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- DirectorSrdjan SpasojevicStarsSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicSergej TrifunovicJelena GavrilovicAn aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.A Serbian Film
(Szerb film)
HORROR
arthouse / grindhouse / meta horror
*extreme, independent, metaphorical, surreal*
CHAR: con artist, mysterious man
THEME: underworld
MOT: macabre
INT: dismemberment, gore, mutilation, necrophilia, pedophilia, sadism, sadomasochism, splatter, suicide, torture
CRIME: abduction, child abuse, incest, murder, sexual abuse
SITU: obsession, pretense, threat
AIM: revenge
DEV: betrayal, deception, degradation, mistreatment
OB: spiked drink
PSY: claustrophobia, nervous breakdown, personality disorder, psychological torment
MENT: brainwashing, nightmare
PERS: aberration, depravity, perversion
EMO: despair
SOC: corruption, decadene
SEX: fetish, masochism, pornography, sexual cruelty, sexual deviance, sexual perversion, sexual sadism, sexual torture, sexual violence
END: surprise - DirectorSpike LeeStarsJohn LeguizamoAdrien BrodyMira SorvinoSpike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.(Egy sorozatgyilkos nyara)
CRIME (Romance, True Crime)
CHAR: mafia, serial killer
CRIME: murder
DEV: drug use
EMO: distrust
ROM: adultery - DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAsia ArgentoThomas KretschmannMarco LeonardiA young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.The Stendhal Syndrome
(A Stendhal szindróma)
HORROR (Crime)
-Dario Argento-
giallo / psychological / slasher
*extreme, surreal*
CHAR: maniac, serial killer
LOC: rural
INT: creative kills, gore, sadism, self-mutilation, splatter, torture
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: investigation
SITU: obsession, trap
AIM: revenge
PSY: amnesia, mental illness, Stendhal syndrome, trauma
PERS: mercilessness, perversion - DirectorTom KalinStarsJulianne MooreEddie RedmayneStephen DillaneA dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable American Tragedies...(Kegyetlen báj / A szerelem kegyelme)
DRAMA (True Crime)
Americana
CRIME: incest, murder
FAM: alientation
ROM: adultery, love triangle - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioEmily MortimerMark RuffaloTeddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.(Viharsziget)
THRILLER (Horror)
-Martin Scorsese-
neo noir / psychological
*gothic, Hitchcockian, postmodern*
CHAR: missing person
LOC: asylum, cave, hiding place, lake house, remote island, torture chamber
INT: splatter
CRIME: filicide, infanticide, murder, uxoricide
EVENT: experiment, explosion, fire, human experiment
SITU: confined, conspiracy theory, hidden agenda
PSY: coping mechanism, delusion, mental illness, PTSD, repressed memory, trauma
MENT: altered perception, dream, memory game, nightmare
EMO: distrust, doubt, suspicion
FAM: loss of family
SOC: holocaust, Nazism, racism
MED: brain surgery, lobotomy, medication
END: twist - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.The Secret in their Eyes
(Szemekbe zárt titkok)
DRAMA (Crime, Romance)
courtroom drama / dark romance / erotica / psychological / whodunit
MOT: mysticism
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse, unsolved crime
AIM: revenge
EMO: grief
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: class differences, judicial system
ROM: unrequired love - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.(Ragyogás)
HORROR (Cult Classic)
-Stanley Kubrick-
arthouse / grindhouse / haunted house / psychological
*avant-garde, surreal*
CHAR: child in jeopardy, maniac, mysterious man, psychic
LOC: abandoned, hotel, maze, secluded, woods
PACE: slow burner
INT: frozen alive, gore, mutilation, splatter
CRIME: child abuse, domestic violence, filicide, murder, uxoricide
SITU: downward spiral, isolation, trapped, writer’s block
AIM: survival
PSY: mental illness
