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"The first three volumes of The Best Horror of the Year have been widely praised for their quality, variety, and comprehensiveness. Now, for the fourth consecutive year, editor Ellen Datlow has explored the entirety of the diverse horror market, distilling it into the fourth anthology in the series and providing an overview of the year in terror. With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straubb, and many others, and featuring...
622) Doctor Sleep
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Dan Torrance remains traumatized by the sinister events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when he was a child, and spends his days self-medicating away the "shine" with alcohol. His hope for a peaceful existence soon becomes shattered when he meets Abra, a teen who shares his extrasensory gift. Together, they form an unlikely alliance to battle the True Knot, a cult whose members try to feed off the shine of innocents to become immortal.
623) The shining
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Writer Jack Torrance, a former alcoholic, accepts a job as the winter caretaker for a hotel high in the Rocky Mountains, isolating him, his wife and their psychic young son until spring. But when the first blizzard blocks the only road out, the hotel's stored energy from evil past deeds begins to drive Jack insane, and there may be no escape for his family.
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Years ago, a secret government drug experiment produced a dangerously gifted child. When she becomes enraged, she unleased her pyrokinetic powers. The child is now a woman who has spent the past 10 years on the run from the unscrupulous government agents who created her. Now she's through running and has decided to reclaim her life. Charlie's only chance for survival lies in a turncoat government agent and a half-mad professor.
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Characters and themes from Stephen King's multiple universes converge in the fictional town of Castle Rock. In season two a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. And as the town celebrates its 400th anniversary, Castle Rock's first settlers -- including Henry Deaver -- find themselves joining in the festivities.
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The Doctor kicks off this new run of adventures by searching for his companion Clara--an Impossible Girl he's already lost twice. Together they find themselves battling mosters on distant alien planets, trapped in a Russian submarine with a deadly passenger, chasing terrifying ghosts, delving into the heart of the TARDIS, facing the Crimson Horror in Victorian Yorkshire, and coming face to face with an army of upgraded Cybermen. The action grows as...
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Who is Harris Burdick? For more than twenty-five years, readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by this enigmatic artist. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguingly titled pictures. And now, some of our most imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the perplexing mysteries of Harris Burdick.
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The Shawshank redemption (1994 ; 142 min.): In the 1940s, Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. As the years progress, Andy, with the help of his friend Red, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.
The green mile (1999 ; 188 min.): Death Row guards at a penitentiary in the 1930's have a moral dilemma with...
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The Stand: The Original Mini-Series (1994): In Stephen King's epic vision of an apocalyptic future, the few survivors of a plague-ravaged world must choose sides in the ultimate battle of good vs. evil that will decide the fate of humanity. As the followers of demonic Randall Flagg plot to rebuild the world in his dark image, a courageous foursome embarks on a heroic mission against Flagg and his minions. Fighting overwhelming odds, they will risk...
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Wastelands volume 1
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Presents a collection of short stories from such authors as Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, John Langan, and Octavia E. Butler that focus on the end of the world.
635) Masters of terror
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Cursed: A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of 3 young adults who, after being mauled by the beast, learn that the only way to break the curse put upon them is to kill the one who started it all.
Halloween H20: Laurie Strode, using an assumed name and now the dean of a Northern California private school, is still struggling with the horrifying 20-year-old memories of the maniacal killer Michael Meyers. When he reappears, she must conquer...
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Hellraiser : revelations: Two friends in Mexico discover the Lament Configuration and unlease Pinhead, but one decides to try to survive by swapping himself with someone else. Once they go missing, family members go in search of them, but find Pinhead instead.
Children of the corn : genesis: A young couple find themselves stranded in the rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where they encounter a mysterious religious sect of children. But nowhere in town...
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Dead zone: After being in a coma for years, a man awakens with strange psychic abilities that come into effect whenever he touches someone.
Silver Bullet: When brutal killings start to plague a small town community, a local paraplegic boy is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
The Stand: A deadly plague kills most of the world's population and the survivors split into two factions, one embracing a path of virtue and the other one...
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Storm of the century: When a murder shakes the island of Little Tall, the local constable must stop the evil that is growing as quickly as the snowstorm.
Hindsight: Ron and Dina, unexpectedly pregnant and broke, list their unborn child for adoption on the internet, hoping to score an upfront payment. Enter Paul and Maria. Rich, desperate for a baby, and ready to play a twisted, sadistic game of their own ...
Deadfall Trail: Three campers head into...