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Ben van Rooyen buys a kris at an antique auction in Amsterdam. He suspects it is a genuine Matamaram Kris, a sacred kris with secret powers. This is confirmed by Professor Smit of the Tropical Institute. Because such a kris is of great value to the family to whom it belongs, Ben, together with his younger brother Mark, wants to go to Indonesia to find the owner. But Ben is not the only one interested in the kris.
Private detective Sexton Blake and Tinker find themselves on the trail of worshipers of an ancient Egyptian cult
The year is 1949. Former front-line soldier and former investigator Sergei Gastev departs from investigative activities, faced with an unexpected problem of official mutual assistance. Attempts to restore justice almost end up in prison for himself. Gastev decides to limit his activities to teaching Roman law at the university of a small regional town. In Sergei's personal life, too, everything is not easy: the affair with the city Komsomol leader Lyudmila Mishina has to be carefully hidden...
When an immoral contractor's car goes missing, Amin's business and family are jeopardized. Racing against time to find it, he also becomes a suspect in a city murder. What will be the outcome?
Over the course of three months, a string of shocking deaths unsettles Tongjiang City—from hidden human remains to a mysterious home death and a suspicious car crash. Detective Jiang Mei teams up with newly transferred investigator Shen Feng to unravel the cases, uncovering a tangled web of hidden relationships, buried motives, and the darker sides of human desire.
A group of young boys seeks revenge and to uncover the truth, but unexpected twists and hidden identities turn their mission into a powerful journey of growth, friendship, and redemption.
A devoted university student's idol obsession takes a dark turn when he shelters his wounded celebrity crush after her scandalous romance makes headlines, only to uncover her hidden split personality and suspected involvement in a musician's murder—forcing him to choose between love and truth in a dangerous descent into twisted loyalty.
Nayan, an ophthalmologist, runs an eye clinic for people in need. But he secretly carries out experiments in the clinic that help him look at the personal lives of his patients through their lenses.
When Joyita discovers that her boyfriend Robin has gone missing, she finds herself in a chaotic situation.While she uncovers what happened to him, a mysterious murderer begins avenging rape victims. As a result, society eventually turns into chaos.
Ten strangers are invited to a distant island by a letter, but then they die one by one, and they soon realize that the killer is among them.
Bari (southern Italy), 1991. A bloody mafia war is unfolding in a city believed to be safe from the mafia. Murders, ambushes and mysterious disappearances shake the streets of Bari. Commander Pietro Fenoglio, who uses unconventional investigative methods to solve crimes, embarks on a dangerous journey to find the truth. As the violence reaches its peak, he begins to uncover dark secrets that go back deep into the past.
Radio presenter Lara is a charismatic but complex woman who never minces her words. Much to her dismay, her station has relegated her to the night shift, where she plays records for lonely taxi drivers, emotional drunks, and other oddballs. A mysterious caller during her broadcast turns a boring weeknight into a grueling psychological cat-and-mouse game.
A man dies in crossfire, and revives to clear his honor and regain the love of his life, from the body of his own killer
Lenore, The Cute Little Dead Girl is a black comedy comic series created by Roman Dirge, inspired by the poem "Lenore" by Edgar Allan Poe. Lenore has appeared in several comic books by Dirge. From 1998 to 2007, she featured in her own series published by Slave Labor Graphics. 26 flash animated shorts were also produced for Sony's ScreenBlast website in 2002. In July 2009 a new comic series started, now published by Titan Books and called Lenore Volume II. Previous issues were made into colored edition trade paperback called Lenore Volume I which is separated into 3 books. On 31 July 2013, Lenore Volume II #8 was released marking the start of a plot line that would continue for 6 issues.
Anton Ageev is an operative with one of the highest detection rates in the city, which is why the leadership turns a blind eye to his harsh, quarrelsome nature and unusual manner of work. And only Kira Kirillova, who appeared in the department 5 years ago, was able to find out the truth about the reclusive Ageev. But one day a murder occurs, which Ageev and Kira witness. Watching the video of the moment of the murder, Ageev realizes that Kira is involved in the case and is hiding something.
After her husband's mysterious death, Lastini believes a dark entity is possessing her daughter, Arum. With only five days before Arum's leap-year birthday, Lastini and her two other children journey across Java to seek help from spiritual healers. As the demon's grip tightens, they race against time to save Arum and find their way back home.
