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England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men is Matthew Hopkins, who tours the land offering his …services as a persecutor of witches. Aided by his sadistic accomplice John Stearne, he travels from city to city and wrenches confessions from "witches" in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors. When Hopkins persecutes a priest, he incurs the wrath of Richard Marshall, who is engaged to the priest's niece. Risking treason by leaving his military duties, Marshall relentlessly pursues the evil Hopkins and his minion Stearne. (Read More)
Subgenre: | british horrorfolk horrorgothic horrorcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | executionsadismtortureprisonbetrayalrapemarriagelovedeath |
Locations: | englandrural settingvillage |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipfiance fiancee relationshipdeath of soldierrevenge motivewitchlawyerpriestsoldierhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 17th century |
Story: | execution by hanginghanging from a treemass hangingsuspected witchwitch huntsuffolk englandenglish villagewhite horsehorse chaseimplied rapecostume horrorblood on floorloosely based on historical eventsshot while trying to escapeaccused of witchcraft …death of uncleenglish civil warsobbing femalewoman on firemoralistchristian manrunning to escape1640sreading from the bibleromantic kissarmy captainscreaming manends with freeze framescreaming in painreference to the book of revelationhanged womanviolent deathdesertiongallowsnieceinquisitionbloody facereference to the devilinnocent person killedscreaming womancapital punishmenthypocritehanged mantavernscene before opening creditspromotionburned to deathsaving a lifehorseback ridingfianceeblood on shirtpassionate kissbelief in godblood on facedungeonhit on the headreference to satansocial commentaryburned alivecivil warcharacter says i love youcountrysideshot in the shoulderhangingevil manstabbed in the backdrowningfalse accusationstabbingsubjective cameraprayerbritishhorseshot to deathtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex scenebased on noveltwo word titlebare breastsviolencegunsexbloodnudityfight (See All) |
A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preac …hers and other major landowners trying to steal others' land and one young woman infatuated with a married man and determined to get rid of his innocent wife. Arthur Miller wrote the events and the subsequent trials where those who demanded their innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed as a parable of the Congressional Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joe McCarthy in 1950's America. (Read More)
Subgenre: | folk horror |
Themes: | executionlovedeath |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipwitchhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 17th century |
Story: | mass hangingsuspected witchwitch huntbelief in godblood on facereference to satanhangingfalse accusationprayerblood |
The siblings Hansel and Gretel are left alone in the woods by their father and captured by a dark witch in a candy house. However they kill the witch and escape from the spot. Years later, the orphans have become famous witch hunters. When eleven children go missing in a small village, the Mayor sum …mons Hansel and Gretel to rescue them, and they save the red haired Mina from the local sheriff who wants to burn her, accusing Mina of witchcraft. Soon they discover that the Blood Moon will approach in three days and the powerful dark witch Muriel is responsible for the abduction of children. She intends to use the children together with a secret ingredient in a Sabbath to make the coven of witches protected against the fire. Meanwhile Hansel and Gretel disclose secrets about their parents. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayaldeath |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | witch |
Story: | suspected witchwitch huntaccused of witchcrafthanged mantavernscene before opening creditsburned to deathpassionate kissdungeonburned aliveshot in the shoulderstabbed in the backstabbingshot to deathfemale nudity …gunfightviolencebloodnudity (See All) |
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is tasked with learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life, a mission that pulls him toward a village ruler who has made a dark pact with evil forces.
