Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "child-murderess"

1. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery

Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin

Votes: 285,314 | Gross: $140.54M

2. Orphan (2009)

R | 123 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder

Votes: 252,204 | Gross: $41.60M

3. The Crush (1993)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.

Director: Alan Shapiro | Stars: Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith

Votes: 22,278 | Gross: $13.61M

4. The Final Conflict (1981)

R | 108 min | Horror

The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.

Director: Graham Baker | Stars: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow

Votes: 22,722 | Gross: $20.47M

5. Omen IV: The Awakening (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 97 min | Horror

Two attorneys adopt a mysterious orphan girl as their daughter, unaware she is the new Antichrist, next in line to Damien Thorn.

Directors: Jorge Montesi, Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner, Madison Mason

Votes: 7,719

6. The Woman (I) (2011)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter, Chris Krzykowski

Votes: 25,839

7. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror

Angela, supposedly reformed and living under an assumed surname, is working at a summer camp. However, when the campers start misbehaving, she soon reverts to her old ways.

Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Tony Higgins, Valerie Hartman

Votes: 13,332

8. The Bad Seed (1956)

Approved | 129 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Gage Clarke, Jesse White

Votes: 15,763

9. Village of the Damned (1995)

R | 98 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré

Votes: 34,230 | Gross: $9.42M

10. The Bad Seed (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A father is forced to question everything he thought he knew about his daughter when he believes that she might have played a role in the tragic death of one of her classmates.

Director: Rob Lowe | Stars: Rob Lowe, Mckenna Grace, Sarah Dugdale, Marci T. House

Votes: 3,673

11. The Rapture (1991)

R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A telephone operator living an empty, amoral life finds God and loses him again.

Director: Michael Tolkin | Stars: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Darwyn Carson, Patrick Bauchau

Votes: 6,030 | Gross: $1.28M

12. Pixote (1980)

TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama

The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.

Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino

Votes: 9,225

13. The Children (2008)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley

Votes: 19,027

14. Medea (1969)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy

After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile

Votes: 5,486

15. La Cérémonie (1995)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 13,804 | Gross: $0.08M

16. The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History

Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey

Votes: 4,987

17. The Girl in a Swing (1988)

R | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer, Nicholas Le Prevost, Elspet Gray

Votes: 819 | Gross: $0.75M

18. Satanico Pandemonium (1975)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan.

Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet, Delia Magaña, Clemencia Colin

Votes: 1,510

19. Sans Soleil (1983)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama

A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.

Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda

Votes: 12,125 | Gross: $0.03M

20. See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)

180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Maxine Peake, Sean Harris, Matthew McNulty

Votes: 1,575

21. Small Sacrifices (1989)

159 min | Crime, Drama, History

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.

Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea

Votes: 1,388

22. Macabre (1980)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.

Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse

Votes: 3,085

23. The Godsend (1980)

R | 93 min | Drama, Horror

When a strange woman has her baby at the Marlowe's house, then disappears, Kate Marlowe is forced to keep the baby, Bonnie. She loves the child, but when her own children are systematically killed, suspicion turns to Bonnie.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence, Patrick Barr

Votes: 1,264

24. Murder of Innocence (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

Newlywed Laurie Wade's marriage and eventually her whole life shatters because of her deep-rooted psychotic behavior. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The... See full summary »

Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Stephen Caffrey, Graham Beckel, Jerry Hardin

Votes: 621

25. I've Loved You So Long (2008)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grévill

Votes: 20,707 | Gross: $3.17M

26. Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995 TV Movie)

101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) orchestrates a search for an abducted baby, but events take a turn for the worse when personal emotions cause complications.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Beatie Edney, Robert Glenister, Lesley Sharp

Votes: 3,028

27. Rabid Grannies (1988)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror

Two sweet little old ladies fall victim to an ancient curse that transforms them into bloodthirsty killers!

Director: Emmanuel Kervyn | Stars: Catherine Aymerie, Caroline Braeckman, Richard Cotica, Danielle Daven

Votes: 2,038

28. Child of Rage (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Horror

A pastor and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Peldon, Rosanna DeSoto

Votes: 845

29. Strange Behavior (1981)

R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.

Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis

Votes: 2,409

30. Beware: Children at Play (1989)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A mentally-disturbed teenager kidnaps and brainwashes children into cannibalistic psychopaths - but not when the adults intervene.

Director: Mik Cribben | Stars: Michael Robertson, Rich Hamilton, Robin Lilly, Lori Romero

Votes: 1,448

31. Medea (1988 TV Movie)

76 min | Drama

Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt

Votes: 3,637 | Gross: $0.02M

32. The Child (1977)

R | 82 min | Horror

A newly hired housekeeper arrives to her employer's house in the countryside. She slowly discovers that the only child in the house, an eleven-year-old girl, hides a deadly secret.

Director: Robert Voskanian | Stars: Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson, Richard Hanners

Votes: 1,439

33. Don't Go Near the Park (1979)

R | 80 min | Horror

Two siblings cursed in prehistoric times survive for millennia by feasting on the entrails of young people, prowling in what eventually becomes a park in contemporary Los Angeles.

