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161) High tension
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Marie and Alexa decide to spend a weekend at Alexa's parent's secluded farmhouse to prepare for their college exams. But in the dead of night, a stranger knocks on the front door and the girl's idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar territories who disrupt our lives with unease and wonder. In this newest collection of short stories, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst.
163) Eight perfect hours
Author
Formats
Description
"On a snowy evening in January, thirtysomething Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without food, drink, or, even worse, a working charger for her phone. All seems lost until Sam Attwood, also trapped in a nearby car, knocks on her window and offers assistance. After eight perfect hours together, morning arrives...
164) Caught
Pub. Date
2018
Description
While on an afternoon walk with their children, two small town reporters notice the military camped on a hilltop. Debating the possible significance of this activity, they answer their door when two unusual strangers come knocking. Soon what began as a formal interview descends into a nightmarish fight for survival.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
For a few dollars: Two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader.
The good, the bad and the ugly: The "Man With No Name" teams with two...
167) The strangers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A couple staying at an isolated vacation home, returns from a wedding reception. They receive a knock on the door in the middle of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. As the night goes on, the reality of their psychological terror becomes more terrifying than anything both could have imagined. Now, they must go beyond what either of them thought they were capable of in order to survive....
168) Following
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
A story about a young man's obsession with following strangers at random on the street. This life leads him into a dark underworld, when he is caught in the act by a man who becomes part mentor, part confessor and part evil twin. Together they break into flats and pry into the personal lives of their victims.
169) Last survivors
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A father and son, who have been living off grid for 20 years, encounter an outsider who threatens to destroy the utopia they've built.
170) The dark valley
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When mysterious outsider, Greider, rides into town for the winter, everyone wants him gone. Refusing to leave, Greider sparks into motion a series of deadly events in this thrilling revenge western.
171) Eagle eye
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Jerry and Rachel are two strangers who are thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. Now they must carry out a high-tech assassination plot of an unscrupulous artificial intelligence system.
172) 9/11
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When five people find themselves trapped in an elevator after a plane hits the World Trade Center, they work together to try to survive.
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