#1. The Wicker Man (1973)

Storyline: On Sunday, April 29, 1973, Sergeant Neil Howie with the West Highland Constabulary flies solo to Summerisle off the coast of Scotland. He is there to follow up on a letter addressed specifically to him from an anonymous source on Summerisle reporting that a twelve year old girl who lives on the island, Rowan Morrison, the daughter of May Morrison, has long been missing. The correspondence includes a photograph of Rowan. Upon his arrival on Summerisle, Howie finds that the locals are a seemingly simple minded lot who provide little information beyond the fact that they know of no Rowan Morrison and do not know the girl in the photo. Mrs. Morrison admits to having a daughter, seven year old Myrtle, but no Rowan. As Howie speaks to more and more people, he begins to believe that Rowan does or did live on the island, but that the locals are hiding their knowledge of her. He also begins to see that the locals all have pagan beliefs, their "religion" which centers on procreation as the ...

Plot Keywords: police officer, magistrate, daughter, teacher, cult member, shocking, disturbing ...

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#2. Dragonslayer (1981)

Storyline: A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line, the King's own daughter.

Plot Keywords: apprentice, wizard, king, dragon, princess, woman, engaging ...

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#3. Bird of Paradise (1932)

Storyline: A young man falls overboard and is saved by a beautiful Polynesian girl. They fall in love, but their idyll is smashed when the local volcano begins to erupt. The man discovers that the local custom is to sacrifice a young woman to the volcanic gods. They try to escape but realize that "east is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet."—Ed Lorusso

Plot Keywords: sailor, beautiful woman, king, prince, princess, handsome man, melodramatic ...

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#6. When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

Storyline: Set in the ancient (movie) past when people and dinosaurs live side-by-side, a small, struggling tribe sacrifice a blonde to their sun-god in return for protection from the giant creatures that prey upon them. Sanna, one of the sacrificial offerings, escapes when a freak storm interrupts the ceremony. As she searches for a safe haven, she encounters hostility from both rival tribes and many huge, and deadly, beasts.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

Plot Keywords: caveman, beautiful woman, tribesman, fisherman, jealous woman, campy, wild ...

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#7. The Heretics (2017)

Storyline: A notorious cult kidnaps a young girl, and sacrifice themselves by the light of the locust moon. The next morning the girl awakes, caked in dried blood and surrounded by corpses...but safe - or so she thinks. Years later, the locust moon is about to rise again and the girl is captured once more by a surviving member of the cult. She is taken to a remote cabin where she learns that a demon has been growing inside of her all these years, and before the dawn it will rise.—unknown

Plot Keywords: cult figure, cult leader, cult member, demon, woman, dark, bleak ...

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#8. Hypnotic (2003)

Storyline: Dr. Michael Strother (Goran Visnjic) is a hypnotherapist with a potentially hazardous telepathic gift. In the middle of treating Police Detective Janet Losey (Shirley Henderson), Dr. Strother has a psychic viewing of a young girl drowning. He then discovers that the girl in his vision is the escaped victim of a crazed murderer. When he tries to take action, teaming up with Losey to catch the serial killer, he becomes caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and ritual homicide.

Plot Keywords: psychologist, hypnotherapist, patient, police detective, serial killer, victim, frightening ...

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#9. Rites of Spring (2011)

Storyline: This movie is about Rachel and her friend who are taken by someone while in a car park while changing a tire. They wake up in a strange barn tied up and frightened. They know that things are going to get worse. The reason why they are abducted becomes clear as there is a horrible secret in the town where girls have gone missing each Spring for many years, and this year is no different. Meanwhile a group of kidnappers are plotting to take the child of a prominent business man and his wife. They take the child and go to a farm where they wait to get their ransom. The two groups collide when Rachel escapes but is chased by a stranger wearing a mask of some sort. She runs to the farm where the kidnappers are and all hell breaks loose.—Michael Hallows Eve

Plot Keywords: young woman, best friend, stranger, dark, on the run, woods, supernatural ...

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