Poison

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Poison (1991)

Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

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Antichrist

Antichrist

2009 ★ 6.6

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2018 ★ 7.1

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Bronson

Bronson

2009 ★ 7.0

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

The Woman

The Woman

2011 ★ 6.1

A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.

Lost Highway

Lost Highway

1997 ★ 7.5

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

2011 ★ 6.8

A suburban father gets trapped in a one-sided incestuous relationship with his abusive son.

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

1994 ★ 7.1

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Strange Darling

Strange Darling

2024 ★ 6.9

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015 ★ 6.8

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

2007 ★ 6.7

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.

Prison

Prison

1987 ★ 5.8

After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013 ★ 6.7

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

House of Whipcord

House of Whipcord

1974 ★ 5.9

Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007 ★ 7.4

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

Maniac

Maniac

2012 ★ 6.0

As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

Southbound

Southbound

2015 ★ 5.9

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

Infinity Pool

Infinity Pool

2023 ★ 6.1

While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.

Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

1988 ★ 6.3

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

Hounds of Love

Hounds of Love

2016 ★ 6.1

When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.

Red White & Blue

Red White & Blue

2010 ★ 6.2

A woman attracts the attention of a psychotic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his ailing mother.

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