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In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war widows who would answer their personal ads in which Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Ironic β¦ally, Ray's initial introduction to Martha was as a prospective mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight, perhaps as a result of their penchant for kinky sex and their mutual love for duplicity and easy money. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested, Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial, Martha and Ray cooed, held hands and seemed as though they could not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison. (Read More)
Themes: | executionpsychopathlonelinessextramarital affairdeceptionfuneraljealousysuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | pregnantolder woman younger man relationshipdetectivepolice officerserial killer |
Story: | gun held to crotchblowing smoke ringcrime scene photographshot during sexfruit standalbany new yorkdc 3stopped by policesmoke ringleather masklilybreaking down a doorkeyholechild's drawingclothes line β¦toupeebandaged handtricycleplaying footsieballroom dancinggold diggerfemale to male foot in crotchscrapbookelectric chairbludgeoningmortuarywoman smokercut into piecestrue crimegigologun held to headhead blown offnarrated by characterphysical abusenude woman murderedlooking at self in mirrorcon artistcamera shot of feethammermorguesexual attractionred dresslooking at oneself in a mirrorchild murderdismembermenttypewriterattempted murdermarriage proposalfemme fatalebathstabbingshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsewoman on topfemale nudityviolencebloodmasturbation (See All) |
Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who β¦ risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash. (Read More)
Themes: | executionpsychopathsuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detectiveserial killer |
Story: | stopped by policeelectric chairbludgeoningnarrated by characternude woman murderedred dressdismembermentfemme fataleshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the chestwoman on topfemale nuditybloodviolence |
A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man wh β¦ose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathextramarital affairdeceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | nude woman murderedlooking at oneself in a mirrorchild murdershot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolenceblood |
A psychic doctor, John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins), works with an F.B.I. Special Agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in search of serial killer Charles Ambrose (Colin Farrell). After having lived in isolation for two years, since the death of his daughter, Clancy is asked by his friend Joe, an F.B.I. Speci β¦al Agent to help him solve several murders committed by a serial killer. The problem is that Ambrose is also psychic, and far ahead of Clancy. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionfuneraldeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | police officerserial killer |
Story: | nude woman murderedchild murdershot in the backshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolenceblood |
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies β¦the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him? (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | bludgeoninggun held to headnude woman murderedmorguechild murdertypewriterinterrogationshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityblood |
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in the computer generated parallel world his company has created (which looks like the 30's wi β¦th seemingly real people with real emotions). Fuller is murdered in our real world the same night, and his colleague is suspected. Douglas discovers a bloody shirt in his bathroom and he cannot recall what he was doing the night Fuller was murdered. He logs into the system in order to find the letter, but has to confront the unexpected. The truth is harsher than he could ever imagine... (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionjealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detectiveserial killer |
Story: | ballroom dancinggun held to headcamera shot of feetmorguelooking at oneself in a mirrorfemme fatalestabbingshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolence |
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
Themes: | psychopathextramarital affairdeceptionsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | cut into pieceshead blown offshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nuditybloodviolence |
Three years ago, NYPD detective Max Payne's wife and baby were murdered. Max gets himself transferred to the cold case office where he can continue searching for the killer who got away. He's a loner, but two people reach out to him during a fateful week: Alex, his ex-partner who may have found a cl β¦ue, and BB, the security chief at the pharmaceutical company where Max's wife worked. Meanwhile, bodies are piling up, some as a result of a drug on the street that is highly addictive and, for many who take it, brings hideous hallucinations. When one of the bodies is a woman Payne was the last to see alive, her sister comes looking for him armed to the teeth; Max must move fast. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralsuicidedeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | crime scene photographgun held to headred dressdismembermentshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the chestcorpseviolence |
The new flatmate of three preexisting roommates turns up mysteriously dead but in possession of a large sum of money. When the roommates decide to keep it for themselves, their action sets in motion a destructive chain of events that spiral out of control.
