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- DirectorAntti J. JokinenStarsHilary SwankJeffrey Dean MorganLee PaceWhen a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark RuffaloTeddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
- DirectorAdam GreenStarsShawn AshmoreEmma BellKevin ZegersThree skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
- DirectorJohn CurranStarsEdward NortonMilla JovovichRobert De NiroA convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path.
- DirectorMarcos EfronStarsAmber HeardOdette AnnableKarl UrbanA couple of American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split, and one goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsClaude LegaultRémy GirardMartin DubreuilA doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.
- DirectorJames MannBrandon NicholasStarsJohn BainErica CurtisNathan HallidayA boy is abandoned in the heart of the desert by his step father. He takes refuge with two orphans who live in an abandoned mining town. The three kids struggle to survive through series of increasingly desperate and serious crimes. They meet their downfall after a murder weighs too heavy upon their conscience.
- DirectorEromoseStarsIdris ElbaWilliam HopeMonique Gabriela CurnenAn AWOL Black Ops soldier mentally unravels when holed up in a Brooklyn motel room.
- DirectorChad FeehanStarsJosh StewartJamie-Lynn SiglerChris BrowningDriving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert, Paul and his girlfriend Adrienne pull off the highway and into a Motel-Cafe. This roadside artifact proves to be a strange and surreal place with an unsettling mix of travelers, who force our couple to discover the secret hidden between.
- DirectorSimon RumleyStarsAmanda FullerMarc SenterJon Michael DavisA woman attracts the attention of a psychopathic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his depressed mother.
- DirectorJonathan MossekStarsAndie MacDowellCary ElwesFrank WhaleyIn this psychological thriller full of shocking twists, what begins as an average day for Ethan (Elwes) takes a dangerous turn when he's kidnapped and held hostage in his New York apartment by three assailants.
- DirectorRoel ReinéStarsBrendan Michael CoughlinPatrick Scott LewisKatie LowesTwo young couples are tapped in a car with a grizzly bear attacking them. As they battle the creature, and contemplate their uncertain fate, secrets begin to emerge that begin to tear the group apart before the bear.
- DirectorJames M. HauslerStarsNick StahlJonathan JacksonChristopher M. ClarkAfter a recent breakup, Billy returns to his hometown to find something is not quite right with his best friend.
- DirectorReg TravissStarsCharisma CarpenterPaul SculforRicci HarnettA serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsGerard ButlerJamie FoxxLeslie BibbA frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsBrendan FletcherShaun SiposMichael ParéA man with a thirst for revenge builds a full body armor from Kevlar and goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorChris ShadleyStarsMelissa Joan HartWilliam Lee ScottJohn TerryNine strangers are kidnapped and forced to figure out the connection they have to each other as one has to die every ten minutes.
- DirectorPascal FranchotStarsBritt RobertsonAlexia FastScout Taylor-ComptonOn the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsHugh BonnevilleNatalie PressMatthieu BoujenahA successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare when they move into a country house which contains a terrible secret.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsSteve BacicLauren HollyLuke PerryA blood red moon, dying animals and torrential rain are just some of the catastrophes that are wreaking havoc on the world on a global scale. Even more unsettling is how quiet everything is. Could these events signify Armageddon?
- DirectorJamie ThravesStarsPaddy ConsidineJulia StilesKarl PrunerA troubled young man retreats from the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He is drawn into a relationship with a young woman whose boyfriend goes missing, leaving the new arrival as a suspect.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsWillem DafoeCharlotte GainsbourgStorm Acheche SahlstrømA grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
- DirectorChris FisherStarsDaveigh ChaseBriana EviganJames LaffertyDonnie Darko's little sister Samantha and her best friend Corey are on a cross-country road trip, but soon find themselves entangled in a dangerous glitch in the time-space continuum.