MENT: cabin fever, forebodings, hearing voices, imaginary friend, nightmare, premonition, trace
FAM: dysfunctional family
MORT: reincarnation
REL: possession
SUP: extrasensory perception, ghost, paranormal, seeing the dead, telepathy
END: ambiguous, surprise - DirectorScott DerricksonStarsEthan HawkeJuliet RylanceJames RansoneA controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.HORROR
-Scott Derrickson-
grindhouse / haunted house / religious
CHAR: child in jeopardy, creepy kid, serial killer
ENT: boogeyman
INT: burned alive, creative kills
CRIME: murder
OB: found footage
PSY: panic
PAST: dark secret
REL: demon
SUP: ghost - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.(A bárányok hallgatnak)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
neo noir / psychological
CHAR: cross dresser, serial killer
LOC: asylum, prison, woods
INT: cannibalism, dismemberment, execution, gore, mutilation, sadism, suicide
CRIME: abduction, capital punishment, murder
EVENT: investigation
SITU: isolation, race against time
DEV: manipulation
PSY: personality disorder
MENT: mind game
PAST: dark past, haunted by the past, secret past, tragic past
FAM: loss of child, loss of family member
SOC: white trash
END: evil wins - DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.(Hetedik)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
-David Fincher-
giallo / grindhouse / neo noir / psychological
*Hitchcockian, independent, urban decay*
CHAR: mysterial man, serial killer
LOC: abandoned, brothel, hospital
MOT: philosophy
INT: dismemberment, forced suicide, gore, mutilation, pedophilia, sadism, self-mutilation, splatter, suicide, torture
CRIME: capital punishment, murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: autopsy, investigation, shootout
SITU: prostitution
AIM: pursuit, revenge
PSY: personality disorder, psychological torture
MENT: delusion of grandeur
PERS: depravity
FAM: loss of family member, pregnancy
REL: absolution, deadly sin
END: evil wins, surprise - DirectorAfonso PoyartStarsAnthony HopkinsJeffrey Dean MorganAbbie CornishPsychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.(Gyilkos ösztön)
THRILLER (Crime)
neo noir
*independent*
CHAR: psychic, serial killer
INT: self-harm
CRIME: murder
EVENT: car accident, investigation
SITU: isolation
FAM: adoption, loss of child
MED: cancer, HIV positive, leukemia
MORT: euthanasia
SUP: vision of the future - DirectorBilly RayStarsChiwetel EjioforNicole KidmanJulia RobertsA tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.(Szemekbe zárt titkok)
MYSTERY (Crime)
CHAR: hostage
THEME: justice, self-justice
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: investigation
SITU: confined
AIM: revenge
EMO: grief
FAM: loss of child
ROM: unrequited love - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsEwan McGregorNaomi WattsRyan GoslingA psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.(Maradj!)
THRILLER
psychological
*surreal*
INT: gore, suicide
SITU: race against time
DEV: promise
PSY: psychogenic fugue
MENT: blurred reality, dream
MED: blindness
MORT: dying, near death experience - DirectorBrad AndersonStarsDavid CarusoStephen GevedonPaul GuilfoyleTensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.HORROR
haunted house / psychological
*independent*
CHAR: missing person
LOC: abandoned, asylum, old dark house
CRIME: domestic violence, familicide, filicide, murder, uxoricide
DEV: false accusation
PSY: mental illness, phobia
MENT: hearing voices, imaginary friend
PAST: dark past, false memory
FAM: loss of child, loss of family member
MED: lobotomy
SUP: ghost
ROM: romantic rivalry
END: ambiguous, surprise - DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKate HudsonPeter SarsgaardJoy BryantA hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.(A titkok kulcsa)
HORROR
grindhouse / psychological / religious / supernatural
*southern gothic*
CHAR: missing person
LOC: attic, secret room
