Parent Death

The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018)

Director: Johannes Roberts

Actors: Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Martin Henderson, Lewis Pullman

On the way to bringing their daughter to boarding school, a family stops at a trailer park to stay the night and things quickly go wrong.

The Meg (2018)

Director: John Turteltaub

Actors: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose, Masi Oka, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Jessica McNamee, Page Kennedy, Robert Taylor

A massive creature thought to be extinct attacks a deep-sea sub, trapping it deep on the ocean floor. Rescue diver Jonas Taylor, who faced the creature once before, is brought in to save the team.

Mom and Dad (2017)

Director: Brian Taylor

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, Lance Henriksen

A teenage girl and her younger brother try to survive the unexplained phenomenon of parents trying to kill their own children.

Crimson Peak (2015)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Doug Jones

A young writer meets a mysterious and charismatic baronet, and after a personal tragedy, marries him and is brought to live in his remote, crumbling family home.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Beginning (2006)

Director: Jonathan Liebesman

Actors: Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, Taylor Handley, Andrew Bryniarski

This is the prequel to the 2003 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, showing Leatherface’s beginnings and how the Hewitts’ horrific actions began.

Train to Busan (2016)

Director: Yeon Sang-ho

Actors: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an, Kim Eui-sung, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee

A zombie outbreak in South Korea threatens the passengers on a train heading to Busan.

Mama (2013)

Director: Andy Muschietti

Actors: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash, Morgan McGarry, Jane Moffat, Megan Charpentier

Five years after vanishing in the woods, two young girls are returned to their uncle and his girlfriend, who try to give the now-feral girls a loving home. However, after tragedy strikes, it becomes apparent that the girls did not return alone.

XX (2017)

Directors: Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama

Actors: Melanie Lynskey, Natalie Brown, Christina Kirk, Kyle Allen, Breeda Wool, Peyton Kennedy

An anthology of four short stories, all directed by women. In The Box, a child suddenly and completely loses his appetite. In The Birthday Party, a woman struggles to prepare for her daughter’s party after a disturbing discovery. In Don’t Fall, a group of four friends camp in the wrong place. In Her Only Living Son, we see an alternate future to a classic horror story.

It Comes At Night (2017)

Director: Trey Edward Shults

Actors: Joel Edgarton, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Griffin Faulkner, David Pendleton

A small family faces personal tragedy in a post-apocalyptic world, and soon after must decide how to live with the strangers who have found their home.