THE RAVEN (1935)

Directed by: Lew Landers

Based on the poem by: Edgar Allan Poe

Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Maidel Turner, Raine Bennett, Al Ferguson, Arthur Hoyt

61 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin, who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled, and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiancé and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal, and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience.

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (1995)

Directed by: Desmond Nakano

Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower, Andrew Lawrence, Bumper Robinson, Tom Wright, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Drake, Robert Gossett, Wesley Thompson, Tom Nolan, Willie C. Carpenter, Michael Beach, Carrie Snodgress

89 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a struggling white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate, Pinnock takes a deadly weapon and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice, but the fight he will have to finish will cost him more than his job was ever worth.

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THE PHANTOM EMPIRE (1988)

Directed by: Fred Olen Ray

Starring: Sybil Danning, Ross Hagen, Jeffrey Combs, Russ Tamblyn, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Quarry, Susan Stokey, Michelle Bauer

85 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:

When a man-eating cave creature appears with a fortune in uncut diamonds around his neck, Dr. Chambers' daughter Denae hires a salvage company to find the underground source of the gems. Accompanied by archaeological intern Andrew Paris, mineralogist Professor Strock, and the salvage company's Cort Eastman and Eddy Colchilde, Denae's hopes of emerging from her famous father's shadow become as remote as getting out of the caves alive!

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NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (2009)

Directed by: Adam Gierasch

Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Edward Furlong, Bobbi Sue Luther, Diora Baird, Michael Copon, John F. Beach, Tiffany Shepis, Jamie Harris, Michael Arata, Tatyana Kanavka, Zachary Bernard, Hans Longo, Linnea Quigley

93 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, gore, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.

DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (1971)

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Based on the novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by: Robert Louis Stevenson

Starring: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, Susan Brodrick, Dorothy Alison, Ivor Dean, Tony Calvin, Philip Madoc, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Virginia Wetherell

97 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity)

PLOT:

In Victorian London, Dr. Henry Jekyll attempts to create an elixir of life using female hormones stolen from fresh corpses. He reasons that these hormones will wipe out all common diseases and extend his life since women live much longer than men. However, once Dr. Jekyll drinks the serum himself, he transforms into a gorgeous but evil woman. He soon needs female hormones for his serum to maintain, so a number of London women meet bloody deaths.

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LOADED (1994)

Directed by: Anna Campion

Starring: Oliver Milburn, Catherine McCormack, Thandie Newton, Danny Cunningham, Biddy Hodson, Nick Patrick, Mathew Eggleton, Dearbhla Molloy, Caleb Lloyd

96 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, drug references, graphic nudity)

PLOT:
Seven teenagers retreat to a country house for the weekend to make their epic, an impossibly ambitious Celtic fantasy. As the making of the video drifts from playful hilarity to argument, frustrated ambition and accusation, intimate details seep into the script and the gap between fact and fiction closes, foreshadowing later events. When the group decides to lift the mood with an Acid-inspired initiation, secret dreams and fears are revealed, and pent-up emotions released, with all their youthful intensity and passion.

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ONE FALSE MOVE (1992)

Directed by: Carl Franklin

Starring: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Earl Billings, Jim Metzler, Robert Anthony Bell

105 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:

In Los Angeles, after a violent drug rip-off, the Los Angeles Police Department detectives find the identity of the trio - the sadistic I.Q. of 150 and college graduate Lenny "Pluto" Franklyn; his not so bright buddy in San Quentin Ray Malcolm; and his girlfriend Fantasia. Their further investigation indicates that the criminals are fleeing to Star City, Arkansas, and LAPD detective Dud Cole and his partner John McFeely contact the local Chief of Police Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon and they head to the little town. The yokel family man Dale, who is used to resolve domestic issues, is fascinated with the chance to participate of a manhunt and befriends the two detectives. But when he sees the picture of Fantasia, he recognizes her as Lila Walker and is haunted by his past, hiding a secret about Lila Walker.

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THE WRONG MAN (1956)

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Based on the book "The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero" by: Maxwell Anderson

Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Hildebrand, Esther Minciotti, Doreen Lang, Laurinda Barrett, Norma Connolly, Nehemiah Persoff, Lola D'Annunzio, Werner Klemperer, Kippy Campbell, Robert Essen, Richard Robbins, Peggy Webber, Harry Dean Stanton, David Kelly, Tuesday Weld, Patricia Morrow, Bonnie Franklin, Barney Martin, Alfred Hitchcock

105 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Christopher Emanuel Balestrero, "Manny" to his friends, is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. His eighty-five dollar a week gig playing in the jazz combo at the Stork Club is barely enough to make ends meet. The Balestreros' lives will become a little more difficult with the major dental bills his wife Rose will be incurring. As such, Manny decides to see if he can borrow off of Rose's life insurance policy. But when he enters the insurance office, he is identified by some of the clerks as the man that held up the office twice a few months earlier. Manny cooperates with the police, as he has nothing to hide. Manny learns that he is a suspect in not only those hold-ups, but a series of other hold-ups in the same Jackson Heights neighborhood in New York City where they live. The more that Manny cooperates, the more guilty he appears to the police. With the help of Frank O'Connor, the attorney that they hire, they try to prove Manny's innocence. Regardless of if they manage to prove Manny's innocence or find the actual hold-up man, the situation may cause irreparable damage on the Balestreros.

