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A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Bunting's daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes … jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he may be the avenger. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationfalling in lovehumiliationescapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationlondon englandbathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerterrorolder man younger woman relationshipkillerlove triangledetectivepolice officernursedoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | angry mobfireplace pokertaking a bathmystery killernewspaper clippingnewspaper headlinehair extensionframed picturechorus girlnewsboyyawndoughdead sistereveningcuckoo clock …yawningsearch warrantlodgertelegraphvownylonsneon signboarding houseshowgirlwrongful arrestexpressionismrentballroomnewlywedromantic rivalryfashion modelscarffashion showshockmodelinglandladystaircasefencephysicianmetaphorpolice inspectordirector cameohappy endingfianceepipe smokinglandlorddressing roomsuspectdeath of sisterfogevidencecrime scenerejectionbreakfastmobfaintingdressfireplacewaiterchesspubmurderersuspicionwitnessgiftbathfalse accusationmapnewspaperreporterhandcuffsplace name in titlecatunderwearcorpsebeatingtelephone callpistolsurprise endingchasedancingcigarette smokingtwo word titlebased on novelflashbackkissgun (See All) |
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 …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: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officernursedoctorpolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingnewspaper headlinedirector cameocrime scenechessmaphandcuffscorpsepistolsurprise endingchasebased on novel |
A new film is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | mystery killernewspaper clippingwrongful arrestdirector cameocrime scenesuspicionfalse accusationreporterhandcuffscorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smoking |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerkillermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | mystery killernewspaper clippingnewspaper headlinepolice inspectorcrime scenewaitermurdererwitnessnewspaperreporterunderweartelephone callpistolcigarette smokinggun |
A psychic who can read minds picks up the thoughts of a murderer in the audience and soon becomes a victim. An English pianist gets involved in solving the murders, but finds many of his avenues of inquiry cut off by new murders, and he begins to wonder how the murderer can track his movements so cl …osely. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | police stationbathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerterrorkillerdoctorfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | fireplace pokermystery killerstaircasefencecrime scenedressfireplacemurderersuspicionwitnessnewspaperreportercorpsebeatingtelephone call …surprise endingchasecigarette smokingtwo word titlegunkissflashback (See All) |
The film starts in the early 1980s. Young Martin Asher took a bus for Canada. He meets another teen on the bus Matt Soulsby. When the bus broke they decided to rent a car and drive to Seattle. On the road the car gets a flat tire, and Matt starts changing the tire Martin comments on how he and Matt …are about the same height and he quickly pushes Matt in the way of an oncoming truck causing a huge accident where Matt and the driver both die. He took Matt's guitar and left singing like Matt did. Twenty years later, an FBI profiler, Illeana Scott comes to Canada to help hunting down a serial killer Martin Asher who killed multiple men and lived by their identities. Martin's mother claims that she saw Martin in Quebec city and she tells the police that Martin is evil. The police also has an eyewitness James Costa who saw Asher kill his last victim... (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationescapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationbathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinerentpolice inspectorsuspectcrime scenewitnesshandcuffscorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
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 …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: | fearmurder |
Locations: | police stationbathtub |
Characters: | detectivepolice officermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlineyawnyawningdirector cameocrime scenesuspicionfalse accusationmaphandcuffsplace name in titlecorpsebeatingtelephone callpistolsurprise ending …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
Themes: | police investigationfearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | detectivepolice officer |
Story: | newspaper headlinepolice inspectorevidencecrime scenereportercorpsebeatingsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingtwo word titlebased on novel |
London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | london englandhospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerpolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestpolice inspectordirector cameosuspectpubmurderersuspicionfalse accusationcorpsebased on novelflashback |
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: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | suspectwaiternewspapersurprise endingcigarette smokinggun |
In 1986, in the province of Gyunggi, in South Korea, a second young and beautiful woman is found dead, raped and tied and gagged with her underwear. Detective Park Doo-Man and Detective Cho Yong-koo, two brutal and stupid local detectives without any technique, investigate the murder using brutality … and torturing the suspects, without any practical result. The Detective Seo Tae-Yoon from Seoul comes to the country to help the investigations and is convinced that a serial-killer is killing the women. When a third woman is found dead in the same "modus-operandi", the detectives find leads of the assassin. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationfearmurder |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestsuspectmurdererfalse accusationunderwearchase |
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipkillerlove triangledetectivefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | police inspectorfianceesuspectevidencemurderersuspicionwitnessmapbeatingtelephone callchasecigarette smokingbased on novelgunkiss |
Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) is a psychiatrist at Green Manors mental asylum. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, with his replacement being the renowned Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck). Romance blossoms between Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards but Dr. Edwards starts to show …odd aversions and personality traits. It is discovered that he is an impostor, and amnesiac, and may have killed the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Petersen is determined to discover the truth through unlocking the secrets held in the impostor's mind, a process which potentially puts her and others' lives at risk. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationfalling in loveescapemurder |