Women and their children disappeared without a trace in a mountain near Rome. The case remains unsolved and therefore becomes a myth and the film sets out to discover what this and a myth actually is, namely an expression of past history in time and space. We see like in a very old play the appearance of the actors playing the myth, who become more and more intensely mythical themselves. They speak up and yet suffer, they are just playing and yet they are guilty. The narrator, the choir, the revenge, the madness, the love, the death. This is what Blue is made of!
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her parents get killed by lightning, young Susannah is sent to New York by her aunt Agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. Years later Susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Once on the island, Susannah and Mike soon find themselves exposed to the hostility of a gang of thugs led by Ethan, Susannah's brutal cousin.
After her parents' death, Lily moves into the vacation home they left for her and discovers she's far from alone.
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
Set in 1920s Yongxin City, the mysterious death of an antique shop owner and the theft of priceless relics ignite a tense battle. Singer Du Qing, Detective Hanzhou, and Luo Ting must overcome mistrust and work together to protect the artifacts and outwit powerful enemies.
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
A private investigator, hired to watch over a young beautiful woman, slowly develops feelings for his subject, and discovers a secret dark side to her.
While backstage on opening night of a new play by celebrated murder mystery author/director Neil Khan, photographer Allie Adams discovers the body of the show’s leading lady, murdered before the curtain went up. As Willow Haven PD Detective Sam Acosta launches his investigation, he invites Allie – who has been helpful in solving his first two murder cases since joining the force -- to unofficially assist him on the. case. However, Allie’s involvement makes her a target for murder herself when she gets too close to the truth.
Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on relentlessly by these same bullies. Donned with his mask, however, Danta exhibits a totally other personality, lacking fear and intimidation. The other students, looking on, soon experiment with the power of masks and find to their glee that behind a facade of anonymity, they experience an overwhelming power to act without the confines of self-consciousness.
"Red Lips" are two female detectives trying to find missing models and dancers. A pop artist called Klaus Thriller and his werewolf-like assistant, Morpho, are the main suspects for the murderers.
During a trip to a century-old Kodaikanal bungalow, JK reports his lover Shabi mysteriously missing, triggering a tense police inquiry entangled with an unsolved murder, suspicious staff, and local thieves. However, as the investigation deepens, the boundary between reality and illusion shatters, exposing a harrowing confrontation with unresolved grief, guilt, and the fragile human mind.
Tintin and his friends investigate when something ominous haunts seven archaeologists, just after their return from an ethnographic expedition to the Andes, where they have dug up the tomb of Inca Rascar Capac.
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
A woman's one-night stand turns out to be her friend's husband, and a local political candidate.
The legendary post-apocalyptic adventure of Cooley Moon, in which a mysterious and brutal attack has decimated the world's population, forcing a small group of survivors to stay alive long enough to unlock the mystery that could save them all.
Mary Bruce is wooed by Lord Haverford but loves Roger Benton, her father's secretary. To finalize his marriage proposal, Lord Haverford offers her father a large sum of money and, being low on funds, Mr. Bruce accepts it, then places it in a safe. Horrified by her father's actions, Mary steals the cash from the safe that night, but on her way out is overcome by another thief whose wrist she bites in the ensuing tussle.
Leon Mortier, a wealthy publisher, whilst driving through the forest one day, stops when he sees Lulu walking down the long narrow road. She gets into the car. Leon is amused and intrigued by her. When he pulls off, suddenly out of nowhere a man appears in front of the car and Leon accidentally hits him. He decides to take them both home to recover. Leon falls madly in love with Lulu. Both Lulu and the man stay on with him in the house. Lulu's behavior is unpredictable. Leon becomes suspicious and paranoid about her. As he begins to suspect that his friends are being unfaithful with Lulu, he decides to throw a dinner party with some of his closest friends. During the dinner he wants to confront them with their infidelity and expel them all from his life with Lulu. But when he discovers his son in the arms of Lulu, he decides also to get rid of her, a plan which backfires in a most unexpected way.
A woman relays the story of her last romantic date.
A coroner’s inquest into an inexplicable death reveals the presence of an enigmatic creature.
A nightclub owner is plagued by financial problems, as well as a masked kidnapper, just before his new club opens.