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"Shut In" is a heart-pounding thriller starring Naomi Watts as Mary, a widowed child psychologist who lives an isolated existence in rural New England with her paralysed son Stephen (Charlie Heaton). When a young boy Mary is treating goes missing during a fierce snowstorm, and is later presumed dead, she becomes convinced that he has returned as a ghost to haunt them. - Director:
- Farren Blackburn
- Cast:
- Charlie Heaton, Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay
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The Visitor (1979)Stridulum / The Visitors
You may think you've seen it all, but nothing can prepare you for The Visitor! The ultimate excursion into B-movie madness, this 1979 cinematic oddity from schlock producer extraordinaire Ovidio Assonitis, director of such guilty pleasures as Beyond the Door and Tentacles, brings together an extraordinary ensemble cast in a mind-bending tale of a girl and her pet hawk. Any attempt to decipher the exact plot of 'The Visitor' is an exercise in futility, but somewhere amongst all the madness and mayhem - killer birds, exploding basketball hoops and a Sam Peckinpah cameo - is the tale of an ancient intergalactic entity capable of bearing Earthly children endowed with great powers. One such child is young Katy Collins, and woe betide anyone who tries to get in her way...A bizarre mish-mash of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 70s possession movies such as 'The Exorcist' and 'The Omen', 'The Visitor' combines stunning imagery, breathtaking set-pieces and a truly astonishing cast list... - Director:
- Giulio Paradisi
- Cast:
- Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen
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After an unstoppable tsunami destroys everything in its path, a sunny paradise beach town is suddenly turned into a living hell. Trapped in a submerged supermarket, a group of survivors are desperately trying to find an escape route. To make matters worse they're being hunted by a very large and very hungry great white shark. Are they able to band together to survive with their limbs attached? Or are they destined to join the food chain? Drenched in gore and swimming in blood, Bait is an intense horror you can really get your teeth into. - Director:
- Kimble Rendall
- Cast:
- Richard Brancatisano, Xavier Samuel, Chris Betts
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To Be or Not to Be (1983)Soy o no soy
'World famous in Poland', actor Frederick Bronski (Mel Brooks) is on stage in Hamlet....while backstage his wife is getting to grips with more than Shakespeare, courtesy of a dashing young aviator. But theatrical joys are short-lived, when Bronski and his band of bold thespians find themselves enlisted in a plot to outwit the nasty Nazis who are currently starting their European tour with an impromptu invasion of Poland! - Director:
- Alan Johnson
- Cast:
- Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Ronny Graham
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Donnie Darko (2001)Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut
October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions of which he alone holds the key to the meaning. With his class mate and soul mate Gretchen (Jena Malone) and a mysterious ex teacher, Grandma Death (Patience Cleveland), he must unravel the strange occurrences infecting his school, his home and his life before a horrifying spectre known only as "Frank" (James Duval) can pull Donnie over the edge of his sanity. - Director:
- Richard Kelly
- Cast:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell
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What should have been a trip to remember, quickly turns to a living nightmare when five passengers oh a seaplane are stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean. What follows is a desperate bid for survival as the group try to make it to land before they are taken by the man-eating sharks lurking just beneath the surface. In the vein of 47 Meters Down and The Shallows, GREAT WHITE plays with our primal fear of the deep and the terrifying predators lurking within. - Director:
- Martin Wilson
- Cast:
- Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Te Kohe Tuhaka
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At a time of bloodshed and horror, there came an incredible spirit of survival. Based on actual events, this is the story of a group of Australian, British and Dutch women who, after the fall of Singapore in 1942, were held captive by the Japanese on the island-of Sumatra. Herded into a brutal prisoner of war camp, the women soon discovered only the fittest, the strongest and the bravest could possibly survive such inhumane conditions. Stripped of everything they had, their irrepressible courage led them to find one voice, a vocal orchestra, singing music written for piano or orchestra. A voice that ultimately expressed their indomitable, unbreakable spirit. Featuring a superb cast of International and Australian stars including Oscar nominees Glenn Close and Pauline Collins and 1996 Academy Award winner Frances McDormand. With Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle and Julianna Margulies. - Director:
- Bruce Beresford
- Cast:
- Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins
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When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized community. Filled with life-changing adventures and endless possibilities, Leisureland offers more than riches, as Paul discovers a whole new world and realises that we are meant for something bigger. - Director:
- Alexander Payne
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau
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Heidi is a late-night Radio DJ in Salem. Home of the famous Salem witch trials. One night she receives a mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record and, assuming it is from an exciting new band, plays it to her listeners. However, upon hearing the record Heidi begins to experience disturbing flashbacks that leave her deeply traumatised. With the band on their way to town to play a one off gig, Heidi soon realises that the show is not going to be the rock spectacle that she was expecting... - Director:
- Rob Zombie
- Cast:
- Sheri Moon Zombie, Meg Foster, Bruce Davison
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Empire of the Sun (1987)El imperio del Sol
Steven Spielberg's film "Empire Of The Sun" is an inspiring action-packed epic of a small boy in a great war. That boy is Jim Graham, a young Briton whose unconquerable spirit soars high and free above the harsh confines of a Japanese internment camp during World War 2. Through his eyes we see the fascination and horror of war. And we see a child's hold onto childhood weaken as his struggle to survive grows fiercer. - Director:
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast:
- Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
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Puppet Master 5 (1994)Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter
In the darkened Bodega Bay Inn, the greedy Dr. Jennings (Ian Ogilvy) has come to pilfer Blade, Six Shooter, Jester, Pinhead, Torch, Tunneler, and Decapitron to discover the source of their animation. Hoping to get rich quick, he plans to sell their secrets as implements of war. Sutec, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, has sent his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Puppet Master Rick (Gordon Currie) and steal the magic which animates the puppets. Caught between the two foes, the half-pint heroes must revive Decapitron and preserve the magic formula which gives them life, while the life of the Puppet Master is hanging on a string! - Director:
- Jeff Burr
- Cast:
- Gordon Currie, Chandra West, Ian Ogilvy
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Puppet Master 4 (1993)Puppet Master 4: The Demon
Toulon's Puppets for once, are about to do something good. As the bad puppets turn good!. The mini-menaces Blade, Tunneler, and Pinhead go toe-to-toe with their most menacing enemy yet-a team of terrifying, gremlin-like creatures known as "Totems" that are sent by the evil Egyptian demon Sutekh to recapture the magic stolen by Toulon. The demons target a young scientist, Rick who is now in possession of the Puppet Master secrets. As the creatures attempt to terminate his research and regain the "secret of life", they leave a deadly path of destruction until the evil Totems finally find Toulon's puppets in their way. However, Rick has a secret weapon on his side and the newest head-swapping puppet...Decapitron! - Director:
- Jeff Burr
- Cast:
- Gordon Currie, Chandra West, Ash Adams
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)The Lego Movie 2
It's been five years since everything was awesome, and the citizens of Bricksburg face a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. The battle to defeat the invaders and restore harmony to the Lego universe will take our heroes to a faraway, unexplored world, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity, and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are. - Director:
- Mike Mitchell
- Cast:
- Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
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Dr Pamassus Christopher Plummer) is an immortal who leads a traveling theatre troupe. Their props include the 'Imaginarium' – a mirror doubling as a magic doorway into a world that makes your wildest dreams a reality. Pamassus's immortality has come at a price however – he will lose his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) to the Devil himself (Tom Waits) unless he persuades five more souls to lose themselves in the imaginarium. - Director:
- Terry Gilliam
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, Antonia Putiloff, Lily Cole
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Slugs (1988)Slugs, muerte viscosa
They're abnormally large. They have four rows of teeth. There are millions of them, and they're all hungry. But these are no ordinary Slugs. When toxic waste contaminates their water system, these vicious creatures mutate into carnivorous killers that invade a small town. Soon, local drunks, kindly old gardeners, evil businessmen and horny teens all meet unspeakable and slimy deaths. Can the rampage be stopped before the entire community is devoured by this flesh-eating horror? - Director:
- Juan Piquer Simón
- Cast:
- Michael Garfield, Kim Terry, Philip MacHale
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