THEME: soul transference
MOT: transhumanism, witchcraft
INT: burned alive
SITU: drugged
MENT: nightmare
PAST: dark past
MED: stroke
SUP: back from the dead, conjuring, ghost, hoodoo, spell
END: evil wins, surprise - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsLiv UllmannMax von SydowSigge FürstIn the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.Shame
(Szégyen)
DRAMA (War)
-Ingmar Bergman-
*allegorical*
CHAR: refugee
LOC: farm, island, rural
SITU: chaos, confined, fictional war, loneliness
EMO: disillusionment, shame
FAM: dysfunctional family
SOC: war - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsLiv UllmannDavid CarradineGert FröbeBerlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.(Kígyótojás)
DRAMA (Thriller)
-Ingmar Bergman-
*independent*
LOC: clinic, morgue
INT: suicide
EVENT: mysterious death
DEV: vandalism
PSY: depression
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: antisemitism, bolshevism, fascism, poverty, social decay - DirectorJennifer LynchStarsJulia OrmondBill PullmanPell JamesTwo FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.(Aberrált élvezetek)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
-Jennifer Lynch-
CHAR: child in jeopardy, maniac, serial killer, stalker
LOC: desolate, motel
INT: gore, splatter
CRIME: murder
EVENT: car accident, home invasion, investigation
DEV: deception, drug use
SOC: abuse of power - DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.(Fűrész)
HORROR (Cult Classic)
-James Wan-
grindhouse / neo noir
*extreme, independent*
CHAR: hostage, serial killer
MOT: macabre
INT: creative kills, forced suicide, sadism, self-harm, self-mutilation, splatter, torture
CRIME: abduction, murder
SITU: confined, race against time, trapped
AIM: survival
PSY: claustrophobia, personality disorder, psychological torture
MENT: mind game
MORT: death trap, game of death
ROM: adultery
END: evil wins, twist - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsRalph FiennesMiranda RichardsonGabriel ByrneA mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.(Pók)
THRILLER
-David Cronenberg-
psychological
*independent*
LOC: halfway house
CRIME: murder
PSY: delirium, mental illness, Oedipus complex
ROM: infidelity - DirectorMåns MårlindBjörn SteinStarsJulianne MooreJonathan Rhys MeyersJeffrey DeMunnA forensic psychiatrist discovers that all but one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.AKA Shelter
(Végső menedék)
HORROR
medical / religious / supernatural
LOC: woods
MOT: witchcraft
CRIME: murder
SITU: race against time
OB: doll
PSY: mental illness
FAM: loss of family member
MED: color blindness, epidemic, nosebleed, surgery
REL: crisis of faith, possession - DirectorTi WestStarsJoe SwanbergAJ BowenKentucker AudleyA news team trails a man as he travels into the world of Eden Parish to find his missing sister, where it becomes apparent that this paradise may not be as it seems.HORROR
found footage / mockumentary / religious
CHAR: child in jeopardy, missing person, secluded community
LOC: cabin, camp, cottage, parish, rural, woods
INT: burned alive, creative kills, immolation, self-immolation, splatter, suicide
CRIME: filicide, fratricide, infanticide, murder, poisoning
SITU: isolation, trapped
DEV: drug use
OB: lethal injection
MENT: brainwashing
MED: muteness
REL: cult - DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsMia WasikowskaNicole KidmanMatthew GoodeAfter India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.(Vonzások)
THRILLER (Horror)
psychological
*Hitchcockian*
CHAR: maniac, mysterious man, serial killer, stalker, voyeur
PACE: slow burner
INT: bullying
CRIME: murder
EVENT: accidental death, car accident, funeral
SITU: solitude
PSY: personality disorder
EMO: melancholy, suspicion
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member - DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.(Hatodik érzék)
HORROR
-M. Night Shyamalan-
