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The setting is a working class neighbourhood of New York in the 1950's. Amongst the characters are prostitute Tralala (Jennifer Jason-Leigh), her brutal pimp Vinnie (Peter Dobson), an effeminate homosexual (Alexis Arquette) and a corrupt union official.

The director and cast successfully bring this disturbing book to the screen.

In this sequel to the horror classic, Donald Lawson, the devil child, is now a married man with a son on the way. Unaware of his own dark nature, he is promoted to second in command at a major multinational conglomerate whose CEO is determined to fulfill Donald's destiny as the Antichrist.

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Troubled by the death of her twin sister, Ellen Carlson (Sean Young) unwittingly falls in love with an ambitious young man, Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dilon).

As she investigates Dorothy's death, a chance encounter reveals how little Ellen really knows about her husband, and what she doesn't know may kill her in this heart-stopping suspense thriller based on Ira Levin's best-selling novel.

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From the wondrously fertile mind of writer/director John Waters, 'A Dirty Shame' tells what happens when a horny horde of 'sex addicts' invades a blue-collar neighbourhood, to the shock and dismay of the neighbours.

Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman), grumpy, repressed and middle-aged, doesn't like sex. Her handsome husband Vaughan (Chris Isaak) still has marital urges, but Sylvia couldn't be less interested. She is in complete contrast to her exhibitionist daughter, Caprice (Selma Blair), a go-go dancer with stupendously enlarged breasts! Everything changes when Sylvia is involved in a freak accident and receives a head injury. Sexy tow-truck driver Ray-Ray Perkins (Johnny Knoxville) rushes to her aid and Sylvia realises he's no ordinary service man; no, he's a sexual healer who knows how to bring out her flaming cauldron of hidden lust. A prude no longer, Sylvia suddenly views the world through hypersexual eyes. She seeks out Ray-Ray at his garage, and discovers that she is not alone. Other head injuries have brought forth a flock of sex addicts who have infiltrated every corner of the community. Sylvia and Vaughan's marriage is jump-started by a new sex act that elevates the community into a whole new dawn of sexual awakening.

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Audra, the impoverished children's nanny from Leeds who sacrificed everything for her only daughter. Christina, the talented art student who won world renown as a fashion designer - yet who has known pain and heartache.

Kyle, the rebellious young woman, who chafes against her mother's success - and in whom her grandmother's spirit of duty and sacrifice is reborn. Three beautiful women - grandmother, mother and daughter - struggle bravely through five eventful decades of hidden love, high drama and sudden death in this, Barbara Taylor Bradford's most stirring tale, based closely on her own remarkable true-life story.

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Jack is a successful fashion photographer in Hollywood. Jill is his gorgeous girlfriend and a match for the most beautiful of Jack’s models.

Jack seems to have it all until an attractive New York art director, also called Jill enters both their lives and awakens feelings deep within Jill, creating new sexual experiences for her. As the two Jill’s sexual experimentation begins to develop into a loving lesbian relationship, Jack’s idyllic lifestyle is turned upside down.

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Julianne Moore gives an astonishing performance as Carol White, a typically bored, affluent Californian housewife whose carefully controlled domestic environment suddenly turns against her. Gradually she develops nosebleeds, vomiting and breathing problems before finally collapsing.

In desperation to remain 'safe' from her allergies she opts for the virtual isolation of a porcelain igloo in the Texan desert where the inhabitants drag around oxygen cylinders and therapists behave like preachers.

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When Joe Dolan (Michael Biehn) accidentally kills his father in a scam gone bad, his dying words lead Joe to his Uncle Lou (James Coburn). Lou is working on a con worth more than $2 million in diamonds.

Eddie (Nicholas Cage), Lou's right hand man, sees Joe as a serious threat, and a rival for his girlfriend - the sexy Diane (Sarah Trigger). Diane seduces Joe into a love triangle that leads him to murder and desire. With millions in the balance , Joe gets deeper into the diamond sting. Double cons lead to triple cons as Deadfall hurtles toward the most twisted scam of all, and its surprising conclusion.

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When they stumbled upon it, abandoned in a shed in their new home, both Bill (Robin Thomas) and Claire (Starr Andreeff) Martin agreed it was the perfect gift for their little girl Jessica (Rachel Duncan) - a beautiful Victorian dollhouse.

