Subgenre Sampler
Psycho: 194 Films to Buy & Rent
Little Fish (2005)
- Dir. Rowan Woods
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving…
- Another bleakly intense and beautiful drama from the dir. of THE BOYS, here depicting the efforts of a heroin addict (Blanchett) to put her life back…
Lost, The (2005)
- Dir. Chris Siverston
Feat. Alex Frost, Marc Senter
- Mass murder erupts in small–town America, courtesy of a dead–beat motel manager whose penchant for black clothing, cowboy boots, and…
Ab-Normal Beauty (Sei mong se jun) (2004)
- Dir. Oxide Pang
Feat. Race Wong, Rosanne Wong
- Dir. Oxide Pang's solo followup to THE EYE is also a voyeuristically themed nerve–shredder, set around a young and rich photography student…
Birth (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston…
- An absorbing psychological drama about a young widow (Kidman) whose New York life is disrupted when a 10 year–old boy claims to be the…
Enduring Love (2004)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samantha Morton, Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans
- A studied and corrosive tale of fate, connection and love, set around victims and rescuers involved in a hot–air–balloon crash and its…
High Tension (Haute tension, Switchblade Romance) (2003)
- Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Cecile De France, Maïwenn
- A grisly yet indeed tense French horror movie directed with stunning virtuosity, about two women whose rural weekend getaway turns horrific when they…
Fear Dot Com (Fear.com) (2002)
- Dir. William Malone
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Stephen Rea, Natascha McElhone
- Incoherent horror flick that goes on–line with the plot of Japanese horror film RING, this will be most compared to the American remake of that…
Ichi The Killer - Anime Version (2002)
- Dir. Shinji Ishidaira
- An animated prequel to the ultra–violent Japanese thriller of the same title, this flashes back to explain how Ichi gained his psychopathic…
May (2002)
- Dir. Lucky McKee
Feat. Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, James Duval…
- A twisted, slow–burn black comedy about a disturbed young veterinary student whose only real 'friend' is her doll.
When her search for a…
One Hour Photo (2002)
- Dir. Mark Romanek
Feat. Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan…
- In a nifty piece of gimmick casting, Robin Williams shows his darker side as a lonely, middle–aged photolab assistant who develops an unhealthy…