- DirectorSean McConvilleStarsBrittany MurphyThora BirchTammy BlanchardA screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsColin FarrellJamie SivesPaz VegaThe wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
- DirectorJoseph GuzmanStarsIvet CorveaCheryl LyoneJohn WinscherThings go horribly wrong when Catherine and Rebecca, two Catholic schoolgirls, knock on the wrong door while selling religious paraphernalia.
- DirectorRozeStarsR.K. AndersonShane DeanRosalie MichaelsThe tough, no-nonsense Julian and his more laid-back friend John are a couple of veteran campers who decide to embark on a no-frills expedition into the deep Arizona wilderness. Obnoxious troublemaker and blundering tenderfoot Paul tags along. However, things go horribly awry after John gets seriously wounded and the subsequent pressure causes Julian to degenerate into a ferocious primal state.
- DirectorBrian IdeStarsDustin BoothMorgan SimpsonGrinnell MorrisA group of childhood friends return to their former hometown to revisit the horrors that happened there 15 years ago.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsMichael ShannonWillem DafoeChloë SevignyInspired by a true crime, a man begins to experience mystifying events that lead him to slay his mother with a sword.
- DirectorWyatt McDillStarsJustin KirkTerryn WestbrookSam RosenTrevor Grainger, Amber Croft and Rob Rankus are three, like, average dudes who run Go Time Liquidators - an eBay auction business. Trevor likes Stephen King, Amber wants to be a singer-songwriter, and Rob's into the Chili Peppers. Amber used to date Trevor but now she's going to marry Rob. They read the obituaries in order to find things they can turn into money on the internet. Pretty soon they end up in the destroyed house of a dead dude named Bill Zill, and they're also seriously obsessing over watching a surveillance-cam website called fourboxes.tv. Fourboxes.tv is a dusty, digital window into the wacked-out world of a creep they call Havoc. Havoc didn't know his apartment was wired up when he moved in. And he's weird. He sleeps in a bat-cage, builds bombs in a dungeon, and looks like he's planning to kill people on a seriously massive scale. Trevor, Amber and Rob decide they have to do something to find and stop Havoc, wherever he is. Or...maybe not - they could just keep watching, 'cause, as Rob says, "That's what the internet's for." Havoc's dirty, wrecked world couldn't affect them - right? Safe, alone, deep in the dark, clean, American suburbs.
- DirectorCarl LindberghStarsLindsey LeinoJoe StezarSkyler CalebWhen Rachel, a seemingly innocent girl, is unable to cope with everyday situations her fears manifest into an altered state of reality. She sees things that adults cannot and believes things that others deny.
- DirectorVince VielufStarsRhys CoiroMilo VentimigliaSamantha MathisIn a world of no absolutes, right and wrong is just a matter of perspective.
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsBilly ZaneEstella WarrenJane WheelerA middle aged music composer finds himself trapped in the seductive web of a young, sexy vocalist who is looking for her own fifteen seconds of fame. Mikey Taylor, once the very popular lead singer of the hot rock and roll group, THE SAINTS , lived a life of sex, drugs and rock and roll, until he met JOYCE, a real estate broker, now his wife of ten years. Joyce was instrumental in sobering Mike up through various rehabs, and always supportive, but then the real estate market took a dive, and Mike had to go back to writing songs for a new record album deal with his former partners STANLEY and DICKIE. Mikey, now known as MIKE TAYLOR, is in the Studio waiting to lay down the new tracks, when MATTY MCPHERSON, strikingly young and beautiful, introduces herself as the new demo singer. As she begins to sing, there is an immediate attraction between Mike and Matty, who is not only gorgeous and young, but a brilliant artist. Matty follows Mike back to his hotel and seduces him, which is reminiscent of his exciting "groupie" rock and roll days. He immediately becomes smitten with the very young and beautiful Matty, but tells himself this affair will pass as soon as the album is finished. The problem is, Mike can not finish the album without Matty, who truly inspires him, but who also leads him back down the road of destruction by encouraging him to relive his days of alcohol, drugs and sex abuse. Matty tells Mike she is his new addiction and convinces him he cannot succeed without her. As weeks go by, Mike is filled with the expected guilt of a cheating husband, but the more he tries to get away from Matty, the more she tempts him back with a new song she has written. To celebrate, she offers more booze, drugs and erotic sex; taking Mike deeper into the dark side: closer to Matty but further from Joyce. Mike's friends encourage him to go to the police, citing she is a stalker who is out to destroy him, but when he tries, the police take Matty's side, who convinces the police she is pregnant with Mike's child. To retaliate Matty kidnaps Joyce, and invites Mike to "save Joyce, or succumb to me". Will Mike be able to save Joyce from the evil web of Matty, or succumb to his addiction as he has so many times before with the beautiful Matty?
