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Lambert plays a hipster thief who falls in love with the bored and beautiful wife of the millionaire he just robbed. She wants her stolen papers back and he wants her heart. With gangsters and Metro police on their tail, the two seek refuge in the wild labyrinth beneath the subway, and team up with the strange characters, including a drummer (Jean Reno) who inhabit this subterranean world. The result is a hilarious, rocking adventure that never slows down. - Director:
- Luc Besson
- Cast:
- Christopher Lambert, Liza Ross, Isabelle Adjani
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Ho, ho, no! The joyful spirit of Christmas is about to take one dark turn after another. From sadistic office parties and last-minute shopping nightmares, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there's plenty to keep you from seeing what's under the tree this yuletide season. Constance Wu (Hustlers) and Jonathan Kite (2 Broke Girls) headline a sensational ensemble cast in this Christmas comedy for horror fans. - Director:
- David Ian McKendry
- Cast:
- Constance Wu, Jonathan Kite, Jocelin Donahue
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X Game (2010)X gêmu
Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens the next day, finds himself in a recreation of his old schoolroom, along with his recently reunited classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a brutally violent, version of the punishment game... or face death. A twisty, horror/mystery 'mash-up' peppered with dark humor and inventive gore, director Yohei Fukuda shows how revenge is a dish best served cold and not very sweet - Japanese style. - Director:
- Yôhei Fukuda
- Cast:
- Kazuyuki Aijima, Hirofumi Araki, Shôta Chiyo
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"Spasmo" - a slick and sick psycho-thriller that stands tall as one of the giallo genre's most colourful crime-capers. Starring a cast of Euro-shock veterans, such as sexy Suzy Kendall and the chiselled-chinned Ivan Rassimov, Lenzi's carefully paced, and frequently surreal, murder-mystery shows that he is about more than just the gore. A genuinely accomplished achievement, with plot twists galore and a mind-boggling climax, 'Spasmo' is a must-see for anyone who misses the classic era of Rome-based bloodshed. - Director:
- Umberto Lenzi
- Cast:
- Robert Hoffmann, Carolyn De Fonseca, Frank von Kuegelgen
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Nikita (1990)La Femme Nikita
After being convicted of killing a cop, street-tough Nikita (Anne Parillaud) must choose between her own execution or training with a top-secret government agency to become an assassin. Given a new identity, new skills, and a new life by her mentor Bob (Tcheky Karyo), Nikita becomes "Josephine", a seductive, sophisticated knockout who's also a brutally efficient killing machine. - Director:
- Luc Besson
- Cast:
- Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
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The accent is on realism in this thoughtful portrait of one of the Old West's most unsual and colorful personalities. Born Martha Jane Canary, "Calamity Jane" (Jane Alexander) could ride, shoot, track and brawl as good as any man. In fact she preferred the company of men over women, which often got her into trouble with the "proper ladies" of her time. Her busy life included stints as a stagecoach driver, army scout, farmer and prospector, as well as a possible relationship with Wild Bill Hickock. Trick rider, crack shot, expert poker player, wife and mother, Calamity Jane was one woman who insited on living life her way. With its focus on people, 'Calamity Jane' is a poignant story of a larger than life individual who became a legend in her own time. She's won her place in history...Now she'll take her place in your heart. - Director:
- James Goldstone
- Cast:
- Jane Alexander, Frederic Forrest, Ken Kercheval
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Two thousand years ago: Alexander the great was conquering the world, he had his highest ranking general, Parmenion, assassinated. Before Parmenion died, he vowed that he would one day return to exact revenge. Present day: Andrew Garret is a cop with psychic abilities. He is assigned to investigate. The play, a barbarous gladiatorial competition organised by the city's underworld. Andrew goes undercover and infiltrates the Play disguised as a fighter, calling himself the Gladiator. Parmenion, a gambler of the play, baits Andrew to enter the battle dome called the Arena of Death and fight the giant, Mongol. - Director:
- Nick Rotundo
- Cast:
- Frank Anderson, Dan Carter, Eugene Clark
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Crimewave (1985)The XYZ Murders / Broken Hearts and Noses
Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life! When Ernest Trend (Edward R. Pressman) of Odegard-Trend Security decides to hire a pair of exterminators instead of a hit man to rid him of his business partner he thinks he has found the perfect solution. But when they murder the wrong person accidentally and realise their crime has been witnessed, they seek to frame a poor video surveillance man for the murder, whatever the cost! - Director:
- Sam Raimi
- Cast:
- Louise Lasser, Brion James, Paul L. Smith
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Death Tube (2010)X gêmu
This extreme splatter game - in the vein of Saw - centre's around a website called Death Tube: Broadcast Murder Show. Tragedy begins with curiosity. The on-line killer website broadcasts scenes of death in real time. Viewers are drawn to the website through curiosity, and then are shocked by what they see. Against their will, random viewers are selected to enter the killing game. It is literally a life and death situation to survive in this cruelest of spectator sports. - Director:
- Yôhei Fukuda
- Cast:
- Shôichi Matsuda, Wataru Kaoru, Ishino Atsushi
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Tokyo Gore School (2009)Gakkô ura saito
For Fujiwara, everything seems to be going well - he is doing well in high school, he is good looking and also a good fighter. One day, he is suddenly attacked by a group of students without any provocation. He then discovers that there is a mysterious violent game being played out in the corridors and playgrounds of Tokyo's high schools. The game is being spread virally via the students' mobile phones! The victims are mysteriously hypnotized and become senseless killing machines. Fujiwara must fight for his survival and discover the game's terrifying secret. - Director:
- Yôhei Fukuda
- Cast:
- Masato Hyûgaji, Takafumi Imai, Kenta Itogi
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Anatomie 2 (2003)Anatomy 2
In the research department of Berlin's most prestigious hospital, a centuries-old secret society is once again operating outside the rules of medical science - and the laws of nature. This time Anti-Hippocratics are led by a renowned neurosurgeon bent on developing the first synthetic body parts - at all costs. Assisted by a handpicked team of ambitious medical students, the doctor is close to achieving his ruthless drean - until an inquisitive young intern and a relentless investigator (Franka Potente) discover the deadly truth about the team's experiments. Now, this terrifying body of information could cost them their lives... - Director:
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cast:
- Ariane Schnug, August Diehl, Herbert Knaup
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Telling a terrifying tale of some teenagers who opt to spend the night in a morgue but awake a demonic force that takes none too kindly to trespassers - 'One Dark Night ' has not been seen in the UK since the VHS era! However, this colourful bout of eighties carnage is back to frighten a new generation - and with a leading lady turn from the beautiful Meg Tilly is it any wonder this decade defining ghost story has never been forgotten by those who first encountered its eerie charms? - Director:
- Tom McLoughlin
- Cast:
- Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman, Robin Evans
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Anatomy (2000)Anatomie
Paula (Franka Potente) has one dream in life, to become a successful doctor just like her beloved grandfather (Werner Dissel). So when she is offered a place on a prestigious anatomy course taught by a legendary professor she can't quite believe her luck. Delight soon turns to horror when during her first anatomy class, Paula discovers David (Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey), a nice young man she met a few days earlier, lying in front of her on the dissecting table. Shaken by this experience, Paula ignores all warnings and investigates his mysterious death. As other students begin disappearing, Paula grows more determined to search for the answers... even if it means she could be the next victim. - Director:
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cast:
- Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos
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A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened - and he's the killer. - Director:
- John Flynn
- Cast:
- Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith
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Stroll down the corridors of a mental asylum, where your mind won't believe what your eyes see. In the tradition of Tales from the Crypt and Creepshow...this anthology of pulp horror tales, helmed by the ever- reliable horror master, Freddie Francis. The film features a quartet of eerie vignettes involving four patients in the care of psychiatrist Donald Pleasance, who's attempting to justify his strange theories of colleague, Jack Hawkins. - Director:
- Freddie Francis
- Cast:
- Jack Hawkins, Charles Gray, Donald Pleasence
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