In the Austrian Alpine town of Holfen, a young woman is found murdered. Theo and Hansel, two wood-cutters, stop off at a bar where they tell Dr. Kalman, an academic studying local folk tales, about the history of the von Klaus family, in particular the murderous cruelty of the first Baron von Klaus, whose 17th century ghost is said to haunt the mists and quagmires of the surrounding countryside. Soon after, the wood-cutters discover the dead body of another young woman. The current patriarch of the von Klaus family, and chief suspect for the murders, is Max, who lives with his elderly sister Elisa. Elisa is dying, which prompts a visit from her son Ludwig, accompanied by his fiancee Karin. Elisa reveals to Ludwig the whereabouts of a key to the von Klaus dungeon which has been locked for many years. She begs him to end the family curse for all time and to take his fiancee far away. Ludwig enters the dungeon and finds a memoir written by the original Baron von Klaus, expounding his amoral philosophy…Read More »
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Jesús Franco – La mano de un hombre muerto AKA The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
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John Patterson – A Deadly Silence (1989)
1981-1990John PattersonThrillerUSAThe father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental emotions in the neighbourhood because the people know nothing about his dark past.Read More »
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Jack Arnold – The Glass Web (1953)
1951-1960Film NoirJack ArnoldThrillerUSAPlot Synopsis
from IMDBEdward G. Robinson, John Forsythe and Richard Denning are involved in the weekly production of realism crime TV show called “Crime of the Week”. Kathleen Hughes plays an actress who “uses” men to achieve her goals. Both Forsythe and Robinson, unbeknownst to each other are involved with her…..Read More »
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Tatyana Lioznova – Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny AKA Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
1971-1980Tatyana LioznovaThrillerTVUSSRA 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yulian Semyonov. The series portrays the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stierlitz, depicted by Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Stierlitz is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies. The series is considered the most successful Soviet espionage thriller ever made, and is one of the most popular television series in Russian history.Read More »
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Seth Holt – The Nanny (1965)
1961-1970Hammer FilmsMysterySeth HoltThrillerUnited KingdomSynopsis:
Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed children’s home where he’d spent two years undergoing treatment for drowning his little sister in the bath. He returns to an unloving father, fragile mother, and doting nanny — whom he hates. Suspicion arises again when his mother is poisoned, and Joey continues to insist Nanny is responsible. Joey contends the nanny was responsible for his little sister’s death, and only the upstairs neighbour girl believes him.Read More » -
Jean-Louis Daniel – Les fauves (1984)
1981-1990CrimeFranceJean-Louis DanielThrillerBerg is a young stunt car driver who leaves his profession and starts working at a private security service.Read More »
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Alexandros Avranas – Love Me Not AKA Não Me Ames (2017)
2011-2020Alexandros AvranasDramaGreeceThrillerA couple hires a migrant to be a surrogate mother on their behalf, and take her to their beautiful home. While he is at work, the two women become more intimate.Read More »
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Oxide Chun Pang – Ta fa likit AKA Who Is Running? (1998)
Oxide Chun Pang1991-2000ThailandThrillerEverything seems to be going well for Jiab and Wan, a young couple looking forward to their impending marriage. All that changes, however, when Wan is struck by a car and is brought to the hospital near death. When Jiab goes to a temple to pray, a mysterious monk tells him that in her past life, Wan murdered five people, and now is fated to die early in this life. To undo her bad karma and save her life, Jiab must even the balance by preventing five other people from being killed. The clock is now ticking, and Wan’s life is slipping away…Read More »
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Eriprando Visconti – Il caso Pisciotta AKA The Pisciotta Case (1972)
1971-1980DramaEriprando ViscontiItalyThrillerDramatisation of the investigation into the murder in prison in 1954 of Gaspare Pisciotta, gangster and lieutenant of the bandit Salvatore Giuliano.Read More »