- DirectorAndrew PozzaStarsGary BuseyDerek Lee NixonLogan Patrick BrownSomething awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure out a way to save himself, his girlfriend and the rest of the crew before the demons come.
- DirectorAce CruzStarsMichael MadsenNatasha LyonneMichael BerrymanChristine takes her best friend with another couple for a final vacation when she goes to close up and sell her family's hunting lodge in the remote woods of Northern Georgia...but it's also the scene of her worst childhood trauma. Things get worse when it turns out the lodge is in use by an ex-military sniper, Farragut and his three accomplice, the Loomis brothers, as a hideout who just escaped from a military prison. A hostage situation turns to hunting human prey as Christine and her friends Molly and Jack escape into the woods - the sadistic killers picking them off one-by-one, with Christine confronting worse and worse fears at every turn, realizing, and finally learning after meeting a medicine healer, Obeah ...it's her own fears that have drawn this nightmare upon her. And only if she overcomes them can she save her life and sanity. The spiritual message of the movie is based on "The Law of Attraction".
- DirectorBruce KoehlerStarsKurt AngleJenna MorascaNatalie BailAn officer's job turns into a personal tragedy when his family is kidnapped by the deranged killer he's investigating.
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsDennis QuaidZiyi ZhangLou Taylor PucciA recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between a serial killing spree and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsLena HeadeyUlrich ThomsenMelvil PoupaudAfter seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.
- DirectorStuart HazeldineStarsAdar BeckGemma ChanNathalie CoxEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsElijah WoodJohn HurtLeonor WatlingAt Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
- DirectorDavid DenneenStarsTravis FimmelTeresa PalmerStephen MoyerA young couple on the run hole up in a country estate with a hostage in tow.
- DirectorRob SchmidtStarsEliza DushkuCary ElwesTimothy HuttonBased on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
- DirectorSteven KastrissiosStarsPeter MarshallCaroline MarohasyBrad McMurrayWhen Christian finds out his runaway teenage daughter, Jesse has been sexually attacked, the suburban father loses it. Setting out to find Jesse's attacker, Christian goes on a violent rampage.
- DirectorNicholaus GoossenStarsKatrina BowdenJeremy BastianCavan CunninghamTwo brothers come upon a rarely used shortcut in their new town.
- DirectorBarbara StepanskyStarsMelora WaltersWilliam MapotherJohanna BraddyA recently widowed family is forced to move into their uncle's salvage yard, and soon after the arrival of a mysterious foster child, a family secret starts to threaten their lives.
- DirectorEnda McCallionStarsLaura BreckenridgeKevin CorriganChristopher ShandA young woman tries to cover up a deadly hit and run accident, only to have the supposedly dead victim come back to terrorize her.
- DirectorOlly BlackburnStarsSian BreckinNichola BurleyJaime WinstoneThings go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
- DirectorCarolyn MillerStarsLake BellJason BiondoJason ClarkeA young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsEdward FurlongShaun SiposSam LevinsonA heated game of poker causes three men incarcerated for nonviolent offenses to brutalize their cellmate before taking drastic measures in order to cover up their crime.
