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Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to unravel the connections that tie the victim to the activist daughter of the innkeepers, and a precocious boy who first appears on a train—and keeps popping up. It's a Sherlock Holmes mystery with an environmental twist, and one that should please fans of a classic whodunnit.
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
A one-time (and now one-handed) master film editor toiling in the cinematic sweatshops of 1970s Italy becomes the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders.
Dana Mathews, an experienced hacker, and cryptographer comes into possession of a mysterious puzzle box that she believes is the key to finding her long-lost mother.
American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and have to deal with a gang of kidnappers who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the scientist
A rookie Shanghai police captain disguises himself as a student to investigate a murder at a local high school. However, he hates studying, Therefore he must juggle homework and solving the crime case.
When Jade goes missing, Avery realizes it eerily mirrors a past tragedy involving the death of their friend, Mia. When Avery learns that Mia was murdered, she soon discovers someone is orchestrating events to make them relive that horrific summer.
In the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, Jim Estelle, head of the Texas Department of Corrections, plays a deadly game against the ruthless Federico Carrasco, a convicted heroin dealer who has taken over the Huntsville Penitentiary and holding dozens hostage after his pre-planned escape has gone awry. Lines between captor and captive, justice and survival, begin to blur as the siege spirals for eleven endless, terrifying days.
Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never sure why ― murder is suggested. Vicente brings his girlfriend to the house, and a different kind of family is established as the three youngsters grow fiercely protective of each other. But their uncle grows suspicious about the fate of the missing father and forcibly kidnaps Nino, taking him away to the city and leaving Vicente to locate him there.
Three men enter a luxury apartment in Stockholm dressed as couriers. But what appears to be a robbery ends in a brutal murder that resembles an execution. Vilhelm Beck's patrol is the first to arrive. Haunted by his memories as a hostage, Vilhelm soon begins his own investigation into the case, which leads to a surprising contact with the Beck group.
A man. A purpose. A door.
This story tells about a woman in her mid-twenties who tries to revive her childhood memories. In order to relive the last moments with her mother, she rapes and murders another woman. The story inquires, not judges, the imperfect soul. Beauty tainted by unusual parental love.
Inspired by true events. Riley March’s near-perfect life comes to a sudden halt when a car accident takes her life, leaving behind a family without a mother.
Veer, a villager, becomes restless after he is haunted by the visions of his past. When he is attacked on the day of his wedding, he forces his parents to reveal the truth about his identity.
A group of mismatched DJ's are terrorized by a mysterious bill-hook wielding killer.
An unwitting family, relocating from Brooklyn, moved into a newly-renovated farmhouse on the outskirts of town. When the family starts experiencing unsettling occurrences, it brings them closer to the town’s secret… and the very thing trapped in their cellar.
Qiao Yan, born in a border town in southwest China, becomes a star actress after much effort and struggle. But despite her aura of glamour, she always feels hidden pressure. When she receives a threatening anonymous letter, her long-estranged sister suddenly comes to see her.
Two small-time con artists are mistaken for murder suspects and forced to stay in town to find the real killer. As strange events pile up, they uncover a mystery linked to one man’s long-recurring dream, turning a fight to clear their names into a chilling search for the truth.
In a filthy, cramped prison, some inmates must submit to injustices perpetrated by the head of the guards and his tormentors. Above them all, however, is the Judge, whom no one has ever seen: feared by both inmates and guards, he imposes the laws to be obeyed. The prisoners know the rules to follow but remember nothing of their lives; they know only the evil they have done to get there. Almost out of nowhere, a new prisoner joins the company: Princess. She is a beautiful woman, covered only by a fur coat of raven feathers...
Fifty million stars in our galaxy have the potential of supporting life forms capable of traveling to other planets, says world-renowned authority Erich von Daniken, whose film version of his best-selling book, CHARIOTS OF THE GODS, gives stunning visual proof that some form of life from outer space landed on Earth centuries ago. Just what they did here and the influences they left behind is the core of the film. Although this controversial film may provide the answers to age old mysteries, it may be the beginning of an entirely new set of questions. Germany, 1972, Color, 90 minutes, English Language.
Koharu Kanashizuki, the owner of an okiya and ryōtei restaurant in the flower district of Mukojima, Tokyo, is struggling to solve a murder case.
The film tells the story of Aya, a woman suffering from congenital heart disease who has inherited a vast fortune. She marries the seemingly gentle and considerate Haruki, only to find herself trapped in a nightmare of his brutal abuse and humiliation. Pushed to her breaking point, she eventually kills Haruki and carefully stages his death as an accident. However, her relief is short-lived, as chilling supernatural events begin to haunt the house in the wake of the crime.
Duny and Priscilão unravel terrifying mysteries along with their mascot Domênica and try to prove the existence of supernatural events.
She forged husks, unleashed the dead-now the apocalypse turns on its maker.
Psychic Kelsi Davies reacts to some of the internet's scariest videos.
When a brilliant but underprivileged teen clicks on a mysterious Instagram ad, he unknowingly triggers a twisted survival game that follows him and his friends into their everyday lives — and there's no way to log out.
Somewhere between life and death, earth and space, here and there, 20 lost souls compete in a gameshow hosted by a lonely and eccentric living entity. With the promise of resurrection and a beyond belief wish, they'll live forever tonight.