domestic drama / psychological / supernatural
CHAR: child in jeopardy, psychic
PACE: slow burner
INT: bullying, suicide
CRIME: breaking and entering, filicide, murder, murder suicide
OB: hidden camera
EMO: grief, jealousy
FAM: estrangement
MED: speech impediment
SUP: ghost, seeing the dead, talking to the dead
END: twist - DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsJames McAvoyAnya Taylor-JoyHaley Lu RichardsonThree girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.(Széttörve)
HORROR
-M. Night Shyamalan-
grindhouse / psychological
CHAR: cross dresser, final girl, orphan, voyeur
LOC: basement
PACE: slow burner
INT: cannibalism, pedophilia, self-harm
CRIME: abduction, child abuse, murder, sexual abuse
SITU: confined, hiding, solitary confinement
AIM: survival
PSY: mental illness, OCD
PAST: haunted by the past, tragic past
FAM: loss of family member
MED: fracture
SEX: sexual perversion - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsMichael FassbenderRebecca FergusonCharlotte GainsbourgDetective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.(Hóember)
CRIME
neo noir
CHAR: missing person, orphan, serial killer
INT: dismemberment, mutilation
CRIME: cold case, cover-up, murder, sororicide
EVENT: investigation
FAM: loss of family member
SEX: promiscuity - DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsChloë Grace MoretzTilda SwintonDoris HickA darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.(Sóhajok)
HORROR
arthouse / giallo / haunted house/ psychological / religious
*avant-garde, gothic, independent, Kubrickian, Lynchian, surreal*
CHAR: missing person, mysterious person
LOC: catacombs, secret room
THEME: soul transference
MOT: macabre, nihilism, witchcraft
PACE: slow burner
INT: disembowelment, fire, gore, mutilation, sadism, self-harm, splatter, suicide, torture
CRIME: murder, ritual killing
EVENT: explosion, fire, investigation, ritual, ritual sacrifice
SITU: pessimism
DEV: drug use
PSY: delusion
MENT: dream, erased memory, hearing voices, nightmare, trance
PERS: ruthlessness
EMO: despair, grief, guilt, mistrust, suspicion
PAST: dark secret
SOC: abuse of power
MED: coma, fracture, seizure
MORT: death threat, dying
REL: Amish, cult, satanism
SUP: cursed, occult, living dead, magic, psionic, spiritualism, telekinesis, telepathy
END: twist - DirectorBanjong PisanthanakunParkpoom WongpoomStarsAnanda EveringhamNatthaweeranuch ThongmeeAchita SikamanaA young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.HORROR
supernatural
LOC: asylum, hospital
INT: suicide
CRIME: hit and run, sexual abuse
EVENT: car accident
SITU: obsession
AIM: revenge
DEV: denial
MENT: nightmare
PAST: dark past, haunted by the past
SUP: ghost, haunted
ROM: secret romance
END: surprise - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.(Az Álmosvölgy legendája)
HORROR (Period)
-Tim Burton-
dark fantasy / folk horror / psychological / religious / slasher / supernatural
*gothic, steampunk*
CHAR: maniac, stepparent
LOC: morgue
MOT: legend
INT: bullying, dismemberment
CRIME: murder
EVENT: autopsy, investigation
AIM: fight to the death, revenge
DEV: manipulation
MENT: arachnophobia
PERS: greed
EMO: jealousy
PAST: dark secret
REL: satanic
SUP: cursed, ghost, haunted
ROM: livesick - DirectorRose GlassStarsMorfydd ClarkCaoilfhionn DunneJennifer EhleA pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.HORROR
arthouse / psychological / religious
CHAR: martyr
PACE: slow burner
INT: self-harm, self-immolation
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
SITU: downward spiral, obsession, prostitution
PSY: mental illness, paranoia, trauma
PERS: reclusiveness, sanctimoniousness
EMO: doubt
MED: cancer, hospice care, nosebleed
MORT: dying
REL: absolution, hell, possession
SUP: levitation - DirectorJosephine DeckerStarsElisabeth MossOdessa YoungMichael StuhlbargA famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.THRILLER (Biopic, Horror)
