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5** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Description
6** '''Implementation:''' Implementation
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8* ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' (1920) / ''[[Film/{{TheGolem}} The Golem: How He Came into the World]]'' (1920)
9** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1920 released German expressionistic horror films that seem to have a plot about an old man and his killer "monster" that wreaks havoc.
10** '''Implementation:'''
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12* ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein1931}} Frankenstein]]'' (1931) / ''[[Film/{{DrJekyllAndMrHyde1931}} Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1931)
13** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both films are horror films released in 1931 based on literary classics. They are both adaptations of stories with themes concerning the dangers of man playing God with science, leading to experiments that create disastrous results.
14** '''Implementation:''' That was a big year for Universal Studios in general and charted the course for their horror legacy to come with not only the release of Creator/JamesWhale's ''Frankenstein'' but also Tod Browning's ''[[Film/{{Dracula1931}} Dracula]]'' starring Bela Lugosi.
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16* ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' (1958) / ''Blood of the Vampire'' (1958)
17** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Full-color British GothicHorror vampire films with a daring amount of blood and gore for their time, both written by Jimmy Sangster.
18** '''Implementation:''' ''Horror'' was [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer's]] second horror film, following ''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein''. ''Blood'' was made as a response to both films (re-interpreting vampire lore into more of a Frankenstein-esque mad science) and intended to ride Hammer's success; it was the first of ''many'' Hammer knockoffs to hit the market.
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20* ''Film/CountDracula1970'' / ''Film/TasteTheBloodOfDracula'' (1970) & ''Film/ScarsOfDracula'' (1970)
21** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Adaptations of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' with Creator/ChristopherLee as the Count.
22** '''Implementation:''' ''Taste the Blood of Dracula'' and ''Scars of Dracula'' were further entries in [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer's]] ''Dracula'' series, containing original stories not in the novel. ''Count Dracula'' was made by Spanish director Creator/JessFranco in an attempt to create a ''Dracula'' adaptation more faithful to the original novel than prior adaptations.
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24* ''Film/TheSatanicRitesOfDracula'' (1973) / ''Film/Dracula1973''
25** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Films about ''Dracula'' made in 1973, but not reaching American audiences until 1974,
26** '''Implementation:''' ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula'' was another [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer's]] sequel, their final one starring Creator/ChristopherLee as Dracula, and set in the then present day. ''Dracula'' was a made for TV movie directed by Dan Curtis of ''Series/DarkShadows'' fame and starring Creator/JackPalance as the Count, which adapts the novel and is once again set in the 1890s.
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28* ''Film/{{Deranged}}: Confessions of a Necrophile'' (1974) / ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974''
29** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two movies from the year 1974 with [[GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath overselling titles]] that were inspired by the crimes of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein Ed Gein,]] who murdered two women and exhumed several graves in the 1940s and 50s.
30** '''Implementation:''' ''Deranged'' is a loose telling of the Gein case, replacing him with a fictional counterpart that commits similar crimes. ''TTCM'' took the facts about Gein's grave robbing and making masks and suits from human skin and ran with it, adding cannibalism into the mix.
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32* ''{{Film/Eraserhead}}'' (1977) / ''Film/ThreeWomen'' (1977)
33** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Surreal melodramas inspired by psychoanalysis and dream interpretation.
34** '''Implementation:'''
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36* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' series (1974) & ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series (1978) / ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series (1980) & ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' series (1984)
37** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' SlasherMovie series.