Characters: | killerdetectivepolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | newlywedshockphysiciandirector cameopipe smokingfaintingmurderersuspicionfalse accusationnewspapertelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Detective Sergeant Tom Brant who is dispatched to take down a serial killer hell bent on killing off the police force one by one. "The Blitz" manages to slip through the grasp of Tom every time, and with the precious lives of his colleagues diminishing one by one, Tom is led to the question: if we c …an't protect our own, then what good are we? (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police stationlondon england |
Characters: | serial killerkillerpolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinepolice inspectorpubnewspapercorpsebeatingpistoldancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
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 …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officernursedoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | suspectmurderersuspicionfalse accusationnewspaperunderwearcorpsebeatingtelephone callchasecigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackgun |
After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once agai …n. Contending with his partner's new fiancee and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | london englandbathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerlove triangledetective |
Story: | newspaper headlinefianceepipe smokingwitnessmapnewspaperhandcuffscorpsechasetwo word titleflashback |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape …d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationbathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerterrorkillernursedoctorfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingshockevidencemurdererfalse accusationreportercorpsetelephone callpistolsurprise endingchasegunkissflashback |
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 …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: | fearmurder |
Locations: | bathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerpolice officerdoctorfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinecrime scenehandcuffscorpsepistolsurprise endingchaseflashbackgun |
In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of … one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Characters: | serial killerkillerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinedead sistersearch warrantsuspectdeath of sisterevidencesuspicionwitnesscatcorpsetelephone callpistolsurprise endingdancinggun …flashback (See All) |
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
Themes: | police investigationescapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivepolice officernurse |
Story: | shockreporterhandcuffsunderwearcorpsebeatingcigarette smokingflashback |
1 year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of … many questions, the main one being: Whats your favorite scary movie? Along with many scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerkillerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | mystery killerwrongful arrestdirector cameocrime scenesuspicionfalse accusationhandcuffscatcorpsepistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smoking |
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to beco …me one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | love triangledetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingnewspaper headlinepipe smokingcrime scenemobsuspicionmaphandcuffscorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingtwo word title …flashbackgun (See All) |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | wrongful arrestsuspectevidencefireplacesuspiciongiftfalse accusationreportercatcorpsetelephone callsurprise endingcigarette smokingtwo word titlebased on novel …flashbackkiss (See All) |
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 …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: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationbathtub |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinecrime scenesuspicionwitnessfalse accusationhandcuffscatcorpsepistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokinggunflashback |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate …ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationescapefearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdetectivepolice officerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingcrime scenefireplacesuspicionmaphandcuffscorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via HAM radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that chan …ging history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivenursepolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinecrime scenemurdererfalse accusationcorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingflashback |
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 …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: | fearmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivedoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | crime scenefireplacemurdererwitnessnewspaperunderwearcorpsetelephone callpistolsurprise endingdancinggunflashbackkiss |
In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local …gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationlondon englandhospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice officernursedoctorpolice |
Story: | police inspectorevidencecrime scenechesspubhandcuffscorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingtwo word titlegunflashback |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a …n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | london englandbathtub |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshippolice officerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingfencemetaphorsuspectevidencefireplacewaiterbeatingpistolchasecigarette smokingflashbackgun |
Adrian Doria, a wealthy businessman named Man of the Year due to his high-tech company and his trade agreements with the Asian market, meets Virginia Goodman, a veteran lawyer expert in witness preparation and judicial declaration, recommended by Adrian's lawyer Felix Leiva in order to create a cred …ible defense. Arrested by the police in a mountain hotel room with the corpse of his lover at his side, photographer Laura Vidal, Adrian talks Virginia about the crime and his relationship with Laura, revealing that both suffered a car crash where a man called Daniel Garrido died, and how Laura manipulated Adrian to avoid the jail by Daniel's death. At the same time that Felix is looking for a clue that it could change the course of the events, Virginia and Adrian keep talking about the case but her, unconvinced of the Adrian's testimony, forces him to clear the dark points of his history, in a puzzle where the truth and the lie are easily exchangeable. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationmurder |
Locations: | police stationbathtubhospital |
Characters: | love trianglepolice |
Story: | taking a bathnewspaper clippingsuspectevidencemurdererwitnessfalse accusationhandcuffscorpsetelephone callsurprise endingcigarette smokingflashback |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivenursepolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinewrongful arrestbreakfastwitnessbathfalse accusationnewspaperreporterhandcuffstelephone callchasecigarette smokinggunflashback |