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BUDDY HOLLY (1994)

 

Directed by: Spike Jonze

Starring: Weezer (Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Brian Bell), Al Molinaro

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the alt-rock band's debut album, "Weezer (The Blue Album)".

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PERFECT UNDERSTANDING (1933)

Directed by: Cyril Gardner

Starring: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Nigel Playfair, Michael Farmer, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Cullum, Nora Swinburne, Peter Gawthorne, Charles Childerstone

80 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

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LANTERN'S LANE (2021)

Directed by: Justin LaReau

Starring: Brooke Butler, Andy Cohen, Ashley Doris, Sydney Carvill, Robbie Allen, Lisa Roumain, Skip Howland, Justin LaReau

95 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

A recent college graduate and her estranged high school friends return to Lantern's Lane, the location of an evil urban legend and must fight to survive the night.

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THE HIDDEN (1987)

Directed by: Jack Sholder

Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed O'Ross, Clarence Felder, Larry Cedar, Richard Brooks, William Boyett, Maurice Colbourne, Steve Eastin, Katherine Cannon, James Luisi, Danny Trejo, Lin Shaye, Duane Davis, Kristen Clayton

97 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, some nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

An alien parasite with the ability to possess human bodies goes on a violent crime spree in LA, committing dozens of murders and robberies. In pursuit of the extraterrestrial criminal is an FBI agent, and the local officer investigating the rash of violence. As they close in on the vicious intruder, the city faces a brutal threat like no other it has ever encountered.

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THE NINTH GATE (1999)

Directed by: Roman Polanski

Based on the novel "The Club Dumas" by: Arturo Perez-Reverte

Starring: Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Jack Taylor, Allen Garfield, Barbara Jefford, Willy Holt, Jose Lopez Rodero, Catherine Benguigui, Jacques Collard, Jacques Dacqmine

133 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity, disturbing images)

PLOT:

In New York, the money-driven dealer Dean Corso is a rare-books expert and partner of Bernie, who owns a bookstore. He is contacted by the renowned collector of books about the devil Boris Balkan, who has just acquired the rare The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows from the collector Andrew Telfer, to verify whether his book is authentic or a forgery. Balkan explains that the book was written by the writer Aristide Torchia, in 1666, with Lucifer and he was burned at the stake with his entire work. There are only three exemplars of The Nine Gates and in accordance with the legend, its nine engravings form a riddle to conjure the devil. The skeptical Corso accepts the assignment and has to fly to Sintra, Portugal, and Paris, France, to contact the owners Victor Fargas and Baroness Kessler and find the genuine exemplar for Balkan. Meanwhile, he asks Bernie to hide the rare book. Before traveling to Europe, the widow Liana Telfer wants to retrieve the book and has sex with Corso, but he does not accept her offer. When Corso returns to Bernie's bookstore, he finds his friend murdered in the same position of an engraving. Corso travels to Toledo, Spain, to meet the Ceniza twin brothers and learn more about The Nine Gates. During his journey in Europe, Corso is pursued by Liana and her bodyguard, who belong to the sect The Order of the Silver Serpents and is protected by a mysterious Girl with supernatural powers. Meanwhile, the owners of the two other exemplars of The Nine Gates are murdered. Corso becomes obsessed with the book and discloses the truth about it.

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EATEN ALIVE (1976)

Directed by: Tobe Hooper

Starring: Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Neville Brand, Roberta Collins, Robert Englund, William Finley, Marilyn Burns, Janus Blythe, Kyle Richards, Stuart Whitman, Crystin Sinclaire

91 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:

Judd runs the Starlight Hotel out in some sort of swampy place and is unfortunately a few slices short of a loaf. He has a crocodile conveniently placed on the other side of the hotel's front porch railing. The croc will eat just about anything, as the hapless guests of the hotel find out soon enough. A reformed hooker, an unlucky family, and the father and sister of the hooker all suffer various rates of attrition as Judd tries to implement damage control.

 

KILLER JOE (2011)

Directed by: William Friedkin

Based on the play by: Tracy Letts

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church, Marc Macaulay

102 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic violence, rape, nudity, drug use, disturbing images)

PLOT:

Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

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GODSEND (2004)

Directed by: Nick Hamm

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro, Cameron Bright, Janet Bailey, Christopher Britton, Jake Simons, Elle Downs, Zoie Palmer, Devon Bostick, Munro Chambers

102 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

Following the death of their eight-year-old son on his birthday, Jessie and Paul are befriended by a doctor on the forefront of genetic research at the height of their mourning. He leads the couple in a desperate attempt to reverse the rules of nature and clone their son. The experiment is successful and under Richard's watchful eye, Adam grows into a healthy and happy young boy, until his 8th birthday. As time goes by, the Duncan's gradually start to see small, subtle differences between the new Adam and the Adam they lost. At the time of the new Adam's eighth birthday, the changes in character are more pronounced. Adam grows distant and fearful as a palpable sense of menace settles within the young boy. This Adam begins to suffer from night terrors and frightening flashbacks as a sinister personality begins to emerge. Paul and Jessie cannot escape the fact that this Adam is different. Terror settles on the couple as they try to come to terms with just what they have done, or what has been done to them.

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SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (2015)

Directed by: Leslye Headland

Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, Jason Mantzoukas, Adam Brody, Katherine Waterston, Andrea Savage, Marc Blucas, Margarita Levieva, Billy Eichner, Michael Cyril Creighton, Margaret Odette, Jordan Carlos, Daniella Pineda

101 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, drug use)

PLOT:

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

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