Thriller

  • Fred Walton – When a Stranger Calls (1979)

    1971-1980Fred WaltonHorrorThrillerUSA
    When a Stranger Calls (1979)
    When a Stranger Calls (1979)

    A terrified young baby-sitter… an incessantly ringing phone… and whispered threats set the stage for one of the most suspenseful chillers ever filmed. Carol Kane stars as the baby-sitter who is tormented by a series of ominous phone calls until a compulsive cop (Charles Durning) is brought on the scene to apprehend the psychotic killer. Seven years later, however, the nightmare begins again when the madman return to mercilessly haunt Kane, now a wife and mother. No longer a naïve girl – though still terrified, but prepared – she moves boldly to thwart the maniac’s attack in scenes that culminate in a nerve-shattering conclusion…Read More »

  • Sami Pöyry – Punainen Kohina AKA Red Static (2021) (HD)

    2021-2030DramaFinlandSami PöyryThriller
    Punainen Kohina (2021)
    Punainen Kohina (2021)

    A lonely man living on a secluded farm invites his childhood friends for a visit. He has a plan that will shock everyone who ever knew him and change their lives forever.Read More »

  • Safy Nebbou – L’empreinte de l’ange AKA Angel of Mine (2008)

    Safy Nebbou2001-2010DramaFranceThriller
    L'empreinte de l'ange (2008)
    L’empreinte de l’ange (2008)

    Gripping, tense and dark the whole duration through, Angel of Mine concludes with an excellent ending, as desperation to be a mother results in a very surprising conclusion. It is astonishing that the film has been based on real life events.Read More »

  • Óskar Jónasson – Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)

    2001-2010ActionIcelandÓskar JónassonThriller
    Reykjavik Rotterdam (2008)
    Reykjavik Rotterdam (2008)

    Like a fish on a dry land, Kristofer is stuck in a dull everyday routine, working as a security guard. He got fired from the freight ship he worked on, when he was caught smuggling alcohol. Faced with money problems, he is tempted to accept the help of his friend, Steingrimur, who manages to pull some strings to get his old job back. He decides to take his chances one last time on a tour to Rotterdam.Read More »

  • Rodrigo Plá – La Zona AKA The Zone (2007)

    Rodrigo Plá2001-2010DramaMexicoThriller
    La Zona (2007)
    La Zona (2007)

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    Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood’s borders.Read More »

  • Julio Medem – La ardilla roja AKA The Red Squirrel (1993)

    Julio Medem1991-2000DramaSpainThriller
    La ardilla roja (1993)
    La ardilla roja (1993)

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    Jota is about to commit suicide. As he fighting against himself, trying to jump off a bridge, a girl riding a motorcycle falls off the bridge. He runs to help her, and goes with her to the hospital. She has forgotten even what her name is, and he invents her life. He makes up a name for her and tells her and the doctors that they live together as a couple for four years. The lie goes on for a while…Read More »

  • Yasuzô Masumura – Kuro no chôtokkyu AKA The Black Express (1964)

    Yasuzô Masumura1961-1970CrimeJapanThriller
    Kuro no chôtokkyu (1964)
    Kuro no chôtokkyu (1964)

    Quote:
    Basically the plot revolves around an endebted entreprenor who sell his fields to a business-man who plan to build an car-factory. Instead of this factory, the fields will prove to be used for the Shinkansen line. Then, the endebted entreprenor will seek back the business-man for get much more money he deserved in this real trade.

    Another not-so subtle critic of capitalism, but some good dark thriller moments and a great&painful strangulation sequence!Read More »

  • Shin’ya Tsukamoto – Vital (2004)

    2001-2010DramaJapanShinya TsukamotoThriller
    Vital (2004)
    Vital (2004)

    After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with the support of his parents. In the dissection class, his group participates of the autopsy of a young woman, and while cutting apart the tissue, he partially recalls his accident. Later, when he sees a tattoo in the arm of the corpse, he discloses that she was his girlfriend and becomes obsessed to go further in the examination of the body.Read More »

  • Anatole Litvak – The Long Night (1947)

    Anatole Litvak1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsFilm NoirThrillerUSA

    Synopsis:
    Shortly after a violent encounter with magician Maximilian (Vincent Price), Joe Adams (Henry Fonda) is shot by police. As he lies dying in his apartment, he reflects on his past. The flashbacks follow Joe as he falls in love with young Jo Ann (Barbara Bel Geddes), who is also being courted by Maximilian. Jo Ann begins to favor the compassionate Joe over the possessive magician, and Maximilian heads to Joe’s apartment intending to kill him, resulting in a dramatic standoff.Read More »

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