A Heartland Christmas. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2000 book, Coming Home
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Coming Home
Lauren Brooke, 2000
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Dean Bennett, 2010

To ensure the survival of emaciated horses in a secluded mountain region, Amy, Ty, Jack, and Tim make the selfless decision to forgo Christmas at Heartland. Through a bold and courageous rescue mission, they not only save the animals but also unite a community and a fractured family, long torn apart by a past tragedy.


Haven. Poster of the 2010 TV series and cover of the 2005 book, The Colorado Kid
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The Colorado Kid
Stephen King, 2005
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Jim Dunn, Sam Ernst, 2010-2015

When FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker is dispatched to the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she finds herself becoming increasingly involved in the return of The Troubles, a plague of supernatural afflictions that have occurred in the town at least twice before.


The Dead Zone. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1979 book
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The Dead Zone
Stephen King, 1979
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David Cronenberg, 1983

In the town of Castle Rock, New Hampshire, John Smith, a young schoolteacher, is in love with his colleague Sarah Bracknell. As he drives home through stormy weather, he has a car accident that leaves him in a coma. Sarah is now married and has a 10-month old child, Dennis.


Naked Lunch. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1959 book
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Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs, 1959
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David Cronenberg, 1991

William Lee is an exterminator who finds that his wife Joan is stealing his supply of insecticide to use as a recreational drug. Lee comes to believe that he is a secret agent, and his boss, a giant talking beetle, assigns him the mission of killing Joan, who is allegedly an agent of an organization called Interzone Incorporated.


Goon. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Goon: Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer
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Goon: Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer
Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio, 2002
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Michael Dowse, 2011

Doug Glatt is a polite, kind-hearted, but dimwitted bouncer at a bar in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, veteran enforcer and Doug’s idol Ross The Boss Rhea is demoted to the minors after serving a 20-game suspension for slashing an opponent in the head from behind.


Backcountry. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Backcountry
D.E. McDonald, 2015
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Adam MacDonald, 2014

An urban couple go camping in the Canadian wilderness. Alex is a seasoned outdoorsman while Jenn, a corporate lawyer, is not. After much convincing, and against her better judgment, she agrees to let him take her deep into a Provincial Park to one of his favorite spots – the secluded Blackfoot Trail. On their first night, deep in the forest, they have an unsettling encounter with Brad, a strange alpha male with eyes for Jenn who may or may not be following them.


The Amateur. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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The Amateur
Robert Littell, 1981
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Charles Jarrott, 1981

After his fiancée is killed by terrorists, a CIA cryptographer forces his superiors to send him on a mission to Czechoslovakia to kill the perpetrators. Once there, he uncovers a complicated plot behind his fiancée’s murder.


Books of Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1984 book, The Book of Blood
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The Book of Blood
Clive Barker, 1984
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Brannon Braga, 2020

The film tells three stories: Jenna, about a college student suffering from mental illness. Unhappy at home, she decides to run away after becoming noncompliant with her medication. Miles, where Mary is approached by a psychic named Simon, who claims that he is communicating with her dead son Miles. And Bennett: Bennett and Steve travel to an abandoned town where both men experience inexplicable and supernatural phenomena.


Books of Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1985 book, On Jerusalem Street (A Postscript)
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On Jerusalem Street (A Postscript)
Clive Barker, 1985
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Brannon Braga, 2020

The film tells three stories: Jenna, about a college student suffering from mental illness. Unhappy at home, she decides to run away after becoming noncompliant with her medication. Miles, where Mary is approached by a psychic named Simon, who claims that he is communicating with her dead son Miles. And Bennett: Bennett and Steve travel to an abandoned town where both men experience inexplicable and supernatural phenomena.


Split Images. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1982 book
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Split Images
Elmore Leonard, 1982
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Sheldon Larry, 1992

In the year 2008, global warming and heavy rainfall has left large areas of London flooded. Their only clues are that the murders seem to be linked with the lunar cycle, and that the killer takes an organ from each victim, apparently to eat them.