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Tag Archives: Crime

The Dark

July 15, 2010by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: You Don’t have To Be Scared Of The Dark. Just Of What’s In It…! Well-acted, wild, cross-genre mix of sci-fi and horror starring William Devane as a writer who […]

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Dead Heat

July 3, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Violent criminals who can’t be killed are shooting up Los Angeles, and the investigation leads LAPD detectives Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo) to a mysterious […]

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The Usual Suspects

June 15, 2010by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: In a world where nothing is what it seems you’ve got to look beyond… The Usual Suspects. The most hardened criminals in the world fear no one… except Keyser […]

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Psycho II

June 10, 2010by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: It’s 22 years later, and Norman Bates is coming home. Psycho II is the terrifying sequel to one of the most suspenseful films of all time, Alfred Hitchock’s Psycho. […]

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Nyócker!

June 4, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A group of teens from the wrong side of Budapest’s tracks band together to make themselves rich by traveling back in time, burying a horde of mammoths under the […]

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Die drei Räuber

June 2, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Three black-cloaked robbers terrify the countryside until they meet an orphan named Tiffany and decide to buy a castle for homeless children. Animated. From the book by Tomi Ungerer. […]

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See No Evil, Hear No Evil

May 26, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: It was murder! The blind guy couldn’t see it. The deaf guy couldn’t hear it. But now they’re both wanted for it in the drop-dead comedy, See No Evil, […]

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Silver Streak

May 25, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The most hilarious suspense ride of your life! In this wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill […]

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Smash Cut

May 23, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The special effects on director Able Whitman’s (David Hess, The Last House On The Left) new shlock-horror film just aren’t cutting it. – until he starts killing people and […]

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Psycho (1960)

May 20, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Alfred Hitchock’s landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a […]

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The Girlfriend Experience

May 13, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), a $2,000-an-hour Manhattan call girl, offers more than sex to her clients; it’s her companionship and conversation that […]

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Shadow of a Doubt

May 4, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When Uncle Charlie comes to visit his relatives in the sleepy town of Santa Rosa, the foundation is laid for one of his most engaging and suspenseful excursions. Joseph […]

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The Deathmaster

April 30, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In Deathmaster (1972) Quarry portrays Khorda, a Charles Manson-esque guru with a taste for human blood. Set in the hippie communes of 1970s Khorda is quickly accepted as the […]

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