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Essentially a prequel to David Lynch and Mark Frost's earlier TV series "Twin Peaks". The first half-hour or so concerns the investigation by FBI Agent Chet Desmond (Chris Isaak) and his partner Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) into the murder of night-shift waitress Teresa Banks in the small Washing …ton state town of Deer Meadow. When Desmond finds a mysterious clue to the murder, he inexplicably disappears. The film then cuts to one year later in the nearby town of Twin Peaks and follows the events during the last week in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) a troubled teenage girl with two boyfriends; the hot-tempered rebel Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and quiet biker James Hurley (James Marshall), her drug addiction, and her relationship with her difficult (and possible schizophrenic) father Leland (Ray Wise), a story in which her violent murder was later to motivate much of the TV series. Contains a considerable amount of sex, drugs, violence, very loud music and inexplicable imagery. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | murder investigationmysterious deathmental illnessredemptiondysfunctional familydrug usesupernatural powerbrutalitypsychopathcorruptionseductionincestdeceptioninvestigationrape …murderdeathsurrealismfriendshiplove (See All) |
| Mood: | darknessavant gardenighthigh schoolgore |
| Locations: | canadasmall town |
| Characters: | writer directorbest friendserial killerfemale protagonistprostituteteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Period: | year 1988year 19891980s |
| Story: | double lifefbi agentrape of a minortelephone callunintelligible dialogue with subtitlestragic female charactertaking control of someone's bodycult female charactertelevision smashingcult male charactererratic behaviortalking backwardswoman putting on makeupwaitress uniformhomecoming queen …female bare legsabandoned trainreference to ginger rogersinner demonred roomcrazesinger actingblue lightred curtainfemale stockinged solesreference to j. edgar hooverdual personalityreference to fred astairefingernaildeliberate crueltypersonality changefemale in lingeriemysterious eventsfemale bare feetimplied cunnilingusone armed manjealous boyfriendstrong sexual contentcult movie castpacific northwestviolent deathwhite horsebased on cult tv serieswashington stateroad ragetraffic lightreturning character with different actorfilicidemental instabilityhigh school friendmultiple personalitydeja vudoubleagoraphobialesbian subtextfriendship between girlsenigmasalvationfemale friendshipfoot closeupsplit personalityevil spiritinvestigatordead girldoppelgangerprequellooking at self in mirrorphiladelphia pennsylvaniadespairpsychotronicfemale leadsufferingwoman in jeopardycamera shot of feetvisioncrime scenedwarfstrong female leadschizophreniaproduced by directorclubsexual abusefemale stockinged legsstrong female charactermoonmonkeyobscene finger gesturesadnessdarkhigh school studentactor shares first name with characterdiarymissing personangelpossessionfbibased on tv seriesscreamingpantyhosenonlinear timelinecocainedrug dealertelephonehallucinationprostitutionbedsecretblondecorpsedreamcryingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityf ratedviolencebloodsex (See All) |
A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, …and the mysterious night club Silencio. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | mental illnessdeceptionsurrealismdeathmurder |
| Mood: | avant gardenight |
| Characters: | female protagonist |
| Story: | telephone callred curtaindeliberate crueltystrong sexual contentmental instabilitydoubleenigmadoppelgangerwoman in jeopardydwarfclubdarknonlinear timelinetelephonehallucination …blondecorpsedreamcryingcigarette smokingfemale nudityf ratedviolence (See All) |
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that th …ey can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | drug usebrutalitypsychopathcorruptionseductionincestrapedeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | prostitutefather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | blue lightdespairsufferingwoman in jeopardysexual abusesadnessactor shares first name with characterscreamingnonlinear timelinecocaineprostitutioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityviolence …bloodsex (See All) |
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 …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: | murder investigationredemptionpsychopathinvestigationlovedeathmurder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callfingernaildead girldiaryfbitelephonehallucinationcorpsecigarette smokingfemale nudityblood |
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)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | psychopathseductiondeceptioninvestigationlovemurderdeathfriendship |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | serial killerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | double lifetelephone callroad ragesplit personalitycrime sceneschizophreniatelephonehallucinationbedsecretcorpsedreamcryingfemale nudityblood …violence (See All) |
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together.. …. until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | mental illnessbrutalitypsychopathrapefriendshipmurderdeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardegore |
| Characters: | writer directormother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callstrong sexual contentviolent deathsadnessscreaminghallucinationprostitutionblondecryingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityviolenceblood |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc …tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | corruptionfriendshipdeathlovemurdersurrealism |
| Mood: | darknessavant gardenightgore |