38** '''Implementation:''' The earlier ''Friday'', ''Halloween'', and ''Texas Chainsaw'' movies are more straightforward slashers, only becoming explicitly supernatural with later installments. ''Nightmare'', on the other hand, featured a supernatural killer from the start. Also, while ''Texas Chainsaw'' and ''Halloween'' came first, helping to pioneer the genre in the '70s, they were only turned into franchises to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the success]] of ''Friday'' and ''Nightmare'' -- before that, ''Halloween'' had only two sequels ([[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch one of which]] was InNameOnly), and ''Texas Chainsaw'' had none. Mashups between specific films include ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' and ''Film/{{Halloween II|1981}}'' (both 1981), ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' and ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' (both 1982), ''Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter'' and ''Film/{{A Nightmare on Elm Street|1984}}'' (both 1984), ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning'' and ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' (both 1985), ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' and ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' (both 1986), ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'', ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'', and ''Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers'' (all 1988), ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan'', ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild'', and ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers'' (all 1989), ''Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration'' and ''Film/HalloweenTheCurseOfMichaelMyers'' (both 1995), ''Film/JasonX'' and ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'' (both 2002, at least in the US) ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' and ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' (both 2003), ''Film/{{Friday the 13th|2009}}'' and ''Film/{{Halloween II|2009}}'' (both 2009) and ''Film/{{Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2022}}'' and ''Film/HalloweenEnds'' (2022).
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40* ''Film/{{Piranha}}'' (1978) / ''Film/{{Barracuda}}'' (1978)
41** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Aggressive schools of fish born from a government project kill people.
42** '''Implementation:''' Both films were released in 1978 with few months between them. Former film is a tongue-in-cheek offering, while the latter is more straight-forward.
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44* ''Film/{{Dracula|1979}}'' (1979) / ''Film/NosferatuTheVampyre'' (1979)
45** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' adaptations that draw upon previous adaptations -- Universal's ''Dracula'' is based on the same play as their famous 1931 version, and Creator/WernerHerzog's ''Nosferatu'' is based on the F.W. Murnau version from 1922. Both feature A-list casts and lavish production values.
46** '''Implementation:''' The former was intended as a SummerBlockbuster, while the latter played the arthouse circuit that fall. American International Pictures got in on the vampire hype when they brought out ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite'', a comedy about the Count finding love in TheSeventies, three months prior to the former's release. It was a surprise hit and subsequently blamed for ''Dracula'' underperforming (since it was harder to take a straight take on the character seriously right after a sendup).
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48* ''Film/TheProwler'' (a.k.a. ''Rosemary's Killer'') (1981) / ''Film/MyBloodyValentine'' (1981)
49** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1981 {{Slasher Movie}}s which feature a town that is willing to restart a celebration (Valentine's Day in ''MBV'', graduation in ''The Prowler'') openly again after murders were committed on that day several decades ago. The original perpetrator seemingly returns to bloodily remind them why this is a bad idea.
50** '''Implementation:''' The killer in both is clad in an all-concealing outfit (WWII combat gear in the former, miner's outfit in the latter) and is primarily armed with a common tool (pitchfork in the former, pickaxe in the latter).
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52* ''Film/BloodyBirthday'' (1981) / ''Film/HappyBirthdayToMe'' (1981)
53** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1981 slasher movies revolving around birthdays.
54** '''Implementation:''' Though their initial releases were only a month apart, ''Bloody Birthday'' was not widely available in the US until 1986.
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56* ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' / ''Film/TheFourthKind''
57** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' ({{very loosely|BasedOnATrueStory}})-BasedOnATrueStory films that use videotaped sequences to enhance the realism.
58** '''Implementation:''' ''Paranormal'' is a FauxDocumentary about demonic spirits, while ''Fourth'' is a more conventional film about {{alien abduction}}s.
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60* ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' (1981) / ''Film/{{The Howling|1981}}'' (1981)
61** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two 1981 horror/comedy movies about werewolves. They were the first of their kind to show an "actual" transformation scene of men turning into wolves.
62** '''Implementation:''' ''The Howling'' came first by a couple of months and has seven sequels, all crappy stuff; ''AAWIL'' only has one, ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInParis'', which was mediocre at best.
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64* ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (1987) / ''Film/NearDark'' (1987)
65** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1987 released horror films that are about a young man who finds himself sucked into the world of a gang of vampires.
66** '''Implementation:'''
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68* ''Film/TheHorrorShow'' (1989) / ''Film/{{Shocker}}'' (1989)
69** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both movies center around {{serial killer}}s who meet their demise in the electric chair. The killer in question has made supernatural precautions and returns from death to torment those who captured him.
