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Tenebrae
(1982) [R]
Italian horror stylist, Dario Argento directs this inventive, suspense thriller about Peter Neal, (Anthony Franciosa), an American mystery novelist who comes to Rome to promote his latest release.Soon after his arrival, a bizarre sequence of shocking homicides occur which strangely resemble the... More
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Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)
(1975) [R]
Considered by many to be terror maestro Dario Argento’s true masterpiece, "DEEP RED" (aka "PROFONDO ROSSO") stars David Hemmings ("Blow Up", "Gladiator") as an American jazz pianist who witnesses a brutal, bloody murder from afar. He teams up with a local Italian journalist (Daria Nicoladi) –... More
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In the Cut
(2003) [R]
When a lonely teacher witnesses the prelude to a brutal homicide and then falls for the Detective investigating the case, she begins a risky erotic liaison that will expose the darker side of passion and the boundaries of obsession. Hollywood favourite MEG RYAN and award-winning director JANE... More
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The Long Goodbye
(1973) [M]
Elliot Gould "gives one of his best performances" (Esquire) as a quirky, mischievous Philip Marlowe in Robert Altman's "fascinating and original" (Newsweek) send-up of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story. Co-starring Nina Van Pallandt and Sterling Hayden and written by Leigh Brackett (The... More
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The Tenant
(1976) [M]
A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself. More
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End Play
(1975) [MA]
Russell Braddon's bestseller becomes a gripping, psychological movie thriller with a serial killer, in a small coastal community , preying on young and attractive female hitchhikers! Suspicion falls on paraplegic Robert Gifford (George Mallaby) and his brother Mark (John Waters). Both men remain... More
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Strangers on a Train (2 disc set)
(1951) [M]
Two strangers, making idle chitchat on a train, agree that "some people are better off dead", and hypothetically speculate that if they swapped murders, they could commit the perfect, motiveless crime. Only later does one of the men realise that the other was serious about his murderous... More
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Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres)
(2001) [MA]
Deaf secretary Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) is bullied by her mean spirited male colleagues. When they suggest she needs an assistant it seems like the final insult, but, when the first applicant is ex-con Paul (Vincent Cassel) she seizes the chance to change her life. Carla covers his mistakes and... More
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The Brides Of Fu Manchu
(1966) [PG]
Chrsistoper Lee returns as Sax Rohmer's legendary Asian super villain Fu Manchu for the second of his five outings as the character. This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of... More
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The Face of Fu Manchu
(1965) [PG]
The first in a series of thrillers adapated from the works of Sax Rohmer and starring Christopher Lee as the Oriental master criminal. Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith (Nigel Green) of Scotland Yard to the possibility that the fiendish Fu Manchu (Lee) may not after all be dead,... More
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2 disc set)
(2003) [M]
It's 1899 and the world is a dark and ominous place. Tensions between Germany and England are growing and a mysterious megalomaniac called "The Fantom" is provoking war, believing he can cash in on the conflict by selling weapons of mass destruction. Desperate to maintain peace, an agent of the... More
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Spellbound (1945)
(1945) [PG]
Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) is a psychiatrist with a firm understanding of human nature-or so she thinks. When the mysterious Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck) becomes the new chief of staff at her institution, the bookish and detached Constance plummets into a whirlwind of tangled... More
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The Parallax View
(1974) [M]
Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work from colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to... More
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Fargo
(1996) [MA]
Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan for his wife to be kidnapped and the ransom from her wealthy father to be secretly split between Jerry and the perpetrators. Jerry, who is not the most astute of individuals, hires a couple of real losers from... More
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The Desperate Hours
(1955) [PG]
Director William Wyler's suspense classic marks the only time cinema giants Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March worked together. And the result is everything you'd expect: taut, terrifying and terrific. Bogart plays an escaped con who has nothing to lose. March is a suburban Everyman who has... More
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Murder By Death
(1976) [PG]
The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert? You are cordially invited to join an all-star cast featuring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Peter Falk, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Eileen Brennan,... More
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The Stunt Man
(1980) [M]
Cameron is an ex-soldier on the run. He stumbles onto a movie location at a beach resort, and megalomaniacal director Eli Cross compels him to take the job of a stunt man, to replace one who earlier drowned in a dangerous stunt. While Cameron needs the cover offerred by the job and begins to fall... More
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Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948) [M]
Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for he husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. She becomes increasingly desperate as she tries to work out who the victim is so the crime... More
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Insomnia
(1997) [MA]
Norwegian filmmaker Erik Skjoldbj?rg makes his directorial debut with the psychological police drama Insomnia. Swedish homicide detective Jonas Engstrom (Stellan Skarsgard) and his partner, Erik Vik (Sverre Anker Ousdal), arrive in a small Northern Norwegian town to help the local police... More
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Possession
(2002) [M]
Hailed as "the most romantic film of the year!" (Bill Zwecker, Fox-TV), Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love) and Aaron Eckhart (Erin Brockovich) star in this sexy, seductively intriguing mystery. Maud Bailey (Paltrow) and Roland Michell (Eckhart) are two dedicated literary... More
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Insomnia (US)
(2002) [M]
Academy Award winners Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank lead an astounding cast and turn in powerful performances for the riveting psychological thriller from the acclaimed director of Memento. When two LAPD detectives are sent to a remote Alaskan town to aid in the investigation of an... More
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One Hour Photo
(2002) [M]
Robin Williams delivers his "finest hour" (USA Today) in "one of the eeriest, most absorbing, effective thrillers in years" (NBC-TV). Sy "the photo guy" Parrish (Williams) has lovingly, painstakingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as Yorkins' lives... More
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8 Women
(2002) [M]
Directed by Francois Ozon, 8 Women is a delightful and unconventional tongue-in-cheek thriller – part murder mystery, part musical – featuring some of the greatest actresses in French cinema. It is Christmas and a family gathers to celebrate the festive period with wealthy industrialist... More
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Swimfan
(2002) [M]
Jess Bradford (Bring It On) and Erika Christensen (Traffic) plunge into a world of desire and deceit in this "scary, suspenseful surprise!" (Access Hollywood) Ben Cronin has it all: good friends, a loyal sweetheart, and a great shot at a swimming scholarship. But a chance encounter with a sexy... More
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Murder By Numbers
(2002) [MA]
"Sandra Bullock has never been more original or affecting" (Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun). As Cassie Mayweather, a homicide detective confronting personal demons while following her instincts about the real killers in a Jane Doe murder case. The clues point one way - but the chain of evidence is... More
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The Bourne Identity
(2002) [M]
Discovered floating in the Meditteranean with a couple of bullets in his back by a passing fishing boat, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has no idea who he is or why the details of a Swiss bank account would have been surgically inserted under his skin. The mystery deepens when he travels to Geneva and... More
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Signs
(2002) [M]
From M. Night Shyamalan, the writer/director of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable comes the story of the Hess family in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who wake up one morning to find a 500-foot crop circle in their backyard. Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his family are told extraterrestials are... More
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The Cat's Meow
(2001) [M]
In November of 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Included among the famous guests that weekend were, Charlie Chaplin, Hearst's mistress, starlet Marion Davies, the studio system creator, producer Thomas Ince, and feared gossip... More
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The Devil's Backbone
(2001) [R]
t is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos (Fernando Tielve), the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in... More
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Gosford Park
(2001) [M]
Robert Altman directs this elegant period drama and Agatha Christie-style murder mystery that features the cream of British acting talent. Gathered at aristocrat Michael Gambon's big house are fellow toffs Charles Dance, James Wilby and Jeremy Northam (as British matinee idol Ivor Novello) among... More
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