When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. Read More »
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The Beast Must Die AKA La bestia debe morir (1952) Román Viñoly Barreto, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega
“La bestia debe morir” is a taut, smartly crafted Argentinian noir that packs an emotional punch. Read More »
Among the Living (1941) Stuart Heisler, Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer
Paul Raden (Albert Dekker), hopelessly insane son of Maxim Raden, hated owner of the Radentown mills Read More »
Rosebud (1975) Otto Preminger, Peter O’Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud Read More »
The Little Giant (1933) Roy Del Ruth, Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. Read More »
The Fluffer (2001) Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Scott Gurney, Michael Cunio, Roxanne Day
The story, set in the world of adult entertainment, centers around three characters: Read More »
Children of the Damned (1964) Anton Leader, Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris
Scientists discovers that six children from six different places in the world Read More »
The Halfway House (2004) Kenneth J. Hall, Mary Woronov, Janet Tracy Keijser, Shawn Savage
Young girls are disappearing in and around the Mary Magdalen Halfway House for Troubled Girls. Read More »
The Blue Lamp (1950) Basil Dearden, Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley
We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran George Dixon and rookie Andy Mitchell. Read More »
Punishment Park (1971) Peter Watkins, Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano
“Punishment Park” is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews’s news coverage Read More »
Dance Me Outside (1994) Bruce McDonald, Ryan Rajendra Black, Adam Beach, Jennifer Podemski
A story of life on a First Nations reserve in Ontario: Silas and Frank Read More »
Toys Are Not for Children (1972) Stanley H. Brassloff, Marcia Forbes, Harlan Cary Poe, Evelyn Kingsley
Emotionally stunted child woman Jamie Godard not only suffers from an unhealthy Read More »
Night Tide AKA Girl from Beneath the Sea (1961) Curtis Harrington, Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. Read More »
The Sword of Doom AKA Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Crush (1992) Alison Maclean, Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley
On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash Read More »