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Subgenre Sampler

 
When Strangers AppearWhen Strangers Appear (Shearer's Breakfast) (2001)
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Barry Watson, Kevin Anderson
A piquant little thriller set at a lonely country rest–stop – Foxton standing in for Oregon – with dir. Reynold’s (HEAVEN,…
Harry, He's Here to HelpHarry, He's Here to Help (2000) Recommended
Dir. Dominik Moll
Feat. Sergi Lopez, Laurent Lucas
French festival–hit that invokes the delicious menace of Alfred Hitchcock with its insidious central character, Harry (Sergi Lopez) who invites…
NightwatchNightwatch (1998)
Dir. Ole Bornedal
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette
Ewan MacGregor checks in for morgue attendance in this Anglo remake of the director's own Danish thriller. Must confess, we never watched this…
PsychoPsycho (1998)
Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore
Colour remake of Hitchcock's most famous film closely follows the original but never comes close to being anything other than a cheap gimmick. The…
FearFear (1996)
Dir. James Foley
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano
Thriller from the Hollywood cookie–cutter about a chaste Daddy's girl who gets involved with creep Mark Wahlberg, who just gets creepier by…
Machine, LaMachine, La (1994)
Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
Gerard Depardieu goes into mad–doctor mode for this high–tech mind–transplant thriller, as a shrink/inventor whose fleeting…
Deceived (1991)
Dir. Damian Harris
Feat. Goldie Hawn, John Heard
Goldie Hawn in her first dramatic role plays a mother–of–two who learns that Hubby is not who she thought he was. Nothing new here, but…
Unlawful Entry (1991)
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe
Ray Liotta makes a perfect cop from hell, abusing his civil privileges to manifest obsessions with the wife of the man he is hired to protect. A…
Apartment ZeroApartment Zero (1989)
Dir. Martin Donovan
Feat. Colin Firth, Hart Bochner
Weird tale in which a loner (Colin Firth) rents half of his apartment to a man of dubious motives and background (Hart Bochner). Pays homage to many…
Dark Woods, The (1989)
Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Beatrice Dalle
Beatrice Dalle (BETTY BLUE) marries a stranger on a whim, and lives to regret it when her affections for his brother leads to a brutal crime of…

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