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Lifespan (1975) Sandy Whitelaw, Hiram Keller, Tina Aumont

A doctor trying to develop a serum to lengthen life tries his formula Read More »
The Right Hand of the Devil (1963) Aram Katcher

This is a bizarre but highly effective vanity project from a balding Read More »
Hospital Massacre (1981) Boaz Davidson, Barbi Benton

Divorcee Susan Jeremy goes to a local Los Angeles county hospital for a routine exam Read More »
Vigilante (1983) William Lustig, Robert Forster

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic Read More »
Dai zek lo / Running on Karma (2003) Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai

Exotic dancer Dai Jet Lo (brawny man) has a gift to see through “cause and consequence”. Read More »
Attack of the Puppet People (1958) Bert I. Gordon, John Agar

Deranged doll-maker Mr. Franz is deathly afraid of being left alone, so he creates a machine Read More »
La femme publique / The Public Woman (1984) Andrzej Zulawski, Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson

In Paris, a naïve young actress lands a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed Read More »
The Devil’s Plaything / Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern (1973) Joseph W. Sarno, Nadia Henkowa, Anke Syring, Ulrike Butz

Three women head home to collect their inheritance, but they stumble upon a group of witches trying to bring their vampire leader back to life. Read More »
The Boost (1988) Harold Becker, James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos

Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. Read More »
Cobra Verde (1987) Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy

The feared bandit Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is hired by a plantation owner to supervise his slaves. Read More »
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975) Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman

Comic actor Gene Wilder made his debut as a writer and director in this period comedy in which he plays Sigerson Holmes Read More »
Silent House (2011) Chris Kentis, Laura Lau, Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens

Husband-and-wife directorial team Chris Kentis and Laura Lau direct this suspense Read More »
Grip of the Strangler (1958) Robert Day, Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier Read More »
Prime Cut (1972) Michael Ritchie, Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek

A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher Read More »