70** '''Implementation:''' Both films were released 1989 with a six month gap between them. ''The Horror Show'' also became a DolledUpInstallment in the ''Film/{{House}}'' series, initially being released as ''House III: The Horror Show''. There's no plot connection, though.
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72* ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' (1991) / ''Film/CapeFear'' (1991)
73** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1991 released psychological thrillers/horror films. Both featuring a deranged criminal on the loose who needs to be stopped, but also a criminal (the same one in the latter) has a fixation on the lead hero (both of whom have something they feel the need to hide) and their life that leads to some disturbing interaction.
74** '''Implementation:''' The original sources for the characters/stories of both films come from books: ''The Silence of the Lambs'' by Thomas Harris and ''The Executioners'' by John D. [=MacDonald=]. It is also notable that these were the second films to bring some of these characters to life on screen, most notably the villains that are most well remembered from them. Creator/BrianCox having played Hannibal Lecter (in the film spelled Lecktor) in the 1986 film ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' based on the novel ''Literature/RedDragon'', whilst Creator/RobertMitchum played Max Cady in the 1962 film version of ''Cape Fear''.
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76* ''Film/PromNightIVDeliverUsFromEvil'' (1992) / ''Film/HappyHellNight'' (1992)
77** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 1992 {{Slasher Movie}}s which feature a demonically possessed priest who, after awakening from a decades long catatonia, kill people. Both movies feature a scene where a statue of Jesus Christ moves on its own.
78** '''Implementation:''' ''Deliver Us from Evil'' is the third and last sequel to ''Film/PromNight1980''. ''Happy Hell Night'' is a stand-alone film.
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80* ''Film/{{Mikey}}'' (1992) / ''Film/TheGoodSon'' (1993)
81** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Early 90s horror films about a blonde EnfantTerrible who goes around killing people portrayed by a then-famous child actor who was PlayingAgainstType and were even banned in the UK (though the latter's was eventually lifted).
82** '''Implementation:''' The big difference between the two evil child characters of both films is that Mikey is an EvilOrphan who kills one family and gets adopted by another thus repeating the cycle whereas Henry already did plenty of troublesome stuff even before he met his cousin Mark (to put it mildly).
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84* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (1992) / ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'' (1998)
85** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both are dark stories that take place in a world where vampires exist but their existence is not known by the general public. Both feature a "slayer" or a character that is specifically trained by a shady organization to hunt down and kill vampires. Both slayers also manage to put together a team to help them in killing vampires.
86** '''Implementation:''' The movie ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' came out six years before ''Vampires'' (though the latter was released a year after the premiere of the TV series based off of the former). Due to ExecutiveMeddling the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' movie ended up being much campier than the horror comedy that Creator/JossWhedon originally intended. The show is fairly dark, but somewhat idealistic. ''Vampires'' is a lot grittier. ''Buffy'' takes place in an urban environment, with both the show and series involving the title character protecting a town, while ''Vampires'' mostly took place in a rural desert environment. The "slayers" were also two very different characters in each; Buffy Summers was a ValleyGirl who was chosen through supernatural means by a secret society, while Jack Crowe was trained from birth by the Vatican and is the perfect example of a PoliticallyIncorrectHero. Buffy tended to rely on more supernatural means, while Jack Crowe manages to awesomely use conventional weaponry (though both primarily use stakes). ''Vampires'' also did not have as strong a female presence.
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88* ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series (1996) / ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' series (1997)
89** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Late '90s {{slasher movie}} series created by Kevin Williamson that were rooted in [[PostModernism post-modern]], {{genre savvy}} takes on the horror genre.
90** '''Implementation:''' ''IKWYDLS''[[note]]God, that's a mouthful of an acronym.[[/note]] was adapted from a novel by Creator/LoisDuncan, while ''Scream'' had the star power of Creator/WesCraven (the maker of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'') behind it.
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92* ''Film/TheLastBroadcast'' (1998) / ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' (1999)
93** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' The basic plot of both of these movies, released within a year of each other, is identical: a documentary film crew ventures into the woods of a rural community, hoping to uncover secrets of the local legend (''TBWP'' has the fictional witch Elly Kedward, ''Broadcast'' uses the actual myth of the Jersey Devil), only to meet a horrific fate. Some time after, the footage is recovered and presented to the viewer to try and make sense of what happened.
