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International intrigue, sex, violence and murder are interwoven throughout "To Kill a Stranger". This chilling thriller touches each of us by the threads of our own feelings of frustration, alienation, stress and anxiety. After a series of frustrating delays, Christina Carver (Angélica María), a beautifully provocative, sexy pop singer begins her journey to join her husband, a foreign correspondent, on assignment in a middle eastern European police state. Caught in a storm, Christina swerves her car to avoid an accident causing the car to he thrust into a muddy ditch. Mihail Kostic (Donald Pleasence), a man in his mid-fifties with a sympathetic though beguiling smile, introduces himself and graciously offers his hospitality. Having arrived at the ominous looking house it becomes immediately apparent to Christina that all is not as it appears to be, as she gets caught up in a web of international intrigue, sex, violence and murder. - Director:
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Cast:
- Angélica María, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence
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In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser 'Postal Dude' teams up with his uncle, the leader of a local cult and plans to make some easy money by stealing a peculiar bounty of riches from a nearby amusement park. But first they must foil a band of ruthless terrorists led by none other than Osama Bin Laden and save the world from destruction in this offensive, hilarious and mayhem ridden comedy that threatens the very limits of common decency. - Director:
- Uwe Boll
- Cast:
- Dave Foley, Verne Troyer, Zack Ward
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Suspect (1960)The Risk
When he and his research team discover a cure for both typhus and bubonic plague, Professor Sewell (Peter Cushing) is appalled to find their results gagged under the Official Secrets Act. Conflict is immediate - the research team want their findings to benefit mankind, but officialdom are convinced that, in the wrong hands, it could be used as a weapon of war! - Director:
- John Boulting
- Cast:
- Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018)Mary Poppins 2
The magic returns in Disney's all-new classic as Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) helps the Banks family remember the joy of what it's like to be a child. Together with her friend Jack the lamplighter (Lin-Manuel Miranda), fun is brought back to the streets of London in celebration that everything is possible...even the impossible. - Director:
- Rob Marshall
- Cast:
- Emily Blunt, Chris O'Dowd, Lin-Manuel Miranda
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When accidentally destroying his workplace gets successful salesman Teddy (Kevin Hart) fired, he can't find another decent job unless he finally gets his GED. But two major things stand in his way: Carrie (Tiffany Haddish), a teacher with no time for grownup class clowns, and Stewart (Taran Killam), Teddy's high school nemesis-turned-principal who will do anything to see him fail. Now every school rule is about to be broken when they all go head-to-head in a wild battle of wits, pranks, and lessons you can't learn in books. 'Night School' is in session! - Director:
- Malcolm D. Lee
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- Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle
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The Rage: The Carrie 2 (1999)Carrie 2
Welcome to Bates High School. The lesson for today: Stay on Rachel Lang's good side, because this outcast teen has a fiery temper that can't be controlled! Joining her in the halls are Jason London, Dylan Bruno , J. Smith-Cameron, Zachery Ty Bryan and Amy Irving for an explosion of supernatural violence that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the blazing, bloody end! Rachel (Emily Bergl) is a high-school misfit who gets caught in the middle of a vicious prank orchestrated by a group of over-sexed jocks that turns deadly. Once the police bring one of the boys in for questioning, his teammates target Rachel for squealing, and hatch a devious scheme to publicly humiliate her. But messing with Rachel is worse than playing with fire, for when her temper's crossed, it triggers a powder keg of anger and unleashes special powers that can turn a fun house party into a mad-house inferno! - Director:
- Katt Shea
- Cast:
- Piper Laurie, Emily Bergl, Jason London
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Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) now assesses security for skyscrapers. He's on assignment in China when he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who is trapped inside the building, above the fire line. - Director:
- Rawson Marshall Thurber
- Cast:
- Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han
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When four unassuming OAP's accidentally kill a con man, they find their lives turned upside down! Things go south when the con mans partner shows up and the four ladies scramble to cover up the "accident". Hide the booze, stash the fire arms - these grannies will stop at nothing to set things straight and get their normal lives back. - Director:
- Srikant Chellappa
- Cast:
- Pam Grier, Judge Reinhold, Florence Henderson
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Resurrection of Evil (2016)Havenhurst