psychological
DEV: manipulation
PSY: mental illness
PERS: curiosity
FAM: pregnancy, unhappy marriage
SOC: sexism
ROM: adultery
SEX: philandering - DirectorChristopher RadcliffLauren WolksteinStarsAlex PettyferJames Freedson-JacksonEmily AlthausMysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.(Rejtélyes utazók)
THRILLER (Crime)
*independent*
LOC: camp, cave, motel, remote, rural, woods
THEME: vacation gone wrong
EVENT: hiking, road trip
MENT: nightmare
PAST: dark secret
SEX: sexual ambiguity - DirectorChristophe GansStarsRadha MitchellLaurie HoldenSean BeanA woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.(Silent Hill - A halott város)
HORROR
religious / supernatural
*extreme, gothic*
CHAR: missing person
LOC: abandoned, desolate, secret room
THEME: sacrifice
PACE: wild ride
INT: creative kills, gore, sadism, torture
CRIME: child abuse, murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: car accident
SITU: isolation, self-sacrifice, trapped
AIM: revenge
MENT: somnambulism
FAM: adoption
REL: cult, fanatism
SUP: ghost, haunted - DirectorRupert WainwrightStarsPatricia ArquetteGabriel ByrneJonathan PryceWhen a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.HORROR
religious / supernatural
CHAR: priest
EVENT: investigation
DEV: conspiracy
REL: bleeding Virgin Mary, crown of thorns, crucifixion, stigmata - DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsPaolo BonacelliGiorgio CataldiUberto Paolo QuintavalleIn World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.Saló, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(Salo, avagy Szodoma 120 napja)
DRAMA (Horror)
-Pier Paolo Pasolini-
arthouse / psychological / satire / social commentary
*avant-garde, extreme, hyperrealist*
CHAR: bishop, cross dresser, voyeur
LOC: mansion, villa
MOT: macabre, nihilism
PACE: slow burner, wild ride
INT: burned alive, coprophagy, coprophilia, execution, gore, mutilation, sadism, sadomasochism, scatology, splatter, suicide, torture, urophilia
CRIME: abduction, filicide, matricide, murder, sexual abuse
SITU: confined, debauchery, humiliation, prostitution, trap
DEV: betrayal, degradation, dehumanization, human branding, punishment
PSY: hysteria, mental illness
PERS: deviance, eccentricity, misanthropy, perversion
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: collectivism, fascism, Nazism, war
MED: disfigurement
ROM: forced marriage
SEX: fetish, masochism, orgy, sexual cruelty, sexual deviance, sexual humiliation, sexual perversion, sexual sadism, sexual torture, sexual violence
END: ambiguous, evil wins - DirectorDavid KoeppStarsJohnny DeppMaria BelloJohn TurturroA successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.(A titkos ablak)
MYSTERY (Horror)
psychological / whodunit
CHAR: serial killer, stalker
LOC: cabin, lake house, remote
INT: rampage, sadism
CRIME: murder
SITU: isolation, writer’s block
DEV: accusation
PSY: mental illness
FAM: divorce
ROM: adultery - DirectorDevin McGinnSteve BergStarsBritani BatemanTaylor BatemanSteve BergA scientific research team investigates and documents the supernatural phenomena surrounding the disappearance of a cattle ranchers 10 year old son. Inspired by true events that shocked the paranormal community around the world.HORROR (Biopic, Sci-Fi)
found footage / supernatural
CHAR: missing person
ENT: alien
LOC: basement, cave, farm
INT: splatter
EVENT: investigation
SITU: desolate
PAST: dark secret
SUP: apparition, paranormal - DirectorPeter A. DowlingStarsRadha MitchellRupert GravesIan McElhinneyAfter digging up a bizarrely mutilated corpse on her land, physician Tora Hamilton uncovers a lethal connection to ancient pagan rituals.THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
religious
LOC: island, remote
THEME: sacrifice
MOT: folklore, urban legend
PACE: slow burner
INT: mutilation
CRIME: murder
EVENT: exhumation, falling to death, fire, ritual
DEV: hacking
FAM: adoption