| Characters: | female protagonistprostitute |
| Story: | telephone callscreamingnonlinear timelinetelephoneprostitutionbedblondecryingcigarette smokingfemale nuditysexviolenceblood |
Fred Madison, a saxophonist, is accused under mysterious circumstances of murdering his wife Renee. On death row, he inexplicably morphs into a young man named Pete Dayton, leading a completely different life. When Pete is released, his and Fred's paths begin to cross in a surreal, suspenseful web o …f intrigue, orchestrated by a shady gangster boss named Dick Laurent. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | deathsurrealismmurder |
| Mood: | darknessavant gardegore |
| Characters: | writer director |
| Story: | telephone callred curtainstrong sexual contentroad ragedoppelgangerobscene finger gesturenonlinear timelineblondecigarette smokingfemale nudityviolence |
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)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | brutalitypsychopathinvestigationmurderdeathfriendship |
| Mood: | darknesshigh schoolgore |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | serial killerfemale protagonistteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | crime scenestrong female leadstrong female characterhigh school studenttelephoneblondecorpsefirecigarette smokingf ratedbloodviolence |
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable mal …evolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all. (Read More)
| Themes: | mysterious deathsupernatural powerinvestigationmurderdeath |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | serial killermother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callenigmadead girlsufferingmissing personpossessiontelephonebedsecretcorpsecryingfirefemale nuditybloodviolence |
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend (Chris Henry Coffey) is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents (Clive …Owen and Catherine Keener) are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life. (Read More)
| Themes: | brutalitypsychopathseductiondeceptioninvestigationrape |
| Mood: | nighthigh school |
| Characters: | best friendfemale protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | fbi agenthigh school frienddespairsexual abusesadnesshigh school studentfbibedsecretcryingviolence |
The Creeds have just moved to a new house in the countryside. Their house is perfect, except for two things: the semi-trailers that roar past on the narrow road, and the mysterious cemetery in the woods behind the house. The Creed's neighbours are reluctant to talk about the cemetery, and for good r …eason too. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | supernatural powermurderdeath |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | foot closeuppsychotroniccamera shot of feetfemale stockinged legsmoonpantyhosetelephonebedsecretcorpsedreamfireviolenceblood |
When Jessica King goes missing, all eyes turn to Annabelle Wilson. Not as a murder suspect, but as a clairvoyant. Many of the towns folk go to Annabelle for help, and Jessica's fiancee, Wayne Collins, turns to Annabelle for possible guidance. Annabelle feels that she can't help, but this doesn't sto …p her from constantly getting visions of Jessica's fate. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | mental illnesssupernatural powerincestdeceptioninvestigationmurderdeath |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | father daughter relationship |
| Story: | telephone callfemale bare feetwoman in jeopardycamera shot of feetmissing personhallucinationsecretcorpsedreamfirefemale frontal nudityfemale nudityf ratedbloodviolence |
Suzy Bannion travels to Germany to perfect her ballet skills. She arrives at the Tanz dance academy in the pouring rain and is refused admission after another woman is seen fleeing the school. She returns the next morning and this time is let in. She learns that the young woman she saw fleeing the p …revious evening, Pat Hingle, has been found dead. Strange things soon begin to occur. Suzy becomes ill and is put on a special diet; the school becomes infested with maggots; odd sounds abound; and Daniel, the pianist, is killed by his own dog. A bit of research indicates that the ballet school was once a witches' coven - and as Suzy learns, still is. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | mysterious deathsupernatural powerbrutalitydeceptionmurderdeathfriendshipsurrealism |
| Mood: | darknessavant gardenightgore |
| Characters: | female protagonistteenage girl |
| Story: | telephone callevil spiritpsychotronicfemale leadschizophreniamissing personscreamingtelephonehallucinationsecretcorpsefirecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
Will Graham is a former FBI agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham was a 'profiler'; one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of …his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the 'Tooth Fairy', who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a charismatic but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life. With some help and hindrance, Will races against the clock before the next full moon when the 'Tooth Fairy' will strike again. Elsewhere, a local photographer named Francis Dollarhyde, the killer that Will is looking for, struggles to stay undetected while seeing a hope of redemption when be begins a relationship with a blind woman who is not aware of his double life. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | redemptionbrutalitypsychopathinvestigationmurderdeath |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | serial killerboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | double lifefbi agenttelephone calldoublepsychotroniccrime scenemoonfbitelephonecorpsedreamcigarette smokingviolenceblood |
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.
