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Hostel (2005)Hostal
Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino and written and directed by Eli Roth, "Hostel" is a dark, bloody exploration of torture and evil. The film centres on two young Americans backpacking through Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business. Graphic and deeply disturbing, 'Hostel' is one of the most brutal films ever made! - Director:
- Eli Roth
- Cast:
- Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson
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Evil doesn't retire...it waits. From the twisted mind behind 'The Purge' and the producer of 'Halloween' comes a chilling new horror-thriller where the past refuses to die. When Max (Pete Davidson), a cocky young rebel, is sentenced to community service in a sleepy retirement home, he thinks he's landed an easy gig. But there's something seriously wrong on the fourth floor - a place the staff say is off-limits and the residents whisper about in fear. As Max starts asking questions, he stumbles onto a terrifying secret...one that could cost him - and everyone around him - their lives. - Director:
- James DeMonaco
- Cast:
- Pete Davidson, John Glover, Mugga
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Road Trip (2000)Road Trip: Unseen and Explicit
When you're in a committed relationship and have sex with another person it's not cheating if...You're in different area codes. You're with two people at the same time, because they cancel each other out. But it is definitely cheating if you videotape it and someone accidentally mails the tape to your girlfriend, which to his horror is exactly what happened to Josh. Discovering the mistake, Josh tows two of his college buddies and one not so eager kid who happens to own the car on a raucous 1,800 mile road trip from Ithaca, New York to Austin, Texas to save his lifelong romance. 'Road Trip: Unseen and Explicit' shows you what they didn't dare show at the cinema. - Director:
- Todd Phillips
- Cast:
- Breckin Meyer, Jimmy Kimmel, Seann William Scott
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"The Boys from Brazil" is a terrifying film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers, based on Ira Levin's thrilling book of the same title. In the setting of 1970's South America, a notorious Nazi War criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck), gathers a group of former Nazis to work on a covert project to establish a Fourth Reich. But when famed Nazi-hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier) is enlightened to Mengele's bone-chilling scheme - to clone 94 young Hitlers and cause horror on a global scale - he attempts to unravel the conspiracy. - Director:
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Cast:
- Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
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Megan 2.0 (2025)M3GAN Resurgence / M3GAN 2.0 / MEGAN 2.0
Your killer bestie is back! When an autonomous android engineered to be the ultimate weapon threatens M3gan's beloved Cady, M3gan convince her creator, Gemma, to give her a glow-up that makes the original A.I. diva even deadlier. Armed with wild new upgrades and her same iconic attitude, M3GAN now claps back against the wannabe techno-terror in a fierce faceoff to crown the baddest bot built for maximum mayhem. - Director:
- Gerard Johnstone
- Cast:
- Jenna Davis, Allison Williams, Fryda Wolff
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When a group of trained soldiers discover we're not alone in the universe, Anya (Linda Hamilton) is the only thing standing between them and certain death. A team of Special Forces commandos wake up on an alien spacecraft with no memory of how they arrived, and quickly discover they are being hunted by a merciless alien race. - Director:
- William Kaufman
- Cast:
- Max Martini, Linda Hamilton, Brianna Hildebrand
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U.S. Federal Air Marshall Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) is all washed up; a former cop struggling to deal with his violent past and wrought with self-doubt. On a routine flight from New York to London, he receives a threatening text message from an unknown caller ordering him to deposit $150 million into a secret account or a passenger will be killed every 20 minutes. It's now up to Marks to hunt down the culprit and save the passengers the only way he knows, with brute force. It's a race against time and a race against death as this frequent flyer is about to experience something far more explosive than mere turbulence. - Director:
- Jaume Collet-Serra
- Cast:
- Liam Neeson, O-T Fagbenle, Julianne Moore
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Mind Ripper (1995)The Outpost
A scientific experiment designed to create a superhuman being has gone wrong. The creators become trapped in a remote desert outpost, pursued relentlessly and mercilessly by their own creation. James Stockton (Lance Henriksen), the scientist whose research was used despite his protests to create the monster, is called the outpost to help undo the horror that now lurks somewhere within the dark halls. James, together with his son and daughter, soon find themselves trapped inside with the others, trying desperately to survive. And with the outpost sealed from within, there is no way out... - Director:
- Joe Gayton
- Cast:
- Lance Henriksen, Claire Stansfield, John Diehl
