True story survival books

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poster Those Left Behind

Those Left Behind

A successful doctor returns to her family's idyllic lakeside retreat with her teenage son, where long-buried grief over her brother's suicide 25 years earlier resurfaces, forcing three generations of her …

Outlier

81mn - Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi

When a battered woman escapes her abusive boyfriend with help from a seemingly kind stranger, she discovers her rescue may have landed her in an even more sinister trap, forcing her to fight for survival …

poster Take Back the Knife

Take Back the Knife

Three survivors are stalked by someone connected to their past. This time they're ready for a fight.

poster Whitetail

Whitetail

119mn - Thriller, Western

A grief-stricken father takes his autistic son and brother-in-law on a weekend hunting trip to heal from their devastating loss, but their peaceful escape turns into a deadly nightmare when they discover …

poster The Shattering

The Shattering

76mn - Thriller

When a desperate boyfriend leads his cancer-stricken girlfriend and friends to meet a mysterious healer in the woods, they discover too late that they've been set up as bait for deadly creatures and param…

poster Like a Bat Outta Hell

Like a Bat Outta Hell

83mn - Sci-Fi, Horror

Four documentary filmmakers venture into the Australian outback to capture footage in the remote settlement of "Nowhere Else," where the lone remaining resident warns them to stay inside after dark. When …

poster Blackburn

Blackburn

A forest fire and rock-slide trap five bickering college friends in a small Alaskan ghost town with a horrifying history. When they seek refuge inside the torched ruins of Blackburn Asylum they must fight…

poster Something in the Woods

Something in the Woods

A determined reporter's exposé of a corrupt Senator's illegal activities leads to his suicide, triggering a deadly game of revenge when the politician's vengeful daughter kidnaps her and drags her deep in…

poster Run, Hide, Die

Run, Hide, Die

75mn - Thriller, Horror

Five longtime friends retreat to a remote cabin to help one of them heal on the anniversary of her husband's brutal murder, but their weekend of bonding turns into a nightmare when a vengeful figure from …

poster Don't Speak

Don't Speak

A family's peaceful visit to their grandparents' farm turns into a nightmare when they discover the entire town has been wiped out by a deadly creature that escaped from a nearby testing facility. With th…

poster Lake Effect

Lake Effect

When a group of friends braves a fierce winter storm to search for one member's terminally ill father, they discover that nature isn't their only enemy. Something sinister has arrived with the blizzard—a …

poster No Way Out

No Way Out

80mn - Horror, Thriller, Drama

Two couples seeking to repair their crumbling relationships retreat to an isolated Alaskan cabin for a romantic weekend, but their getaway turns into a nightmare when they discover a gas-masked killer sta…

poster I Am Omega

I Am Omega

90mn - Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

In a plague-ravaged Los Angeles overrun by cannibalistic mutants, a lone survivor named Renchard fights daily to stay alive while desperately searching for radio signals and a cure. When he encounters oth…

poster 10/31

10/31

Five spine-chilling tales of Halloween horror unfold in this terrifying anthology, where masked killers stalk their prey, cursed scarecrows come to life, and malevolent witches weave deadly spells. From h…

poster Fighting to Live

Fighting to Live

60mn - Comedy, Western, Drama

When a vindictive man abandons two loyal dogs in the desert to die, one dog miraculously survives and later saves a stranger from drowning. But when townspeople accuse the heroic canine of killing their l…

poster Dynamite Smith

Dynamite Smith

Gladstone Smith, a fearful young reporter, gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and flees to Alaska, along with the killer's wife, who is equally frightened of her husband. But the murderer purs…

poster Shangri-La: Near Extinction

Shangri-La: Near Extinction

After a deadly plague and manufactured ice age devastate humanity, Vargas leads a ragtag group of survivors across frozen wastelands toward Shangri-La, the last safe haven on Earth. Hunted by mysterious c…

poster The Farm

The Farm

80mn - Thriller, Mystery, Horror

The young couple Nora and Alec are on their way back from a long road trip. In a desert town they want to take a break, but when they wake up the next morning, they are no longer in the motel where they …

poster Investigation 13

Investigation 13

90mn - Horror, Thriller, Animation

A group of ambitious college science students ventures into the abandoned Black Grove Psychiatric Asylum to investigate the chilling urban legend of "The Mole Man"—a deranged former patient rumored to sti…

poster Alive

Alive

89mn - Horror, Thriller

A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.

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