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Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand and the kids wreak havoc in the home their mother has neatly prepared for an upcoming party. So The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back.

Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

During the downward spiral of his own music career due to alcoholism and his age, Jackson Maine helps a young singer and actress find fame.

On Halloween Eve, a small-town babysitter and the kids she is looking after must survive the horrors of serial killer Abner Honeywell.

"Strange World" introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.

Burt Gummer and his son Travis Welker find themselves up to their ears in Graboids and Ass-Blasters when they head to Canada to investigate a series of deadly giant-worm attacks. Arriving at a remote research facility in the arctic tundra, Burt begins to suspect the Graboids are secretly being weaponized, but before he can prove his theory, he is sidelined by Graboid venom.

A headstrong solicitor's plan to offload her new born baby to her sister, is derailed when a vulnerable but opinionated teenager steals their taxi.

9-year-old Teo never knew his father until he came to his house one day and took him away. They cross the Mexico-US border illegally with the help of some unscrupulous 'coyotes'. During the night they are attacked by bandits and Teo is separated from his father. He finds himself lost and alone until he befriends Chuy who lives in the poorest side of a nearby town. Along with his help they set out on the daunting task of reuniting Teo with his father....

The son of a recently-deceased nightclub owner attempts to get business booming again after inheriting the once-popular hangout, but finds that drawing a crowd is harder than he anticipated. After falling in love, however, he has a great epiphany about how to make his club the hottest spot in town.

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.