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Martin Durnley (Hywel Bennett), who has a childish alter ego "Georgie", lives with his mother Enid (Phyllis Calvert) and his nouveau riche stepfather (Frank Finlay) whom he resents intensely.

Enid dotes on Martin, largely because her first son Pete is a "mongol", and she is afraid that Martin may inherit a similar affliction. One day whilst shopping martin encounters Susan Harper (Hayley Mills), an attractive student currently working as a librarian. When he is caught shoplifting a toy duck baby-faced Martin adopts the guise fo retarded Georgie, consequently Susan takes pity on him and offers to pay for the item rather than create a fuss. This moment of kindness captures Martin’s interest, sowing the seeds of a deadly obsession.

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What in Hell is going on at Headstone Manor? In this hilarious spoof of every horror fan's favourite films, a team of mad scientists, led by Dr. Lukas Mandeville (Kenny Everett) and his assistant Dr. Barbara Coyle (Pamela Stephenson) are investigating paranormal phenomenon in the mysterious manor.

Unknown to the scientists, their presence is about to incur the wrath of a local coven of bumbling but determined Satanists led by a 700-year-old disciple of the Devil known only as the Sinister Man (Vincent Price), all of whom are prepared to stop at nothing in purging the house of the unwelcome intruders.

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An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy (Adam Straughan), who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier.

They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - and this one is real.

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The feature-film debut from acclaimed writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 'Dragonwyck' is a sumptuous tale starring Gene Tierney, horror-maestro Vincent Price and Walter Huston.

Miranda Wells (Tierney) is an ambitious young woman invited by her cousin Nicholas Van Ryn (Price) to stay at Dragonwyck castle. After her arrival, Van Ryn's wife suddenly dies and Miranda finds herself the new object of her cousin's affections. Charming and mysterious, Van Ryn marries the newcomer but soon the new bride learns that her husband is slowly descending into a strange madness. With luscious costumes and eerie black and white photography, 'Dragonwyck' is a sinister treat, ripe for rediscovery.

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Six years after exploding to stardom in 'Of Human Bondage', Bette Davis equaled that excitement with another W. Somerset Maugham role as an adulteress using her sexual wiles to escape a murder conviction in 'The Letter'.

The film throbs with sultry tension thanks to Davis, an impeccable supporting cast, atmospheric cinematography and the artistry of three-time Academy Award winner William Wyler, Davis' director on 'Jezebel' and 'The Little Foxes'.

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Kim Ki Taek's (Song Kang Ho) family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son, Ki Woo, gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes.

One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle, but as their deception unravels events begin to get increasingly out of hand in ways you simply cannot imagine.

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Based on one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, 'The Crucible' takes place in Massachusetts in 1692. In the small Puritan town, where one's life is dedicated to the service of God, several teenage girls are discovered in the woods and are accused of engaging in 'The Devil's' work.

As time goes by the village becomes consumed by cries of witchcraft. One by one, the blameless victims of this mass hysteria are torn from their homes and families.

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Beautiful Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the strange and horrible death of her cousin. Catherine's aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn) tries to influence Dr.

Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young neurosurgeon, to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations. By utilising injections of Sodium Pentothal, Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine's delusions are in fact true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son's lurid death...

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Austria, 15th century. After her mother's mysterious and horrifying demise, goatherd Albrun (Aleksandra Cwen) gradually begins to discover an ancient and malevolent presence deep within the remote Austrian Alps.

At a time when pagan beliefs about witchcraft and feminine wickedness spread fear into the minds of rural folk, the traumatized Albrun's reality evolves into a waking nightmare when she becomes a mother herself. Haunting and stylishly directed by debut filmmaker Lukas Feigelfeld, with an unsettling and immersive industrial score by MMMD, 'Hagazussa' is a dark tale of a woman's struggle with evil and her own sanity that explores the thin line between ancient beliefs, black magic, and delusional psychosis.

Based on the best-selling novel, Lily James plays free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey during WWII.

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Something strange is going on at the local convenience store. Nao works there part-time unaware of the ghosts and spirits all around her. Their hatred has made it dark and foreboding, and the backyard is filled with a putrid stench.

As the sky fills with crazed birds and everyone around them seems to be going mad, Nao and her co-worker Ryoko must combat the haunting and malevolent threat that is closing in around them.

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Ada (Holly Hunter) - mute since birth - her nine year old daughter and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand. Of all her belongings her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach.

Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate tattooed neighbour (Harvey Keitel). She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for every lesson.

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In 1960's England, Blake Cunningham (David Lenik) and his alcoholic mother are forced to move into the mysterious Clemonte Hall, a vast isolated manor house, to care for his dying grandfather who resides in the attic room.

Soon, ghostly goings-on fill the house with dread, as it becomes apparent grandfather's illness may have a supernatural cause that can only be cured by uncovering the terrifying secrets of the house and it's dark history.

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"An Angel at My Table" is the internationally acclaimed second film by Oscar-winning director Jane Campion. It is an extraordinarily moving celebration of the life of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author, based on her autobiographical trilogy.

The film follows Janet through her poor childhood in the depression and her growing fascination with literature; her painfully shy student days and subsequent treatment for misdiagnosed schizophrenia; and finally on her travels to Europe where she samples Bohemian life and achieves international success as a writer.

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After his inevitable arrest (and almost immediate release), Michel (Martin LaSalle) reflects on the morality of crime, developing a vague theory that exceptional individuals are above the law.

Lost in another world, he rejects his friends in favour of a life of crime and is seemingly set on finding his place in the world by engineering a head-on collision with society.