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- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.(A kilencedik kapu)
THRILLER (Fantasy, Horror)
-Roman Polanski-
neo noir / religious / supernatural
*independent*
CHAR: femme fatale, mysterious woman, secret society, stalker
LOC: castle, chateau, hotel, mansion
MOT: legend
INT: burned alive, self-immolation, suicide
CRIME: breaking and entering, forgery, murder, ritual killing, robbery, theft
EVENT: chase, investigation, ritual
SITU: riddle
AIM: mission, guest
DEV: conspiracy, deception
PERS: ambition, greed
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: aristocracy
MED: amputation
REL: cult, demon, devil, Gnosticism, hell, satanism, summoning the devil
SUP: occult
ROM: seduction
END: ambiguous - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJim CarreyVirginia MadsenLogan LermanWalter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.(A 23-as szám)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
psychological
LOC: cemetery, hotel, rural
THEME: alter ego, destiny
MOT: numerology
INT: splatter
CRIME: murder
EVENT: coincidence
SITU: downward spiral, obsession
PSY: mental illness, OCD
MENT: dream - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmAfter developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.(Meztelen ebéd)
DRAMA (Cult Classic, Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi)
-David Cronenberg-
neo noir / psychological
*avant-garde, experimental, Kafkaesque, postmodern, surreal*
CHAR: cross dresser, fugitive
ENT: alien, doppelganger, insect, talking animal
DIM: alternate world
CRIME: uxoricide
EVENT: accidental death, accidental killing
SITU: alienation, inner turmoil, prostitution, repression
DEV: drug use
PSY: paranoia
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: secret government plot
SUP: voodoo
ROM: seduction - DirectorTom FordStarsAmy AdamsJake GyllenhaalMichael ShannonA wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.(Éjszakai ragadozók)
THRILLER (Crime)
neo noir / psychological
*independent*
CHAR: hostage, vigilante
LOC: desert, mansion, motel
THEME: justice, vacation gone wrong
MOT: melodrama, nihilism
INT: splatter
TIME: nonlinear timeline
CRIME: abduction, murder, robbery, sexual abuse, theft
EVENT: abortion, road trip
SITU: humiliation
AIM: revenge
PSY: personality disorder
PERS: cynicism
EMO: grief, guilt
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: divorce, loss of child, loss of family, loss of family member
MED: cancer, terminal illness
ROM: adultery, breakup
END: surprise - DirectorZak HilditchStarsThomas JaneMolly ParkerDylan SchmidA simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.HORROR (Crime, Period)
psychological / supernatural
LOC: basement, farm, rural
PACE: slow burner
CRIME: uxoricide
AIM: retribution, revenge
DEV: confession
PSY: mental illness
PERS: pride
EMO: guilt
FAM: loss of child, teen pregnancy
MED: amputation - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.Nosferatu
(Nosferatu)
HORROR (Cult Classic, Period, Silent)
-F.W. Murnau-
dark fantasy / supernatural
*expressionist, gothic, symbolistic*
CHAR: creepy neighbor
ENT: vampire
LOC: abandoned, asylum, castle, crypt, hospital
EVENT: journey
SITU: hiding, self-sacrifice, trapped
PSY: hysteria, mental illness
MENT: somnambulism
FAM: loss of family member
MED: plague
SUP: occult - DirectorGreg HarrisonStarsCourteney CoxJames Le GrosMichael EalySophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.DRAMA (Thriller)
psychological
TIME: nonlinear timeline
CRIME: murder, robbery
EVENT: investigation
PSY: trauma
EMO: guilt
MED: medication
MORT: dying
ROM: infidelity - DirectorPål SletauneTony SpataroStarsKristoffer JonerCecilie A. MosliJulia SchachtJohn has just been left by his girlfriend Ingrid. That day he allows himself to be seduced into a mystical and scary world, where it is impossible to separate truth from the liesNext Door
HORROR (Dark Comedy)
psychological
*surreal*
CHAR: voyeur
PACE: slow burner
INT: mind bender, necrophilia
CRIME: domestic abuse, murder
