2. THE RING
Year: 2002
Country: United States, Japan
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Production Company: DreamWorks SKG
Distributed Company: DreamWorks Pictures
Budget: $48 Million
Box Office: $249,348,933
Sub-genres: Psychological, Thriller, Supernatural
Plot: After hearing an urban legend that once you watch a certain tape, you die within
seven days, the protagonist Rachel Keller begins to investigate. She thinks the tape
may have killed four teenagers, making links between their deaths. She watches the
tape and answers the phone to hear “seven days.” She experiences nose bleeds,
nightmares and other strange occurrences in the following days. She decides to
track the whereabouts and story of the tape.
3. NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET
Year: 2010
Country: United States
Directed by: Samuel Bayer
Production Company: New Line Cinema
Distributed Company: New Line Cinema
Budget: $35 Million
Box Office: $115,664,037
Sub-genres: Slasher
Plot: Freddy Krueger, a killer with a hat and bladed hand, appears in a group of
teenagers dreams in Springwood, attempting to kill them every time they fall asleep
and dream. Some of them are killed off and the remaining protagonists find out that
Krueger was infact a gardener at their kindergarten and he had abused the children.
They fight to stay awake and then tactically dream in order to try and be able to kill
Krueger.
4. THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Year: 2012
Country: United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden
Directed by: James Watkins
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions
Distributed Company: Momentum Pictures
Budget: $15 Million
Box Office: $127,730,736
Sub-genres: Supernatural, Thriller
Plot: In London, lawyer Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the
delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his
job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the
documentation of the Eel Marsh House. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn
tells that there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who
advises him to return to London Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel
Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns
that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the
children of the scared locals.