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1. The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
R | 91 min | Horror | Completed
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Richard Brake, Rachel Shenton
2. Knock at the Cabin (2023)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird
Votes: 116,044
3. Mother! (2017)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 250,128 | Gross: $17.80M
4. Freaks (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control.
Directors: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew
Votes: 40,610
5. The Witches (1990)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson
Votes: 54,730 | Gross: $10.36M
6. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 48,703 | Gross: $47.86M
7. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 14,359 | Gross: $21.41M
8. Gone in the Night (2022)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
When Kath and her boyfriend arrive at a remote cabin in the redwoods, they find a mysterious younger couple already there. Her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, and Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation.
Director: Eli Horowitz | Stars: Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Teague
Votes: 5,716
9. True Crime (1995 Video)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mary, a precocious high school senior, longs to be a cop. When a classmate dies and the case remains unsolved, Mary becomes obsessed and gets involved in the investigation.
Director: Pat Verducci | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Dillon, Bill Nunn, Michael Bowen
Votes: 3,077
10. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow
Votes: 4,140
11. Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Teenage Julie Thurston has no wheels, so she hitchhikes to get around. Unfortunately, a psychopath is roaming the highways, picking up young girls and raping them.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Dominique Dunne, Dick Van Patten, Katherine Helmond, James Carroll Jordan
Votes: 198
12. John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018 TV Special)
TV-MA | 65 min | Comedy
John Mulaney relays his childhood and Saturday Night Live (1975), eviscerates the value of college, and laments getting older in this comedy special. Other topics include the church, his family, President Trump and pedophiles abducting kids.
Director: Alex Timbers | Stars: John Mulaney, Jon Brion, Carole Shelley
Votes: 9,096
13. Lamb (I) (2015)
R | 97 min | Drama
When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.
Director: Ross Partridge | Stars: Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler, Tom Bower
Votes: 2,326 | Gross: $0.01M
14. The Boys Club (1996)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa
Votes: 1,347
15. The American Scream (1988)
85 min | Comedy, Horror
Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.
Director: Mitchell Linden | Stars: Pons Maar, Jennifer Darling, Matt Borlenghi, Riley Weston
Votes: 330
16. The Moonlight Man (2016)
3 min | Short, Horror
A girl walking alone at night is stalked by a monster called The Moonlight Man.
Director: Danny Donahue | Stars: Philip Kreyche, Casey Fichtner
Votes: 290
17. Say No to Strangers (1981)
15 min | Short, Drama
Short public information film warning children of the dangers of talking to and going off with strangers.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Peter Birch, Brenda Blethyn, Tommy Boyd, Chrissie Cotterill
Votes: 26
18. Summer Scars (2007)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama, Thriller
A group of teens are faced with a life-changing experience when they meet a deranged drifter.
Director: Julian Richards | Stars: Kevin Howarth, Ciarán Joyce, Amy Harvey, Jonathan Jones
Votes: 672
19. Taboo 3 the Unforgettable Act (2021)
83 min | Drama
When Devin finally meets his soap star birth mother, Rebecca, as an adult, feelings go beyond family love.
Director: Renee S. Warren Peoples | Stars: Nelson J. Davis, Nytia Nikole, Saisha Teagues, Jamald Gardner
Votes: 44
20. Boys Beware (1962)
10 min | Short, Crime, Drama
This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
Star: Sid Davis
Votes: 637
21. Don't Talk to Strange Men (1962)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent girl is "groomed" over the telephone and nearly becomes the victim of the attacker, only to put her younger sister's life in grave danger.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Christina Gregg, Janina Faye, Cyril Raymond, Gillian Lind
Votes: 471
22. It's me, Billy (2021)
42 min | Short, Horror
It's Me, Billy is a short Black Christmas fan and tribute film based on the 1974 Canadian horror classic Black Christmas. The film is an unofficial sequel set nearly 50 years after the ... See full summary »
Directors: Bruce Dale, Dave McRae | Stars: Dave McRae, Malaika Hennie-Hamadi, Caro Coltman, Shelby Handley
Votes: 221
23. Krueger: The Slasher from Elm Street (2014)
9 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Fred Krueger has a secret. You don't want to know what it is!