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | mental illnessdrug usebrutalitypsychopathdeceptioninvestigationrapemurderfriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | nightgore |
| Characters: | serial killerprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | split personalitywoman in jeopardyschizophreniamissing personscreamingcocainetelephonebedblondecorpsedreamcryingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity …female nudityf ratedviolenceblood (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | mental illnessdrug usebrutalitycorruptionfriendshipdeathmurder |
| Mood: | nighthigh school |
| Characters: | best friendprostituteteenage girlpolice |
| Story: | telephone calldeliberate crueltyhigh school frienddarkhigh school studentdiarycocainedrug dealertelephonehallucinationprostitutiondreamcryingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …bloodsex (See All) |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened … that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug usecorruptioninvestigationrapefriendship |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | best friendprostituteteenage girl |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | telephone callblue lightsufferingsexual abuseobscene finger gesturesadnessangelnonlinear timelinecocaineprostitutionbeddreamcryingcigarette smokingblood …violence (See All) |
On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Fred tries to pick them off one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save … you? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | supernatural powerpsychopathsurrealismmurder |
| Mood: | avant gardehigh schoolgore |
| Characters: | serial killerteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | cult male characterstrong female leadstrong female charactertelephonebedcorpsedreamcigarette smokingbloodviolence |
In a continuation of the plot of Halloween, Michael Myers shows off his indestructability by resuming his murder spree despite being gunned down with six bullets in the original movie. Laurie Strode is once more his intended victim, with Dr. Sam Loomis again in hot pursuit.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | murder investigationbrutalitypsychopathseductiondeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | serial killerteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone calldead girlcamera shot of feetscreamingpantyhosesecretblondecryingfirecigarette smokingfemale nuditysexviolenceblood |
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: | mental illnessdrug usesupernatural powerpsychopathrapedeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | serial killerfemale protagonistfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone calldead girlwoman in jeopardypossessionscreaminghallucinationcorpsedreamcryingfirefemale frontal nudityfemale nudityf ratedsexblood …violence (See All) |
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into … obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | brutalitypsychopathcorruptiondeceptioninvestigationmurderdeath |
| Mood: | darkness |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | prostitute |
| Story: | telephone calldead girlsexual abusedarkdiarymissing persontelephoneprostitutioncorpsefirecigarette smokingfemale nuditysexbloodviolence |
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: | murder investigationmysterious deathdrug usecorruptioninvestigationrapefriendshipdeathlovemurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Characters: | serial killermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callcamera shot of feetsadnessmissing personnonlinear timelinetelephonesecretcorpsecryingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityviolenceblood |
While taking a shower, Kate Miller, a middle-aged, sexually frustrated New York City housewife, has a rape fantasy while her husband stands at the sink shaving. Later that day, after complaining to her psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott about her husband's pathetic performance in bed, she meets a stran …ge man at a museum and returns to his apartment where they continue an adulterous encounter that began in the taxicab. Before she leaves his apartment, she finds papers which certify that the man has a venereal disease. Panicked, Kate rushes into the elevator, but has to return to his apartment when she realizes she's forgotten her wedding ring. When the elevator doors open, she's brutally slashed to death by a tall blonde woman wearing dark sunglasses. Liz Blake, a high-class call girl, is the only witness to the murder and she becomes the prime suspect and the murderess's next target. Liz is rescued from being killed by Kate's son Peter, who enlists the help of Liz to catch his mother's killer as Detective Marino who's in charge of the case is uncooperative in the investigation. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | murder investigationmental illnesspsychopathseductioninvestigationrapemurderfriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | darkness |
| Characters: | serial killerprostitutepolice |
| Story: | telephone callsplit personalitywoman in jeopardydarktelephonehallucinationprostitutionbedblondefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysexviolence |
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her f …ear. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | mysterious deathsupernatural powerbrutalitypsychopathdeathmurdersurrealismfriendship |
| Mood: | darknesshigh schoolgore |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | serial killerteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | telephone callsplit personalityevil spiritobscene finger gesturehigh school studentdiarypossessionscreaminghallucinationdreamcryingfirecigarette smokingbloodviolence |
Reiko Asakawa is researching into a 'Cursed Video' interviewing teenagers about it. When her niece Tomoko dies of 'sudden heart failure' with an unnaturally horrified expression on her face, Reiko investigates. She finds out that some of Tomoko's friends, who had been on a holiday with Tomoko the we …ek before, had died on exactly the same night at the exact same time in the exact same way. Reiko goes to the cabin where the teens had stayed and finds an 'unlabeled' video tape. Reiko watched the tape to discover to her horror it is in fact the 'cursed videotape'. Ex-Husband Ryuji helps Reiko solve the mystery, Reiko makes him a copy for further investigation. Things become more tense when their son Yoichi watches the tape saying Tomoko had told him to. Their discovery takes them to a volcanic island where they discover that the video has a connection to a psychic who died 30 years ago, and her child Sadako... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | mysterious deathsupernatural powercorruptioninvestigationsurrealismfriendshipmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | female protagonistfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | telephone calldead girlsufferingscreamingtelephonehallucinationfire |
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: | murder investigationredemptionpsychopathdeceptioninvestigationdeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | serial killerpolice |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | fbi agentcrime scenestrong female leadstrong female characterfbidrug dealercorpsefirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityblood |
Cox and Hirsch play father and son coroners who receive a mysterious homicide victim with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to identify the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
| Themes: | mysterious deathsupernatural powerbrutalitydeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | police |
| Story: | dead girlsufferingcrime scenedarkcorpsefirefemale frontal nudityfemale nudityviolenceblood |
A day in the lives of a group of average teenage high school students. The film follows every character and shows their daily routines. However two of the students plan to do something that the student body won't forget.