Director: Lawrence David Foldes | Stars: Aldo Ray, Meeno Peluce, Tammy Taylor, Barbara Bain

Votes: 870

34. The Bad Seed (1985 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Carrie Wells

Votes: 534

35. Monolith (1993)

R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become invloved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this.

Director: John Eyres | Stars: Bill Paxton, Lindsay Frost, John Hurt, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 984

36. In Your Hands (2004)

101 min | Drama

Anna begins as a rookie chaplain in a women's prison and meets an inmate who can perform miracles and cure drug addicts with a touch. She says Anna is pregnant and a test confirms it. But not all is well.

Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Sonja Richter

Votes: 1,194

37. Flesh-Eating Mothers (1988)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror

Suburban housewives turn into vicious cannibals after committing adultery with the neighborhood womanizer.

Director: James Aviles Martin | Stars: Robert Lee Oliver, Donatella Hecht, Neal Rosen, Valorie Hubbard

Votes: 1,283

38. Silk (2006)

Not Rated | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading ... See full summary »

Director: Chao-Bin Su | Stars: Chang Chen, Yôsuke Eguchi, Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Barbie Hsu

Votes: 3,497

39. Longford (2006 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Lee Boardman, Jim Broadbent, Tam Dean Burn, Lindsay Duncan

Votes: 3,289

40. Return to Sender (I) (2004)

R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn, Kelly Preston, Tim Daly

Votes: 2,571

41. Suffer Little Children (1983)

74 min | Horror

A mute child arrives at a children's home and starts terrorizing the other children with her demonic powers.

Director: Alan Briggs | Stars: Colin Chamberlain, Ginny Rose, Jon Hollanz, Nicola Diana

Votes: 233

42. School of the Damned (2019)

85 min | Horror, Thriller

When a new teacher arrives at school he finds students that are extremely well behaved and soon uncovers a special class of very young children forming a hive mind, keeping the students and teachers calm and focused with murderous results.

Director: Peter Vincent | Stars: Michael Geary, James Groom, Daisy Aitkens, Craig Russell

Votes: 426

43. The N.E.W. AGEncy (2022)

Horror

A cult is defined as a group or community that uses coercive control over its members, rather than by connection to a particular religion or faith. The NEW AGEncy is a purposely vague ... See full summary »

Director: Roland Brown | Stars: Shannon Hemmings, Fariso Jordan, Crisann Ivy Blalark, Gordon Rocks

Votes: 6

44. Water Damage (1999)

Not Rated | 81 min | Thriller

One year after the drowning death of his young son, Paul Preedy receives an invitation to a reunion at his prep school. When he arrives, he finds that only two other people had been invited and a new nightmare is about to begin.

Director: Murray Battle | Stars: Colin Jefferson, Daniel Baldwin, Mimi Kuzyk, Dean Stockwell

Votes: 292

45. Jigoku kozô (2004)

50 min | Horror

A mysterious old woman appears before Setsu, who has recently lost her only child in a tragic accident. She says she can bring Setsu's son, Daio back to life. After agreeing to this ... See full summary »

Director: Mari Asato | Stars: Mirai Yamamoto, Mitsuru Akaboshi, Baku Numata, Hanae Shôji

Votes: 201

46. Medea (I) (1983 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama

Medea (Zoe Caldwell) is in Corinth with Jason (Mitchell Ryan) and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason.

Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Zoe Caldwell, Judith Anderson, Mitchell Ryan, Jacqueline Brookes

Votes: 84

47. Moxina (2012)

Unrated | 16 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

In the winter of 2008, two climbers encountered the Taiwanese legendary monster Moxina (a.k.a. Mô-sîn-á) at the evil mountain Wuzhishan. Ryota Nakanishi presents sixteen minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

Director: Ryota Nakanishi | Stars: Mario Bava, Pengquang Chen, Shunji Chen, Sean S. Cunningham

Votes: 766

48. The Moors Murders Code (2004 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Crime

An investigation into a collection of photographs owned by murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley that police claimed may have led to the identification of the sites of their victims' graves.

Director: Duncan Staff | Stars: Duncan Staff, Alan Bennett, Ian Brady, Myra Hindley

Votes: 34

49. Cult of the Psycho Sisters (2017 Video)

Horror

In the mid 1990's Jane and Jackie Sicole went on an unprecedented killing spree sparked by the rape and murder of their sister Janice. Young men from across the country (some inanely ... See full summary »

Director: Roland Brown | Stars: Heather Brister, Darell M. Davie, Clayton Gillespie, Tyler Abinante

50. Kawaii Akuma (1982 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama, Horror

Ryoko visits brother-in-law Koji to recover from her time at a mental hospital. But she becomes increasingly convinced that Koji's eight year old niece Alice was responsible for her sister Fuyuko's death. Several horrific deaths follow.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kumiko Akiyoshi, Ranbô Minami, Miyoko Akaza, Makoto Satô

Votes: 91