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Directed by Fred WaltonOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Horror,
Crime,
SlasherThemes L'adolescence,
Films about children,
Serial killer films,
Teen movieActors Deborah Foreman,
Thomas F. Wilson,
Ken Olandt,
Griffin O'Neal,
Leah Pinsent,
Clayton RohnerRating60%
A group of college friends--Harvey, Nikki, Rob, Skip, Nan, Chaz, Kit and Arch--gather to celebrate Spring Break by spending the weekend at the island mansion of their friend Muffy St. John, on the weekend leading up to April Fools' Day. The tone is set almost immediately, with Muffy preparing details around the house, and finds an old jack-in-the-box she remembers (in flashback). Her friends, meanwhile, are joking around on the pier, then on the ferry to the island. But en route to the island, Buck, a local deckhand, is seriously injured in a gruesome accident., 1h34
Directed by Fred WaltonGenres Thriller,
HorrorActors Charles Durning,
Carol Kane,
Jill Schoelen,
Jerry Wasserman,
Babz Chula,
Kevin McNultyRating60%
Julia Jenz (Jill Schoelen) arrives at Dr. Schifrin's house for a routine baby-sitting gig. Soon after Dr. Schifrin and his wife leave, a mysterious man knocks on the door. The man tells Julia that his car is broken down and asks to come inside to use the phone. Julia refuses but agrees to call his auto club. The phone is dead. Afraid to divulge that the phone is dead, Julia lies and says that she called the auto club. The auto club never arrives, so the man returns continuously to ask for help. Hoping he goes away, Julia continues to lie, but the conversations become increasingly sinister. Meanwhile, around the house, Julia vaguely notices things turning up out of place. Soon, however, it becomes obvious that someone is moving in and out of the house, at which time Julia discovers the children have been abducted. The intruder eventually comes after her; she narrowly escapes. It is revealed that the children Julia babysat were never found or heard from again., 1h56
Directed by George A. RomeroOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about writers,
Serial killer filmsActors Timothy Hutton,
Amy Madigan,
Michael Rooker,
Julie Harris,
Rutanya Alda,
Chelsea FieldRating60%
The author of highbrow literary novels under his own name, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) is better known for the bestselling suspense-thrillers he writes under the pen name "George Stark". Beaumont wishes to retire the Stark name and symbolically buries Stark in a mock grave. , 1h40
Directed by Bob RafelsonOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Serial killer films,
Films about psychiatry,
Children's filmsActors Debra Winger,
Theresa Russell,
Sami Frey,
Dennis Hopper,
Rutanya Alda,
Terry O'QuinnRating63%
The story centers on two women. Catherine (Theresa Russell) is a psychopathic femme fatale whose true name and motivation are never known. She preys on wealthy middle-aged men, seducing them into marriage and then fatally poisoning them. Each death is misdiagnosed as Ondine's curse, a condition by which seemingly healthy middle-aged men die in their sleep. Justice Department agent Alexandra "Alex" Barnes (Debra Winger) stumbles onto the first murder while investigating another case. As Alex delves further into the case, she uncovers a pattern which she believes ties the same woman to several similar murders., 1h38
Directed by Robert Hartford-DavisOrigin United-kingdomGenres HorrorThemes Serial killer filmsActors Ann Todd,
Tony Beckley,
Patrick Magee,
Suzanna Leigh,
Percy Herbert,
David LodgeRating52%
Widow Birdy Wemys (Todd) has become a devoted member of a fundamentalist fire-and-brimstone religious sect called The Brethren, led by the charismatic Minister (Magee). Birdy has turned her sizeable home over to the Brethren for use as a church and a recruiting ground, and her son Kenny (Beckley) has also fallen under their spell. Kenny is a troubled individual, dominated by his overbearing mother, introverted and socially inept. He has taken the teachings of the Minister to heart, and feels repulsed by what he sees as sin, lust and temptation being openly flaunted by the young women he sees as he goes about his daily business., 1h42
Directed by William FriedkinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Horror,
Crime,
Erotic thrillerThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
BDSM in films,
LGBT-related films,
Serial killer films,
Erotic thriller films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Al Pacino,
Paul Sorvino,
Karen Allen,
Richard Cox,
Don Scardino,
Randy JurgensenRating65%
In New York City during the middle of a hot summer, body parts of men are showing up in the Hudson River. The police suspect it to be the work of a serial killer who is picking up homosexual men at West Village bars like the Eagle's Nest, the Ramrod, and the Cock Pit, then taking them to cheap rooming houses or motels, tying them up and stabbing them to death. , 1h48
Directed by Jennifer LynchOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Serial killer filmsActors Vincent D'Onofrio,
Julia Ormond,
Gina Philips,
Evan Bird,
Jake Weber,
Conor LeslieRating64%
Nine-year-old Tim and his mother Sarah are brought to the cinema by his father Brad (Jake Weber) who urges them to take a taxi instead of a bus when going home. After the show, Sarah wants to call a taxi but one is already arriving. They enter it but instead of bringing them home the driver, Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio), abducts them into his home. There he kills Sarah and makes Tim his slave for his housework, threatening him with violence if he does not obey, giving him the new name "Rabbit". Tim tries to escape later, Bob even encourages him to run away, but then Tim is afraid to do this when he notices that nobody can hear him far away from the city. Bob continues to be a serial killer abducting young girls, raping and killing them at his home., 1h51
Origin ItalieGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
Films about pedophilia,
Serial killer filmsActors Malcolm McDowell,
Marton Csokas,
Ronald Pickup,
Vernon Dobtcheff,
John Benfield,
Frances BarberRating61%
In 1984, in Kiev, schoolteacher Andrej Romanovich Evilenko is dismissed from his position after attempting to molest a student. Driven by his psychopathic urges and embittered by the collapse of the Soviet Union, Evilenko begins to rape, kill, and cannibalize women and children. It is hinted throughout the movie that Evilenko somehow gained the power to psychically influence his victims, which accounts for their lack of resistance and his continuous evasion of the authorities.