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Return to the Batcave (2003)Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
"Batman" series stars Adam West and Burt Ward reunite in a comedy adventure where they stumble upon a diabolical plot to steal the original Batmobile from a charity benefit. While trying to unravel the details and find the Batmobile, West and Ward flashback to the tumultuous times of their '60s television series to reveal a bizarre behind-the-scenes story of the creation of a television classic, from their on-the-set explosions to their wild real-life encounters with fans. - Director:
- Paul A. Kaufman
- Cast:
- Adam West, Burt Ward, Jack Brewer
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A group of teenage Christians head to Bible Camp for a fun filled weekend, ignoring warnings from the locals of the camp's gruesome history. Following the grizzly murders that took place 7 years earlier, rumour has it that the murderer, crazed nun Sister Mary Chopper, has not finished her unholy rampage. As the partying begins, it's not long before the group are forced to pay the ultimate sacrifice for their sinful behaviour. - Director:
- Vito Trabucco
- Cast:
- Reggie Bannister, Tim Sullivan, Ron Jeremy
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Berlin, 1945. In the Fuhrerbunker, the last hiding place of the man who unleashed a reign of terror across Europe, it is Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday. As the Allied troops close in on the doomed city, Nazi leaders headed by Martin Bormann, Goebbels and Keitel celebrate the Fuhrer's birthday - knowing it will be his last. But even as Allied guns pound Berlin to ruins, Hitler still plots, brooding over maps, moving non-existent armies. Finally he accepts the inevitable, goes through a marriage ceremony with Eva Braun, dedicates his last will and takes a pistol from a drawer. It is left to Goebbels to tell the last of his followers "The Furher is dead- the heart of Germany has ceased to beat". Sir Alec Guinness gives a masterly performance as the demented Hitler in this faithful re-creation of the last days of the German leader's life. - Director:
- Ennio De Concini
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Robert Rietty, Simon Ward
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54 (1998)Studio 54
When Steve Rubell (Mike Myers), the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco, plucks young Shane O'Shea (Ryan Phillippe) from the sea of faces clamouring to get inside his club, Shane not only gets his foot in the door...but lands a coveted job behind the bar. By following Shane's rapid rise from naive busboy to the notorious nightspot's sexy main attraction, you're allowed an unforgettable look at the spectacular rise and fall of Steve Rubell's decadent empire. An entertaining hit that pulses with the best dance music of the era, 54 is not just your ticket inside this legendary place...it places you at the very epicenter of the greatest party on earth! - Director:
- Mark Christopher
- Cast:
- Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Sela Ward
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With an impoverished world plunged into a Cold War with a new enemy, Britain's Ministry of Defence is on the brink of developing a game-changing weapon. Lead scientist Vincent McCarthy (Toby Stephens) provides the answer with his creation, 'The Machine' - an android with unrivalled physical and processing skills. When a programming glitch causes an early prototype to destroy his lab, McCarthy enlists artificial intelligence expert Ava (Caity Lotz) to help him harness the full potential of a truly conscious fighting machine. - Director:
- Caradog W. James
- Cast:
- Caity Lotz, Simon Winkler, Toby Stephens
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A foreboding prophecy brings a lone knight seeking glory to a demonic ritual to try and save the mysterious Avalon (Kristen Kaster / Sadie Jantzi) from the forbidden realm of the Gods. As Bhodie (Jeremy Ninaber) follows her through the gate, he emerges into a dark world that will surely be his demise - only an ominous deal with the Gatekeeper shows any hope of his survival. They will have to work together to defeat the Witches, The Invoker and retrieve the three stones needed to return through the gate into the land of the living. But one may betray the other for the power offered by the Gods, can they both be trusted? - Director:
- Matthew Ninaber
- Cast:
- Jeremy Ninaber, Kristen Kaster, Matthew Ninaber
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Invasion USA (1985)Invasion U.S.A.
They thought they were untouchable. Until now... When an army of mercenaries land on US soil, America was unprepared. With his band of vicious terrorists, Mikhail Rostov (Richard Lynch) helps spread fear and panic into the land of the free. However, Rostov knows that before he can truly capture the home of the brave, they will need to eliminate one man; the man who still haunts Rostov's dreams... that man is Matt Hunter (Chuck Norris). Hunter is a one-man army, and when an attempt on his life ends with his house blown to bits, and best buddy dead, the terrorists become the terrorised as Hunter dismantles and disturbs their various attacks; reducing Rostov's mighty army by the minute. - Director:
- Joseph Zito
- Cast:
- Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet
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