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Herod's Law

1999

Herod's Law

1999
7.9
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
La Casa

2020

La Casa

2020
6.3
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.
Munafik 2

2018

Munafik 2

2018
5.4
Ustaz Adam has to help a friend whose village is corrupted by a group of misguided religionists lead by a sinister sorcerer. To make matter worse, Adam himself is also being mysteriously haunted by evil apparitions that keeps disturbing him from time to time.
The Wig

2024

The Wig

2024
6.4
After failing his legal exams, Meng, a self-taught law student, is forced to work nights as a taxi driver. During a heated argument with a drunken customer, unable to contain his fury, he pushes the man into a river. The years go by. Now a successful lawyer and father, Meng is haunted by his past.
The Circus Show-Up

1932

The Circus Show-Up

1932
7.5
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
State Offender

1964

State Offender

1964
5.7
A young detective is trying to find a hiding Nazi collaborationist who is responsible for deaths of a hundreds of people during WWII.
Snake Woman

1983

Snake Woman

1983
One night in Taipei, a female factory worker is killed on her way home. Koh Kang-young, the lead detective, concludes that she was killed by a poisonous snake from the bite marks left on the victim's neck. Reporter Lee Ok-jung rebuts his theory in her article. Through this incident, Detective Koh and Ok-jung meet frequently and they become friends. Afterwards, two more women are killed in the same manner. It is revealed that Ok-jung can't account for her whereabouts for each murder. When another murder is committed, Detective Koh finds out the truth about Ok-jung. When Ok-jung was three, a unique snake bit her. Therefore, she kills people by biting them like a poisonous snake.
Hostage to the Devil

2016

Hostage to the Devil

2016
4.9
This documentary examines age-old questions about the existence of the Devil and good versus evil, through the life of controversial priest, Father Malachi Martin. It explores Martin's horrifying final case before his mysterious death.
The Pact

1976

The Pact

1976
4.6
When they were children, siblings Sergio and Teresa made a promise to never leave each other. An unhealthy co-dependence developes into adulthood.
The Arrival of Wang

2011

The Arrival of Wang

2011
5.8
Chinese-language interpreter Gaia is called up out of the blue by the Italian authorities with an urgent and confidential translation assignment. She is whisked away to a secret underground location and ushered into a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of a mysterious presence, the eponymous Mr. Wang.
Kudrat

1981

Kudrat

1981
6
The setting is in scenic Simla, summer capital of the British Raj in the 1970's. Chandramukhi from Bombay is on holiday with her parents and so is Naresh, a US educated medical professional with his parents. Chandramukhi and Naresh show interest in each other, encouraged by their parents. Choudhary Janak Singh, an important and wealthy man lives with his lawyer daughter Karuna in a lovely colonial period mansion. Their house-guest Mohan, a lawyer from Chandigarh is a protege of Janak Singh. Karuna and Mohan develop a romantic interest. The story of Paro and Madho, who lived in pre-independence India comes to affect the present.
Girls of the Big House

1945

Girls of the Big House

1945
6
A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman framed by a man whom she met in a nightclub in the big city. She is not welcomed by the inmates and immediately the prisoners are divided.
The Test

2012

The Test

2012
A mystery/suspense thriller about a man who discovers he is the child of a rape.
La serpiente de cascabel

1948

La serpiente de cascabel

1948
8
Juan Carlos Thorry is a police inspector who must solve the mystery of the death of the warden of a boarding school for young women, for which he goes undercover as a music teacher. The main suspect is the mischievous schoolgirl María Duval. A series of entanglements leads the protagonists to becoming romantically involved and to finding the culprit.
Midnight Oxygen

2023

Midnight Oxygen

2023
MIDNIGHT OXYGEN follows a group of friends celebrating a reunion inside of a LAKE HOUSE until an astronomical event unravels on the lake, rippling the celebration into a nightmare that will forever alter the group.
Hidden Camera

2007

Hidden Camera

2007
6.2
When a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter is killed in a mass murder in a Barcelona hotel room, maverick reporter Dan Kovaks, the dead journalist's brother, launches an investigation all his own. But now he and his hard-driving producer, Alejandra Velor, are being hunted by the killers and a vast network of government agents on both sides of a military conflict brewing in North Korea. But who's working for whom and who can be trusted? Those are the questions troubling Dan and Alejandra as they fight to stay alive and unravel the mystery of a super-secret item dubbed the "Mega-Bill."
My Sister's Double Life

2025

My Sister's Double Life

2025
8
When Chelsea's sister vanishes after a late-night shift at a diner, she must convince the police that someone has abducted her. As she races against the clock, she discovers that not only is her sister's life in danger, but the captor is now after her...and they'll stop at nothing until both women are dead.
Dead Man's Chest

1965

Dead Man's Chest

1965
5.7
Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.
Sunken Plum

2017

Sunken Plum

2017
5.5
Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin informing her that the mother she has brushed aside, has died. As the only "son", she feels obligated to return to her birthplace for the sake of her family, even though she'll have to hide her true self from those that once shared her past.
Jack the Ripper

1959

Jack the Ripper

1959
6.1
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.