94** '''Implementation:''' Some have accused the makers of ''The Blair Witch Project'' of ripping off the earlier ''Last Broadcast'', but ''TBWP'' actually started production several months before ''Broadcast'' was released, and was conceived several years before that. Neither film is really the first in the "found footage" genre; 1981's ''Cannibal Holocaust'' can make a fair claim to that.
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96* ''Film/TheHaunting1999'' / ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1999''
97** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Remakes of classic HauntedHouse movies, both released within a few months of each other in 1999.
98** '''Implementation:''' Both films were backed by big-name directors Creator/StevenSpielberg for ''The Haunting'' and Creator/RobertZemeckis for ''House on Haunted Hill''.
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100* ''Film/TheSixthSense (1999, Shyamalan)'' / ''Film/TheOthers2001 (2001, Amenábar)''
101** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two thriller/horror movies with the same TwistEnding.
102** '''Implementation:''' Though ''The Sixth Sense'' was released two years before ''The Others'', Amenábar wrote his script much before ''The Sixth Sense'' was released and the pre-production started before the Shyamalan film showed in theatres.
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104* ''Film/ScaryMovie'' (2000) / ''Film/ShriekIfYouKnowWhatIDidLastFridayTheThirteenth'' (2000)
105** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Parodies of horror films in general, and late '90s slashers (such as ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'') in particular.
106** '''Implementation:''' ''Shriek'' wound up going DirectToVideo after the makers of ''Scary Movie'' threatened to sue.
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108* ''Film/{{They}}'' (2002) / ''Film/DarknessFalls'' (2002)
109** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Horror films released two months apart about people being stalked by monsters they had encountered as children, which lurk in the darkness and are WeakenedByTheLight.
110** '''Implementation:''' The origin of the monsters in ''They'' is left unknown, though they're heavily identified with the boogeyman. The monster in ''Darkness Falls'', meanwhile, is a {{Grimmifi|cation}}ed take on the tooth fairy. ''They'' was also produced by Creator/WesCraven; he had little creative input, but the marketing [[DirectorDisplacement heavily emphasized his involvement]].
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112* ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' (2003) / ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003''
113** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2003 released horror films about a group of young adults who whilst venturing across rural Texas find themselves in the clutches of a family of murderers.
114** '''Implementation:''' The director of ''House of 1000 Corpses'' Creator/RobZombie has stated that his film was made in homage to 70's horror including the original ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre''. Whilst it's competitor is a slick update of that original film.
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116* ''Film/TheDescent'' (2005) / ''Film/TheCave'' (2005) & ''Film/TheCavern'' (2005)
117** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Horror movies with similar titles, made in the same year, and all three about a group of cavers who go spelunking, meet something unpleasant, and die.
118** '''Implementation:'''
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120* ''Film/TheRingTwo'' (2005) / ''Film/DarkWater'' (2005)
121** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Water-centric supernatural horror films inspired by Japanese Hideo Nakata films based on Koji Suzuki stories.
122** '''Implementation:''' Many observers noted the plot of ''The Ring Two'' is much closer to ''Dark Water'' than to any of the Japanese ''Ring'' sequels.
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124* ''Film/{{The Dark|2005}}'' (2005) / ''Film/SilentHill'' (2006)
125** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Supernatural horror about a mother searching for her daughter and comes across the identical ghost of a little girl who wants to take her daughter's place. Mother has to search a mysterious "Otherworld" to find her daughter, aided by her husband, who is played by Creator/SeanBean in both.
126** '''Implementation:''' Both films feature religious cults, an Otherworld, missing daughters and a Mama Bear as the main protagonist. In the video game ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'', it's a PapaWolf, but the director thought it the female spin was more believable.
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128* ''Film/HannibalRising'' (2007) / ''Film/Halloween2007''
129** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2007 installments to iconic horror franchises that seek to provide an origin story for their central villain-protagonist.
130** '''Implementation:''' The big difference in approach between these two films is that ''Rising'' is set within the same continuity as the previous Hannibal Lecter films that starred Anthony Hopkins, whilst Rob Zombie's ''Halloween'' is instead a straight-up reboot of its franchise with his own revamped Michael Myers.
