Sinister (2012)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson
Director: Scott Derrickson
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery
Hard-hitting film noir where Joe Rolfe s an ex-con who's trying to go straight with a job as a deliveryman for a florist company. Unfortunately, a gang of thugs led by a criminal mastermind have arranged a bank robbery using a van that looks just like the one driven by Rolfe–and the deliveryman takes the fall for the heist. This leads to Rolfe's search for the real thieves, a trail that leads to Mexico and an unexpected love affair with the gang leader's daughter.
Starring: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Director: Phil Karlson
The Island (1980)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs across the band of raiders and they decide to induct them into their tribe.
Starring: Michael Caine, David Warner
Director: Michael Ritchie
Sex & Lies in Sin City (2008)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Mystery
A shockingly true tale of love gone sour and greed gone wild on the dark side of Las Vegas. Reckless casino executive Ted Binion had it all: money, power and a beautiful girlfriend, Sandy Murphy. That all changed when Sandy found him dead in his Las Vegas home in 1998, seemingly of an apparent drug overdose. But when Ted's estranged sister, Becky, informs police she believes Ted was murdered, a closer investigation reveals Binion's death was no accident at all. "Sex & Lies In Sin City" is the gritty portrayal of the investigation and trial of Murphy and her ex-con boyfriend who attempted to steal Binion's fortune by any means necessary. The film captures the unbelievably dark and twisted crimes – and subsequent shock – that swept through Las Vegas as the truth about Binion's last days became disturbingly clear.
Starring: Mena Suvari, Marcia Gay Harden, Johnathon Schaech, Matthew Modine
Director: Peter Medak
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The Exorcist III / Exorcist 3 (1990)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Lt. Kinderman and Father Dyer cheer each other up on the anniversary of the death of their mutual friend, Father Damien Karras, by going to see "It's a Wonderful Life" at the local theater in Georgetown, near Washington D.C. But there's no cheering Kinderman while a particularly cruel and gruesome serial killer is at large. His murders, which involve torture, decapitation and the desecration of religious icons, is bad enough; but they also resemble those of the Gemini Killer, who has been dead for fifteen years.
Starring: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson, Scott Wilson, Nancy Fish, George DiCenzo, Don Gordon
Director: William Peter Blatty
Silent Hill: Revelation / Silent Hill 2 (2012)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
When her father disappears, Heather Mason is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued her since childhood.
Starring: Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Malcolm McDowell, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kit Harington, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Michael J. Bassett
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Jack the Ripper (1988)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
During the latter half of 1888 a notorious serial killer nicknamed Jack The Ripper terrorises the East End of London by murdering prostitutes in a terribly violent way. Public outrage follows. Inspector Frederick Abberline is assigned to the case but finds that it is not just a simple murder enquiry. Based on a real life event, this film claims to have had access to top secret Home Office files and believe that their ending is the correct solution to the age old mystery.
Starring: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins, Jane Seymour, Michael Gothard
Director: David Wickes
The Singing Detective (2003)
Comedy | Crime | Musical | Mystery
"While hospitalized with an extreme case of psoriasis, novelist Dan Dark reworks his first book in his head. Feverish, paranoid and prone to musical outbreaks, he confuses himself with his protagonist, a detective investigating the murder of a prostitute in 1950s Los Angeles."
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Carla Gugino
Director: Keith Gordon
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The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
A seedy detective and a disgraced quarterback team to dodge ambushes, fire off one-liners and bust chops. When the going gets tough, they get together. And funnier. They came to play. And to settle a score in this raging fireball where bigger is better, hits are harder and bad guys end up deader.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Danielle Harris, Halle Berry, Noble Willingham
Director: Tony Scott
Deathtrap (1982)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
If you were a famed mystery playwright with a devastating string of recent flops, what would you do for a can't-miss thriller script? Beg for it? Pay for it? Or would you kill for it? You would if you were Sidney Bruhl, the leading character in Ira Levin's dazzlingly funny, deliciously scary Broadway-smash-turned-movie-hit DEATHTRAP. Michael Caine stars as Bruhl and Christopher Reeve plays Bruhl's one-time student who's written a play so flawless "even a gifted director couldn't ruin it"… and who requests Bruhl's production help. And Dyan Cannon is Bruhl's loving wife, who doesn't want the student helped to an early grave. Sidney Lumet directs DEATHTRAP's hairpin twists with such drop-dead wit and delightful dread that you'll stop laughing only long enough to gasp in surprise.
Starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones
Director: Sidney Lumet
Night of the Templar (2012)
Action | Comedy | Drama | History | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance upon the kindred spirits of those who betrayed him long ago. In the course of one night, identities will be revealed, destinies met, and a poetic justice of the macabre maniacally served.
