Saw2004
Overall8.0
Fear3.0
Atmos8.1
Gore7.0
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Smile 2
2024 · 2h 7m · R
8.6/ 10Curator Score
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8.9/10
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The Cycle (2026): Shudder Release Date, and Is It Scary?
The Cycle premieres exclusively on Shudder on October 23, 2026. What Jordan Downey's supernatural cold-case horror is about, who is in it, whether it is scary, and how to watch it.
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Crawlers (2026): Release Date, Why It Is Not the Infested Remake, and Where to Watch
Crawlers opens wide in US theaters on October 2, 2026. The release date, why it is not a remake of Infested despite the near-identical premise, the crew behind it, and whether it is scary.
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Hollow Trees (2026): Release Date, the Skinwalker, and Where to Watch Cathal Fitzpatrick's Debut
Hollow Trees premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on July 11, 2026 and won Best Independent Irish Film. It has no distributor or general release date yet. Where to watch it, what a skinwalker is, the £9,000 budget, and whether it is scary.
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