Subgenre: | gothic horror |
Themes: | executionsadismtorturedeath |
Locations: | englandvillage |
Story: | witch huntscreaming in paininquisitionevil manfalse accusationstabbingtwo word titleviolence |
Themes: | executionprisonbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | englandvillage |
Characters: | witchsoldierhusband wife relationship |
Story: | tavernscene before opening creditsburned to deathblood on facedungeonburned aliveshot in the shoulderevil manstabbed in the backsubjective camerabritishhorseshot to deathtitle spoken by characterviolence …bloodfight (See All) |
'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d'If for 13 years, where he plo …ts revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | prisonbetrayal |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshippriesthusband wife relationship |
Story: | horse chaseblood on shirtshot in the shoulderhangingevil mandrowningfalse accusationstabbingsubjective camerahorsetitle spoken by characterbased on novelgun |
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a … family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
Subgenre: | british horrorfolk horrorindependent film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | englandrural settingvillage |
Characters: | witchhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 17th century |
Story: | false accusationstabbingsubjective cameraprayerhorsefemale nuditynudityviolenceblood |
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Themes: | executiontorturebetrayalrapemarriagelovedeath |
Locations: | england |
Characters: | priesthusband wife relationship |
Story: | inquisitionhorseback ridingstabbed in the backdrowningprayerhorsetitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysexblood |
Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator …. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him. (Read More)
Themes: | tortureprisondeathlove |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | soldierhusband wife relationship |
Story: | horse chaseburned to deathpassionate kissblood on facedungeonsocial commentaryburned alivestabbed in the backhorsetitle spoken by characterbloodfightviolence |
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma …gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | executionprisonbetrayaldeathlove |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | execution by hanginghanged womangallowshanged mantaverncharacter says i love youhangingdrowninghorseshot to deathtitle spoken by characterbased on noveltwo word titlebloodgun |
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. O …nce he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce. (Read More)
Themes: | executiontortureprisonbetrayalrapelovedeath |
Locations: | england |
Story: | mass hanginghorseback ridingburned alivehangingprayerhorsefemale nuditysex sceneviolencefightblood |
Nazi-Fascist Northern Italy, 1943-44. Four senior members of government, aided by henchmen and Nazi soldiers, kidnap a group of young men and women. They hold them for 120 days, subjecting them to all manner of torture, perversion and degradation.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | executionsadismtorturebetrayalrapedeath |
Story: | social commentaryburned alivehangingevil manstabbingsubjective camerashot to deathfemale nuditybased on novelviolencegunbloodsex |
A Knight and his squire are home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. The knight challenges Death to a chess game for his life. The Knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people … around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagedeath |
Locations: | rural settingvillage |
Characters: | witchsoldier |
Story: | suspected witchwitch hunttaverncharacter says i love youcountrysideprayertitle spoken by character |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | executiontorturebetrayalrapedeath |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | gallowstavernhorseback ridingsocial commentaryshot in the shoulderhangingprayerhorseshot to deathviolenceblood |
Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancee give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice …, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. (Read More)
Themes: | tortureprisondeath |
Locations: | england |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipsoldier |
Story: | fianceehangingprayerbritishhorsebased on novelgunfightsexviolencebloodnudity |
The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.
Themes: | executiontortureprisonbetrayalrapedeath |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | taverndungeonhangingfalse accusationprayerhorsefemale nudityviolence |
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dange …rous clandestine fights. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | betrayaldeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshiprevenge motivesoldier |
Story: | desertionnieceburned to deathhit on the headburned alivedrowningtitle spoken by characterfightviolenceblood |
Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn …that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait. (Read More)
Subgenre: | folk horrorgothic horrorcult film |
Themes: | executiontorturebetrayallovedeath |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | priestsoldierhusband wife relationship |
Story: | tavernstabbed in the backfalse accusationsubjective camerahorsebloodviolence |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
Themes: | torturerapedeathlove |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | hanged manhorseback ridingcivil warcountrysidehangingprayerhorseshot to deathtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex scenebased on noveltwo word titlegunblood |
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: | sadismprisonrapedeathlove |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | horse chaseinnocent person killedburned to deathblood on shirtsocial commentaryburned aliveevil mandrowningsubjective camerahorseshot to deathbloodsexviolencefight |
A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and he …r twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sadismtorturerapelovedeath |
Story: | hanged womangallowscountrysideshot in the shoulderhangingstabbingsubjective cameraprayerhorseshot to deathfemale nuditysex scenebare breastsnuditygun …sexviolenceblood (See All) |
This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel of the same name. A young lawyer (Jonathan Harker) is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of H …arker's betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away. (Read More)
