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41) Whitewash
Language
English
Description
Thomas Haden Church SIDEWAYS, SPIDERMAN 3 stars in this darkly comic thriller about a snowplow driver who, after accidentally killing a man, attempts to escape the cops by fleeing into the harsh Canadian wilderness.
43) What If
Language
English
Description
Psychiatrist Ed Baxter starts suffering from schizophrenia as episodes of hallucinations and paranoia complicate his life.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The desire for a new life turns a jealous obsession into a disturbing game of identity theft in this terrifying psychological thriller based on a true story. Homely loner Caroline longs to escape her tormented adolescence and finds a way by living vicariously through popular girl Rachel, who seemingly has it all.
45) Intruders (DVD)
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow (Clive Owen) after Farrow's beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.
"...an intelligent, scary little...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Can six people endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today? Using a replica boat, and the same equipment and clothing as would have been used in 1914, explorer Tim Jarvis and his crew attempt to follow in Shackleton's wake, going beyond the point of no return, using their firsthand extreme experience measured against historical accounts to unlock the secrets of Shackleton's survival.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A sweet career housewife has been married to the same crotchety man for 40 years and she just can't take another day of it. She starts to poison his food, just to see if he might change. When he falls gravely ill, both are awakened to the raw reality of a life or death choice. This parable about forgiveness culminates in a shocking and transcendent moment captured exactly as it happened.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Conjuring tells the true story of Ed and Lorraine Warren, world renowned paranormal investigators, who were called to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.
"The horror movie is artfully crafted from the first scares to the closing credits, with a bold retro vibe."--San Francisco Chronicle
"This...
49) The Boy (DVD)
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's eight-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son twenty years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually...
50) Disconnect (DVD)
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
"...vibrates...
51) Enemy Within
Language
English
Description
A prison bus crashes in a severe snowstorm, releasing five dangerous convicts. In a remote cabin a few miles away, Amy Oliver, a young woman grappling with her recent blindness, slowly begins to realize that she is not alone.
52) Lethal Eviction
Language
English
Description
A firsttime landlord purchases a rundown, rentcontrolled apartment building in hopes of making a solid investment. Everything seems to be going smoothly until, one by one, the tenants begin to meet strange, untimely gruesome deaths.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Italiano
Description
Guido, a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin but, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia, a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn in this acclaimed, edge-of-your-seat thriller.
"The best movie of its kind since Tell No One... Hitchcockian... you don't...
54) Ghost ship (DVD)
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In a remote region of the Bering Sea, a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. Onboard, the crew must confront the ship's horrific past and face the ultimate fight for their lives.
"One of the scariest, most original scream-at-the-screen style horror movies in years."--San Francisco Examiner
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Sleek thriller set in Greece and Istanbul in1962. Intrigue begins at the Parthenon when wealthy American tourists Chester MacFarland and his young wife Collete meet American expat Rydal, a scammer working as a tour guide. The two befriend him, but a murder at the couple's hotel puts all three on the run together and creates a precarious bond between them as the trio's allegiance is put to the test.
56) Straw dogs (DVD)
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
David and Amy Sumner, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, which leads to a violent confrontation.
"I found it visceral, disturbing and well-made."--Roger Ebert
"...it is intriguing."--A.O. Scott
"...an...
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Based on David Peace's acclaimed novels, the trilogy recounts three series of brutal crimes wrought by the 'Yorkshire Ripper,' a serial killer who terrorized the residents in Northern England over a turbulent decade.
"...stellar cast...riveting...offers a feast for serious crime-drama fans."--Library Journal
"***1/2...Superbly acted, with brilliant direction...Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
"...the sort of undertaking the BBC excels at..."--Roger...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this twisty crime novel, a hotel hook up gone wrong finds a single mother suspected of murder
Git O'Rourke is from the wrong side of the tracks—even if, in the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, it's not always clear where that designation begins. A single mother, she works hard to support her daughter Charlie, but still finds time to cut loose every once in a while, to go to a local bar, drink martinis and find
...59) No Way to Live
Language
English
Description
An interracial teenage couple in the 1950's American South, rob and steal to escape their oppressive town, but when violence erupts they are forced to confront their own dark secrets.
60) Five Corners
Language
English
Description
A young woman fights for her life when the man who raped her is released from prison.
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