281. Beyond, The ( E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldila )
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar, Anthony Flees
282. The Last Man on Earth
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ubaldo Ragona
Actors: Franca Bettoia, Vincent Price, Emma Danieli, Umberto Raho, Christi Courtland, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Plot: A scientist tries to survive constant attacks from victims of an unusual plague while trying to find a cure.
283. The Tingler
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, Philip Coolidge
Plot: A scientist (Price) discovers a strange creature that latches on to
people's spines when they are afraid and causes a tingling sensation. A
person must scream to get rid of the tingler; otherwise, he or she will
die. When the film was first released in theaters, buzzers were attached
to some audience members' seats to replicate the tingling sensation at key
points in the movie.
284. The Entity
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, Margaret Blye, David Labiosa, Allan Rich, George Coe
Plot: Supposedly based on actual events: a woman awakens on night to find herself the victim of assault and rape by an invisible force. With friends and family shunning her, and possibly thinking of committing her, she turns to parapsychologists who in turn find an evil presence that is drawn to her and must somehow figure out how to stop it.
285. 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.
286. Scream
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Actors: Courteney Cox, Jack Quaid, Jenna Ortega, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Kyle Gallner
Plot: Even after 25 years, Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers and Dewey Riley cannot escape the tendrils of the Woodsboro killer. Now a new generation, with ties to original survivors, are being targeted and the trio return to keep them alive, explain the rules and stop another killing spree.
287. 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.
288. 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...
289. Strange Darling
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: JT Mollner
Actors: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, Ed Begley Jr., Steven Michael Quezada, Madisen Beaty
Plot: A man and a woman meet up a motel for a one-night stand, not realizing the
horrors in store in a twisted journey that is equal parts fear and
madness.
290. Smile 2
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Parker Finn
Actors: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dylan Gelula, Peter Jacobson, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Lukas Gage
Plot: Skye Riley seems to have it all - a popular pop icon looking forward to
her first global tour - until she witnesses an unsettling death. Now, she
finds that death stalking her around every corner: fans, friends and more
- all with that unsettling smile on their face. She gets in contact with a
man who has been studying this phenomena and has a solution - but she'll
have to die first in order for it to possibly work.
