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1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey

Votes: 376,033 | Gross: $75.08M

2. The Killing Fields (1984)

R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands

Votes: 59,484 | Gross: $34.70M

3. The Forbidden Room (2015)

Not Rated | 130 min | Comedy, Mystery

In this non-linear amalgamation, submarine crewmen and a woodsman wend their way through a voyage of odd experiences.

Directors: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson | Stars: Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Udo Kier

Votes: 3,430 | Gross: $0.03M

4. Undertale (2015 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Enter the Underground, a massive subterranean cave where monsters who once lived harmoniously with humans on the surface have been banished after losing a war with humanity.

Director: Toby Fox | Stars: Bill Fagerbakke, Toby Fox, Willard Scott

Votes: 4,735

5. Estigma (1980)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older ... See full summary »

Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Christian Borromeo, Alexandra Bastedo, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Berta Cabré

Votes: 283

6. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

An experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.

Director: Chris James Thompson | Stars: Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy

Votes: 2,136

7. Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords (2018)

103 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In the mystical realm of Ryntia, the forces of the underworld are aligning to unleash a plague of evil upon the surface. The deadly bat-like Blood Reavers, the Saurian Maurauders, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Mark Steven Grove, Jon Firestone | Stars: Mark Steven Grove, Sara N. Salazar, Lauren Melone, Trygve Lode

Votes: 83

8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mod - Wyrmstooth (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The East Empire Company commissions the Dragonborn to slay a dragon that is interrupting trade routes throughout Skyrim. But is the dragon stirring up trouble with a particular reason and what sinister motive does it have for its actions?

Director: Jon Polenz | Stars: Dinesh Alvis, Timothy Banfield, Adriana Beals, David Bodtcher

Votes: 21

9. The Park (2017 Video)

62 min | Comedy

Two inept 40 year old film students find themselves in big trouble when they shoot a scene in front of the wrong corporate office and one of their wives is kidnapped.

Director: Evan Jacobs | Stars: Roy Englebrecht, Isaac Golub, Evan Jacobs

10. Epic NPC Man: Escort Quest (2017 Video)

3 min | Animation, Short

An adventurer takes on an escort quest where she must escort a fisherman. During the adventure, the fisherman is killed, and she must restart the quest countless times.

Directors: Rowan Bettjeman, Adam King, Alan Morrison

Votes: 11

11. Darkness Will Engulf You (2018 Video Game)

Horror

You were responsible for the death of your loved ones. Now you are trapped in a place of eternal doom, and you are not alone.

Star: Vincent van Ommen

12. Human Destroyer 2 (2019 Video Game)

Action, Comedy

Reanimated skull Skeltol and his skeleton army rise from their graves once again, out for revenge on the humans that put them there in the first place. Or should that be second place?

Director: Elgen Tidwell | Star: Ross K. Foad

13. King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode: When Cotton Comes Marching Home (2000)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Cotton loses his home and must go back to work to support Didi and G.H.

Directors: Tricia Garcia, Klay Hall | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 337

14. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Rite of Passage (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The birth of a child is a joyful event, but not for Shal and Brav, two young naive humans who live in a small commune in the woods. After Shal gives birth to a son, she and the baby are taken away by Mother.

Director: Jim Kaufman | Stars: James Marsden, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Camille Mitchell, Boyan Vukelic

Votes: 282

15. The Devil You Know (2019– )
Episode: A Punk Knows Where The Bodies Are Buried (2019)

TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

Journalist Chad Nance investigates the background of a mentally-ill killer, while a punk rocker war veteran is forced to make a gut-wrenching decision.

Director: Patricia E. Gillespie | Stars: Chad Nance, Brad Stanley, Nate Anderson, Jenna Woodring

Votes: 41

16. Historic Hauntings (2018)
Episode: Ireland (2018)

History

Ireland's dark history of magic, ritual and prime evil worship has caused elemental forces to come back as apparitions and many of these restless souls are trapped in Ireland's castles.

Stars: Robert Hardy, Samantha Leslie

Votes: 6

17. History Cold Case (2010– )
Episode: Ipswich Man (2010)

58 min | Documentary

The team investigates the remains of c. 13th-century African man found in an Medieval grave in Ipswich, England.

Director: Neil Ferguson | Stars: Laurence Fox, Ian Barnes, Adrian Bell, Sue Black

Votes: 22

18. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The End of the Romans (2022)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

What if climate change and pandemics caused the decline of the Roman Empire?

Director: Frédéric Wilner | Star: Jay O. Sanders

Votes: 22

19. Nightmare on Film Street (2016– )
Halloween Hollows: The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022) (2023 Podcast Episode)

Horror

On this week's episode of the Nightmare on Film Street Horror Podcast, we're exploring the legends of Halloween Hollows, starting with modern family fright The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022).

Directors: Jonathan Dehaan, Kimberley Elizabeth | Stars: Jonathan Dehaan, Kimberley Elizabeth

20. Secrets of the Dead (1999– )
Episode: Blood Red Roses (1999)

Documentary, History, Mystery

Building work uncovers a mass grave containing the bodies of the fallen in one of the bloodiest battles of the War of the Roses, the Battle of Towton of 1461 in which 28,000 men died in a single day's fighting.

Director: Bill Lyons | Stars: Bill Lyons, Malin Holst

Votes: 11

21. Legend Quest (2017)
Episode: Nu Gui (2017)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Action

With tensions high between Teodora and newest member Marcella, the airship is suspiciously taken off course to China where, after some investigating, it leads them to a mysterious CAVE OF WITCHES near the Great Wall.

Directors: José Alejandro García Muñoz, Marco Aurelio Ibarra Rodríguez | Stars: Annemarie Blanco, Oscar Cheda, Mayté Cordeiro, Andrés Couturier

Votes: 18

22. Ancient Mysteries (2016– )
Episode: The Headless Gladiators of York (2017)

45 min | Documentary, History

In 2004 archaeologists in York discovered the remains of over 80 skeletons. Pottery found among the bones dated the burials to the city's Roman past but the number of bodies and decapitations was a puzzle.

Director: Nick Hardie | Stars: Mark Bazeley, Kevin Dicus, Aidan Gaddass, Jorge Leon

Votes: 11

23. FBI (2018– )
Episode: Prey (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team investigate the murders of 18 young women with assistance from a survivor associated with the deceased.

Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Ebonee Noel, Jeremy Sisto

Votes: 817