Posts Tagged ‘bloody-violence’

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: William Holden | Ernest Borgnine | Robert Ryan | Edmond O'Brien | Warren Oates | Jaime Sánchez | Ben Johnson | Emilio Fernández | Strother Martin | L. Q. Jones | Albert Dekker | Bo Hopkins | Dub Taylor | Paul Harper | Jorge Russek
Directors: Sam Peckinpah
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

Dogma (1999)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Chris Rock | Salma Hayek | Alan Rickman | Alanis Morissette | Bud Cort | Barret Hackney | Jared Pfennigwerth | Kitao Sakurai | George Carlin | Betty Aberlin | Matt Damon | Ben Affleck | Dan Etheridge | Linda Fiorentino | Derek Milosavljevic | Lesley Braden | Brian O'Halloran | Marie Elena O'Brien | Janeane Garofalo
Directors: Kevin Smith
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The great grand niece of Jesus Christ is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.

The Meaning of Life (1983)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: UK
Actors: Graham Chapman
Directors: Terry Gilliam
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The Monty Python group examines the meaning and purpose of life in a series of sketches from conception to death and beyond. In typical Monty Python fashion they satirizes and humourizes almost everyone.

Phenomena (1985)

Monday, June 1st, 2009
Genres: Crime | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Jennifer Connelly | Daria Nicolodi | Fiore Argento | Dalila Di Lazzaro | Patrick Bauchau | Federica Mastroianni | Donald Pleasence | Fiorenza Tessari | Mario Donatone | Francesca Ottaviani | Michele Soavi | Franco Trevisi | Fausta Avelli | Marta Biuso | Geraldine Thomas
Directors: Dario Argento
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Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate personality when she stays at a boarding school that was once the home a Richard Wagner. But someone has been killing the students, and it relates only indirectly to the criminal sanitorium nearby. So it’s up to “the two greatest detectives the world has ever known, or should I say, unknown”

From Hell (2001)

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Heather Graham | Ian Holm | Robbie Coltrane | Ian Richardson | Jason Flemyng | Katrin Cartlidge | Terence Harvey | Susan Lynch | Paul Rhys | Lesley Sharp | Estelle Skornik | Nicholas McGaughey | Annabelle Apsion | Joanna Page
Directors: Albert Hughes
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The infamous Jack the Ripper case set in London of 1888. The Ripper has been running amok in the Whitechapel district murdering and dissecting prostitutes. Scotland Yard Inspector Fred Abberline, aided by his partner, Peter Godley, are on the case to figure out who this serial killer is and why he is killing these women in such a brutal manner. Abberline is an opium addict and when “chasing the dragon” he is able to have visions of the future, a certain psychic ability that allows him to solve cases. As Abberline and Godley investigate the crimes, they become acquainted with the prostitutes who were friends and colleagues of the victims. Abberline begins to fall in love with Mary Kelly, one of the prostitutes, or as the nobles called them “unfortunates”, being hunted down by Jack the Ripper. Abberline digs deeper and deeper into the conspiracy and attempts to solve the case before Mary Kelly is the next victim.

Dead & Buried (1981)

Friday, April 10th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: James Farentino | Melody Anderson | Jack Albertson | Dennis Redfield | Nancy Locke | Lisa Blount | Robert Englund | Bill Quinn | Michael Currie | Christopher Allport | Joseph G. Medalis | Macon McCalman | Lisa Marie
Directors: Gary Sherman
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Potters Bluff, Rhode Island. may seem to be a sleepy little town. At least for the casual visitor and the local sheriff, Daniel Gillis. However, all of a sudden, there are a lot of strange murders where strangers or people passing through are killed by mobs of townspeople. Only Sheriff Gillis has no clue to what’s going on. Fortunately, the town has an excellent undertaker, William G. Dobbs, who is happy to take care of this sudden death-wave which is good for his business. Gillis soon discovers clues that lead to many of the local inhabitants involved in the killings, including his own wife Janet.

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Ken Watanabe | Kazunari Ninomiya | Tsuyoshi Ihara | Ryo Kase | Shido Nakamura | Hiroshi Watanabe | Takumi Bando | Yuki Matsuzaki | Takashi Yamaguchi | Eijiro Ozaki | Nae | Nobumasa Sakagami | Luke Eberl | Sonny Saito | Steve Santa Sekiyoshi
Directors: Clint Eastwood
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The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.

The Holy Mountain (1973)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Horácio Salinas | Zamira Saunders | Juan Ferrara | Adriana Page | Burt Kleiner | Valerie Jodorowsky | Nicky Nichols | Richard Rutowski | Luis Lomeli | Ana De Sade | Chucho-Chucho | Letícia Robles | Connie De La Mora | David Kapralik
Directors: Alejandro Jodorowsky
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A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

Creepshow III (2006)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stephanie Pettee | Roy Abramsohn | Susan Schramm | Bunny Gibson | Matt Fromm | Nathan Kirkland | Selma Pinkard | Kalena Knox | Brian Jacobs | Leonardo Millán | Magi Avila | Margarita Lugo | Robert Gonzales | Simon Burzynski | Rami Rank
Directors: Ana Clavell
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There are five new tales of horror and suspense in this follow-up to George A. Romero & Stephen King’s 1982 horror anthology classic. In “Alice”, a snotty teenage girl gets her just desserts in the form of a demonic universal television remote. In “The Radio”, a security guard is driven to the very brink of madness and eventually murder thanks to a possessed radio. Next up, in “Call Girl” a murdering, cold-blooded prostitute accidentally hooks up with a vampire client. In “The Professor’s Wife”, a demented professor with a taste for pranks tricks his two best students into believing he’s getting married. But there’s something rather sinister about his new bride-to-be. Lastly, in “Haunted Dog”, a cruel miserly doctor kills a homeless man by purposely giving him a contaminated hotdog - a tale of savage revenge from beyond the grave.

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Friday, October 10th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Domenick John | Tom Savini | George Kennedy | Philip Dore | Kaltey Napoleon | Maltby Napoleon | Tyrone Tonto | Dorothy Lamour | Frank Salsedo | Holt McCallany | David Holbrook | Don Harvey | Dan Kamin | Dean Smith | Shirley Sonderegger
Directors: Michael Gornick
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Three more stories told from a comic book are presented by the Creep. The first is about a dime-store Native American that seeks vengeance on those who killed the store’s owners. The second is about a carnivorous mass of pond scum that attacks four people on a raft. The final tale is about a rich woman who accidentally kills a hitchhiker while speeding home from an affair with a male prostitute.