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132* ''Film/{{Rogue}}'' (2007) / ''Film/BlackWater'' (2007)
133** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2007 Australian movies about crocodiles that were based on true stories released within months of one another.
134** '''Implementation:''' ''Rogue'' stars [[Film/PitchBlack Radha Mitchell]], [[Film/OneHourPhoto Michael Varten]] and a then-unknown Sam Worthington from ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'' and ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', and was directed by Greg Mclean who directed ''Film/WolfCreek''. ''Black Water'''s stars are more or less unknown outside of Australia.
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136* ''Film/FourteenOhEight'' (2007) / ''Film/TheNumber23'' (2007)
137** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2007 horror-thriller about a writer drawn into a horrific pre-existing nightmare scenario centred on a mysterious number, a hotel stay, and his connection to his loved ones - eventually culminating in the lines between reality and fiction blurring.
138** '''Implementation:''' ''1408'' involves Creator/JohnCusack as a disillusioned occult writer who is goaded into staying in the strangely haunted Room No. 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, initially disbelieving that it will kill him but quickly descending into a living nightmare as the room psychologically tortures him. ''The Number 23'' has Creator/JimCarrey as an animal control officer who becomes obsessed with the titular number after reading a book on the subject, only to find his life descending into a paranoid nightmare based on the number - including staying in Room No. 23 at the King Edward Hotel, which becomes key to the denouement.
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140* ''Film/OneMissedCall'' (2008) / ''Film/TheEye'' (2008) & ''Film/{{Shutter}}'' (2008) & ''Film/{{Mirrors|2008}}'' (2008)
141** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' American remakes of Asian supernatural horror films released in 2008.
142** '''Implementation:''' The trend had been going on for years, but hit its peak with this four-way brawl. Each film originated in a different country (Japan for ''One Missed Call'', China for ''The Eye'', Thailand for ''Shutter'', and South Korea for ''Mirrors'').
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144* ''Film/{{Pontypool}}'' (2009) / ''Film/DeadAir2009'' (2009)
145** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2009 films about a viral infection that turns people into [[OurZombiesAreDifferent mindless and violent lunatics]], both from the perspective of a DJ stuck inside the recording studio while everything is going to hell.
146** '''Implementation:''' In ''Pontypool'' it is ''language itself'' that triggers the infection, while in ''Film/DeadAir2009'' the cause is a more conventional terrorist attack.
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148* ''Film/{{Orphan}}'' (2009) / ''Film/{{Splice}}'' (2009)
149** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2009 released horror/thriller films about a couple who raises a strange "girl" of some kind, with terrible things ensuing.
150** '''Implementation:''' In ''Orphan'', the girl is an EnfanteTerrible orphan who turns out to be a thirty-something serial killer with a hormonal disorder; in ''Splice'', the girl is a genetically-engineered HalfHumanHybrid creature who becomes murderous when she hits puberty.
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152* ''Film/MyBloodyValentine3D'' (2009) / ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' (2009)
153** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Remakes of classic early 80s slasher films that were released in 2009. Both movies, like their predecessors, feature tons of gory kills, gratuitous nudity, and strangely enough, half of the Winchester brothers from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. The former stars Creator/JensenAckles and the latter Creator/JaredPadalecki.
154** '''Implementation:''' While Valentine was labeled as an actual remake with a few notable changes to the story and some 3D effects, Friday was meant to be a reboot of the franchise and serve as a new origin story. However, its supposed sequel has been in DevelopmentHell for years.
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156* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010'' / ''Film/MySoulToTake'' (2010)
157** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2010 horror flicks focusing on supernatural events and a killer targeting teenagers.
158** '''Implementation:''' Creator/WesCraven wrote and directed ''Film/MySoulToTake'', while ''Elm Street'' was a remake of Craven's [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 original]].
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160* ''Film/Piranha3D'' (2010) / ''Film/SharkNight'' (2011)
161** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Cheesy 3D horror movies about killer fish eating young pretty people, released almost exactly a year apart.