- DirectorGraham ReznickStarsBenjamin DickinsonDuncan SkilesChristopher FordThree young ad-men enter the woods for a photo shoot, but a girlfriend's mysterious disappearance sparks a harrowing descent into unreality.
- DirectorJulian HigginsStarsJay WisellJulian HigginsRobert ThornePoker Run: Live to Ride, Ride to DIE. Robert and Allan are two upstanding suburbanite lawyers, husbands caught in the grip of boring normalcy that sometimes plagues us all: the wife, the house, the cars, the debt. A quiet desperation that often finds its own unique outlet in the form of the motorcycle; an ultimate expression of freedom now consigned to weekend outings straddled by flocks of rich urban bikers living out 'Easy Rider' fantasies. But Robert and Allan's biker fantasies crash headlong into the brutal realities of biker life when they find themselves in the hands of two psychopaths on wheels, Ray and Billy. In the middle of a Poker Run, a desert-bike rally between Victorville and Vegas, Ray and Billy abduct Robert and Allan's wives and leave the two men with an ultimatum of death if they ever hope to see the women alive again. Now they must follow a bizarre set of clues that include several horrifying tasks that will leave the sweltering Mojave desert deafened by the roar of motorcycles and awash in blood.
- DirectorJames PalmerStarsScott SeegmillerJeremy Grant HortonDebra Lynn HullAfter discovering a bizarre book, a young man is plagued by unexplainable occurrences.
- DirectorGerard StembridgeStarsRuth BradleyAidan TurnerOwen RoeA grieving woman leaves Dublin to the Irish countryside for a fresh start. Soon her new life is disturbed by a vendetta and her own suspicion towards her new neighbors and her old friends.
- DirectorAlec JolerEthan ShaftelStarsScott CordesAnnie TedescoCaroline VinciguerraDaniel loses his wife and son in a car accident. While slowly recovering from his injuries, he rebuilds his son's video camera that was destroyed in the crash. Infused with power from the moment of the crash, the camera develops the ability to stop time when Daniel presses the pause button. This discovery restores Daniel's purpose, and he fills the vacuum in his life by taking responsibility for another victim, Sarah, a newlywed who lost her husband in the same accident. At first Daniel only watches her, then tries to improve her life in small ways. But using his power to "help" becomes an addiction, and the vastness of Daniel's power can do only one thing...corrupt him.
- DirectorEric ShapiroStarsRodney EastmanBen SieglerParry ShenA suspenseful film-noir that takes place at three points in time within a single motel room, viewing the events before, during, and after a college graduate's abduction.
- DirectorAdam AhlbrandtStarsClayton HaskeAllison PersaudFrank TraynorIn the dilapidated fringes of urban Philadelphia, a young man struggles with a unique gift- his ability to see the spirits of the vengeful dead.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsYogi JoshiElissa DowlingCassandra ChurchThis chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same.
- DirectorWill GordhStarsDaniel Vincent GordhKelly HuddlestonChristopher KadishFollowing the unexpected suicide of her mother, Angela finds comfort in her new friendship with Brian. One day she receives a terrifying package containing a voyeuristic tape. The tape chronicles her mother's final days and reveals that someone had been following, watching...stalking her. As the death toll around town rises, it becomes clear that this is no mere coincidence. They thought they were suicides, but the truth was far worse.
- DirectorRichard LedesStarsAxel FeldmannGrégory Ravary EllisJean BrassardAn energy business exec is assisted by a private investigator in his effort to expose his corporation's corrupt practices.
- DirectorGeoffrey PeposStarsKirk HarrisJohn SavageIrina BjörklundThe story of a US Marine who has just returned home from the war in Iraq. In an attempt to reunite with his young wife and Vietnam veteran father, he takes them back to the family cabin in Montana. Once there, his past and present collide in a horrific tale of insanity.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsMila KunisGregory SmithPeter StormareA group of at-risk teens are sent to a what they think is a rehabilitation program on Fiji, but it's really a prison-like camp where kids are abused and brainwashed.
