alien encounter, mischievous children, fear ...
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90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
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serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
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supernatural, angel, supernatural power, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, demon, save the world, rescue, demonic possession, good versus evil, superhero, possession ...
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21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Freddy's Nightmares is an American horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from October 1988 until March 1990. A spin-off from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, each story was introduced by Freddy Krueger. This format is ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
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serial killer, supernatural, tv show, murder, high school, fear, dream, missing person, nightmare comes true, apocalypse, nightmare, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
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thought provoking, psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
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supernatural, human nature, supernatural ability, hidden truth, investigation, twists and turns, nobody believes, mysterious character, nightmare comes true, abduction, society, surrealism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is ...
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slasher, suspenseful, scary, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
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serial killer, murder, psychopath, youth, high school, massacre, characters killed one by one, teenage life, obsession, maniac, masked killer, twists and turns ...
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usa, atlanta georgia, atlanta
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Munsters is an American television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. It stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies ...
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sitcom, gothic, parody, spooky, scary ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
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vampire, frankenstein, monster, eccentric family, supernatural, halloween, ancient, satire, love, tv show, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Whether you’re a fan of Sydney's iconic genre film festival A Night of Horror, or just a fan of the best and bloodiest in new horror cinema, you can’t afford to miss this fright-filled anthology. Zombies, demonic entities, self-surgery, ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
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An evil yet adorable Gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer, and this real life cookie monster wreaks havoc on the girl who sent the killer to the electric chair.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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TV series like American Horror Story
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Revenge is served on a spear when dirty cops brutally murder DEVIN, an innocent African-American med student. Devin’s soul is magically transferred into the body of an action figure named OOGA BOOGA. Armed only with his tribal weapon and the help ...
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suspenseful, scary, rough, humorous, controversial ...
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teens
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vengeance, dark humor, curses spells and rituals, strong violent content, racism, supernatural, killer doll, puppet, monster, violence spree, rivalry, witnessing a crime ...
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21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy ...
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scary, humorous, twist ending, surprise ending, campy ...
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teens
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vampire, femme fatale, private detective, prostitute, afterlife, brothel, missing person, supernatural, hospital, violence, televangelist, holy water ...
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90s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 30 min.
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Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC, and is still shown near Halloween on ...
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gothic horror, gothic, witty, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
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dark humor, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, irony, crypt, ant, night, superhero, canadian, plot twist, puppet, supernatural ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
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Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic comic book.
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scary, surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens
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zombie, murder, supernatural, valentine's day, blindness, christmas, revenge, crypt, killer santa claus, vengeance, afterlife, dog ...
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.
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scary, suspenseful, rough, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
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demon, supernatural, monster, good versus evil, zombie, demonic possession, brutality, on the run, save the world, prostitute, temptation, artifact ...
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90s, year 1917, 20th century, 80s
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TV series similar to Constantine
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Wednesday Addams is sent to Nevermore Academy, a bizarre boarding school where she attempts to master her psychic powers, stop a monstrous killing spree of the town citizens, and solve the supernatural mystery that affected her family 25 years ago ...
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dark fantasy, gothic, atmospheric, exciting
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kids, date night
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Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min.
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A television series broken down into thirteen separate sixty-minute films from premiere horror writers and directors.
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usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min.
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R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour ...
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supernatural, youth, monster, fear, escapades, mischievous children, evil force, supernatural power, child in peril, good versus evil, halloween, middle school ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The central premise of Being Human is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live amongst human beings rather than apart from ...
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scary, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful, spooky ...
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teens
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europe, united kingdom, wales
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant.
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scary, spooky, sitcom, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
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supernatural, suburbs, youth, paranormal, halloween, teenager, magic, small town, investigation, suburban life, paranormal activity, disorder ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter—Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin—who investigated mysterious crimes with ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the ...
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scary, stylized, rough, brutal, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
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vampire, supernatural, hostage, criminal heroes, deadly creature, female vampire, death, murder, violent, family relations, paranormal, woman with a gun ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
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psychological, atmospheric, scary, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
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supernatural, ghost, witch, haunted house, vampire, evil force, death, insanity, serial killer, mental institution, witchcraft, coven ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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A Year's Worth of Horrific Holidays: each episode is inspired by a holiday from the month in which it is released.
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scary, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
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