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Repulsion
(1965) [M]

Repulsion, starring the incomparable Catherine Deneuve, was director Roman Polanski's first movie filmed in English. It chronicles the descent into schizophrenia of a sexually confused, isolated young woman named Carol who works at a beauty parlor and shares an apartment with her sister Helen...  More

Blood Simple
(1984) [R]

Deep in the heart of Texas, a jealous bar owner hires a private eye to kill his wife and her lover. The sleazy hitman double-crosses the husband, killing him instead and pocketing the cash. The perfect crime, or so it seems, but disposing of the corpse is not so simple. Blood Simple uncoils its...  More

Frantic
(1988) [M]

Ford plays an American doctor whose wife suddenly vanishes while the couple is visiting Paris. To recover her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops and triplicate-form bureaucrats. Ultimately - and reluctantly - he must try a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more...  More

The Exorcist
(1973) [R]

The belief in evil - and that evil can be cast out. From these two strands of faith, author William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin wove The Exorcist, the frightening and realistic story of an innocent girl inhabited by a malevolent entity. Academy Award winner Friedkin, who introduces...  More

Jacob's Ladder
(1990) [R]

Directed by Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks, Unfaithful) and written by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Deep Impact), Jacob's Ladder tells the truly terrifying story of a traumatised Vietnam war veteran, who, as he returns to his civilian life, begins to hallucinate. Visualising horned...  More

Aliens
(1986) [M]

Sigourney Weaver reprised her role as Ellen Ripley for James Cameron's exciting, adrenaline-fuelled sequel. The only survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the alien, Ripley's escape pod floats in space for 57 years. After being rescued, Ripley is stunned when her story is met with...  More

Brainstorm
(1983) [M]

A voyage to the frontiers of human knowledge and beyond. A recording machine has been invented which, when linked with brainwave sensors and computer technology, can record intellectual, emotional and even physical sensations. Natalie Wood's last screen role.  More

The Falcon And The Snowman
(1985) [M]

Academy Award Winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) and Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking) deliver superb performances in a true-story spy thriller that is scathing and arresting, and laced with white-knuckle excitement. From Oscar winners John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) and Steven Zaillian...  More

Halloween
(1978) [R]

The year is 1963, the night; Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that a 17 year Judith Myers had been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother... After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out just days before Halloween. No one knows, nor would wish to...  More

The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers
(1946) [PG]

FATE Drew Them Together... And Only MURDER Could Part Them! No one's as good as Barbara Stanwyck when she is "bad" - and the Double Indemnity star gives an equally chilling performance opposite rugged Van Heflin and dynamic Kirk Douglas (making his feature-film debut) in The Strange Love Of...  More