Thriller

  • Orson Welles – The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

    1941-1950MysteryOrson WellesThrillerUSA

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    A femme fatale named Elsa catches the eye of Irish sailor Michael O’Hara when he joins a bizarre yachting cruise with Elsa’s husband; but O’Hara soon finds himself implicated in a murder, despite his innocence.Read More »

  • Ray Ramayya – Ryan’s Babe (2000)

    1991-2000CanadaComedyRay RamayyaThriller
    Ray Ramayya - Ryan's Babe (2000)

    A good heart and bad luck will get you nothing but trouble. That’s what Ryan discovers – the hard way – when he thought hitting the road would solve all of his problems, instead it was just the beginning. Ryan (Bill LeVasseur, The West Wing) falls into one circumstantial trouble after another. From getting car-jacked at gun-point, being mistaken for a mobster’s son, to a run-in with cheerleaders intent on vigilante justice, Ryan barely escapes one mess before landing in the middle of another. Finally able to go home, Ryan heads back out on the highway. But has his luck really changed, or is there only more trouble in store for our charming hero?Read More »

  • Kang Woo-suk – Iggi AKA Moss (2010)

    2001-2010Kang Woo-sukMysterySouth KoreaThriller

    Hae Gook (Park Hae Il) travels to a reclusive village to attend his father’s funeral. He wants to find out the reason behind his father’s strange death, but the villagers, in particular village chief Cheon (Jung Jae Young), seem to be watching his every move and eager to see him leave. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Hae Gook enlists the help of prosecutor Park (Yoo Jun Sang) to slowly unravel the village’s sinister secrets.Read More »

  • John Sayles – Limbo (1999)

    1991-2000DramaJohn SaylesThrillerUSA

    In an economically devastated Alaskan town, a fisherman with a troublesome past dates a woman whose young daughter does not approve of him. When he witnesses the murder of his shady brother, he, the woman and the kid run to the wilderness.Read More »

  • Francis Searle – Murder at 3am (1953)

    1951-1960DramaFrancis SearleThrillerUnited Kingdom

    From IMDb:
    Inspector Lawton (Dennis Price) and Sgt Todd (Rex Garner) investigate a series of murders, in which well off young women are being attacked and robbed after leaving London’s trendy nightclubs in the wee small hours. Lawton’s younger sister, Joan (Peggy Evans) is engaged to be married to a hard up novelist called Teddy King (Philip Saville) and Lawton is shocked when the evidence points to him as being the killer. However, in a showdown at the docks, it transpires that Teddy has a twin brother who turns out to be the culprit.Read More »

  • Herschel Daugherty – The Victim AKA Out of Contention (1972)

    1971-1980Herschel DaughertyThrillerTVUSA

    A woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.Read More »

  • Ben Leonberg – Good Boy (2025)

    2021-2030Ben LeonbergHorrorThrillerUSA

    A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.Read More »

  • Chûsei Sone – Akuma no heya AKA Demon’s Room (1982)

    1981-1990Chûsei SoneJapanThriller

    Young woman Yoshiko (Reiko Nakamura) gets a call from a man, Fuji (Johnny Okura) claiming to be from her husband’s company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on behalf of her husband, Hiroyuki (Masami Horiuchi) who is the scion of a hotel magnate. The kidnapper is Hiroyuki’s father’s secret love-child. He takes her to a hotel, and proceeds to rape her. He calls her husband but doesn’t request a ransom. He’s just bent on humiliating her to submission to be his sex slave, but she begins to fall in love with him even as Hiroyuki is finally deciding to pay the ransom to free her.Read More »

  • Jane Simpson – Little Witches (1996)

    1991-2000HorrorJane SimpsonThrillerUSA

    A group of girls at a Catholic boarding school get mixed up in the occult.Read More »

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