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Oxy-Morons

2011

Oxy-Morons

2011
5.8
The gritty true-life story of a notorious Boston criminal and his gang who, driven by addiction and greed, commit a series of dangerous robberies during the height of the OxyContin drug trade.
House on Rockingham

2024

House on Rockingham

2024
3.3
After securing a job as live-in housekeeper, a woman discovers the owner may be connected to her sister's disappearance.
Stricken

2010

Stricken

2010
3.4
Horror / Suspense - After her mother's death and her father's brutal suicide, 25 year old Sarah Black fears she is losing her grip on reality. She is haunted by nightmares and terrifying visions, and she can't shake the feeling that something evil is about to find her. When people she cares about start to die, Sarah believes she may be next. Detective Scott Aro has been investigating a string of murders for 10 years, but nothing he has seen can prepare him for what lies ahead. As hope seems lost, the two must face the evil that has been unleashed and battle to stay alive as they discover that some things won't stay dead. It waits in the dark.
Jack in the Box

2010

Jack in the Box

2010
5.4
Find a chair and you can stay, But if you don't you'll go away. The last survives another day... Pop Goes the Weasel. Welcome to Junior's world where six invited guests, trapped in a room, play a deadly game of musical chairs for their lives. Every ten minutes "Pop Goes the Weasel" signals the start of another round, and the horrific end of another player. Sit you live, stand you die- this is Junior's simple, twisted rule. Jack in the Box is a gripping study in psychological terror, unfolding in real-time, as Junior's desperate "guests" struggle with themselves, and each other, for survival. Seven begin the game, only one will end it. Who will it be? Grab a chair and find out. The answer will shock you.
The Scenesters

2009

The Scenesters

2009
6.2
Someone is killing beautiful young Hipsters in East L.A. Charlie is a crime scene cleaner working for Aftershocks Inc. with a penchant for Sherlock Holmes type deduction. Wallace is an out-of-luck filmmaker working as a crime scene videographer. The detectives covering the murders are apathetic at best but with good names (Henry and Carlita, particularly Carlita). Good names, bad attitudes.
Harm's Way

2008

Harm's Way

2008
5.1
Darlene and her daughter Victoria seek refuge at a remote rural safe house for abused women that's run by the strict and tough, but folksy and supportive Bea. Things turn sour when Bea proves to be a total lunatic with an especially dangerous influence on the impressionable Victoria.
The City Is Mine

2008

The City Is Mine

2008
3.5
A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Dark Reprieve

2007

Dark Reprieve

2007
4.1
Two people Matt and Kate wake up in a closed down prison. They have no idea how they got there, or why they are there. In the prison they encounter several terrors as they look for an exit.
Beyond Remedy

2009

Beyond Remedy

2009
4.6
An international group of medical students takes part in a seminar on fear - with deadly results.
G.P.S.

2007

G.P.S.

2007
4
College friends embark on a GPS treasure hunt in search of money. Instead of finding buried treasure, they find a buried coffin that contains photos of a kidnapped woman and GPS coordinates that lead deeper into the forest. Are the photos real or part of a game?
Butter

1998

Butter

1998
2.8
Corrupt record company executives kill a singing sensation with a drug overdose rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. They then frame her cousin/manager for the murder forcing him to go on the run and to try to get the goods on the real killers.
Live Wires

1946

Live Wires

1946
5.5
Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.
Live Once, Die Twice

2006

Live Once, Die Twice

2006
4.4
Nicole is happily married to Evan, the man of her dreams. Unbeknownst to her, he is leading a secret life as a globe-trotting embezzler with a second wife. His scheming soon goes wrong and when Evan is forced to fake his own death. A series of events leads Nicole to his other wife and together they track him down. With the help of a private investigator, they soon discover the dangerous truth.
Bad Seed

2000

Bad Seed

2000
5.8
Preston Tylk is an ordinary guy living in Seattle. When he discovers that his wife, Emily, whom he adores, is having an affair, he is devastated. Storming out of the house, he returns later only to find her brutally murdered.
Disorder

2006

Disorder

2006
3
David Randall may be a schizophrenic, but he's no murderer -- at least that's what he claims. Having served time for two killings he swears not to have committed, Randall is now home, medicated and attempting to start a new life. But that proves difficult when the masked figure he sighted at the scene of the murders is back; a friend is in danger; and everyone seems to believe that he's the real threat in this chiller from Jack Thomas Smith.
Powerplay

1999

Powerplay

1999
2.8
A beautiful blonde con-woman and martial artist seduces wealthy bachelors and grifts them out of their money using her wiles and deadly force if necessary.
False Pretenses

2004

False Pretenses

2004
5.2
Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,
Frozen Days

2005

Frozen Days

2005
4.6
Meow is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. She decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their meeting. She survives the attack and after she finds Alex in the hospital, in a coma, she moves into his empty apartment. Gradually, the tenants start referring to her as Alex, and as she assumes his identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous and deluded reality.
Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw

2024

Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw

2024
3
In this third installment of the Butchers series, three women find themselves being hunted by a vicious killer who slaughters people and hacks them up in his abattoir van, while a clever sheriff pieces together the clues he's leaving behind. Limbs will be severed and heads will roll as anyone in his path, innocent or guilty, will find themselves on the jagged edge of his bonesaw.
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977
5.6
Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that is to be used in bacterial warfare.