Subgenre: | gothic horrorcult film |
Themes: | rapemarriagelovedeath |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshiplawyerpriest |
Story: | costume horrorreference to the devilevil manstabbed in the backtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex scenebased on novelbare breastsnudityblood |
The church has long known that vampires exist. However, it is discovered that a group of vampires are searching for a powerful doom for mankind. The Vatican then secretly enlists a team of vampire-hunters, led by Jack Crow, to hunt down and destroy the vampires before they find the crucifix.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | tortureprisonbetrayaldeath |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | burned to deathburned aliveshot in the shoulderstabbed in the backsubjective cameraprayershot to deathtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditybased on novelbare breastsnudityviolenceblood |
While exploring g uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary fronjitiersman Hugh Glass sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their own hunt. Grief-stricken and fuel …ed by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down John Fitzgerald, the former confidant who betrayed and abandoned him. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalrapedeath |
Story: | horse chasehanged mantavernhorseback ridingblood on faceshot in the shoulderhangingstabbed in the backstabbingsubjective camerahorseshot to deathbased on noveltwo word titlefight …bloodnudityviolence (See All) |
Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerf …ul of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | torturebetrayaldeath |
Story: | tavernblood on shirtcivil warshot in the shoulderhangingevil manstabbed in the backstabbingprayershot to deathfemale nuditysex scenefightviolence |
Themes: | executionbetrayalmarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | tavernburned to deathpassionate kissburned alivestabbed in the backfalse accusationsubjective camerahorsefightviolenceblood |
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | sadismbetrayalmarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshippriest |
Story: | death of uncleinnocent person killedscene before opening creditsblood on facestabbed in the backfalse accusationshot to deathgunfightbloodviolencesex |
The curse of the headless horseman is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane and his new world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a p …ast once gone. (Read More)
Subgenre: | gothic horrorcult film |
Themes: | tortureprisonmarriage |
Characters: | witchhusband wife relationship |
Story: | costume horrorscene before opening creditshorseback ridinghit on the headstabbinghorsetitle spoken by characterblood |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d …rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | executiontortureprisondeath |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | execution by hanginggallowsbloody facesaving a lifehorseback ridinghit on the headsocial commentaryshot in the shoulderhangingsubjective cameraprayerbritishhorsefightviolence …gunblood (See All) |
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: | executiontortureprisondeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshiplawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | execution by hanginghanged manhangingfalse accusationstabbingprayerfemale nuditygunfightbloodviolence |
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Themes: | torturebetrayal |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | witchsoldier |
Story: | screaming in paintavernburned to deathshot in the shoulderstabbed in the backfalse accusationstabbinghorseshot to deathtitle spoken by characterfightviolenceblood |
The Draytons - David, Steff and their son Billy - live in a small Maine town. One night a ferocious storm hits the area, damaging their house. The storm is accompanied by a strange mist. David and Billy and their neighbour Brent Norton go into town. There they discover that the mist contains some fr …ightening creatures, creatures intent on killing humans. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | marriagedeath |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | lawyersoldier |
Story: | romantic kisshanged manhangingfalse accusationstabbingprayertitle spoken by charactersex scenebased on novelfightblood |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
Themes: | executiondeath |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | army captainhanged womanhanged manburned aliveshot in the shoulderhorseshot to deathtitle spoken by characterfightviolenceblood |
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned t …he simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son. (Read More)
Themes: | executionprisonbetrayaldeath |
Characters: | lawyerpriest |
Story: | gallowscivil warhangingfalse accusationshot to deathtwo word title |
The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appoin …ted husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire - then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters - family, friends and fortune. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmarriagelovedeath |
Locations: | englandrural setting |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipfiance fiancee relationshiplawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | horseback ridinghorsenuditygunfight |
Nursery teacher Jenny and her boyfriend Steve, escape for a romantic weekend away. Steve, planning to propose, has found an idyllic setting: a remote lake enclosed by woodlands and seemingly deserted. The couple's peace is shattered when a gang of obnoxious kids encircles their campsite. Reveling in … provoking the adults, the gang steals the couple's belongings and vandalizes their car leaving them completely stranded. When Steve confronts them, tempers flare and he suffers a shocking and violent attack. Fleeing for help, Jenny is subject to a brutal and relentless game of cat-and-mouse as she desperately tries to evade her young pursuers and find her way out of the woods. (Read More)
Subgenre: | british horror |
Themes: | sadismtorturemarriagedeath |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | violent deathburned to deathburned alivestabbingsubjective cameratitle spoken by charactertwo word titlebloodviolence |
