Watchmen. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1987 comic book
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Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, 1987
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Zack Snyder, 2009

In an alternate United States, beginning in 1939 during the fading Interwar period, a team of costumed crime-fighters is formed – the Minutemen. While most heroes like Daniel Dreiberg ( Nite Owl II ) and Laurie Jupiter ( Silk Spectre II ) retire, Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian become government agents, and Rorschach continues to operate outside the law.


Little Children. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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Little Children
Tom Perrotta, 2004
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Todd Field, 2006

Sarah Pierce is a hapless, stay-at-home mother in a small suburb of Boston. When Brad is supposed to be studying for the bar exam, he instead plays on a local football team or sits and watches teenagers skateboard outside his house, fantasizing about being young and carefree again.


The Phantom of the Opera. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1909 book, Le fantôme de l'Opéra
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Le fantôme de l'Opéra
Gaston Leroux, 1909
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Joel Schumacher, 2004

In 1919, a public auction is held to clear an abandoned opera theatre’s vaults in Paris. Viscount Raoul de Chagny bids against the elderly Madame Giry for a papier-mâché music box shaped like a barrel organ with the figure of a cymbal-playing monkey attached to it. The auctioneer presents a shattered chandelier, relating it to ‘the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera’. As it is hoisted up to the roof, the story moves back to 1870.


Aquaman. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1962 comic book
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Aquaman
Mort Weisinger, Paul Norris, 1962
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James Wan, 2018

In 1985 Maine, lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry rescues Atlanna, the queen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, during a storm. Orm Marius, King of Atlantis and Arthur’s half-brother, attempts to convince King Nereus of Xebel to help unite Atlantis and attack the surface world for polluting the oceans.


Aquaman. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Aquaman: The Junior Novel
Jim McCann, 2018
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James Wan, 2018

In 1985 Maine, lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry rescues Atlanna, the queen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, during a storm. Orm Marius, King of Atlantis and Arthur’s half-brother, attempts to convince King Nereus of Xebel to help unite Atlantis and attack the surface world for polluting the oceans.


Evening. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Evening
Susan Minot, 1998
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Lajos Koltai, 2007

While Ann reminisces about a remarkable weekend that forever altered her life, her daughters gain their own insights into the significance of the past and the indomitable connections shared between mothers and daughters, family, and the profound loves that shape their lives.


The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1983 book, The Devil in Connecticut
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The Devil in Connecticut
Gerald Brittle, 1983
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Michael Chaves, 2021

A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.


The Switch. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1996 book, Baster
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Baster
Jeffrey Eugenides, 1996
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Josh Gordon, Will Speck, 2010

Kassie, a single 40-year-old woman, decides to conceive using a turkey baster. Seven years later, she reconnects with her best friend, the insecure Wally, who harbors a hidden truth: he substituted her chosen sperm sample with his own.


Barry Munday. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Life Is a Strange Place
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Life Is a Strange Place
Frank Turner Hollon, 2003
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Chris D'Arienzo, 2010

Barry Munday, a lonely womanizer, wakes up after being attacked to realize that he’s missing his family jewels. To make matters worse, he learns he’s facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman, Ginger, he can’t remember having sex with. Though unintentional, the two discover that their meeting and subsequent accidents opened up new opportunities for personal growth and relationships.


Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1962 comic book, Aquaman
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Aquaman
Mort Weisinger, Paul Norris, 1962
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James Wan, 2023

To safeguard Atlantis from the threat of Black Manta, who seeks revenge for his father’s death and has unleashed a destructive weapon, Arthur must join forces with his half-brother Orm in a battle for their underwater kingdom.


In the Tall Grass. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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In the Tall Grass
Stephen King, Joe Hill, 2012
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Vincenzo Natali, 2019

Siblings Becky, 6 months pregnant, and Cal DeMuth travel to San Diego. Concerned, they enter but quickly get separated and finds that their distance changes unnaturally. Cal stumbles across a bruised, dirty Tobin holding a dead crow. Tobin leads Cal to a rock in the field and tells him to touch it, interrupted by Becky’s scream, attacked by a ghost.


A Kind of Murder. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1954 book, The Blunderer
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The Blunderer
Patricia Highsmith, 1954
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Andy Goddard, 2016

Walter Stackhouse is an architect by day, and an aspiring writer by night. He writes short-story crime fiction and is fascinated by a recent murder of a local woman. He meets her husband by visiting the man’s used bookstore. Stackhouse has a troubled marriage, and his wife turns up dead. The police detective investigating both deaths suspects each husband of killing his wife, and a possible connection between the two crimes.