Six months after the mysterious death of a high school senior, a new student named Chris transfers to the school. She is grieving the loss of her father and has no desire to make friends, but on her very first evening, she finds herself in the company of her classmates. One of the girls playfully blows an ancient Olmec whistle that Chris had found; the piercing sound deafens the group, and now they are haunted not only by terrifying visions but also by Death itself.
In 19th-century England, a group of townspeople killed Count Mitterhaus, who had been abducting children from their town. The count was a vampire and cursed the entire town, promising that the blood of his killers’ children would bring him back to life. Fifteen years after those events, an epidemic of an unknown disease broke out in the town, and soon after, a circus arrived with amazing acts, in which a black panther transformed into a handsome Gypsy, and two bats into a pair of twin acrobats.
Veteran detective John Hatton is called in to investigate the terrifying and inexplicable events taking place within the gloomy walls of an old laundromat, where the workers are falling victim to a giant ironing machine. It seems as though a demon itself is controlling the ancient machinery, forcing it to grind the bones of innocent people.
It’s hard for the cynical John to believe that he’s up against powerful forces of evil, but the strange behavior of the laundromat’s owner, the enigmatic Bill Gertley, only deepens his suspicion...
Halloween night has never been this bloody. Anyone could be the killer, but only one has a motive.
Young writer Roger Cobb experienced the horrors of the Vietnam War firsthand, but that was only the beginning of the trials he was destined to face: Roger’s marriage fell apart, his young son disappeared, and bloody nightmares of battle continued to haunt Cobb almost every night. To write a book about his experiences, Roger moved into a gloomy, old house that he had inherited from his aunt. The house doesn’t have the best reputation: its former owner was found hanged in her room, and ever since then, strange sounds have been heard there in the evenings...
As is often the case in life, it all started with an innocent desire to make some money. A young law student named Martin took a job as a night watchman at a hospital. He was absolutely certain he’d found an “easy” job where no one would distract him or interfere with his studies. But Martin was terribly mistaken... It so happened that the bodies of young women—brutally murdered by a bloodthirsty serial killer on the loose in the city—were being brought to the hospital’s morgue. Very strange things began to happen in the morgue. The living enter the silent world of the dead, and things get truly terrifying. After all, the dead can no longer defend themselves...
A wealthy man died suddenly. He was no longer young, but he was energetic and full of life; however, his relatives welcomed his death with joy, as he had been a rather selfish and mean man. All his relatives gathered for his funeral, including his daughter—the only one who loved him with all her heart. While the mourners were discussing who would inherit what, the deceased’s soul established telepathic contact with his daughter and tried, through her, to find out who was responsible for his death.
Residents of a small Australian town are willing to do anything to support local businesses. Every day, using ingenious methods, they stage accidents for passing motorists and strip the wreckage for parts. Survivors are not left unattended, and the dead are laid to rest. The town is a trap with no way out!
A young woman with a troubled past takes a job as a housekeeper in an upscale Manhattan home. On her very first night, she is attacked by the homeowners, who are wearing robes and pig masks, but she turns out to be more than she seems.
