Tokyo housewife Yasuko Honda (Keiko Takahashi, the director’s wife) has a workaholic husband named Saturo (Shirô Shimomoto) who has been called away for out-of-town duty for a few days, so she is home alone with her elementary-school–age son Takuto (Takuto Yonezu). Already fed up with the frequent intrusions of door-to-door salesmen, because of whom she keeps her door locked and latched, she is highly frustrated when salesman Yamakawa (Daijirô Tsutsumi) slips his hand through her chained door to offer a brochure. She slams the door on his hand, instantly making an enemy of the man, who becomes bent on revenge.Read More »
Mystery
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Banmei Takahashi – Doa AKA Door (1988)
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Gregory Ratoff & Orson Welles – Black Magic (1949)
Gregory Ratoff1941-1950DramaMysteryOrson WellesUSASynopsis:
A gypsy man discovers that he is a natural hypnotist, and decides to make a fortune off of his ability. When he meets the Viscount who had ordered the execution of his parents and his own whipping and blinding (the latter from which he escaped), he uses his abilities to gain vengeance. Of help to him is a woman who has a startling resemblance to Marie Antoinette. Soon, his lust for power and his love for the woman gain control of him.Read More » -
Ted Post – Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
Ted Post1971-1980ComedyMysteryUSAFour elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional “girl” for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the “girl” attracts a psychopath.Read More »
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Edgar Neville – El crimen de la calle de Bordadores (1946)
Edgar Neville1941-1950CrimeMysterySpainOn a dark night, the body of a well-known society woman is found; the investigators immediately suspect that the killer was the woman’s maid. For her part, the maid demands that the woman’s fiancé be brought in for questioning. Some journalists covering the story decide to follow up on the maid’s suggestion and gradually piece together the chain of events that led to the murder.
Suave and good-looking, the fiancé was taking advantage of the dead woman, his attentions more focused on a much tougher young lady. Yet just as the narrative of the crime starts to come together, sudden revelations challenge all the information already discovered by the journalists. As someone renowned for his own storytelling abilities, Edgar Neville used this philosophical thriller as way of meditating on how stories are created, as well as the complex relationship between a tale and its teller.Read More »
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Kamal El Sheikh – El-Lailah el-Akhirah (1963)
1961-1970EgyptKamal El SheikhMysteryThrillerDuring 1942, Nadia Burhan lives with her mother in Alexandria, Fawzia lives with her husband Shaker, whom she married against her family’s will. Nadia meets Salah and agree to get married. Fawzia dies from a German bombardment of the city, and Nadia has amnesia and Fawzia’s husband tries to delude Nadia that she’s Fawzia.Read More »
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Jean Renoir – La nuit du carrefour AKA Night at the Crossroads (1932)
Jean Renoir1931-1940CrimeFranceMysteryInspector Maigret investigates the mysterious murder of a Dutch diamond dealer, found dead in a stolen car. The car belongs to an insurance agent, Michonnet, and has been abandoned in the garage belonging to Carl Andersen.Read More »
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Kåre Bergstrøm – Klokker i måneskinn AKA Watches in Moonlight (1964)
Kåre Bergstrøm1961-1970HorrorMysteryNorwayFour men are gathered to play a game of bridge, when the conversation turns to unnatural and occult events, while the scientist among them tries to give the experiences a natural explanation.Read More »
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Gary Nelson – The Lookalike (1990)
1991-2000Gary NelsonMysteryThrillerUSAA mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter.Read More »
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Marcel L’Herbier – Le parfum de la dame en noir AKA Scent of the Woman in Black (1931)
Marcel L'Herbier1931-1940FranceMysteryPLOT: Rouletabille comes to the aid of a recently remarried lady whose late criminal husband turns out to be still alive.Her honeymoon is at a fantastic art deco villa perched above the Riviera.Read More »