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Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) a naive writer of pulp westerns, arrives in Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) but finds that Lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident.

Martins, too, curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of Limes' death and as witnesses disappear he finds himself chased by unknown assailants. Complicating matters are the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), head of the British forces, and Limes' stage actress mistress, Anna (Alida Valli). Will Martin's curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he'd rather not know?

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A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero's claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore

with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, 'Night of the Living Dead' is back.

When a sleazy movie producer steals 14-year old Jason Shepherd's class paper and turns it into a blockbuster, Jason and his friends fly to Los Angeles to ensure that the truth gets known. And it's payback time! Big time!

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The night that medical student Dan Cain discovered his pet cat, Rufus, dead in his roommates fridge was just the beginning. Before long Dan, and his beloved girlfriend, Megan, become involved in the macabre experiments of his roommate, the sinister Dr.

Herbert West, who has created a serum that can bring both brain and body back from the dead. The immoral scientific methods of Dr. West provide the Dean of the medical school with reason to expel West and force Cain out of the hospital. Undeterred, West and Cain continue with their experiments in the hospital's morgue - restoring life to an unlimited supply of fresh corpses. However, a chilling side effect to West's discovery leads to a seemingly endless night of mind-bending terror and unthinkable madness.

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, 'A Single Man', is the story of George Falconer, a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode).

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A series of bizarre murders, all taking place in the victim's closet, catches the interest of a local newspaper editor, who sends his obituary writer to follow up.

When the monster finally decides to come out of the closet to cause havoc, the President declares a national emergency and sends the Army to destroy it.

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An article on the killing of a teenage girl has brought burnt-out Miami Herald reporter Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell) a powerful new fan...the killer himself. Encouraged by the police to maintain this anonymous relationship, Malcolm receives exclusives on two more killings.

But as Malcolm's own celebrity grows, the killer's jealousy prompts him to up the stakes - by abducting the reporter's fiancee (Mariel Hemingway) as his own testament to the price of fame!

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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are hilarious as a pair of lovable losers on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of cash to its beautiful owner (Lauren Holly).

During the course of their moronic mission, these indomitable dimwits confound cops, kidnappers, rednecks and anyone unlucky enough to cross their paths.

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In the wake of 'Jaws' (1975) audiences were treated to all number of nature-run-amok movies - from Jeff Lieberman's killer worm outing 'Squirm' (1976) to the national park nightmare 'Grizzly'( 1976).

Equally quick off-the-bat was 'Dogs', also unleashed in 1976, and treating terror-hungry audiences to an outbreak of canine carnage in a small California town. Featuring the thespian talents of British actor David McCallum, the action comes thick and fast as 'man's best friend' is turned against its owner and chows down on human flesh - in the streets, in the corridors of a university and even in the shower... no one is safe from being mauled by a pack of blood thirsty four-legged fiends!

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A powerful, unflinching glimpse into the dark, bizarre world of the pornography industry. George C. Scott gives a strong, sensitive portrayal of a deeply religious Midwestern businessman whose daughter, while on a church-sponsored outing, runs away from home.

He hires an oddball detective, who learns that the daughter has been making cheap sex films. When the father realises that he can no longer trust the detective, he decides to hunt for his daughter himself. Posing as a porno film producer casting a new movie, he gathers clues with ferocious determination. His treacherous journey gives him a fast, hard lesson in big-city street life and a close-up view of the world of porn, its victims and exploiters. Finally, with the help of a prostitute, he locates his daughter. But is it too late?

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The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene.

With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of three minutes, 'Psycho' redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and introduced a new element of danger to the movie-going experience. Aided by a roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans - including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich - director Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking Hitchcock's dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that's nirvana for film buffs.

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A scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic promises many riches for the oil exploration company, Geotek. When a scientist discovers the frozen remains of a prehistoric creature, they decide to transport the unknown species to Geotek's lab in America for a detailed examination.

As the creature slowly thaws, they discover that they have imported a vampire-like prehistoric menace that thrives on death and destruction on it's quest for human blood.

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Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), a medical school dropout, has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan (Adam Driver), seems to be finding the perfect partner. Wallace decides to put his love life on hold.

It is then that he meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan), an animator who lives with her long term boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall). Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. But there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder: what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?

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When nine-year-old Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) inexplicably reawakens from the dead after his latest life-threatening accident, he becomes the patient of celebrated neurologist Dr. Allan Pascal (Jamie Dornan), who specialises in child psychology.

Determined to uncover the truth of Louis' bizarre existence, Pascal is drawn into both the child's life and that of his fragile mother Natalie (Sarah Gadon), whose affections begin to cloud his judgements. While Louis recuperates in a comatose state, Pascal sets about putting the mysterious pieces of the Drax family together, the truths of which begin to test the boundaries of fantasy and reality.

The KGB and CIA reach agreement to eliminate former agents who might prove embarrassing to their former employers. A former CIA agent avoids elimination and calls in a favour from his former mentor.