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Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City.

After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther - this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be.

In 1967 Los Angeles a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

Ghost ship: Salvagers discover the Antonia Graza, an Italian luxury liner with a dark secret. Gothika: A clinical psychologist devotes much of her attention to a deeply disturbed murderer. Dreamcatcher: Four friends with an unusual power become stranded in a blizzard and are confronted by a deadly alien force. Queen of the damned: The mother of all vampires is summoned to reign over all her evil dominion.

A group of high school kids discovers that a megacorporation has been conducting experiments on humans, using a mutated chemical compound that reanimates the dead.

In a small fishing village, panic and fear are spreading as legend of a giant underwater beast grows. When government scientist Dan Leland is sent to investigate the murky waters, he soon uncovers a sea monster beyond anything he could have ever imagined-- complete with massive tentacles and a taste for human flesh.

It's a rainy night on the Welsh moors. Two American students on a walking tour of Europe trudge on to the next town, when suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl ... Three weeks later, one is dead and the other is in the hospital.

Rings: A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen until now. The ring two: Six months after the frightening rampage and the cursed videotape that left so much death...

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. But exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave and he's looking for more than an apology. To Jill Johnson, it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, "Have you checked the children?"...

Gothika: Dr. Miranda Grey is a brilliant criminal psychologist. However, after an automobile accident, she wakes up only to find that she has been convicted for the murder of her husband, Doug. With only fragmented memories of the alleged crime, she begins to dig deeper into her husband's past. Meanwhile, she is being haunted by the ghost of a girl called Rachel who is seemingly trying to convey a message to her with the phrase "not alone." As Miranda...