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Blacklight (2022)

SuspensefulDarkDisturbing

Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Williams
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Emmy Raver-Lampman  •  Tim Draxl  •  Taylor John Smith

Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Williams
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Emmy Raver-Lampman  •  Tim Draxl  •  Taylor John Smith

Blood Simple (1984)

Thought provokingSuspensefulDarkDisturbing

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  John Getz  •  Frances McDormand  •  Dan Hedaya  •  M. Emmet Walsh

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  John Getz  •  Frances McDormand  •  Dan Hedaya  •  M. Emmet Walsh

House of Wax (1953)

GrippingSuspensefulDarkScary

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Phyllis Kirk  •  Carolyn Jones

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Phyllis Kirk  •  Carolyn Jones

Sinister (2012)

SuspensefulDarkScaryDisturbing

True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Derrickson
CAST:  Ethan Hawke  •  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  James Ransone  •  Fred Thompson

True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Derrickson
CAST:  Ethan Hawke  •  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  James Ransone  •  Fred Thompson

Honeymoon (2014)

GrippingSuspensefulScaryDisturbing

Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to a remote lake cottage for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Janiak
CAST:  Rose Leslie  •  Harry Treadaway  •  Ben Huber  •  Hanna Brown

Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to a remote lake cottage for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Janiak
CAST:  Rose Leslie  •  Harry Treadaway  •  Ben Huber  •  Hanna Brown

The Underneath (2006)

DisturbingThought provoking

Two couples are at an isolated lakeside cabin and the tragic psycho-sexual interaction between these four people leads one of them, Piotr, to commit an unspeakable act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Gajczak
CAST:  Tomasz Karolak  •  Magdalena Różczka  •  Zbigniew Kaleta  •  Beata Kozikowska

Two couples are at an isolated lakeside cabin and the tragic psycho-sexual interaction between these four people leads one of them, Piotr, to commit an unspeakable act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Gajczak
CAST:  Tomasz Karolak  •  Magdalena Różczka  •  Zbigniew Kaleta  •  Beata Kozikowska

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Thought provokingIntenseGrippingDisturbing

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Hood
CAST:  Aaron Paul  •  Alan Rickman  •  Helen Mirren  •  Iain Glen

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Hood
CAST:  Aaron Paul  •  Alan Rickman  •  Helen Mirren  •  Iain Glen

7500 (2019)

IntenseGrippingSuspensefulDisturbing

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Vollrath
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Aylin Tezel  •  Max Schimmelpfennig  •  Carlo Kitzlinger

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Vollrath
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Aylin Tezel  •  Max Schimmelpfennig  •  Carlo Kitzlinger

Persecuted (2014)

Thought provokingSuspensefulPowerfulScary

Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator and Luther's own supporters abduct and frame him in the murder of an innocent teenage girl, an unprecedented era of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Lusko
CAST:  James Remar  •  Bruce Davison  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Fred Thompson

Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator and Luther's own supporters abduct and frame him in the murder of an innocent teenage girl, an unprecedented era of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Lusko
CAST:  James Remar  •  Bruce Davison  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Fred Thompson

Battle Royale (2000)

GrippingViolentDarkDisturbing

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Tsuyako Kinoshita  •  Aki Maeda

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Tsuyako Kinoshita  •  Aki Maeda

The Ring (2002)

IntenseDarkScaryDisturbing

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gore Verbinski
CAST:  Naomi Watts  •  Martin Henderson  •  David Dorfman  •  Brian Cox

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gore Verbinski
CAST:  Naomi Watts  •  Martin Henderson  •  David Dorfman  •  Brian Cox

Lou (2022)

IntenseSuspensefulDarkDisturbing

A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Foerster
CAST:  Allison Janney  •  Jurnee Smollett  •  Logan Marshall-Green  •  Greyston Holt

A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Foerster
CAST:  Allison Janney  •  Jurnee Smollett  •  Logan Marshall-Green  •  Greyston Holt

Frailty (2001)

Thought provokingViolentDarkDisturbing

A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed 'demons'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Paxton
CAST:  Bill Paxton  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  Powers Boothe  •  Matt O'Leary

A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed 'demons'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Paxton
CAST:  Bill Paxton  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  Powers Boothe  •  Matt O'Leary

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

DarkScaryThrillingDisturbing

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Raimi
CAST:  Alison Lohman  •  Justin Long  •  Lorna Raver  •  Dileep Rao

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Raimi
CAST:  Alison Lohman  •  Justin Long  •  Lorna Raver  •  Dileep Rao

Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)

SuspensefulAction-packedDarkDisturbing

One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brandon Vietti
CAST:  Bruce Greenwood  •  Jensen Ackles  •  Neil Patrick Harris  •  Jason Isaacs

One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brandon Vietti
CAST:  Bruce Greenwood  •  Jensen Ackles  •  Neil Patrick Harris  •  Jason Isaacs

Escape (1940)

Thought provokingComplexDarkDisturbing

An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Robert Taylor  •  Conrad Veidt  •  Alla Nazimova

An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Robert Taylor  •  Conrad Veidt  •  Alla Nazimova

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

SuspensefulDarkMysteriousScary

Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Carolyn Craig  •  Richard Long  •  Elisha Cook Jr.

Frederick Loren has invited five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary house. This house has a reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each a gun for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Carolyn Craig  •  Richard Long  •  Elisha Cook Jr.

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

Thought provokingGrippingDarkDramatic

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Burt Lancaster  •  Ann Richards  •  Wendell Corey

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anatole Litvak
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Burt Lancaster  •  Ann Richards  •  Wendell Corey

Section 375 (2019)

Thought provokingIntenseSuspensefulDisturbing

A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ajay Bahl
CAST:  Akshaye Khanna  •  Richa Chadha  •  Meera Chopra  •  Rahul Bhat

A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ajay Bahl
CAST:  Akshaye Khanna  •  Richa Chadha  •  Meera Chopra  •  Rahul Bhat

Detroit (2017)

Thought provokingSuspensefulDarkReal

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  John Boyega  •  Will Poulter  •  John Krasinski  •  Anthony Mackie

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kathryn Bigelow
CAST:  John Boyega  •  Will Poulter  •  John Krasinski  •  Anthony Mackie
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