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Themes: | executionbetrayalrapemarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | horseback ridingfalse accusationtitle spoken by characterbased on novelsex |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house … and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sadismtorturebetrayalrapedeath |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | innocent person killedblood on shirtreference to satanshot in the shoulderevil manstabbed in the backhorseshot to deathtitle spoken by charactersex scenebloodviolence |
"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 …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)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sadismbetrayaldeath |
Characters: | priestsoldier |
Story: | burned to deathhit on the headreference to satanburned aliveevil manprayershot to deathtitle spoken by charactergunfightviolenceblood |
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 …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: | executionsadismtortureprisonrapedeath |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | violent deathcapital punishmentpromotionblood on facecharacter says i love youshot to deathtitle spoken by charactergunbloodviolence |
After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is a city in Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with Julia. Th …ey try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape... (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | executiontorturebetrayallove |
Locations: | england |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | social commentarycharacter says i love youcountrysidesubjective camerabritishfemale nuditysex scenebare breastsnudity |
Loomis Crowley is testing the underground game Stay Alive with his friends Sarah and Rex. When the game is over, Loomis finds Rex and Sarah dead in their room, and he is pushed by a shadow from the staircase, breaking the banister and hanging the same way he died in the game. Loomis' sister, Emma, g …ives his game to his best friend, Hutch. They, and his friends Miller, Phineus with his sister October, Swink and Abigail play the game together. When Miller and Phineus die the same way they died in the game, the survivors disclose that the game is based on the life of the evil Countess Elizabeth Bathory. She was buried alive in the tower of her real state in the Geronge Plantation. With the police chasing them, and after the death of October, the survivors reach the house and try to find the corpse of the Countess to destroy her fiend. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | hanged manburned to deathblood on shirtburned alivecharacter says i love youhangingstabbingprayershot to deathtitle spoken by characterbloodviolence |
Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an arm …ed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smith to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son. They'll meet again for a finale in England. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | torturemarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | englandvillage |
Characters: | soldierhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 17th century |
Story: | saving a lifehorseback ridinghangingprayerbritishgunfightblood |
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)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sadismtorturebetrayalrapedeath |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | innocent person killedblood on shirtsocial commentaryshot in the shoulderstabbed in the backsubjective camerabritishshot to deathtitle spoken by charactertwo word titlegunviolenceblood |
Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away … from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | executionbetrayaldeathlove |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | blood on shirtpassionate kisscountrysideshot to deathtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex scenetwo word titlebased on novelviolencegunbloodnudity |
Three backpackers travel into the Australian Outback, only to find themselves stranded at Wolf Creek crater. Once there they are encountered by a bushman, Mick Taylor, who offers them a ride back to his place. Little do the three know that their adventure into the Outback, would be a complete nightm …are after the backpackers find a way to escape. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sadismtorturerapedeath |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | scene before opening creditsblood on shirtcountrysideevil manstabbed in the backfalse accusationstabbingshot to deathtitle spoken by charactertwo word titlegunbloodviolence |
It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part of a war with the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, G …abriel and Thomas, can't wait to enlist in the newly formed "Continental Army." When South Carolina decides to join the rebellion against England, Gabriel immediately signs up to fight...without his father's permission. But when Colonel William Tavington, British dragoon, infamous for his brutal tactics, comes and burns the Martin Plantation to the ground, tragedy strikes. Benjamin quickly finds himself torn between protecting his family, and seeking revenge along with being a part of the birth of a new, young, and ambitious nation. (Read More)
Themes: | sadism |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | passionate kissburned aliveshot in the shoulderhangingstabbed in the backstabbingbritishhorsebloodviolencegunfight |
Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, he i …s brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this. (Read More)
Subgenre: | british horrorcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sadismdeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | blood on floorblood on shirtfemale nuditybloodsex |
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
Themes: | betrayalrapemarriagedeath |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | priestsoldierhusband wife relationship |
Story: | horseback ridingpassionate kisshanginghorsefemale nudityfightbloodviolence |
It's been seventeen years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets t …he poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn...or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state. (Read More)
Themes: | sadismbetrayaldeath |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | hanged manburned to deathblood on shirtsocial commentaryburned aliveshot in the shoulderevil manstabbed in the backshot to deathfightviolenceblood |