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Sinister(2012)

R
| 1h 50min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 2,394 votes)

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 moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

Directed by Scott Derrickson - With Ethan Hawke, Fred Thompson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Clare Foley, ...
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Hang 'em High(1968)

PG-13
| 1h 54min | Western
3.5/5 (with 310 votes)

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

Directed by Ted Post - With Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson, ...
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Girl, Interrupted(1999)

R
| 2h 7min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,639 votes)

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

Directed by James Mangold - With Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Vanessa Redgrave, ...
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Day of the Woman(1978)

R
| 1h 41min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 243 votes)

After a young writer is brutally gang-raped and left for dead by four men, she systematically hunts them down one by one to exact a terrible vengeance.

Directed by Meir Zarchi - With Camille Keaton

Hell House LLC(2015)

1h 33min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 145 votes)

Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.

Directed by Stephen Cognetti
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Last Shift(2014)

R
| 1h 28min | Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 222 votes)

Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew to collect biomedical evidence. Ordered not to leave the station under any circumstances, Jessica comes to learn that it's more than just an outdated station, it's home to the ultimate embodiment of evil and his devoted bloodthirsty followers. Jessica is left to fend for herself in the Devil's playground.

Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
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The Gallows(2015)

R
| 1h 27min | Horror, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 428 votes)

20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.

Directed by Chris Lofing, Travis Cluff - With Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, Cassidy Gifford, Travis Cluff, Price T. Morgan, ...
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Outrage(2010)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 179 votes)

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

Directed by Takeshi Kitano - With Ryō Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Takeshi Kitano, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Takashi Tsukamoto, ...
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The Limehouse Golem(2016)

1h 49min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 277 votes)

A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.

Directed by Juan Carlos Medina - With Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Eddie Marsan, Daniel Mays, Pete Sullivan, ...
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The Hanging Tree(1959)

NR
| 1h 47min | Western
3.4/5 (with 44 votes)

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.

Directed by Delmer Daves, Karl Malden - With Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Karl Swenson, John Dierkes, ...
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The Furies(1950)

NR
| 1h 49min | Drama, Western, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.

Directed by Anthony Mann - With Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, ...

Witchery(1988)

R
| 1h 35min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 29 votes)

The deserted island hotel hides a dark and sinister secret. Hundreds of years ago a witch held sway there, dominating her coven and spreading an evil that has seeped deep into the earth. Two centuries later, a photographer and his virginal fiance sneak onto the island to research its gruesome history. Soon all will find themselves falling victim to a horror that has survived the ages....

Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti - With David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Hildegard Knef, Annie Ross, Catherine Hickland
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The Spider Labyrinth(1988)

1h 26min | Horror, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

A young professor travels to Budapest to locate a lost colleague. Once there, he gets tangled up in a supernatural mystery.

Directed by Gianfranco Giagni - With Stéphane Audran, William Berger, Arnaldo Dell'Acqua, John Morrison, Paola Rinaldi, Bill Bolender, ...

Royal Deceit(1994)

R
| 1h 25min | Drama, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 16 votes)

A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.

Directed by Gabriel Axel - With Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox, Kate Beckinsale, Tom Wilkinson, ...
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Night of Dark Shadows(1971)

PG
| 1h 35min | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

A newlywed painter and his wife move into his family's ancestral home and find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.

Directed by Dan Curtis - With David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Thayer David, ...
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China 9, Liberty 37(1978)

R
| 1h 45min | Action, Western
2.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm (Testi) is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew (Oates), a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad’s plans for expansion.

Directed by Monte Hellman - With Fabio Testi, Warren Oates, Jenny Agutter, Sam Peckinpah, Franco Interlenghi, Romano Puppo, ...
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The Man from Colorado(1948)

NR
| 1h 40min | Action, Drama, Western
3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.

Directed by Henry Levin - With Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Ray Collins, Edgar Buchanan, Jerome Courtland, ...
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Borderline(2011)

1h 28min | Comedy, Action, Crime
2.7/5 (with 27 votes)

An attorney stumbles upon a suitcase filled with cocaine.

Directed by Alexandre Coffre - With Anne Duverneuil, Aurélie Matéo, Bruno Chiche, Didier Flamand, Élise Larnicol, François Civil, ...

Hollow(2011)

1h 31min | Horror, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 25 votes)

An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.

Directed by Michael Axelgaard

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.(1999)

1h 31min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 26 votes)

A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter was an engineer who became an expert on execution devices and was later hired by holocaust revisionist historian Ernst Zundel to "prove" that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. Leuchter published a controversial report confirming Zundel's position, which ultimately ruined his own career. Most of the footage is of Leuchter, working in and around execution facilities or chipping away at the walls of Auschwitz, but Morris also interviews various historians, associates, and neighbors.

Directed by Errol Morris - With Frederick Arthur Leuchter, Jr., David Irving, Ernst Zündel

Good Day for a Hanging(1959)

NR
| 1h 25min | Western, Action
2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen. Now, many years later, the gang returns to again rob the bank. On their flight they shoot the Marshal. Eddie is the only one to identify the murderer - but is in doubt if he shall be loyal to his new or his old friends.

Directed by Nathan H. Juran - With Fred MacMurray, Robert Vaughn, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Harry Lauter, Frank Wilcox, ...
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Frisco Kid(1935)

NR
| 1h 17min | Adventure, Romance / Love, Action
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon - With James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane, ...
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Snuff-Movie(2005)

R
| 1h 32min | Horror, Thriller
2.1/5 (with 11 votes)

Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house - blurring the lines of what is real and what is fiction.

Directed by Bernard Rose - With Jeroen Krabbé, Teri Harrison, Alastair Mackenzie, Lyndsey Marshal

Grip of the Strangler(1958)

NR
| 1h 18min | Horror, Crime, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 16 votes)

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Directed by Robert Day - With Boris Karloff
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Children's Play(2001)

1h 25min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 13 votes)

Marianne and Jacques are a young middle-class couple who live in a chic Parisian apartment with their two young children. One day, Marianne receives an unexpected visit from two strangers, Mr and Mrs Worms, who claim to have lived in the apartment when they were children and who ask if they can just take a look around their former home. Marianne agrees, but no sooner have the mysterious Worms left than things take an inexplicable turn for the worse...

Directed by Laurent Tuel - With Karin Viard, Charles Berling, Ludivine Sagnier, Aurélien Recoing, Manuela Gourary

The King's Thief(1955)

NR
| 1h 18min | Adventure, History, Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard - With Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven, George Sanders, Roger Moore, John Dehner, ...
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The Mad Executioners(1963)

NR
| 1h 34min | Crime, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a rope stolen from Scotland Yard's Black Museum.

Directed by Edwin Zbonek - With Hansjörg Felmy, Maria Perschy, Harry Riebauer, Dieter Borsche, Rudolf Forster, Chris Howland, ...
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The Lady's Not for Burning(1974)

2h | TV Movie, Romance / Love, Comedy

A war-weary soldier who wants to die tries to convince a zealous cleric to accuse him of witchcraft and hang him instead of a beautiful condemned woman already accused of witchcraft who wants to live.

Rebellion of the Hanged(1954)

1h 23min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.

Directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna

A Marked Man(1917)

50min | Western
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Bandit Cheyenne Harry reforms because of the faith placed in him by Molly Young and her father. Soon, however, Harry is lured from the straight and narrow when he meets his old friend Ben Kent and consents to participate in Kent's plan of robbing a stagecoach.

Directed by John Ford - With Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Vester Pegg, William Steele, Molly Malone
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