162** '''Implementation:''' ''Piranha'' is an InNameOnly remake of the 1978 B-movie classic, from the director of ''Film/HighTension'' and ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes2006'', with copious blood, guts, and boobs. ''Shark Night'' is a LighterAndSofter PG-13 alternative from the director of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' and the second and fourth ''Film/FinalDestination'' movies.
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164* ''Film/{{Detention}}'' (2011) / ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' (2012)
165** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' [[PostModernism Post-modern]], GenreBusting [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror horror-comedies]] that were released the same weekend.
166** '''Implementation:''' ''Detention'' was made by Joseph Kahn,[[note]]Maker of the CultClassic action film ''Film/{{Torque}}'', a StealthParody of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''[[/note]] opened in limited release, and is chiefly a satire of modern teenage life. ''Cabin'' was made by the team of Creator/JossWhedon and [[Film/{{Cloverfield}} Drew]] [[Series/{{Lost}} Goddard]], got a wide release after spending years [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment sitting on the shelf]] due to MGM crashing and burning, and is a DeconstructorFleet for horror movies.
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168* ''Film/TheApparition'' (2012) / ''Film/ThePossession'' (2012)
169** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two supernatural ghost/demon films released within a week of one another in August 2012.
170** '''Implementation:''' ''The Apparition'' has Creator/AshleyGreene and is about a parapsychology experiment GoneHorriblyWrong, while ''The Possession'' is produced by Creator/SamRaimi and is a Jewish take on DemonicPossession.
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172* ''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Movie 5]]'' (2013) & ''Film/AHauntedHouse'' (2013) / ''30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2013) & ''Ghost Team One'' (2013)
173** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Parodies of horror movies, particularly the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' series and other FoundFootageFilms, released in winter 2013.
174** '''Implementation:''' ''A Haunted House'' comes partially from the Wayans Brothers, the writers and stars of the first two ''Film/ScaryMovie'' films, making it something of a SpiritualSuccessor to those films. Meanwhile, the only returning alumni for ''Scary Movie 5'' are David Zucker (who has been KickedUpstairs to Producer this time around) and actor Creator/CharlieSheen, who is [[CelebrityParadox playing a different character]]. Lastly, ''30 Nights'' is a DirectToVideo film, while ''Ghost Team One'' is an indie film premiering at Slamdance.
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176* ''Film/NoOneLives'' (2013) / ''Film/YoureNext'' (2013)
177** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2013 horror movies about a group of murderers meeting their match when one of their putative victims turns out to be far more dangerous than they anticipated.
178** '''Implementation:''' In ''No One Lives'', the criminals are highway killers with established names and faces, and the person killing them is an even more villainous man. In ''You're Next'', they are home invaders whose identities are concealed with masks, and the person killing them is a heroic woman.
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180* ''Film/ThePurge'' (2013) / ''You're Next'' (2013)
181** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Home invasion thrillers released in summer 2013.
182** '''Implementation:''' ''The Purge''[='=]s gimmick is that it's set in a dystopian world where, for one night a year, all crime is legalized. ''You're Next'' is a more straightforward film, albeit with a BlackComedy take on the genre.
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184* ''Film/AsAboveSoBelow'' (2014) / ''Film/ThePyramid'' (2014)
185** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2014 FoundFootage (-ish) horror films about archaeologists trapped underground with evil things.
186** '''Implementation:''' ''As Above So Below'' is set in the Catacombs beneath Paris, while ''The Pyramid'' is set in a newly-discovered ancient Egyptian pyramid. While ''As Above'' is entirely FoundFootage, ''The Pyramid'' only uses the device sporadically and is largely shot in a traditional fashion.
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188* ''Film/LifeAfterBeth'' (2014) / ''Film/BuryingTheEx'' (2014)
189** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two horror comedies released in 2015 which revolved around a young man who loses his girlfriend in a sudden, tragic accident and tries to cope with his loss until she suddenly and inexplicably reappears, carrying on like everything's normal. Well, that is until she begins to decay and eat human flesh.
