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1) The Lodge
Language
English
Formats
Description
During a family retreat to a remote winter cabin over the holidays, the father is forced to abruptly depart for work, leaving his two children in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.
2) Hard Candy
Language
English
Formats
Description
This edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller is directed by David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and features Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page. Precocious 14-year-old Hayley meets Jeff, a 30-something photographer, at a local coffee shop after chatting online for three weeks. When Jeff takes Hayley back to his home, the would-be predator realizes too late that Hayley is much, much more than she appears.
3) Spies
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Fritz Lang's elaborate superspy thriller is at last restored to its proper length.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
In 1949, at Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang (self-proclaimed "master of the unusual") created House by the river, a shocking and mordant thriller of passion and murder. Boasting an ingenious script by Spiral staircase scribe Mel Dinelli and evocative photography by Edward Cronjager (I wake up screaming), House ... is an underrated American "Grand Guignol" that transcends its modest origins and affirms Lang's genius.
5) Koma
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Koma is a psychological thriller featuring Hong Kong stars Lee Sinje (Divergence) and Karena Lam (Silk, Heroic Duo) that intricately weaves a winding tale through the darkest regions of the human psyche and an emotional cat-and-mouse game between two women. As facts begin to emerge, the truth becomes clearer - one has something the other desperately needs. As they become closer to each other, they find themselves on the brink of unspeakable danger....
6) Unsane
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young woman (Claire Foy) is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or is it a product of her delusion? Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Foy owns this intimate, claustrophobic film, which at its heart is about the universal fear...of telling your story and not being believed." - Sara Stewart, **The New York Post***
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Italiano
Description
Steeped in sadomasochism and lushly photographed in the vivid hues for which the director is known, Mario Bava's The whip and the body is a Gothic thriller that far surpasses the API Edgar Allan Poe films that it was intended to emulate. Christopher Lee (Dracula: prince of darkness) stars as Kurt Menliff, the sadistic son of a wealthy Count, who returns to the family castle, much to the dismay of his family, their servants, and the beautiful woman...
8) Baron blood
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
After spending several years exploring more contemporary genres, director Mario Bava (Black Sunday) returned with Baron blood to the gothic as a setting for a gruesome thriller. Working with producer Alfredo Leone, Bava crafted a film that is loyal to the bylaws of traditional horror, but is infused with a more modern visual style. An American professor (Antonio Cantafora) travels to the estate of his ancestor, the sadistic Baron Otto von Kleist,...
9) Exiled
Language
中文(繁體)
Formats
Description
The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. A relationship is formed between an ex-gangster trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Deutsch
Description
In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic conspirators.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Italiano
Description
Regarded as Mario Bava's most personal and unconventional film, Lisa and the devil (Lisa e il diavolo) is a diabolical thriller flavored with the dreadful imagery and tormenting logic of an endless nightmare. Elke Sommer stars as a tourist in Spain who, upon seeing the image of a bald, grinning devil in an ancient fresco, wanders away from her group and finds herself drawn into a confounding labyrinth of mystery, lured ever deeper by a mysterious...
12) Never Here
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Disturbing events lead an artist who photographs strangers to suspect that someone out there is watching HER. Boundaries blur between real and imaginary, crime and art, the watcher and the watched.
13) The Perfect Host
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Description
Warwick is the consummate host. John is a career criminal. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend. We become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**
14) Black Butterfly
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Piper Perabo headline this chilling tale of a writer who takes in a mysterious drifter at his remote cabin and soon finds himself in a dangerous situation spiraling out of control.
15) The Dig
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Language
English
Description
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find his victim’s father searching for the body on an endless bog. When he asks the local police officer to remove the man from his land, he soon realizes that the police and community want the killer in their midst gone for good. With no memory of the murder and no way of stopping Sean, Callahan’s only option is to join THE DIG.
16) Red
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Description
After his 14-year-old dog, Red, is senselessly murdered by three thrill-seeking teenagers, an aging recluse sets out seeking justice for his four-legged companion and finds himself gradually pushed to take extreme measures.
17) 600 Miles
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
Oscar® nominee Tim Roth is riveting as Hank Harris, a U.S. agent out to bust an international arms-smuggling racket. While attempting an arrest, Hank is overpowered by a young Mexican gunrunner (Kristyan Ferrer), who makes a fateful decision to smuggle Hank into Mexico and deliver him to his crime bosses. As the two enemies begin a tense journey into the heart of deadly cartel country, they are suddenly bound in a desperate fight for survival in...
19) Monos
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Description
MONOS is a breathtaking saga where the mission of teenage soldiers descends into chaos and the strong begin to prey on the weak on a remote mountain in Latin America. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
20) Wake in Fright
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Language
English
Description
Considered a classic of Australian New Wave cinema, WAKE IN FRIGHT tells the nightmarish story of a schoolteacher’s descent into demoralization at the hands of drunken, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small town in the outback.
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