MED: diabetes, fake illness
REL: cult, paganism, sect - DirectorDominic SenaStarsNicolas CageRon PerlmanClaire Foy14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce that her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.(Boszorkányvadászat)
ACTION, ADVENTURE (Fantasy, Period)
supernatural / sword & sandal
*gothic*
CHAR: monk, priest
LOC: castle, dungeon, monastery, remote, woods
MOT: witchcraft
INT: execution, self-harm, splatter
EVENT: ritual, siege
SITU: ambush, confined, disgrace
AIM: mission
DEV: confession, deception
EMO: disillusionment, grief
SOC: war
MED: epidemic, plague
REL: demon, holy crusade, possession
SUP: cursed - DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsRobert HardyClive SwiftThelma BarlowWhile cataloging the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.HORROR
*gothic*
LOC: cathedral
EVENT: mysterious death - DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsAngela PleasencePeter VaughanLorna HeilbronA young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.HORROR
giallo / grindhouse / psychological
*independent*
LOC: mansion, old house, rural
SITU: desolate - DirectorGilberto Martínez SolaresStarsEnrique RochaCecilia PezetDelia MagañaA young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan.Satanic Pandemonium
HORROR
nunsploitation / religious / supernatural
*gothic, surreal*
CHAR: creepy kid, nun
LOC: cemetery, convent
INT: gore, self-harm, torture
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: funeral
SITU: temptation
PERS: depravity, perversion
MED: plague
REL: deal with the devil, possession, Satan
SUP: occult
ROM: seduction
SEX: sexual fantasy - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.(Sztalker)
SCI-FI (Adventure, Drama)
-Andrei Tarkovsky-
arthouse / chamber drama / dystopia / post-apocalyptic
*avant-garde, postmodern*
LOC: ruins
MOT: environmentalism
EVENT: expedition
OB: bomb
MED: contamination
REL: crown of thorns
SUP: psychokinesis - DirectorChris KentisLaura LauStarsElizabeth OlsenAdam TreseEric Sheffer StevensA girl is trapped inside her family's lakeside retreat and becomes unable to contact the outside world as supernatural forces haunt the house with mysterious energy and consequences.HORROR (True Crime)
grindhouse / haunted house
CHAR: child in jeopardy
LOC: attic, old house
PACE: slow burner
INT: gore
CRIME: child abuse, incest, sexual abuse
EVENT: home invasion
SITU: trapped
PSY: repressed memory
FAM: dysfunctional family
SUP: apparition
SEX: pornography
END: surprise - DirectorAxelle CarolynStarsAnna WaltonTom WisdomTanya MyersWidowed Audrey retreats to an isolated Welsh cabin after a failed suicide attempt, to recuperate. Still haunted by the tragic death of her husband and struggling with her psychosis, she begins to hear strange noises.HORROR
haunted house / psychological
LOC: cabin, secluded
INT: suicide
PSY: mental illness
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: loss of family member - DirectorCarlo Mirabella-DavisStarsHaley BennettAustin StowellDenis O'HareHunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.(Nyelés)
THRILLER (Horror)
body horror / medical / psychological
LOC: hospital, motel, villa
PACE: slow burner
INT: self-harm
CRIME: sexual abuse
EVENT: abortion
SITU: acuphagia, broken trust, geophagia, hyalophagia, loneliness, obsession, pagophagia
DEV: betrayal, forgiveness, submission
PSY: allotriophagy, coping mechanism, mental illness, parorexia, pica
PAST: dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family, pregnancy, unhappy marriage
MED: surgery - DirectorJulia LeighStarsEmily BrowningRachael BlakeEwen LeslieA haunting portrait of Lucy, a young university student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of unspoken desires.(Alvó szépség)
MYSTERY (Fantasy, Romance)
erotica
LOC: brothel
INT: sadomasochism
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: experiment
SITU: drugged, prostitution