190** '''Implementation:''' Both movies take very different approaches to a similar premise. While Ex is more of a straightforward comedy with some horror moments and gory kills mixed in, Beth is far more disturbing and horrific in some parts, but is not without its comedic and even romantic elements as well. The films' messages are also vastly different: Ex is about the boyfriend standing up for himself against his resurrected AlphaBitch girlfriend while Beth focuses more thoughtfully on dealing with the loss of a loved one and finding ways to make peace with yourself.
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192* ''Film/It2017'' / ''Film/Mother2017''
193** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Horror films released in September with comparable budgets around the 30 million mark or so.
194** '''Implementation:''' Loads. The former is an adaptation of one of Creator/StephenKing's most famous [[Literature/{{It}} books]] while the latter is an original property by Creator/DarrenAronofsky. ''IT'' is more of a straightforward horror film mostly filled with unknowns while ''mother!'' is of the surrealist, [[RuleOfSymbolism heavily symbolic]] kind with an AllStarCast.
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196* ''Film/BloodFest'' (2018) / ''Film/HellFest'' (2018)
197** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Horror films where a small group of friends have to survive in a horror-themed festival that turns out to contain legitimate dangers instead of just theatrics.
198** '''Implementation:''' ''Blood Fest'' was a horror-comedy indie film made by Creator/RoosterTeeth that premiered at the SXSW film festival and got a limited theatrical release. ''Hell Fest'' was a bigger budget, traditionally released horror flick.
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200* ''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'' (2017) / ''Film/{{Suspiria|2018}}'' (2018)
201** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Divisive, female-centric horror films (with emphasis on {{body horror}} and the {{supernatural|fiction}}) directed by auterish filmmakers (Creator/DarrenAronofsky & Creator/LucaGuadagnino) that star young actresses best known for prior [[Film/TheHungerGames franchise]] [[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey roles]] (Creator/JenniferLawrence & Creator/DakotaJohnson).
202** '''Implementation:''' ''mother!'' is an original property, while ''Suspiria'' is a remake of [[Film/Suspiria1977 the 1977 film of the same name]].
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204* ''Film/AQuietPlace'' / ''Film/TheSilence2019''
205** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both sci-fi horror films set in a postapocalyptic [[TwentyMinutesInTheFuture very near future]] brought about when the nations of Earth are unable to protect their populations from attacks by swift and deadly creatures with finely developed hearing who use that to hunt humans. Both films also focus on the survival struggles of a family with a deaf daughter.
206** '''Implementation:''' ''The Silence'' was based on a 2015 novel; the script that became ''A Quiet Place'' had been in development since 2013. The film adaptation of the former had been completed before the latter was even shot, but ''A Quiet Place'' was released first since ''The Silence'' hadn't found a distributor.[[note]]When a teaser ad for it ran during that year's Super Bowl, many fans of the novel assumed that the adaptation's title had been changed.[[/note]]
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208* ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'' / ''Film/TheHunt''
209** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2019 horror films in which a young woman is thrown into a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame scenario by a group of [[RichBitch depraved rich people]].
210** '''Implementation:''' ''Ready or Not'' is a BlackComedy take on the idea, in which the protagonist marries into a wealthy family who turns out to have selected her as a HumanSacrifice, and is set in the confines of a mansion. ''The Hunt'', meanwhile, comes from Creator/BlumhouseProductions and is more of a "social horror" film in the mold of that studio's ''Film/ThePurge'', with more focus given to the SlobsVersusSnobs dynamic of the villains seeing the [[WorkingClassHero working-class protagonists]] as less than human, and has multiple people beyond the heroine being hunted in a "game" preserve.
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212* ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' (2019) / ''Film/DoctorSleep'' (2019)
213** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two Creator/StephenKing-based supernatural horror movie sequels released two months apart in 2019, with adult protagonists who were children in the first installment.
214** '''Implementation:''' ''It: Chapter Two'' is the sequel to 2017's ''Film/{{It|2017}}'' and both adapt one part of [[Literature/{{It}} the eponymous novel]], while ''Doctor Sleep'' adapts the [[Literature/DoctorSleep sequel novel]] to ''Literature/TheShining'' and is a sequel to Creator/StanleyKubrick's ''Film/TheShining'').
