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Directed by Fred WaltonOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
Crime,
SlasherThemes L'adolescence,
Films about children,
Serial killer films,
Teen movieActors Deborah Foreman,
Thomas F. Wilson,
Ken Olandt,
Griffin O'Neal,
Leah Pinsent,
Clayton RohnerRating60%
A group of college friends--Harvey, Nikki, Rob, Skip, Nan, Chaz, Kit and Arch--gather to celebrate Spring Break by spending the weekend at the island mansion of their friend Muffy St. John, on the weekend leading up to April Fools' Day. The tone is set almost immediately, with Muffy preparing details around the house, and finds an old jack-in-the-box she remembers (in flashback). Her friends, meanwhile, are joking around on the pier, then on the ferry to the island. But en route to the island, Buck, a local deckhand, is seriously injured in a gruesome accident., 1h34
Directed by Fred WaltonGenres Thriller,
HorrorActors Charles Durning,
Carol Kane,
Jill Schoelen,
Jerry Wasserman,
Babz Chula,
Kevin McNultyRating60%
Julia Jenz (Jill Schoelen) arrives at Dr. Schifrin's house for a routine baby-sitting gig. Soon after Dr. Schifrin and his wife leave, a mysterious man knocks on the door. The man tells Julia that his car is broken down and asks to come inside to use the phone. Julia refuses but agrees to call his auto club. The phone is dead. Afraid to divulge that the phone is dead, Julia lies and says that she called the auto club. The auto club never arrives, so the man returns continuously to ask for help. Hoping he goes away, Julia continues to lie, but the conversations become increasingly sinister. Meanwhile, around the house, Julia vaguely notices things turning up out of place. Soon, however, it becomes obvious that someone is moving in and out of the house, at which time Julia discovers the children have been abducted. The intruder eventually comes after her; she narrowly escapes. It is revealed that the children Julia babysat were never found or heard from again., 1h56
Directed by George A. RomeroOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about writers,
Serial killer filmsActors Timothy Hutton,
Amy Madigan,
Michael Rooker,
Julie Harris,
Rutanya Alda,
Chelsea FieldRating59%
The author of highbrow literary novels under his own name, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) is better known for the bestselling suspense-thrillers he writes under the pen name "George Stark". Beaumont wishes to retire the Stark name and symbolically buries Stark in a mock grave. , 1h40
Directed by Bob RafelsonOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Serial killer films,
Films about psychiatry,
Children's filmsActors Debra Winger,
Theresa Russell,
Sami Frey,
Dennis Hopper,
Rutanya Alda,
Terry O'QuinnRating63%
The story centers on two women. Catherine (Theresa Russell) is a psychopathic femme fatale whose true name and motivation are never known. She preys on wealthy middle-aged men, seducing them into marriage and then fatally poisoning them. Each death is misdiagnosed as Ondine's curse, a condition by which seemingly healthy middle-aged men die in their sleep. Justice Department agent Alexandra "Alex" Barnes (Debra Winger) stumbles onto the first murder while investigating another case. As Alex delves further into the case, she uncovers a pattern which she believes ties the same woman to several similar murders., 1h38
Directed by Robert Hartford-DavisOrigin United-kingdomGenres HorrorThemes Serial killer filmsActors Ann Todd,
Tony Beckley,
Patrick Magee,
Suzanna Leigh,
Percy Herbert,
David LodgeRating52%
Widow Birdy Wemys (Todd) has become a devoted member of a fundamentalist fire-and-brimstone religious sect called The Brethren, led by the charismatic Minister (Magee). Birdy has turned her sizeable home over to the Brethren for use as a church and a recruiting ground, and her son Kenny (Beckley) has also fallen under their spell. Kenny is a troubled individual, dominated by his overbearing mother, introverted and socially inept. He has taken the teachings of the Minister to heart, and feels repulsed by what he sees as sin, lust and temptation being openly flaunted by the young women he sees as he goes about his daily business., 1h11
Directed by Robert WieneOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Circus films,
Medical-themed films,
Psychologie,
Serial killer films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Werner Krauss,
Conrad Veidt,
Lil Dagover,
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski,
Friedrich Feher,
Rudolf Klein-RoggeRating79%
As Francis (Friedrich Feher) sits on a bench with an older man who complains that spirits have driven him away from his family and home, a dazed woman named Jane (Lil Dagover) passes them. Francis explains she is his "fiancée" and that they have suffered a great ordeal. Most of the rest of the film is a flashback of Francis' story, which takes place in Holstenwall, a shadowy village of twisted buildings and spiraling streets. Francis and his friend Alan (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski), who are good-naturedly competing for Jane's affections, plan to visit the town fair. Meanwhile, a mysterious man named Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss) seeks a permit from the rude town clerk to present a spectacle at the fair, which features a somnambulist named Cesare (Conrad Veidt). The clerk mocks and berates Dr. Caligari, but ultimately approves the permit. That night, the clerk is found stabbed to death in his bed., 1h57
Directed by Pietro Scalia,
Peter WebberOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes L'adolescence,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Politique,
Serial killer films,
Political films,
Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas HarrisActors Gaspard Ulliel,
Gong Li,
Rhys Ifans,
Richard Leaf,
Dominic West,
Kevin McKiddRating61%
In 1941, an eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter lives in Lecter Castle in Lithuania. Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union turns the Baltic region into part of the bloodiest front line of World War II. Lecter, his younger sister Mischa, and their parents travel to the family's hunting lodge in the woods to elude the advancing German troops. After three years, the Nazis are finally driven out of the countries soon to be occupied by the Soviet Union. During their retreat, however, they destroy a Soviet tank that had stopped at the Lecter family's lodge looking for water. The explosion kills everyone but Lecter and Mischa. They survive in the cottage until six former Lithuanian militiamen, led by a Nazi collaborator named Vladis Grutas, storm and loot it. Finding no other food in the bitterly cold Baltic winter, the men look menacingly at Lecter and Mischa., 1h47
Directed by Brian De PalmaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Films about films,
Serial killer films,
Political filmsActors John Travolta,
Nancy Allen,
John Lithgow,
Dennis Franz,
John McMartin,
Bernie RachelleRating73%
While in post-production on a low-budget exploitation film, Philadelphia sound technician Jack Terry (Travolta) is told by his producer that he needs a more realistic sounding scream and better wind effects. After leaving the studio to record potential sound effects at a local park, he sees a car careen off the road and plunge into a nearby creek. Jack dives into the water to help, discovering a dead man and a young woman, still alive, trapped inside the submerged car. He pulls her to safety and accompanies her to a local hospital. Jack learns that the driver of the car was the governor (and a presidential hopeful); the girl was an escort named Sally (Allen). Associates of the governor attempt to whitewash the incident by concealing that Sally was in the car, and they convince Jack to smuggle Sally out of the hospital with him.