Welcome to Havenhurst, a turn-of-the-century gothic apartment complex in the heart of New York City with one rule: live a good and decent life and you can stay for as long as you like. Break this rule and face eviction - and never be seen or heard from again. When Jackie Sullivan (Julie Benz) is released from rehab, she moves into Havenhurst to start a new life. Guilt-ridden over the tragic loss of her daughter, Jackie is quickly drawn into the mysteries of the building, in particular the unsolved disappearance of a previous occupant. Aided by a hardened police detective, Jackie must not only battle her inner demons but the very real ones that live deep within the walls of her new home. - Director:
- Andrew C. Erin
- Cast:
- Julie Benz, Fionnula Flanagan, Belle Shouse
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Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985)Nudo e selvaggio / Cannibal Ferox 2
A charter plane crashes into the middle of the Amazon jungle in an area known as 'Dinosaur Valley' so called because of a substantial fossil find in the area. Assorted archeologists, models, alcoholic wives, Vietnam vets, etc. have to battle their way through flesh eating Voodoo tribes, piranhas, quicksand, crocodiles and more in this flesheating, entrail rending, bullet hitting, body impaling, previously unavailable tale! - Director:
- Michele Massimo Tarantini
- Cast:
- Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho, Milton Rodríguez
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Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his stellar literary career. Ignoring infidelities and excuses made in the cause of his art, she has put up with his behaviour with undiminished grace and humour. The foundations of their marriage have, however, been built upon a set of uneven compromises and Joan has reached a turning point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel rewarding a spectacular body of work, Joan will confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and some long-buried secrets. 'The Wife' is a poignant, funny and emotional journey, a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation... - Director:
- Björn Runge
- Cast:
- Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons
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Urban couple Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia's (Briony Behets) marriage is on the rocks. As a last ditch attempt to save their relationship, Peter arranges for the couple to spend the long weekend together away at a remote beach on the Australian coast. With Marcia preferring to stay someplace more luxurious, their romantic getaway gets off to a bad start - and then they hit an animal on the lonely road. When they finally reach the beach, the urbanites begin making themselves comfortable in their new surroundings, but they soon discover that nature is not in an accommodating mood. As one disaster after another emerges, the tensions between Peter and Marcia rise to the surface. - Director:
- Colin Eggleston
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- John Hargreaves, Colin Eggleston, Briony Behets
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Fear in the Night (1972)Dynasty of Fear
Peggy (Judy Geeson) is recovering from a nervous breakdown when she is attacked by an unseen assailant. As she struggles to break free, her attacker's artificial arm comes loose and Peggy blacks out in sheer terror. Peggy and her new husband Robert (Ralph Bates) spend their honeymoon at the country school where Robert is a teacher. The school is eerily deserted. Except for the headmaster Michael (Peter Cushing) and his wife Molly (Joan Collins). Returning to her cottage. Peggy is once more attacked by a man with one arm. Robert goes to London on behalf of the headmaster, but leaves his shotgun behind to reassure Peggy. Michael visits Peggy at the cottage late one night, and she notices for the first time that he only has one arm. Terrified, she reaches for the gun. - Director:
- Jimmy Sangster
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- Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates
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Watch Me When I Kill! (1977)Il gatto dagli occhi di giada
When Mara (Paola Tedesco) stops by at the chemist to pick up some painkillers she's unwittingly signed up for a prescription in terror and a world of pain for those around her! Told to come back another day, little does Mara realise that the chemist is lying dead in the back of the shop and she's bought herself a stalker determined to wipe her out now that she's a witness. Bido weaves a web of one nod and a wink after another to any fan of Argento's most baroque thrillers with skilful murder set-pieces of his own and a soundtrack that could easily have been performed by Goblin. Intricate, suspenseful and satisfying, Bido applies his own visceral vision to the art of giallo film-making and pulls off a stunning bloodied gem. - Director:
- Antonio Bido
- Cast:
- Corrado Pani, Carolyn De Fonseca, Paola Tedesco
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The Devil's Men (1976)Land of the Minotaur
When a number of tourists disappear from a picturesque Greek village, anxious priest Father Roche (Donald Pleasence) turns to his old friend, private detective Milo Kaye (Costa Skouras). Roche and Kaye are joined by Laurie (Luan Peters), who is searching for the friends she lost on a recent camping trip near the ruins of an ancient temple. The ruins are on a pagan site owned by the sinister Baron Corofax (Peter Cushing). When Kaye, Roche and Laurie stumble across Corofax's secret it seems their fate is sealed. Those who enter the forbidden chamber of the minotaur must die... - Director:
- Kostas Karagiannis
- Cast:
- Donald Pleasence, Robert Rietty, Peter Cushing
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