Two years after the events of Scream, Sidney Prescott and Randy are attending Windsor college. They are trying to get on with their lives...Until a new Ghostface killing spree begins. With the help of Dewey and Gale, Sidney must find out who's behind the murders. As the body count goes up, the list …of suspects goes down. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | mystery killerdirector cameocrime scenesuspicionfalse accusationreportercorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingkiss |
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 …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: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivefather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingnewspaper headlineballroomcrime scenenewspapercatcorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationescapemurder |
Locations: | bathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivepolice officernursepolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinestaircasedressing roomrejectionmurderersuspicionbathnewspaperunderwearbeatingtelephone callpistolsurprise endingchasedancing …cigarette smokingflashbackgun (See All) |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | bathtubhospital |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivedoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingdeath of sisterevidencebreakfastsuspicioncorpsebeatingtelephone callchasedancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackkiss |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge …ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | police investigationescapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinecrime scenemobsuspiciongiftmaphandcuffscorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingtwo word title |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and … two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Characters: | serial killermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingnewspaper headlinedeath of sisterevidencebreakfastdressfireplacewitnessfalse accusationnewspapertelephone callchasedancingcigarette smokingbased on novel …two word titleflashbackgunkiss (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | police investigationfearmurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | detectivepolice officermother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | suspectevidencecrime scenesuspicionfalse accusationhandcuffsunderwearcorpsebeatingsurprise endingdancingcigarette smokingflashback |
A serial killer is back in Pittsburgh to torment the former homicide detective who was on his trail years before. Tom Hardy, who has been relegated to water-way duty, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are wo …men Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Characters: | serial killerkillerdetectivepolice officernursepolice |
Story: | handcuffscatcorpsesurprise endingchase |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | police officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinewrongful arrestevidencehandcuffspistolchasedancingcigarette smokingtwo word title |
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protege Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But … Victor's experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefear |
Locations: | police stationlondon englandhospital |
Characters: | detectivepolice officernursedoctorpolice |
Story: | ballroomphysicianpolice inspectorfireplacesuspicioncorpsesurprise endingchasedancingbased on novelflashback |
Clue is a movie about six guests, a butler, and a maid, who are all involved in the murders of six people. The guests all meet at Hill House, where you learn that Professor Plum works in D.C., where everyone else lives. Colonel Mustard is a client of Miss Scarlet, who is the ex-employer of Yvette, t …he maid, who had an affair with the husband of Mrs. White, etc. Blackmailer Mr. Boddy gives each guest a weapon and tells them to kill butler Wadsworth to avoid being exposed. Add in Mrs. Peacock's craziness and Mr. Green's clumsiness, and meet a whole group tangled in a web of murder, lies, and hilarity. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurder |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | mystery killerballroomsuspectfaintingfireplacesuspicioncorpsetelephone callsurprise endingdancingcigarette smokingflashbackgun |
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: | police investigationescapemurder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerdetectivefather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper clippingcrime scenecorpsebeatingpistolchasebased on noveltwo word titleflashback |
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 …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: | murder |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | killermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | fireplace pokernewspaper headlinesuspectwitnessbathnewspaperreportercorpsetelephone callsurprise endingflashback |
Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther …Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurder |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdetectivedoctorfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinecrime scenewitnesshandcuffscorpsepistolchasecigarette smokingbased on noveltwo word titlekiss |
This movie is set in the mid 1800s and involves poet 'Edgar Allan Poe' (qv). A serial killer is on the loose and murdering people using Poe's descriptions from his published stories and poems. Poe teams up with Detective Fields, a Baltimore policeman to try and catch the killer by using his knowledg …e of the descriptions. Even though the stories are fictional, they start to become reality and the killer is a step ahead of them. Then it takes on a personal note as Poe's lover becomes a target. Will they stop the killer in time? (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | serial killerkillerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | mystery killernewspaper headlinepolice inspectornewspapercorpsepistolsurprise endingtwo word title |
Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience hi …s increasingly fragile grip on reality. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | london englandbathtub |
Story: | boarding houselandladypubmurderernewspapercatunderwearcorpsebeatingsurprise endingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Karen Davis, an American Nurse, moves to Tokyo and encounters a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find away to break this spell, before s …he becomes its next victim. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurder |
Locations: | bathtubhospital |
Characters: | terrordetectivepolice officernursepolice |
Story: | shockcrime scenewaitercatcorpsesurprise endingtwo word titleflashback |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Themes: | escapefearmurder |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | serial killerterrorkillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | nylonsfianceefireplacewaitermurderercatunderwearcorpsebeatingpistolsurprise endingchasedancingcigarette smokingbased on novel …two word titlekissgun (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationescapemurder |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | police officermother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlinepipe smokingdeath of sisterwaiterwitnessgiftbathnewspaperplace name in titlecatcorpsetelephone callpistolchasecigarette smoking …flashbackkissgun (See All) |