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It has sleazy showbiz characters, grifters, hustlers, and femme fatales. Director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film Nightmare Alley is a thriller that promises twisty, dark, genre-bending horror. Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, the book was adapted into … Continued

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Whatever happened to the erotic thriller? After 1987’s Fatal Attraction popularized the genre, they were everywhere in the ’90s. Categorized by a blend of highly erotic romance and danger, they appealed to a broad audience and were just plain fun … Continued

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last night in soho

Last Night in Soho seems to warn its viewers to be careful what they wish for. In Edgar Wright’s return to feature films, we meet Thomasin McKenzie’s Eloise, an aspiring young fashion designer. She finds herself transported back to 1966 … Continued

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In Tom McCarthy’s upcoming crime drama Stillwater, Matt Damon plays an oil worker from Stillwater, Oklahoma named Bill Baker. When he learns that his estranged daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin), has been arrested in France for the murder of her girlfriend, … Continued

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violation

Even Canadians deserve revenge. This unflinching horror movie from the Great White North, pushes a woman’s revenge to an uncompromising end. At her sister’s isolated cabin on a hauntingly beautiful lakeside, Miriam (Madeleine Sims-Fewer) seems ready to divorce her husband … Continued

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Bob Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell in Nobody. As you may have guessed from the title, Hutch is a bit of an everyman, nothing too special about him. One night, a pair of robbers break into his home. Hutch, wanting … Continued

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the killing of two lovers

A family drama set in a small town, The Killing of Two Lovers was described by Sundance as a “study on masculinity, love, and ambiguity.” When Nikki (Sepideh Moafi) asks for a separation, David (Clayne Crawford) tries desperately to keep … Continued

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In The Nest, Jude Law and Carrie Coon star as married couple Rory and Allison, whose lives take a dark turn after they relocate from America to an English country manor. The Nest was written and directed by Sean Durkin … Continued

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we summon the darkness

In We Summon The Darkness, the midwest is shaken up by a killing spree thought to be the work of a satanic cult. When Alexis (Alexandra Daddario), Val (Maddie Hasson) and Bev (Amy Forsyth) take a cross-country road trip to … Continued

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The Rat is a nostalgic thriller with the vibe of a David Lynch film. It follows an 18-year-old girl, Renee, who decides to sleep with her boyfriend, Jim, in an abandoned mansion on Halloween Eve. The evening goes haywire when … Continued

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