Starring: Paul Sampson, David Carradine, Udo Kier, Norman Reedus, Billy Drago
Director: Paul Sampson
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Wonderland (2003)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in Laurel Canyon and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. Drug dealers Ron Launius, Billy Deverell, Barbara Richardson and the homeowner Joy Miller were found brutally murdered, bludgeoned to death with lead or steel pipes, and Launius's wife, Susan, was left in critical condition. The police investigation that followed — led by detectives Sam Nico, Louis Cruz and Mike Peters — would unearth a seedy world of drugs and violence, ultimately revealing a motley crew from L. A.'s underbelly including ex-con David Lind, nightclub impresario Eddie Nash, and porn legend John Holmes as well as Holmes's estranged wife Sharon and his teenage lover Dawn Schiller.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Carrie Fisher, Dylan McDermott, Kim Marriner, Michael Pitt, Josh Lucas, Lisa Kudrow
Director: James Cox
The Kovak Box (2006)
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's become lured into a trap.
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, David Kelly, Georgia Mackenzie, Gary Piquer, Annette Badland
Director: Daniel Monzón
Crowsnest (2012)
Action | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
This is a 'found-footage' movie from Canada about five young friends who go on a trip to a cabin back in 2011, but on the way (while filming it) they head off the beaten track to a place called Crowsnest where they have heard that you can buy beer for half price! They get the beer but at the same time they receive a warning to head back where they came from or they will die. But they don't take the warning too seriously and keep driving in to the forest. But they seem to be lost, then an RV hits one of them and all hell breaks loose. There's something about the people in the RV. Will the friends survive?
Starring: Mittita Barber, Aslam Husain, Victor Zinck Jr., Chelsey Reist, Christie Burke
Director: Brenton Spencer
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The Inner Room (2011)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
While visiting a cabin with her husband, Julianne becomes disturbed with horrific visions which question her sanity.
Starring: Jessica Duffy, Marty Lindsey, David Dalton, Kristin Keating
Director: Jack Gastelbondo
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The Comeback (1978)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.
Starring: Jack Jones, David Doyle, Bill Owen, Richard Johnson, June Chadwick
Director: Pete Walker
Poupoupidou / Nobody Else But You / Who Killed Marilyn? (2011)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
"Rousseau" is a Parisian bestselling crime novelist, working on a new novel but desperately looking for a good story. "Candice Lecoeur" is a young, attractive, and vibrant woman who thinks she is the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe. But Candice is living far away from the city. Born in a remote area of France, she manages to become a model for the small cheese factory based in the area. She becomes a star; but only a local one. The two will meet but only after Candice has been found dead. Cause of death: suicide by sleeping pills. Rousseau is the only one who doesn't buy it and who wants to know the true cause of her death. In his search for the truth, he will be confronted with many difficulties: becoming a detective-novelist and getting respect from the locals, and going beyond what some people want to keep secret forever.
Starring: Jean-Paul Rouve, Sophie Quinton, Guillaume Gouix, Olivier Rabourdin, Clara Ponsot, Arsinée Khanjian
Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Dagon / Dagon, la secta del mar (2001)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of the macabre, Dagon tells the story of Paul Marsh, a young man who discovers that the truth will not set him free instead it condemns him to a waking nightmare of unrelenting horror. A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca looking for help. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's dark secret: that they pray to Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea. And Dagon's unholy offspring are freakish half-human creatures on the loose in Imboca…
Starring: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez, Brendan Price, Birgit Bofarull
Director: Stuart Gordon
Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)
Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark comedy-thriller! Six prep school kids from Crestview Academy, home to the spoiled offspring of society's elite, find themselves stuck in detention on a frightfully dark and stormy Saturday afternoon. During their 8 hour incarceration, each of the six kids falls victim to a horrible "accident" until only one of them remains. As each of these spoiled rich kids bites the dust, the story takes on a series of humorous and frantic twists and turns. Is one of the kids secretly evening the school's social playing field? Or have the ghosts of prestigious Crestview Academy finally come to punish the school's worst (and seemingly untouchable) brats? One thing is for sure…Daddy's money can't save them now. (Based on the best selling indie comic book series/graphic novel of the same name.)
Starring: Judd Nelson, Ben Browder, Amanda Alch, Marc Donato, Marc Donato
Director: Matthew Spradlin
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Bigfoot County (2012)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Based on found footage. A documentary filmmaker and his crew venture up to Siskiyou County, known for their Bigfoot sightings. While there to investigate they meet a local who leads them into the woods showing them evidence to these sightings. As they document everything on tape a series of unfortunate events occurs leaving many unanswered questions and only this footage to draw conclusions.
Starring: Stephon Stewart, Davee Youngblood, Shy Pilgreen, Sam Ayers, Don Scribner, Brad S. Clayton, Michael Villar, Joey Napoli, Johnnie Colter
Director: Stephon Stewart
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