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When they stumbled upon it, abandoned in a shed in their new home, both Bill (Robin Thomas) and Claire (Starr Andreeff) Martin agreed it was the perfect gift for their little girl Jessica (Rachel Duncan) - a beautiful Victorian dollhouse.

But this is no ordinary dollhouse, no harmless child's plaything. This is a chilling replica of the original Amityville house, exact in every detail, and all too soon the curse that has destroyed so many lives in the past begins once more to take its terrible toll. Besieged by the living dead, tormented by evil incarnate, terrorised by supernatural spirits, one by one the family fall victim to the horrors unleashed by the dollhouse. They must fight back...or be lost forever somewhere beyond Hell's grim portal.

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Sandra (Asia Argento), a former prostitute with a penchant for S and M and narcotics, travels to Paris to rekindle her love affair with debt-ridden entrepreneur Miles Rennberg (Michael Madsen). The couple have a fiery but short-lived relationship and their last steamy encounter ends in violence.

Sandra flees to Hong Kong in search of a new life and a fresh start. However, nothing is quite as it seems, as Sandra finds herself trapped in a deadly game of manipulation.

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Billy Brennan (William Baldwin), a cop with a conscience, is dragged into a dark world of murder and corruption due to his partner's involvement with the local mob.

Sal 'Fish' Pescatore (Jon Seda), the head of the drug syndicate is 'cleaning house', and Brennan is forced to operate outside the law to save his partner, bring down the Mob and protect a beautiful psychotherapist Karen Winterman (Elizabeth Mitchell) who becomes inadvertently involved. With an assortment of cops tough guys and killers entering the fray, get ready for a lethal game with one simple rule: the first one to die loses.

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"Torn" is a dramatic story of parental love, family ties and belonging - inspired by true events. Two families' lives are turned upside down when a mother recognises her daughter, Alice, who was snatched from a beach 11 years before and had generally been assumed to be drowned.

But reuniting a family causes destruction and heartache, wherein nobody knows where they really belong and Alice is soon torn between two different worlds...

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By 1998, Chucky the Doll (Brad Dourif) had established himself as an icon within the slasher genre. A way to make him more sinister? Introduce his girlfriend, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) who's just as murderous as he is.

Taking a pair of newlyweds hostage (Nick Stabile and a young Katherine Heigl), Chucky once again makes it his mission to transfer his soul back into a human body- by any means necessary. From writer Don Mancini and director Ronny Yu {Freddy vs Jason) in his debut to the franchise, expectthe highest standard of homicidal anticsfromyourfavourite killer doll, once again proving that "a true classic never goes out of style".

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When the charismatic and eccentric art teacher Tatty (Michael Angelis) falls in love with Amy (Katrine de Condole), one of his students, he believes he has met the love of his life. Unfortunately Amy, beautiful and free-spirited, does not share his feelings and ends the relationship.

As Amy breaks away from him, Tatty is left to watch in horror as she runs into the path of an oncoming car. Distraught and blaming himself, Tatty loses all focus on his own life and drinks heavily. In a state of delirium he creates a statue of Amy that he places in the dark interior of a haunted, burnt-out church. Tatty lives there, protecting his creation, and devoted to her for the next 13 years. On New Year's Eve, a magical night with the sky lit with fireworks, a clubhouse burns. While the city celebrates Cal (Brendan Mackey) is on the run, suspected of arson. Tired and frightened Cal takes refuge in the church, only to be startled by Tatty. As Cal starts to run again, he accidentally breaks the statue. The magic of the night and the mystery of the church combine to cast a spell and Amy comes alive. However, in order to remain alive, Amy must kiss the first man she sees. To Tatty's horror, it was Cal not him that Amy saw, so together they run into the night after Cal. Amy realises that if she is to live, Cal must die and so she runs again. As Amy enjoys the magic of the evening in the company of drunken reveler Pedro (Craig Charles), Tatty works frantically to reverse the spell and save them all.

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The new film from Andrey Zvyagintsev, the visionary director of "The Return" and "The Banishment", tells the tragic tale of Kolya, who employs a lawyer friend to help fight his case for ownership of the land on which he and his family live when the nefarious town mayor attempts to seize it.

But standing up against such men begins a whirlwind of dire consequences, infusing every area of Kolyas life and all he holds dear. A visually arresting epic which takes an unflinchingly direct look at modern day Russia and the corruption that seethes in even its quietest corners, "Leviathan" will not only open your eyes but also stay in your mind for years to come.

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The 2014 Cannes Palme d'Or winner from Nuri Bilge Ceylan is set in the hilly landscape of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia. A former actor, Aydin (Haluk Bilginer), owns a small hotel cut into the hillside, which he runs with his younger wife Nihal (Melisa Sozen).

He has also inherited local properties, but leaves the business of rent collection to his agent. When a local boy, resentful of his father's humiliation by Aydin's agent, throws a stone at a jeep whilst Aydin and his agent are driving in it, Aydin ducks out of any responsibility or involvement. As the film progresses, the cocoon in which this self-satisfied man has wrapped himself is gradually unravelled. In a series of magnificent set-pieces, Aydin is exposed in his encounters with his wife, sister, and the family of the stone-throwing boy. He is finally brought face-to-face with who he truly is.

Eight friends gather far a dinner party to watch a passing comet. Unbeknownst to them, this beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime astrological event is about to set off a catastrophic chain of events that will twist their reality beyond all comprehension.

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Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires living together and struggling to cope with modern life. From doing housework to trying to get into nightclubs, they're perfectly normal - except for their immortality, fangs, and thirst for human blood.

When their 8000 year-old housemate, Petyr, turns 20-something Nick into o vampire, the guys must guide him through his newfound eternal life. In return, they ore forced to learn a thing or two about modern life.

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Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) and her 6 year-old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman) are still suffering from their loss.

When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' lurns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the creature in the book is coming to kill them both. As he becomes more unpredictable and violent, Amelia is genuinely frightened by her son's behaviour. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, she fears that The Babadook may be real after all.

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Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) is an orthopterist who is seemingly firmly in control of her partner Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna) through a strict, dictatorial fetish life behind closed doors.

But as Evelyn's requests to be dominated become increasingly extreme the true nature of their relationship begins to surface. A story about power and the exploration of discomfort that people will stretch to for the ones they love, told in mesmerisingly coruscating style by one of Britain's finest contemporary auteurs, Peter Strickland.

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When outsider Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) teams with runaway Dena (Dakota Fanning) for a controversial mission to blow up a dam, they cannot imagine the fatal consequences.

Co-starring Peter Sarsgaard and directed by Kelly Reichardt, "Night Moves" takes you on a chilling journey that will see their alliance shattered and place their lives at risk.

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Ten years after a Western economic collapse, cold-blooded drifter Eric (Guy Pearce) traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who took everything he had.

After losing their trail he soon crosses paths with Rey (Robert Pattinson), a badly wounded member of the gang who was left for dead by his own brother. Vulnerable and naive Rey joins Eric as his unwitting accomplice and together they cross this new world to exact their revenge.

Be invited into six more entirely different No. 9s, ranging from the poignant to the unsettlingly scary, but always funny and surprising. Episodes Comprise: 1. La Couchette 2. The 12 Days of Christine 3. The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge 4. Cold Comfort 5. Nana's Party 6. Seance Time