Stand by Me (film)

Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age film directed by Rob Reiner and based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, with a title derived from Ben E. King's song. The film stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland. In Stand by Me, four boys in 1959 Castle Rock, Oregon, go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing boy. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and two Golden Globe Awards: one for Best Drama Motion Picture and one for Best Director.

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Hansel and Gretel (Horror Movie)

Young siblings Hansel and Gretel have had enough with their father and step mother, they decide to run off in the middle of the night. They walk around all the way until daytime, when they find a mysterious hut made of candy in the middle of the woods catches their eye. They enter to find a creepy woman who makes the two uncomfortable, eventually she makes her intentions clear. She plans on chopping up the kids, cooking them, then eating them. The kids desperately need to find a way to escape, before they’re turned into lunch.

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