Director: Chris R. Notarile | Stars: Roberto Lombardi, Danica Metzger, Jacob Flowers, Jessica Buda
Votes: 192
24. Say No to Strangers! (1957)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Wendy and Jamie learn to be safe when walking to and from school. Their teacher tells them to turn down rides and gifts from strangers, avoid alleys, and consider the policeman their best friend.
Votes: 37
25. Never Go with Strangers (1971)
19 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An educational film warning children not to go with strangers.
Director: Sarah Erulkar | Star: Gary Kemp
Votes: 46
26. Rocket Fuel (2022)
11 min | Short, Drama
In the middle of a small town on a hot July, three young kids collect cans and bottles in an old wagon nicknamed "The Rocket" with plans to cash in their empties for ice cream.
Director: Jessie Posthumus | Stars: Antonina Battrick, Abbey Jean Cowan, Paul Gordan, Luxton Handspiker
Votes: 10
27. Trilogia: Blanco - Raiz - Aire (2017)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Trilogy of 3 short films. Blanco: A brother and sister on an isolated farm struggle with sexual desire. Raiz: Girls share a secret involving a shed with a man locked inside. Aire: A sexual predator meets a little girl at the pool.
Directors: Griselda García, Nacho Gatica | Stars: Miranda Belatti, Nicolás Bellati, Jose María Bindi, Celina Carbajal
29. The Businessman (2022)
Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A young girl runs into a salesman in the woods. He has a business deal for her.
Director: Nathan Ginter | Stars: Steve Gamble, Jeremy Koch, Liviya Meyers
Votes: 23
30. Girls Beware (1961)
10 min | Drama, Short
This film warns girls of the dangers they face from the opposite sex: rape, pregnancy, "social diseases" and murder.
Votes: 112
31. The Quiet (II) (2013)
21 min | Short, Horror
A deaf schoolgirl, walking home alone, tries to escape from a stalker.
Director: Lee Matthews | Stars: Grace Baxendine, Tom Baxendine, Sarah Buckland, Ziggy Cole
Votes: 41
32. Blood Red (I) (2018)
3 min | Short, Thriller
A short modern adaptation of the fairy tale Red Riding Hood featuring Beren McGarry and Stephen Woollard, in which Red meets the Wolf and discovers they aren't so different after all. Shot entirely on the iPhone X.
Director: Bradley Page | Stars: Beren McGarry, Mark Garvey, Sam Cain, Stephen Woollard
33. Halloween Survivals (Video)
Adventure, Horror, Mystery | Announced
The two men who kidnapped a young girl name Beth also murdered their parents on Halloween night when Beth and her brother Adam decided to do one more house and everything change after that.
Director: Nathalie Anne Sally Allard | Star: Nathalie Anne Sally Allard
34. Never Ever Go with Someone You Don't Know (1979)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Geoffrey Simpson | Star: Marsha Dearden
35. Some Kind of Cowboy (2017)
12 min | Short, Western
When her new stepmother runs away, a girl is torn between duel searches by her abusive father and her stepmother's son.
Director: Nathan Rogers | Stars: David Amos, Amanda Burritt, Hailey Foss, Sebastian Greaves
36. The Dangerous Stranger (1950)
Not Rated | 10 min | Crime, Drama, Short
In this film, a police officer tells children about the dangers of accepting rides or presents from strangers, and relates the unfortunate stories of several children who did and were never seen again.
Director: Sid Davis
Votes: 87
37. Name Unknown (1951)
10 min | Crime, Drama, Short
Edie, a teenage runaway in juvenile court, hears stories of horrors that befall teenager girls who don't listen to their parents or other authority figures.