But this is no ordinary dollhouse, no harmless child's plaything. This is a chilling replica of the original Amityville house, exact in every detail, and all too soon the curse that has destroyed so many lives in the past begins once more to take its terrible toll. Besieged by the living dead, tormented by evil incarnate, terrorised by supernatural spirits, one by one the family fall victim to the horrors unleashed by the dollhouse. They must fight back...or be lost forever somewhere beyond Hell's grim portal.

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Sandra (Asia Argento), a former prostitute with a penchant for S and M and narcotics, travels to Paris to rekindle her love affair with debt-ridden entrepreneur Miles Rennberg (Michael Madsen). The couple have a fiery but short-lived relationship and their last steamy encounter ends in violence.

Sandra flees to Hong Kong in search of a new life and a fresh start. However, nothing is quite as it seems, as Sandra finds herself trapped in a deadly game of manipulation.

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Billy Brennan (William Baldwin), a cop with a conscience, is dragged into a dark world of murder and corruption due to his partner's involvement with the local mob.

Sal 'Fish' Pescatore (Jon Seda), the head of the drug syndicate is 'cleaning house', and Brennan is forced to operate outside the law to save his partner, bring down the Mob and protect a beautiful psychotherapist Karen Winterman (Elizabeth Mitchell) who becomes inadvertently involved. With an assortment of cops tough guys and killers entering the fray, get ready for a lethal game with one simple rule: the first one to die loses.

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"Torn" is a dramatic story of parental love, family ties and belonging - inspired by true events. Two families' lives are turned upside down when a mother recognises her daughter, Alice, who was snatched from a beach 11 years before and had generally been assumed to be drowned.

But reuniting a family causes destruction and heartache, wherein nobody knows where they really belong and Alice is soon torn between two different worlds...

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By 1998, Chucky the Doll (Brad Dourif) had established himself as an icon within the slasher genre. A way to make him more sinister? Introduce his girlfriend, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) who's just as murderous as he is.

Taking a pair of newlyweds hostage (Nick Stabile and a young Katherine Heigl), Chucky once again makes it his mission to transfer his soul back into a human body- by any means necessary. From writer Don Mancini and director Ronny Yu {Freddy vs Jason) in his debut to the franchise, expectthe highest standard of homicidal anticsfromyourfavourite killer doll, once again proving that "a true classic never goes out of style".

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When the charismatic and eccentric art teacher Tatty (Michael Angelis) falls in love with Amy (Katrine de Condole), one of his students, he believes he has met the love of his life. Unfortunately Amy, beautiful and free-spirited, does not share his feelings and ends the relationship.

As Amy breaks away from him, Tatty is left to watch in horror as she runs into the path of an oncoming car. Distraught and blaming himself, Tatty loses all focus on his own life and drinks heavily. In a state of delirium he creates a statue of Amy that he places in the dark interior of a haunted, burnt-out church. Tatty lives there, protecting his creation, and devoted to her for the next 13 years. On New Year's Eve, a magical night with the sky lit with fireworks, a clubhouse burns. While the city celebrates Cal (Brendan Mackey) is on the run, suspected of arson. Tired and frightened Cal takes refuge in the church, only to be startled by Tatty. As Cal starts to run again, he accidentally breaks the statue. The magic of the night and the mystery of the church combine to cast a spell and Amy comes alive. However, in order to remain alive, Amy must kiss the first man she sees. To Tatty's horror, it was Cal not him that Amy saw, so together they run into the night after Cal. Amy realises that if she is to live, Cal must die and so she runs again. As Amy enjoys the magic of the evening in the company of drunken reveler Pedro (Craig Charles), Tatty works frantically to reverse the spell and save them all.

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The new film from Andrey Zvyagintsev, the visionary director of "The Return" and "The Banishment", tells the tragic tale of Kolya, who employs a lawyer friend to help fight his case for ownership of the land on which he and his family live when the nefarious town mayor attempts to seize it.

But standing up against such men begins a whirlwind of dire consequences, infusing every area of Kolyas life and all he holds dear. A visually arresting epic which takes an unflinchingly direct look at modern day Russia and the corruption that seethes in even its quietest corners, "Leviathan" will not only open your eyes but also stay in your mind for years to come.