| Subgenre: | experimental filmindependent film |
| Themes: | brutalitydeathmurderfriendship |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | telephone callhigh school friendhigh school studentactor shares first name with characterscreamingnonlinear timelinetelephonefireviolenceblood |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | redemptionlovefriendshipmurdersurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | female protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | telephone calllesbian subtextfriendship between girlsdiaryscreamingnonlinear timelinehallucinationsecretdreamcryingblood |
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settl …e his affairs. (Read More)
| Themes: | mental illnessdrug uselovefriendshipdeath |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callsufferingstrong female leadschizophreniastrong female charactersadnessnonlinear timelinehallucinationcryingf ratedsex |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano … blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | mysterious deathredemptiondrug usecorruptiondeceptiondeathmurderfriendship |
| Mood: | night |
| Characters: | prostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | telephone callblue lightlooking at self in mirrorcocainehallucinationprostitutionbeddreamcryingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex |
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)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | murder investigationmental illnessbrutalitypsychopathcorruptiondeceptioninvestigationdeathlovemurder |
| Mood: | darknessgore |
| Characters: | serial killerpolice |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | telephone callerratic behaviorsufferingdwarfschizophreniasadnessdiarytelephonehallucinationdreamfirecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h …im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult film |
| Themes: | drug useincestdeathfriendshiplovesurrealism |
| Mood: | night |
| Characters: | best friendprostitutemother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone calllooking at self in mirrorscreamingnonlinear timelinecocainedrug dealerhallucinationcorpsedreamcryingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityviolence …sexblood (See All) |
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnap …s Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | brutalitypsychopathrapesurrealismfriendshipdeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | best friendserial killerfemale protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone calllesbian subtexttelephonebedcorpsedreamcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityf ratedviolenceblood |
In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.
| Themes: | murder investigationmysterious deathsupernatural powerdeathmurder |
| Mood: | darknessgore |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | evil spiritsufferingpossessionscreamingnonlinear timelinebedcorpseblood |
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden na …me, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face the test. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug useinvestigationdeathmurder |
| Mood: | nightgore |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Period: | year 19881980s |
| Story: | telephone callclubfemale stockinged legsobscene finger gesturepantyhosecocainedrug dealercryingfirecigarette smokingfemale nudityviolencebloodsex |
Loosely based on serial killer 'Henry Lee Lucas' (qv), the film follows Henry and his roommate Otis who Henry introduces to murdering randomly selected people. The killing spree depicted in the film starts after Otis' sister Becky comes to stay with them. The people they kill are strangers and in on …e particularly gruesome attack, kill all three members of a family during a home invasion. Henry lacks compassion in everything he does and isn't the kind to leave behind witnesses - of any kind. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | brutalitypsychopathincestrapedeathmurder |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | serial killerprostitute |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | psychotronicfemale stockinged legspantyhosedrug dealerfemale nudityviolenceblood |
College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his idyllic hometown of Lumberton to manage his father's hardware store while his father is hospitalized. Walking though a grassy meadow near the family home, Jeffrey finds a severed human ear. After an initial investigation, lead police Detective John Wil …liams advises Jeffrey not to speak to anyone about the case as they investigate further. Detective Williams also tells Jeffrey that he cannot divulge any information about what the police know. Detective Williams' high school aged daughter, Sandy Williams, tells Jeffrey what she knows about the case from overhearing her father's private conversations on the matter: that it has to do with a nightclub singer named Dorothy Vallens, who lives in an older apartment building near the Beaumont home. His curiosity getting the better of him, Jeffrey, with Sandy's help, decides to find out more about the woman at the center of the case by breaking into Dorothy's apartment while he knows she's at work. What Jeffrey finds is a world unfamiliar to him, one that he doesn't truly understand but one that he is unable to deny the lure of despite the inherent dangers of being associated with a possible murder. Still, he is torn between this world and the prospect of a relationship with Sandy, the two who are falling for each other, despite Sandy already being in a relationship with Mike, the school's star football player. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | psychopathinvestigationrapemurdersurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | avant gardehigh schoolgore |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | writer directorserial killerfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | strong sexual contentdoppelgangerpsychotronicwoman in jeopardydrug dealerhallucinationsecretcorpsefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysexviolence |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | supernatural powerbrutalitydeceptioninvestigationdeathfriendshipmurder |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | serial killerfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | fbi agentvisioncrime scenefbicorpsefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybloodviolence |
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: | psychopathdeceptioninvestigationdeathmurder |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | police |
| Story: | telephone callsadnessdarkdiarymissing personfbinonlinear timelinetelephonebedsecretcorpsecryingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity …f ratedviolenceblood (See All) |
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: | murder investigationdrug useseductioninvestigationdeathmurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Characters: | serial killerteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | telephone callinvestigatorsadnessdarkdiarymissing personnonlinear timelinecocainedrug dealertelephonesecretcigarette smokingbloodviolencesex |
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)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | murder investigationinvestigationdeathmurder |
| Characters: | serial killerteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | telephone callpersonality changedead girlcrime scenefemale stockinged legsobscene finger gesturefbiscreamingpantyhosecigarette smokingbloodviolence |
A nameless first person narrator ('Edward Norton (I)' (qv)) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla ('Helena Bonham Carter' (qv)), another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. Ho …wever when he associates himself with Tyler ('Brad Pitt' (qv)) he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power. When the narrator is exposed to the hidden agenda of Tyler's fight club, he must accept the awful truth that Tyler may not be who he says he is. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | mental illnessbrutalitylovesurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | darknessnightgore |
| Characters: | police |
| Story: | telephone callmental instabilitydeja vusplit personalitydespairschizophreniaclubdarktelephonecryingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityblood …violence (See All) |
Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delig …ht when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies club as well as the bank president where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved uncle Charlie. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familypsychopathdeceptioninvestigationmurderlove |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | serial killerteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | double lifetelephone callinvestigatorphiladelphia pennsylvaniastrong female leadclubstrong female charactertelephonesecretdreamcrying |
Sam Bowden ('Nick Nolte' (qv))is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver" type family-man. Max Cady ('Robert De Niro' (qv)) is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, a …nd he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptiondysfunctional familypsychopathseductiondeceptionrapemurder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | serial killermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | crime scenesexual abusehigh school studenthallucinationcorpsefirecigarette smokingsexviolenceblood |
Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men re …sponsible should be brought to justice. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptiondeceptioninvestigationrapefriendship |
| Mood: | night |
| Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | telephone calllooking at self in mirrorwoman in jeopardycrime scenesexual abuseobscene finger gesturescreamingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysexviolence |
Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson aren't your typical lovers - after killing her abusive father, they go on a road trip where, every time they stop somewhere, they kill pretty well everyone around them. They do however leave one person alive at every shootout to tell the story and they soon become a me …dia sensation thanks to sensationalized reporting. Told in a highly visual style. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familybrutalitypsychopathcorruptionseductionincestdeceptionrapesurrealismlovemurderdeath |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | serial killerprostituteboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | crime sceneschizophreniasexual abuseangelhallucinationcorpsedreamfirecigarette smokingviolencesexblood |
John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability t …o put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | murder investigationsupernatural powerdeceptioninvestigationsurrealismmurderdeath |
| Mood: | darknessnight |
| Characters: | serial killerprostitutepolice |
| Story: | deja vucamera shot of feetcrime sceneproduced by directordarktelephonecorpsedreamcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybloodviolence |
Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own …life. (Read More)
| Themes: | mysterious deathsupernatural powerinvestigationsurrealismmurderdeath |
| Characters: | serial killerfemale protagonistteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | telephone callfingernaildeliberate crueltytelephonehallucinationblondedreamcigarette smokingf ratedblood |
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