Themes: | deathmurder |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | breaking down a doorhammermorguered dressdismembermentbathstabbingpunched in the facecorpseviolenceblood |
In South Central Los Angeles, street cops Brian and Mike are partners - balls-out cowboys patrolling the streets as Latino gangs are in a power struggle with Blacks. Brian and Mike get lucky a couple of times, making big drug and human-trafficking busts, so a Mexican cartel orders their deaths. We m β¦eet Mike's pregnant wife (whom he married out of high school) and watch Brian's search for a soul mate. There are internal squabbles within the ranks of the LAPD and lots of squad-car conversation. Can the lads escape the cartel's murderous reach? (Read More)
Themes: | funeralmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | pregnantpolice officer |
Story: | dismembermentattempted murdershot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team.
Themes: | deceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | crime scene photographgun held to headlooking at self in mirrorchild murdershot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolence |
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up th β¦rough the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathextramarital affairdeceptionmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | serial killer |
Story: | toupeehead blown offred dressstabbingshot in the backshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolence |
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey ('Will Smith (I)' (qv)) and Marcus Burnett ('Martin Lawrence (I)' (qv)) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin Johnny Tapia ('Jordi Molla' (qv)), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched β¦ off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd ('Gabrielle Union' (qv)), Marcus's sister. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptiondeathmurder |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | head blown offmorguedismembermentinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsewoman on topfemale nuditybloodviolence |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens β¦uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdeceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | morgueattempted murderfemme fataleshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolence |
After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doct β¦or, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces to survive the night as the so-called "sickos" threaten to take over the whole town and the world. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathextramarital affairdeathmurder |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | cut into pieceshead blown offhammermorguedismembermentshot in the backshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nuditybloodviolence |
1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; β¦Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | morguefemme fataleshot in the backinterrogationshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolence |
Thomas Craven is a detective who has spent years working the streets of Boston. When his own daughter is killed outside his own home, Craven soon realizes that her death is only one piece of an intriguing puzzle filled with corruption and conspiracy, and it falls to him to discover who is behind the β¦ crime. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | morguepunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, a β¦nd though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionjealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detectiveserial killer |
Story: | woman smokergun held to headsexual attractionfemme fatalestabbinginterrogationshot in the headwoman on topfemale nudityviolenceblood |
Clyde Shelton's family is brutally murdered. The ones responsible are caught. However, because of improper procedure, the D.A., Nick Rice only has circumstantial evidence. So he decides to get one of them to testify against the other. When Shelton learns of this, he is not happy. Ten years later, th β¦e one who was convicted is being executed but something goes wrong; his execution goes awry and he suffers. They learn that someone tampered with the machine. And the other one is found dead, killed in a gruesome manner. Rice suspects Shelton, so he has him picked up. At first, Shelton agrees to a plea agreement with Rice but changes his mind. It appears that Shelton is not done, it appears he blames the whole system and is declaring war on it going after everyone involved with his family's case. So Rice has to stop him but Shelton is way ahead of him. (Read More)
Themes: | executionpsychopathfuneraldeathmurder |
Mood: | gore |
Story: | crime scene photographlooking at self in mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrorchild murderdismembermentinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestbloodviolence |
Themes: | deceptionjealousysuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortypewriterattempted murdershot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
