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Subgenre Sampler

 
Shot in the HeartShot in the Heart (2001)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Elias Koteas, Giovanni Ribisi, Eric Bogosian
Interesting slant on the Gary Gilmore case – an infamous US murderer and subject of a Norman Mailer book –this sets Gilmore (Koteas) against his…
BruiserBruiser (2000)
Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jason Flemyng, Peter Stormare, Leslie Hope
Jason Flemyng plays a weak–willed and miserable office executive who wakes to find he's literally lost his identity. His 'blank face' becomes…
CutCut (2000)
Dir. Kimble Rendall
Feat. Molly Ringwald
Solid Australian variation on SCREAM, with an imported Molly Ringwald helping complete a horror film abandoned some years before due to an…
Ed GeinEd Gein (In the Light of the Moon) (2000)
Dir. Chuck Parello
Feat. Steve Railsback, Carrie Snodgrass
Sombre biopic of the 1950s Wisconsin serial–killer, whose macabre exploits were the basis for PSYCHO and many other movies. Steve Railsback…
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…
Urban LegendUrban Legend (1998)
Dir. Jamie Blanks
Feat. Alicia Witt, Danielle Harris
A serial killer is offing students in the manner of various urban legends (grisly rumours that become so commonly known they're accepted as fact).…
Jack FrostJack Frost (1997) Recommended
Dir. Michael Cooney
Feat. Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel
A modern Ed Wood–style horror comedy about a killer snowman terrorising a small rural community. While uneven, this is mostly better than it…
Mary ReillyMary Reilly (1996)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. John Malkovich, Julia Roberts, Michael Gambon
John Malkovich and Juila Roberts star in this alternative take on R.L. Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde story – the toil and double trouble is seen…
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…
Guilty As Charged (1992)
Dir. Sam Irvin
Feat. Rod Steiger, Isaac Hayes
Resourceful and 'well–executed' black comedy stars Rod Steiger as a religious zealot who fries sinners in his home–made electric chair.…

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