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216* ''Film/Spiral2021'' / ''Film/EscapeRoomTournamentOfChampions'' (2021)
217** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' The latest installments of two similar trap-centric horror franchises, opening nearly head-to-head. Both are expected to push past the relatively small-scale confines of their respective predecessor(s), whether with bigger stars (''Spiral'' will feature Creator/ChrisRock and Creator/SamuelLJackson) or a bigger setting (''Escape Room 2'' sees the first film's survivors taking the fight to their mysterious former captors).
218** '''Implementation:''' While ''Saw'' is a long-dormant franchise that had only briefly been revived in the 2010s with 2017's ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'' (to mixed success), ''Escape Room 2'' will be released just 2.5 years after the first film, a surprise hit[[labelnote:*]] notably bigger than ''Jigsaw''[[/labelnote]] that offered a PG-13 variation on ''Saw'''s modus operandi. Assuming both sequels retain their franchises' historical MPAA ratings, this will be a showdown of the old-school, R-rated legacy sequel vs. a new LighterAndSofter variation of the same template. Incidentally, ''Spiral'' will be the first film in the franchise to eschew a traditional Halloween release frame, instead launching May 2021, while ''Escape Room'' jumps from the first film's January date to July.
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220* ''[[Film/Draug2018 Draug]]'' (2018) / ''[[Film/HuntressRuneOfTheDead Huntress: Rune of the Dead]]''
221** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both films are low budget zombie films set in Swedish wilderness during the viking age, featuring a ActionGirl hero who has visions of things to come.
222** '''Implementation:''' The later film was produced and co-written by Faravid af Ugglas who provided production design for both Huntress and Draug, as well as actors Urban Bergsten and Ralf Beck. The later even makes a similar comment about the smell of the zombies in both films. Huntress was filmed in English with an American producer, while Draug is in Swedish with emphasis of the dialects of the characters as part of the world building.
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224* ''Film/{{Peninsula}}'' (2020) / ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'' (2021)
225** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Amid an area ravaged by a zombie pandemic, a team attempt to pull off a major money heist.
226** '''Implementation:''' ''Peninsula'' is a stand-alone sequel to the South Korean film ''Film/TrainToBusan'', from the same creative team, centering on a group of surviving soldiers attempting to steal a truck filed with millions for TheMafia in exchange for half the take. Meanwhile, ''Army of the Dead'' is an American film, directed by Creator/ZackSnyder for Creator/{{Netflix}}, in which a group of mercenaries attempt to rob a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak.
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228* ''Film/TheMeanOne'' (2022) / ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'' (2023)
229** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both are independent slasher films that also serve as dark parodies of a piece of classic children's literature.
230** '''Implementation:''' ''The Mean One'' is based on ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' and employs WritingAroundTrademarks on various characters; ''Blood and Honey'' is based on ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' and takes advantage of the first book being in the public domain to directly refer to the characters as who they are.
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232* ''Film/{{Renfield|2023}}'' (2023) / ''Film/TheLastVoyageOfTheDemeter'' (2023) / ''Wrath of Dracula'' (2023)
233** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Films based off the ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' mythos. The first two were released by Creator/{{Universal}}.
234** '''Implementation:''' ''Renfield'' is a comedy centered around The Count's [[TheRenfield titular yes-man]] as he tries to escape his boss's clutches. ''Demeter'', meanwhile, is a serious horror film centered around the ship that inadvertently brought Dracula to England, based on the novel's ''Log of the Demeter'' [[note]]AKA, ''The Captain's Log''[[/note]] chapter. ''Wrath of Dracula'' is centered around the Dracula mythos character of Mina Harker.
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236* ''Film/{{Immaculate}}'' (2024) / ''Film/TheFirstOmen'' (2024)
237** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' ReligiousHorror films released within weeks of each other that both center around a young woman who joins an Italian church, only to get caught up in a horrific conspiracy surrounding the birth of TheAntichrist.
238** '''Implementation:''' ''Immaculate'' is an original film, while ''The First Omen'' serves as a prequel to ''Film/TheOmen1976''.

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