PSY: mental illness
REL: cult
ROM: breakup, seduction
END: twist - DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.(A vadàsz éjszakája)
THRILLER (Crime, Cult Classic, Horror)
-Charles Laughton-
domestic drama / film noir / psychological / religious
*allegorical, expressionist, southern gothic*
CHAR: child in jeopardy, con artist, priest, serial killer
LOC: cellar, prison
INT: execution
CRIME: capital punishment, murder, robbery, theft
SITU: threat
DEV: promise
OB: doll
PSY: personality disorder
PERS: gullibility
EMO: despair
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: finances
REL: fanatism, salvation - DirectorJennifer KentStarsAisling FranciosiMaya ChristieBaykali GanambarrSet in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.THRILLER (Adventure, Horror, Period)
exploitation / psychological / supernatural
CHAR: orphan, serial killer
LOC: woods
THEME: justice, prejudice
PACE: slow burner
INT: creative kills, sadism, splatter
CRIME: abuse, family massacre, murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: chase, manhunt
SITU: confined, obsession
AIM: pursuit, revenge, survival
DEV: turning the tables
PSY: hysteria, personality disorder, trauma
EMO: despair, distrust, grief
FAM: loss of child, loss of family member
SOC: colonization, racism, war
SUP: cursed
SEX: sexual violence - DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.Nosferatu the Vampyre
(Nosferatu, a vámpír)
HORROR (Period)
dark fantasy / supernatural
ENT: mummy, vampire
LOC: asylum, castle
MOT: nihilism
INT: cannibalism
SITU: doom, pessimism
PSY: depression
PERS: misanthropy
EMO: jadedness, melancholy
MED: plague
MORT: immortality
SUP: cursed - DirectorRoberto De FeoStarsFrancesca CavallinJustin KorovkinGinevra FrancesconiSamuel is a paraplegic boy who lives with his mother Elena in an isolated mansion. When he meets Denise, he finds the strength to open up to the world. Elena won't let him go so easily, and she is ready to do whatever it takes to stop him.HORROR
retro horror
*gothic*
CHAR: priest
ENT: zombie
LOC: lake, mansion, secluded, woods
INT: suicide, torture
CRIME: murder
SITU: confined
MENT: nightmare
PERS: perversion
MED: paraplegia
SEX: sexual awakening
END: twist - DirectorChristina ChoeStarsAndrea RiseboroughAnn DowdJ. Smith-CameronNancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.THRILLER
CHAR: missing person
THEME: unsolved mystery
CRIME: abduction
DEV: deception
EMO: doubt
FAM: child abandonment, fake pregnancy, loss of child, loss of family member
MED: Parkinson’s - DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsRussell CroweJennifer ConnellyAnthony HopkinsNoah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.(Noé)
DRAMA (Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Period)
-Darren Aronofsky-
apocalyptic / religious / supernatural
*surreal*
THEME: destiny
SITU: moral dilemma
AIM: mission, survival
PERS: misogyny
EMO: despair
FAM: adoption, dysfunctional family, family conflict, pregnancy
MED: infertility
REL: angel, chosen by god, forsaken by god, sin - DirectorKourosh AhariStarsShahab HosseiniNiousha NoorLeah OganyanAn Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.HORROR
haunted house / psychological
*Kubrickian, Lynchian*
LOC: hotel
PACE: slow burner, wild ride
INT: mind bender
SITU: trapped
PAST: dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family - DirectorPatrick StettnerStarsRobin WilliamsToni ColletteRory CulkinIn the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.(Az éjszaka hangjai)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
psychological
CHAR: impostor, troubled teen
CRIME: child abuse, domestic abuse
MENT: imaginary person
EMO: skepticism, suspicion
FAM: adoption - DirectorZu QuirkeStarsSydney SweeneyMadison IsemanJacques ColimonAn incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.HORROR
folk horror / psychological / supernatural
PACE: slow burner
INT: suicide
AIM: revenge
DEV: betrayal
PSY: anxiety
MENT: nightmare
EMO: jealousy
FAM: dysfunctional family, sibling rivalry
SOC: social isolation
MED: medication