NIGHTCRAWLER is a thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. 'Jake Gyllenhaal' (qv) stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, mur β¦der and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling - where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by 'Rene Russo (I)' (qv) as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | morgueshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
Sadism and masochism beneath a veneer of revenge. Lou Ford is a mild-mannered sheriff's deputy in a Texas oil town in the mid 1950's. His boss sends him to roust a prostitute living in a rural house. She slaps him; he hits her, then, after daily sex for the next few weeks, he decides it's love. She' β¦s devoted to him and becomes his pawn in a revenge plot she thinks is to shakedown the son of Chester Conway, the town's wealthy king of construction. Lou has a different plan, and bodies pile up as murder leads to murder. The district attorney suspects Lou, and Conway may have an inkling, but Lou stays cool. Is love, or at least peace, in the cards? (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | bludgeoningwoman smokernarrated by characterlooking at self in mirrorshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolenceblood |
Marv is unconscious on a highway surrounded by corpses. When he awakes, he has amnesia and tries to recall his last steps from the Kadie's saloon on the Saturday night. He recalls that he found four playboys burning a homeless man alive and defended the poor man. Marv hunts them down and kills the g β¦roup. The cocky gambler Johnny hits jackpot in slot machines in the Kadie's saloon and invites the waitress Marcie to go with him to play poker game against the powerful Senator Roark. He wins the game and suffers the consequence of his arrogance. The private detective Dwight McCarthy is contacted by his former lover Ava Lord that asks to meet him at the Kadie's saloon. Ava asks him for forgiveness for leaving him to marry the wealthy Damian Lord. However her strong chauffeur Manute takes her home. Dwight snoops around Ava's house but is found and beaten by Manute and the bodyguards. When he returns home, Ava is waiting for him naked in the bed and seduces him again. Then she tells that Damian and Manute torture her and soon she will be killed. Once again Manute takes Ava with him and hits Dwight that invites Marv to help him to rescue Ava. Damian denies the accusation but Dwight beats him to death while Marv tear Manute's eye out. But soon Dwight finds that he was lured by Ava that shoots him. Marv rescues Dwight and takes him to the Old Town where Dwight finds his former lover Gail that helps him to recover while Dwight plots revenge against Ava. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdeceptionsuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | gold diggercut into piecesnarrated by characterlooking at oneself in a mirrordismembermentattempted murderfemme fataleshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsewoman on topviolenceblood |
"Some people lose their faith because Heaven shows them too little," says Thomas Daggett. "But how many people lose their faith because Heaven showed them too much?" Daggett nearly became a priest; now he's a cop. He may want to put religion behind him, but one morning a weird, eyeless, hermaphrodit β¦ic corpse turns up. Suddenly he is on a path that will put him right in the middle of a war in Heaven. And once again, Heaven will show him too much: gore, blood, charred flesh, living corpses and much worse. Even more central to the heavenly war effort is a young girl. This American Indian child has something Gabriel wants. And Gabriel is willing to kill her and anyone in his path - or even reanimate a corpse or two - to get it. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionfuneraljealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | morgueattempted murdershot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga β¦ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)
Themes: | executionpsychopathmurderdeath |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | pregnantserial killer |
Story: | bludgeoninggun held to headhead blown offshot in the backinterrogationshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairsuicidedeathmurder |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerserial killer |
Story: | gun held to headnude woman murderedcamera shot of feetred dresstypewritershot in the backpunched in the facecorpsefemale nuditybloodviolence |
Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who takes Paul back to her remote house in β¦ the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)... (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathlonelinessmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | serial killer |
Story: | scrapbookphysical abusetypewriterattempted murderstabbingshot in the chestviolenceblood |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh β¦o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
Themes: | executionextramarital affairdeceptionfuneraljealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | pregnantdetectivepolice officer |
Story: | breaking down a doorbandaged handnarrated by characterstabbinginterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestfemale nudityviolenceblood |
Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.
