The Exorcist III: Legion. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Legion
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Legion
William Peter Blatty, 1983
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William Peter Blatty, 1990

Director’s cut of The Exorcist III, which was thought to be lost. For over fifteen years, Police Lieutenant Kinderman has been haunted by the memory of his friend Father Damien Karras’s death. However, on the 15th anniversary of the exorcism that claimed the priest’s life, Kinderman’s world is once again shattered as a boy is discovered decapitated and brutally crucified. This gruesome discovery marks the start of a nightmarish series of bizarre religious murders.


Murder in the First. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Murder in the First
Dan Gordon, 1994
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Marc Rocco, 1995

A passionate and optimistic young lawyer advocates for an Alcatraz inmate charged with killing another prisoner. The unique aspect of the case lies in the fact that the defendant had endured more than three years in solitary confinement prior to the incident.


Ragtime. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Ragtime
E.L. Doctorow, 1975
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Milos Forman, 1981

In early 1900s New York City, a young black pianist becomes entangled in the affairs of an upper-class white family, navigating through a backdrop of racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other significant historical events.


Dune. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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Dune
Frank Herbert, 1965
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David Lynch, 1984

In the far future, the known universe is ruled by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. Meanwhile, on the industrial world of Giedi Prime, the sadistic Baron Vladimir Harkonnen tells his nephews Glossu The Beast Rabban and Feyd-Rautha about his plan to eliminate the Atreides by manipulating someone in House Atreides into betraying the Duke.


The Exorcist III. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Legion
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Legion
William Peter Blatty, 1983
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William Peter Blatty, 1990

For over fifteen years, Police Lieutenant Kinderman has been haunted by the memory of his friend Father Damien Karras’s death. However, on the 15th anniversary of the exorcism that claimed the priest’s life, Kinderman’s world is once again shattered as a boy is discovered decapitated and brutally crucified. This gruesome discovery marks the start of a nightmarish series of bizarre religious murders.


Alien: Resurrection. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Alien Resurrection
A.C. Crispin, 1997
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997

In 2379, two hundred years after the events of Alien 3, military scientists on the space vessel USM Auriga create a clone of Ellen Ripley, designated Ripley 8, using DNA from blood samples taken before her death. The scientists extract the embryo, raise it, and collect its eggs while keeping Ripley 8 alive for further study.


Brown's Requiem. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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Brown's Requiem
James Ellroy, 1981
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Jason Freeland, 1998

Fritz Brown is a disgraced former LAPD officer now working as a private investigator, part-time repo man and struggling on-the-wagon ex-alcoholic. Fritz is hired by an obese caddy named Freddy ‘Fat Dog’ Baker, supposedly to keep tabs on Fat Dog’s sister, Jane. In the course of his investigation, Fritz learns that Jane is indeed living with an elderly millionaire.


Priest. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2002 comic book
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Priest
Min-Woo Hyung, 2002
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Scott Stewart, 2011

A centuries-long war between humans and vampires has devastated the planet’s surface and led to a theocracy under an organization called The Church. Despite the vampires’ vulnerability to sunlight, and all of mankind’s technological advances, the vampires’ greater strength and speed made them impossible to defeat, until humanity sheltered in giant walled cities and trained a group of elite warriors, the Priests, which turned the tide.


Graveyard Shift. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1970 book
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Graveyard Shift
Stephen King, 1970
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Ralph S. Singleton, 1990

Jason Reed is working the graveyard shift at a rat-infested textile mill that has recently been reopened. Reed is surrounded by rats, and attempts to drive them away by throwing one rat into a cotton picker. When the rats do not leave, Reed prepares to throw another one into the cotton picker when he is attacked by a large unseen creature which pushes him into the cotton picker where he is torn apart.