REL: deal with the devil
SUP: cursed
ROM: breakup
END: ambiguous - DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEmily HolmesEva BirthistleAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'.(Éjjeli őrjárat)
DRAMA (Biopic, Period, Thriller)
-Peter Greenaway-
CHAR: vigilante
CRIME: murder
SITU: secret revealed
AIM: quest, revenge
DEV: conspiracy
PERS: courage, hypocrisy, vanity
FAM: pregnancy
SOC: haute monde, poverty - DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsRebecca HallSarah GoldbergVondie Curtis-HallA widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.(Éjszaka a házban)
HORROR
psychological / religious / supernatural
CHAR: stalker
ENT: disembodied voice, doppelganger
LOC: lake house, woods
DIM: mirror universe
PACE: slow burner
INT: human sacrifice, suicide
CRIME: murder
SITU: alone in the woods, invisibility
AIM: cheating death
PSY: depression
MENT: nightmare
EMO: grief
PAST: dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member
MORT: near death experience
REL: deal with the devil, devil
SUP: message from the grave, occult, voodoo
ROM: adultery - DirectorLorcan FinneganStarsEva GreenMark StrongChai FonacierA fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.THRILLER (Horror)
folk horror / medical / psychological / supernatural
PACE: slow burner, wild ride
EMO: frustration, puzzlement
MED: folk healing - DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsSean ConneryChristian SlaterHelmut QualtingerAn intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.The Name of the Rose
(A rózsa neve)
MYSTERY (Crime, Period)
religious / whodunit
CHAR: monk, serial killer
LOC: catacombs, monastery, secluded, secret room
THEME: miracle
INT: execution, fire
CRIME: murder
EVENT: fire, investigation, mysterious death
DEV: confession, conspiracy
PERS: nonconformism
REL: corporeal mortification, heresy, inquisition, religious fervor - DirectorTony WilliamsStarsJacki KerinJohn JarrattAlex ScottIn a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.HORROR
grindhouse / psychological / supernatural
*independent*
LOC: old dark house, retirement home, rural
CRIME: murder
PSY: mental illness
MENT: dream
SUP: ghost - DirectorSeth HoltStarsBette DavisWendy CraigJill BennettThere's just something not quite right when Bette Davis stars as an English nanny. And is her 10-year-old charge an emotionally disturbed murderer or just an insolent brat?(A dada)
HORROR
psychological
CHAR: nanny
CRIME: murder, poisoning
EVENT: abortion, accidental death
PSY: mental illness
PERS: rudeness
EMO: suspicion
FAM: dysfunctional family, illegitimacy, loss of child - DirectorDaniel BourlaStarsRobert StraussGeoffrey HolderSally KirklandAfter a nuclear attack kills everyone, the last man on earth, going mad from loneliness and isolation, creates a companion in his mind. He soon finds himself living a lie when his imaginary world builds up into something complex.DRAMA, FANTASY, SCI-FI
apocalyptic / dystopia / satire
*absurd, allegorical, avant-garde, existentialist, independent, surreal*
CHAR: sole survivor
ENT: disembodied voice
THEME: destiny, last man standing
EVENT: nuclear attack
SITU: fictional war, isolation, loneliness, radiation
DEV: betrayal
MENT: hearing voices, illusion, imaginary person
EMO: jealousy
SOC: politics, war - DirectorJiri SádekMatej ChlupacekMichal SamirStarsAnna GeislerováKarolína LipowskáZdenek MuchaA story of Eliska and her daughter, starting a new life in a remote house, with the father away on business, as the mother claims. After the lie is exposed, their relationship begins to wither. At that time, the mythical Noonday Witch begins to materialize. She is coming closer and closer and the question is posed: is the danger real or is it all in the mother's head?The Noonday Witch
(A nappali boszorkány)
HORROR
arthouse / folk horror / psychological
CHAR: mysterious woman, priest
LOC: cemetery, remote, rural
MOT: myth, witchcraft
PACE: slow burner
INT: suicide
EVENT: accidental killing, total eclipse
AIM: revenge
DEV: apology
PSY: hysteria, paranoia
FAM: estrangement