Film

Siren

Name: Siren
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2016
Cast: Chase Williamson, Justin Welborn, Hannah Fierman, Michael Aaron Milligan, Hayes Mercure

Other titles called Siren: the 2018 series (Freeform).

Siren is a creature horror film that traps a bachelor party in a vacation home with something that should never have been disturbed. It's a lean, efficient hunt movie—intimate and nasty, with a creature design that genuinely startles. For horror fans who want their scares to land hard and their runtime to respect their time.

TMDb rating

3.0

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