Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "psychotic-child"

1. The Ring (2002)

PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery

A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman

Votes: 375,186 | Gross: $129.13M

2. The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson

Votes: 521,364 | Gross: $57.94M

3. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young

Votes: 68,295

4. Shock (1977)

R | 93 min | Horror

A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband, who possesses their young son.

Directors: Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava | Stars: Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr., Ivan Rassimov

Votes: 4,678

5. Home Movie (II) (2008)

R | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

In the remote woods of Upstate New York, David and Clare Poe are attempting to live an idyllic life. However, their twin children's bizarre behavior might just tear the family apart.

Director: Christopher Denham | Stars: Lucian Maisel, Cady McClain, Adrian Pasdar, Amber Joy Williams

Votes: 4,842

6. Child of Rage (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Horror

A pastor and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Peldon, Rosanna DeSoto

Votes: 845

7. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)

TV-MA | 29 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery

After performing a charm that would supposedly unite them as friends, a group of students are teleported to the mysterious Heavenly Host Elementary School where they are visited by the spirits of the school's murdered students.

Stars: Hiro Shimono, Rina Satô, Asami Imai, Hiromi Igarashi

Votes: 2,374

8. Beware: Children at Play (1989)

R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

A mentally-disturbed teenager kidnaps and brainwashes children into cannibalistic psychopaths - but not when the adults intervene.

Director: Mik Cribben | Stars: Michael Robertson, Rich Hamilton, Robin Lilly, Lori Romero

Votes: 1,452

9. Penny Dreadful (2013)

18 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.

Director: Shane Atkinson | Stars: Oona Laurence, David H. Stevens, Marnie Schulenburg, Rick Zahn

Votes: 260

10. The Confessional (II) (2009)

Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A disturbed sculptor assumes the identity of a small town priest and designs a game of divine madness for a unsuspecting town.

Director: James Anthony Cotton | Stars: Peter Quartaroli, Jane Longenecker, Victor Browne, Noah Maschan

Votes: 115

11. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Bitter Harvest/My So Called Life and Death (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Mean Old Jennings loses his arms in an accident caused by his scared young neighbor Shane, who must now care for him. / Angsty teen girl on vacation with her family in their summer home falls for their handsome ghostly handyman.

Directors: Ernest R. Dickerson, Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Steve Bacic, Wanda Cannon, Brendan Fletcher, Mark Houghton

Votes: 104

12. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Cargo/Switch (2002)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

The new cargo officer becomes too emphatic towards the plight of a group of mysterious Eastern-European stowaways. / A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder enters her mind to defeat her other personalities.

Directors: Tobe Hooper, Jefery Levy | Stars: Johnny Cuthbert, Micah Gardener, Cameron Gilley, Brent Glenen

Votes: 98

13. Perversions of Science (1997)
Episode: Anatomy Lesson (1997)

TV-MA | 25 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

On his eighteenth birthday, a psychotic young man decides to finally take down a mysterious bearded stranger who's been appearing to him ever since childhood warning him each time not to give in to his urge to kill.

Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Jeremy London, Jeff Fahey, Joanna Gleason, Jim Metzler

Votes: 79

14. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
Episode: Let's Play Poison (1992)

TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After witnessing a student's accidental death because of bullying, a teacher vows to put children in their place but they plan to do the same to him.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Shane Meier, Adam Derges, Warren Graves

Votes: 100

15. Lee Martin's the Midnight Hour (2008– )
Episode: Doomsday's Fury (2012)

30 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An unbalanced man kills his ex-wife in order to gain custody of their daughter, who flees into the night after witnessing the act. Hunted by police, he returns disguised as a clown on ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Martin | Stars: James Caudill, Sherri Nelson-Jones, Denzil E. Bursey, Gabrielle Phillips

16. The Mick (2017–2018)
Episode: The Fire (2017)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Mickey tries to quit smoking and Ben makes a new friend.

Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Kaitlin Olson, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Carla Jimenez, Thomas Barbusca

Votes: 507