- DirectorNeil H. WeissStarsAdam HatleyThomas Anthony JonesDaren DukesThe Hanged Man is the tale of six social misfits who meet on-line, and in a desperate attempt to escape their troubled pasts agree to gather in an abandoned barn to commit group suicide. But when the plan goes awry, the group discovers there just may be something to live for.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsGail O'GradyWilliam R. MosesMariana KlavenoA family hires live-in nanny Abby Reed whose obsession with the father becomes increasingly dangerous when she decides to take his wife's place in the family.
- DirectorBennett DavlinStarsBilly ZaneTricia HelferAnn-MargretA medical researcher teams with a retired doctor to root around in the genetically stored memories of a serial killer.
- DirectorAdam GreenJoel David MooreStarsJoel David MooreAmber TamblynZachary LeviA recluse telemarkets at an office, where his boss is his only friend. As he befriends a new, social colleague and sketches/paints her, his dark mind surfaces.
- DirectorLawrence PageStarsTamala JonesLynn WhitfieldBokeem WoodbineA story revealing a woman's struggle to find balance as she fights a secret addiction while struggling to save her family and find herself.
- DirectorChris HarrisStarsRon CareyApril WadeJuliana DeverA married amnesiac returns to the town where he used to live and discovers that his life is not as he has been told, but uncovering the truth of his past may get him killed.
- DirectorShelli RyanStarsBrooke BloomSean BridgersAnthony De MarcoJake's Closet takes you back through childhood in a suspenseful and deeply moving story that dives deep into the mind of a little boy under the stress of a fractured family.
- DirectorBrahman TurnerStarsAaron PaulArielle KebbelChris McKennaClinton is convinced that Casey is a figment of his imagination. But seriously, what would a girl like her see in a guy like him? It seems that lately people are seeing all sorts of things in him, but the problem is that he can't see them himself.
- DirectorMarc-Andre SamsonStarsShiloh FernandezChase MallenJoseph BenzA Montreal DJ, following his girlfriend to Los Angeles, falls into a deadly relationship with a couple of female hitchhikers.
- DirectorAndrew MoormanStarsMarina ShtelenAaron BoucherSteven PritchardWhen a reckless bank robber and his rebellious teenage hostage hole up for the night in a bad motel, anything can happen.
- DirectorGabriel BarbozaStarsMichael Lee ArnoldAndrea VanEppsEstella GomezA group of friends travel to South Texas to uncover the truth about a local legend of buried money. Instead they uncover something buried within us all.
- DirectorThomas D. MoserStarsMichael O'Hare WallacePeter MikhailDebbie FanFive American soldiers on a routine training mission in the forests of northern Italy encounter the ghost of a German sniper from World War II.
- DirectorAnthony FalconStarsSean BoncatoKathleen CogginsAnthony FalconWhen Joshua Licet wakes up with his wife missing he must decide whether to lock himself in his house for forty days and 40 nights of torture or to leave her to die.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKate DickieTony CurranMartin CompstonJackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsSharon StoneDavid MorrisseyDavid ThewlisNovelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.
- DirectorDon Michael PaulStarsLance HenriksenBrian WimmerAdam Taylor GordonA troubled young boy and his father on a road trip stumble upon a rural farm where the elderly owner has sinister plans for the both of them involving witchcraft and evil.
- DirectorMichael D. OlmosStarsTom SizemoreEdward James OlmosIvonne CollA gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.
- DirectorTommy StovallStarsSeth PetersonBruce DavisonChad DonellaRobbie and Trey are gay, middle-class, suburban professionals. Life is good. Until the son of a fundamentalist preacher moves in next door.
- DirectorJeff RenfroeStarsPeter KrauseKal NagaRichard SchiffAngry and depressed over losing his job, Terry Allen begins to suspect his new, Middle Eastern neighbor is at the center of a terrorist conspiracy. Obsessed about revealing the man's true identity, he takes matters into his own hands.