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1) Maleficent
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb. In November 1922, their...
3) Spell
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While flying to his father's funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone, and trapped in Ms. Eloise's attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to outwit and break free from her dark magic.
4) ParaNorman
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
From the makers of Coraline comes the story of Norman, a boy who must use his special powers to save his town from a centuries-old curse. In addition to spooky zombies, he'll also have to take on unpredictable ghosts, wily witches, and, worst of all, clueless grown-ups. But this young ghoul whisperer will soon find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grownups to save his...
5) The gates
Publisher
Amcomri
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1890s London, death-row inmate William Colcott places a curse on the prison and its inhabitants before his execution. Two paranormal investigators must stop William's spirit from escaping the prison and unleashing the gates of hell on London.
Series
Criterion collection volume 676
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a witch who was burned at the stake 300 years ago. She plans to take revenge by marrying the descendent of her persecutors and ruining his political aspirations, but doesn't count on falling in love!
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Tara Haldon is like every other teenage girl struggling through high school, but she carries around a dark mark on her family name. She’s related to the notorious ax murderess Lizzie Borden, and her gruesome ancestry sets her as an outcast and weighs on her like a curse of what she may become. Tara begins to question her own sanity and guilt when she starts experiencing schizophrenic symptoms and people around her are mysteriously murdered. To regain...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Successful psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby has brutally murdered her young patient Asa Waite. Locked up in a psych ward, she recounts a wild, terrifying tale of erotic attraction, out-of-body experiences, ancient curses, grisly deaths and unspeakable evil. Her obsession has destroyed her marriage, ruined her reputation, left bodies in her wake, and led her to a 'kill or be killed' desperation. Worse, if she is not believed, more deaths will follow, and...
10) The cursed
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper and sinister force that has the manor and its townspeople in its grip.
Publisher
Studio Ghibli
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out to the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi and a proud clan of humans against the forest's animal gods, who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves.
12) Inuō =: Inu-oh
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
Born to an esteemed family, Inu-oh is afflicted with an ancient curse that has left him on the margins of society. When he meets the blind musician Tomona, a young biwa priest haunted by his past, Inu-oh discovers a captivating ability to dance. The pair quickly become inseparable friends as crowds flock to their electric, larger-than-life concerts. But when those in power threaten to break up the band, Inu-oh and Tomona must dance and sing to uncover...
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Russo Brothers' AGBO presents a terrifying tale about a group of Salem teens who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors.
15) Good luck Chuck
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
It all started when Charlie Logan was ten years old. Breaking the cardinal rules of spin-the-bottle, Charlie refused to lip-lock with a demented Goth girl. She puts a hex on Charlie. Now, twenty-five years later, Charlie is a successful dentist and still, well, cursed. He discovers that every woman he's ever slept with has found true love - with the next guy after him. Before he knows it, Charlie has become a "good luck charm" for women. But, Charlie...
16) Cursed
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Three young adults mauled by a werewolf running loose on the streets of Los Angeles discover that the only way to break the curse upon them is to kill the one who started it all.
17) The grudge
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and young detective try to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Now, she runs to save herself and her son from demonic spirits from the cursed house in her neighborhood.
18) Under the shadow
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Persian
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Description
"Shideh and her young daughter, Dorsa, are left alone in a war-torn city when her husband is drafted and sent to the front lines. After a dud missile strikes their apartment building, a neighbor mysteriously dies and Dorsa's behavior becomes erratic. Shideh scoffs at her superstitious neighbor's warning that the missile carries an ancient curse, Shideh now realizes that the malevolent force in her home is infinitely more evil and terrifying than the...
19) Pyewacket
Publisher
Shout! / Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When you are dealing with demons, be careful what you wish or. In the ultra-unsettling occult nightmare, teenage Leah finds solace from the recent death of her father and from her strained relationship with her mother, by dabbling in the dark arts. It all seems like harmless fun at first, until a blowout argument leads Leah to do the unthinkable: put a death curse on her mother.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fantastic journey of Belle, a bright and independent young woman who takes her father's place as the prisoner of a beast in his castle. As Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff, she and the Beast slowly begin to look beyond their initial reactions to each other and see who they truly are. But back in Belle's village, her father's fears for her safety drive him to rally the villagers to free Belle from the castle--a plan that goes awry,...
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