The ending ofThe Texas Chain Saw Massacreshows what a ruthless, relentless villain Leatherface really is.
The film itself wasand continues to bea huge influence on the genre, andits themes are still relevant today.
As they explore an old homestead, they are systematically hunted down in gruesome ways.
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But when they arrive, they encounter the Predator (Kevin Peter Hall), an advanced extraterrestrial.
That makes the final battle with Dutch even more meaningful.
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But its not the only great showdown in thePredatorfranchise.
The final fight in sequelPredator 2was just as memorable.
And with the base gone,theres nothing left for them to do but die.
The alien buried in ice is actually alive and has the ability to imitate human form.
The group must find a way to distinguish who the real person is from The Thing and stay alive.
She turns the tables on them and taunts them the way they taunted her before successfully taking them out.
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The movie was directed byWes Cravenandspawned a franchisethats still going strong today.
Jasons subsequent killing spree was blamed on Freddy, helping him regain his powers.
But when Jason kills one of Freddys intended victims, the two villains battle each other.
Five friends head to a remote cabin to support their friend Mia in overcoming her addiction.
They stumble upon the Naturom Demonto, an ancient book that unleashes a malevolent force.
As the demonic entity possesses and terrorizes them one by one, the group faces unimaginable horrors.
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A group of friends spending the weekend at a remote cabin near Crystal Lake quickly find themselves the target of the ruthless Jason Voorhees. Donning his iconic hockey mask for the first time, Jason embarks on a violent killing spree, culminating in a tense showdown with the final survivor, Chris.
A team of researchers set out to study an alien spacecraft found in Antarctica, where they also discover an alien body on the site. The alien buried in ice is actually alive and has the ability to imitate human form. The group must find a way to distinguish who the real person is from The Thing and stay alive. John Carpenter’s 1982 film is a remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World and stars Kurt Russel as the hero RJ MacReady.
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Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
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A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
