
Perfect Stranger(2007)
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.


“It arrives.”
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.

Joel Courtney
Joe Lamb

Elle Fanning
Alice Dainard

Riley Griffiths
Charles Kaznyk

Kyle Chandler
Jackson Lamb

Noah Emmerich
Nelec

AJ Michalka
Jen Kaznyk

Ryan Lee
Cary McCarthy

Ron Eldard
Louis Dainard

Gabriel Basso
Martin Read

Bruce Greenwood
Cooper
Super 8 is a thriller, science fiction, mystery film released in 2011 exploring themes of 1970s, alien, train crash, firecracker, super 8mm footage, duringcreditsstinger. Directed by J.J. Abrams, it stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths. In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
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