Themes: | extramarital affairjealousymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerserial killer |
Story: | femme fataleshot in the headblood |
Det. John Hobbes is convinced that when killer Edgar Reese is executed, all of his troubles are over. But when people he knows and people on the street start to sing the same tune that Reese sang in the gas chamber, and those same people taunt him, he is told that maybe the cursed fallen angel Azaze β¦l is behind it all. Azazel is cursed to roam the Earth without a form, and he can switch bodies by any contact, making him hard to track. When Hobbes is forced to kill a man possessed by Azazel, he must clear his name while protecting his family and others from the evil, vengeful Azazel. (Read More)
Themes: | executionpsychopathdeceptionsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerserial killer |
Story: | narrated by characterlooking at oneself in a mirrorshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must wor β¦k together to fight off the attacking gang members. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptiondeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | child murderattempted murdershot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | bandaged handattempted murderfemme fataleshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by β¦ father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the bloodshed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from Brainerd, MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | pregnantpolice officer |
Story: | stopped by policedismembermentshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsewoman on topfemale nudityviolenceblood |
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld ('Christian Bale' (qv)), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser ('Amy Adams (III)' (qv)) β¦is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso ('Bradley Cooper (I)' (qv)). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. 'Jeremy Renner' (qv) is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn ('Jennifer Lawrence (III)' (qv)) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. (Read More)
Themes: | executionextramarital affairdeceptionmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | playing footsienarrated by charactercon artistcamera shot of feetsexual attractionlooking at oneself in a mirrorfemme fataleshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the head |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an β¦d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | narrated by charactermorgueattempted murdershot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
A struggling screenwriter ('Colin Farrell (I)' (qv)) inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his friends ('Christopher Walken' (qv) and 'Sam Rockwell' (qv)) kidnap a gangster's ('Woody Harrelson' (qv)) beloved Shih Tzu.
Themes: | psychopathsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | police officerserial killer |
Story: | head blown offred dressshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, workin β¦g together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress 'Elizabeth Short (I)' is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionsuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | true crimesexual attractionchild murderdismembermenttypewriterfemme fataleinterrogationshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
Themes: | executionpsychopathdeceptionsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | gore |
Story: | head blown offred dresslooking at oneself in a mirrorfemme fatalestabbingshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolenceblood |
Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's β¦prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out? (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdeceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | nude woman murderedlooking at self in mirrormorguered dressfemme fatalebathstabbingcorpsefemale nudityblood |
Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionfuneralmurderdeath |
Characters: | detectiveserial killer |
Story: | shot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsebloodviolence |
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a (unbeknownst to him) young married wo β¦man, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | bandaged handfemme fataleshot in the backpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsefemale nuditybloodviolence |
Themes: | lonelinessdeceptionmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | looking at self in mirrorred dresslooking at oneself in a mirrorpunched in the faceshot in the chestcorpseviolence |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a β¦lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | detectiveserial killer |
Story: | nude woman murderedstabbingshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsewoman on topfemale nuditybloodmasturbationviolence |
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how lon β¦g she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover? (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairjealousy |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationship |
Story: | gigolonarrated by charactersexual attractionred dressmarriage proposalpunched in the facewoman on topfemale nudity |
A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
Themes: | deceptionjealousydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Story: | head blown offfemme fataleshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestcorpsewoman on topfemale nudityviolenceblood |
Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Ame β¦lia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerserial killer |
Story: | dismembermentattempted murdershot in the backshot in the chestcorpseviolenceblood |
An older man listens to Bill's story about being a callow writer who likes to follow strangers around London, observing them. One day, a glib and self-confident man whom Bill has been following confronts him. He's Cobb, a burglar who takes Bill under his wing and shows him how to break and enter. Th β¦ey burgle a woman's flat; Bill gets intrigued with her (photographs are everywhere in her flat). He follows her and chats her up at a bar owned by her ex-boyfriend, a nasty piece of work who killed someone in her living room with a hammer. Soon Bill is volunteering to do her a favor, which involves a break-in. What does the older man know that Bill doesn't? (Read More)
Themes: | lonelinessdeceptionmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | looking at self in mirrorhammertypewriterfemme fataleinterrogationblood |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Themes: | executionpsychopathmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirgore |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | shot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestbloodviolence |
3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be β¦true - the hostel is "to die for" (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | serial killer |
Story: | cut into piecesdismembermentfemme fataleshot in the backshot in the chestcorpsefemale nudityviolenceblood |
In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess β¦, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (Read More)
Themes: | executionmurderdeath |
Mood: | gore |
Characters: | pregnant |
Story: | bludgeoninghammerchild murderstabbingshot in the backinterrogationpunched in the faceshot in the headshot in the chestfemale nuditybloodviolence |