Kate and John adopt a 9-year old Russian orphan named Esther, but their marriage is strained. Kate begins to feel Esther is manipulative and disturbed. She discovers Esther is not who she pretends to be and has a mysterious past. Their son is hostile to Esther while their deaf-mute daughter is enchanted by her at first.

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2. Orphan
Kate and John Coleman are rebuilding their
troubled marriage. Kate had a drinking
problem, but is in therapy and is doing well.
She has been sober for one year. The couple
decides to adopt a child. When they meet the
nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther, at the St.
Marina Orphanage, they immediately fall in
love with the well-educated orphan. Their
young son, Daniel, is hostile to his new sister;
but their deaf-mute daughter, little Max, is
enchanted with her - at first. Eventually, Kate
begins to feel that Esther is manipulative and
possibly even psychologically disturbed. John
refuses to listen to his wife's misgivings, and
the wounds in their marriage reopen. Kate calls
Sister Abigail at the orphanage, and the nun
informs her that Esther has a troubled and
mysterious history. Kate delves further into
Esther's past and discovers she is not at all who
she pretends to be.

3. Freddy and Jason Vs evil
It's been nearly ten years since
Freddy Krueger terrorized people in
the dreams, and the towns folk want
to keep him erased from their
memory. Freddy still has one more
plan on getting back to Elm Street.
He resurrects Jason Voorhees and
sends him off to kill. The more
bodies which fall to the ground, the
stronger in which Freddy becomes.
This is until, Freddy realizes that
Jason isn't going to step aside
easily, and must be taken down
himself.

4. Halloween
The residents of Haddonfield don't
know it yet... but death is coming to
their small sleepy town. Sixteen years
ago, a ten year old boy called
Michael Myers brutally kills his step
father, his elder sister and her
boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he
escapes from the mental institution
and makes his way back to his
hometown intent on a murderous
rampage pursued by Dr Sam Loomis
who is Michael's doctor and the only
one who knows Michael's true evil.
Elsewhere a shy teenager by the
name of Laurie Strode is babysitting
on the night Michael comes home...
is it pure coincidence that she and
her friends are being stalked by him?

5. Scream 4
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a
self-help book, returns home to
Woodsboro on the last stop of her
book tour. There she reconnects with
Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now
married, as well as her cousin Jill and
her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's
appearance also brings about the
return of Ghostface, putting
Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with
Jill, her friends, and the whole town of
Woodsboro in danger

6. Saw IV
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are
dead. Now, upon the news of Detective
Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI
profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent
Perez, arrive in the terrified community
to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman
in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly
remains and piecing together the
puzzle. However, when SWAT
Commander Rigg is abducted and
thrust into a game, the last officer
untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety
minutes to overcome a series of
demented traps and save an old friend
or face the deadly consequences