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Stories Set in Ohio
Cleveland rock halls, Cincinnati riverfronts and prison-break Shawshanks — Ohio mixes heartland steadiness with rust-belt reinvention. Its stories keep the beat.
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Browse 181 books, 213 movies, 14 TV shows and 13 games set in Ohio.
Ready Player One
When the creator of a popular video game system dies a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Saw
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a…
The Simpsons
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the…
Rain Man
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died he returns home to Cincinnati where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is…
The Simpsons Movie
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter Nancy Thompson traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger who was burned alive by…
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How…
Super 8
In 1979 Ohio several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover…
Fear Street: 1978
In 1978 two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin a fatherless teen who…
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