Director: Sid Davis | Stars: William B. McKesson, Sid Davis, Stuart Whitman
Votes: 56
38. Le journal d'Emma (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama
Societal fable or dramatic comedy against the backdrop of an attempted pedophile attack. A modern-day fairy tale.
Director: Stéphane Morel Mogoma | Stars: Juliette Noirel, André Lamorthe, Flora Pirson, Flora Fizaine
39. Disney's Haunted Halloween (1983)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A spooky jack-o'-lantern explains to Goofy the origin of various aspects of Halloween and also warns kids who go trick-or-treating of stranger danger. Very short clips from various Disney shorts are used to illustrate his narration.
Star: Hal Smith
Votes: 60
40. Stranger Danger (2018 Video)
10 min | Short, Horror
An unsuspecting babysitter is in for a night of total terror.
Director: Talon Smartt | Stars: Joseph Intchauspe, Teyla Huddleston, Ayden Smartt, Maklyn Young
41. Ninja Dilemma (2011)
5 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A young boy named Barry finds himself in trouble with a gang of ninjas. He calls his confused friend Lester for help, but will they survive!?
Directors: Casey Schoch, Jacob Hawkley | Stars: Jacob Hawkley, Wes Schoch
42. Feeling Safe, Staying Safe: Protective Behaviours (1994 Video)
69 min | Documentary
Directors: Phil Read, Paul Worthington
43.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
What Fresh Hell?
(2006)
TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team must determine whether an abducted girl is the pawn in a bitter divorce, or something more sinister has happened.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore
Votes: 2,235
44.
Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode:
Reunion/Neighborhood Watch
(2001)
TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
The reunion of his old unit causes a Gulf War veteran to have a waking nightmare about his p.o.w. days. / Worried parents form a neighborhood watch to scare away a recently released pedophile, but they don't know what he looks like.
Directors: Bryan Spicer, Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Ron Canada, Lauren Diewold, Ray Galletti, Chuma Gault
Votes: 91
45.
Best of the Worst (2013– )
Episode:
Black Spine Edition #3
(2019)
TV-MA | 67 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Oh no. It's another Black Spine episode. This time with a twist. Watch in amazement and horror as the group digs deep into the seedy underbelly of the VHS, along the way learning something about themselves...and each other.
Stars: Jack Packard, Josh Davis, Mike Stoklasa, Jay Bauman
Votes: 48
46.
Psych (2006–2014)
Episode:
Rob-a-Bye Baby
(2007)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In the middle of a crime wave, Chief Vick assigns Shawn and Gus the staid duty of finding her a new nanny.
Director: Paul Lazarus | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson
Votes: 1,037
47.
Staunch T.V. (2018– )
Episode:
The Boys Club (Staunch on Film #7)
(2018)
Documentary, Reality-TV
The 1996 movie 'The Boys Club' directed by John Fawcett is reviewed.
Stars: Jessica Alba, Jarred Blancard, Nicholas Campbell, Sarah Chalke
48.
Worst Week (2008–2009)
Episode:
The Sex
(2009)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Sam and Melanie's nephew takes a photo of them in a compromising position, and Dick and Angela go behind Melanie's back and find out the sex of their child.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Kyle Bornheimer, Erinn Hayes, Nancy Lenehan, Kurtwood Smith
Votes: 40
49.
Woman of the Dead (2022– )
Episode:
Mutterliebe
(2022)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Blum confronts Mrs. Schonborn certain that she is behind kidnapping her son before luring another member of the gang into a deadly trap.
Director: Nicolai Rohde | Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Romina Küper, Alex Bankier, Hans-Uwe Bauer
Votes: 191
50.
Black Snow (2022– )
Episode:
Predators
(2023)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cormack listens to the dead.
Director: Sian Davies | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Gulliver McGrath, Jemmason Power, Kim Gyngell
Votes: 323