matty-m00's - Rented List
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After Hours (1985)A Night in SoHo / Lies
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences - involving underground - art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight - pile up with anxiety - inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home. With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese-abetted by Michael Ballhaus's kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, and John Heard - directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace. - Director:
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast:
- Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom
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The Exorcist III (1990)The Exorcist III: Legion / The Exorcist: 1990 / The Exorcist 3
"The Exorcist 3" sees writer William Peter Blatty return to direct this 'first true sequel' to the original film, based on his own novel. Fifteen years have passed since Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller) died exorcising Regan MacNeil. Now his best friend Lt. Kinderman (George C. Scott) is troubled by a series of mysterious murders which are strangely reminiscent of those committed by the Gemini killer - who was executed on the night Karras died. Does the killer's spirit live on, and if so in whom? Kinderman's investigation leads him to an amnesiac in a mental hospital who has recently awoken from a fifteen-year coma, can describe the Gemini killings in detail, and bears an uncanny resemblance to Damien Karras. - Director:
- William Peter Blatty
- Cast:
- Colleen Dewhurst, George C. Scott, Ed Flanders
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Ten years after the critically acclaimed 'Happiness', Todd Solondz revisits the tangled personal lives of three sisters in this savagely funny satire of middle class mores. Joy (Shirley Henderson) is married to a man with an unresolved 'affliction' and haunted by a former lover; Trish (Allison Janney) meets an unlikely new suitor while her ex-con ex-husband attempts to reconnect with their young son; meanwhile Helen (Ally Sheedy) feels pressured by her family and her Hollywood success. Featuring an all-star cast, this emotionally resonant portrait of flawed but fascinating characters struggling to find love and meaning in an unsympathetic world is poignant, sometimes shocking and often hilarious. - Director:
- Todd Solondz
- Cast:
- Shirley Henderson, Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy
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Elle (2016)Oh!
From legendary filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, 'Elle' is a gripping psychological noir thriller. Starring iconic actress Isabelle Huppert in a career-defining role, 'Elle' follows Michele LeBlanc (Huppert), founder and CEO of a successful video game company, who is attacked in her own home. Upending our expectations, Michele begins to track down her assailant, and soon they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game, one that at any moment may spiral out of control. - Director:
- Paul Verhoeven
- Cast:
- Isabelle Huppert, Oury Milshtein, Laurent Lafitte
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Stage Fright (1987)Deliria / StageFright: Aquarius
A group of young dancers rehearsing in an old theatre is accidentally locked-in for the night - but not alone. In the shadows, someone is watching, waiting and selecting victims at his demented leisure... tonight, deranged serial killer Irving Wallace (Clain Parker) has escaped and is about to put on his own real-life horror show! - Director:
- Michele Soavi
- Cast:
- David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore
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Among the most exciting voices in genre cinema to emerge in recent years, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with their third feature, 'The Endless'. Benson and Moorhead play brothers, former members of a "crazy UFO death cult", who receive a mysterious video cassette in the mail. The tape contains an eerie calling card from their past, inviting them to attend an event called the Ascension. Despite their apprehension, the pair agree to return for one day. At first their old friends in the cult seem warm and welcoming, but things soon turn strange as the brothers find themselves drawn into a vortex of bizarre rituals, strange messages, unseen forces and sinister supernatural secrets that threaten to tear apart the very fabric of reality. - Director:
- Justin Benson
- Cast:
- Callie Hernandez, James Jordan, Emily Montague
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Visionary director Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to vast Trash Island, Atari sets off in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. With the assistance of his newfound mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber
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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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A previously lost sleaze masterpiece, chock-a-block with lesbianism, whippings, black magic and dubious hair cuts. This is Italian gothic with dollops of seventies style. A man who seeks help for an injured woman at a gothic castle finds it inhabited by their 'darker' halves and a sex crazed arachnid with a taste for stockings and sadomasochism. - Director:
- Luigi Batzella
- Cast:
- Rita Calderoni, Stelio Candelli, James Harris
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Raw (2016)Grave / Freaking
Everyone in Justine's (Garance Marillier) family is a vet, and a vegetarian. At 16, she's a brilliant and promising student. When she starts at veterinary school, she enters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. During the first week of hazing rituals, desperate to fit in whatever the cost, she strays from her family principles when she eats raw meat for the first time. Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences of her actions as her true self begins to emerge. - Director:
- Julia Ducournau
- Cast:
- Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella
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The Church (1989)La Chiesa
In medieval times, religious Knights massacre a village of witches and build a Cathedral on top of their mass grave. In present-days, the church's librarian (Tomas Arana) accidentally unleashes the evil which had laid under the edifice since the massacre. This sets off mechanisms built into the infrastructure which trap priests and churchgoers, who all fall prey to the waking demons and satanic spirits. - Director:
- Michele Soavi
- Cast:
- Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
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Thelma (2017)Telma
Thelma (Eili Harboe) has just left her religious family to study at a university in Oslo. A sudden bout of violent seizures coincides with her growing affections for fellow student Anja (Kaya Wilkins), who reciprocates Thelma's attraction. As it becomes clear that the seizures are symptoms of mysterious and dangerous psychological abilities, Thelma is confronted with secrets from her past and the terrifying implications of her newfound powers. - Director:
- Joachim Trier
- Cast:
- Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen
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Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)The Cemetery Man
Meet Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett), gravedigger and guardian of the mythical Buffalora Cemetery where the dead just don't stay dead. Seven days after burial, the fresh cadavers claw their way out of their coffins looking for flesh to eat. And it's Francesco's job to dispatch these 'Returners' before they escape into the local community. But his quest to stop the dead from invading the world of the living falters when he falls in love with a beautiful and enigmatic widow visiting her husband's crypt. For when he kills her by mistake and is cursed to see her face for eternity, the difference between being alive and dead become chillingly confused in his shocked and romantically damaged brain. - Director:
- Michele Soavi
- Cast:
- Anna Falchi, Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro
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Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer, teams up with a criminal gang to steal a work of art worth millions of dollars, but after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he wakes to discover that he has no memory of where he has hidden the painting. When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang's leader (Vincent Cassel) hires a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon's psyche. As she digs deeper into his broken subconscious, the stakes become much higher and the boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur and disappear. - Director:
- Danny Boyle
- Cast:
- James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel
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Fleeing from a battle in the English Civil War a small group of deserters are captured by an Alchemist and forced to aid him in his search for treasure he believes is buried in a nearby field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descends into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia. As it becomes clear that the treasure may be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field. - Director:
- Ben Wheatley
- Cast:
- Julian Barratt, Sara Dee, Peter Ferdinando
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