PERS: pervesion
MED: coma
SEX: promiscuity, sexual attraction, sexual dominance, sexual violence, somnophilia - DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsJulia JedlikowskaGaetano FernandezCorinne MusallariAgainst a heavy cloak of secrecy, a 12-year-old girl smitten with her handsome classmate ventures deeper and deeper into the enchanted Sicilian forests to find him, unaware of just how thick is the mystery behind his strange disappearance.(Szicilíai kísértettörténet)
DRAMA, FANTASY, ROMANCE (Crime, True Crime)
supernatural
CHAR: missing person
LOC: lake, rural, woods
CRIME: abduction, murder
SITU: code of silence, confined, secrecy, teen angst
PERS: curiosity
SUP: occult - DirectorAli AbbasiStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenCosmina StratanPeter ChristoffersenLouise and Kasper want to become parents but Louise is unable to have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear Louise's child, but things don't turn out as they planned.HORROR
supernatural
CHAR: surrogate mother
LOC: lake, secluded, villa, woods
PACE: slow burner
INT: self-harm
CRIME: mariticide
SITU: desolate
DEV: pact
PSY: hypnosis, paranoia
MENT: dream, nightmare
EMO: despair
FAM: childless marriage, pregnancy
MED: examination - DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsRooney MaraChanning TatumJude LawA young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.(Mellékhatások)
THRILLER (Crime)
medical / neo noir / psychological
*independent*
LOC: asylum, hospital, prison
TIME: nonlinear timeline
CRIME: mariticide, medical malpractice, murder, trial
EVENT: car accident, experiment
SITU: hopelessness, misery
AIM: quest, revenge
DEV: apology, conspiracy, deception
PSY: anxiety, depression
MENT: insomnia, memory loss, nightmare, somnambulism
EMO: guilt
FAM: child abandonment, dysfunctional family, separation
MED: medication, miscarriage, placebo
SEX: frigidity
END: surprise - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAndrew GarfieldAdam DriverLiam NeesonIn the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.(Némaság)
DRAMA (Period)
-Martin Scorsese-
religious
CHAR: martyr, priest
LOC: abandoned, rural
INT: burned alive, dismemberment, execution, torture
CRIME: murder
SITU: confined
DEV: betrayal, confession
PSY: delusion
EMO: disbelief, doubt
SOC: discrimination
REL: apostasy, christening, confession, crisis of faith, inquisition, Jesuit, persecution - DirectorRichard EyreStarsBilly CrudupClaire DanesRupert EverettA female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?(Nőies játékok)
DRAMA (Period)
CHAR: cross dresser
LOC: court
SITU: prostitution
DEV: forgiveness
SOC: monarchy - DirectorMark TonderaiStarsOmari HardwickLoretta DevineLorraine BurroughsA man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.HORROR
folk horror / psychological / supernatural
ENT: talking animal
LOC: attic, cabin in the woods, rural
PACE: slow burner
INT: cannibalism, creative kills
EVENT: airplane accident
SITU: confined, trapped
AIM: survival
OB: doll
EMO: despair
SOC: corruption
MED: blindness, muteness
REL: faith healing
SUP: hoodoo, magic - DirectorIvan KavanaghStarsAndi MatichakEmile HirschLuke David BlummWhen a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.HORROR
psychological / religious / supernatural
LOC: hospital, motel
PACE: slow burner
TIME: time jump
EVENT: home invasion
PAST: confronting the past
MED: mysterious illness
REL: cult - DirectorKurtis David HarderStarsJeffrey Bowyer-ChapmanAri CohenJune LaporteA same-sex couple move to a small town to enjoy a better quality of life and raise their daughter with strong social values. But when neighbors throw a very strange party, nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighborhood.(Örvényben)
HORROR
home invasion / psychological / religious
CHAR: stepparent
INT: cannibalism
CRIME: murder
SITU: conservatism
OB: found footage
PSY: paranoia
SOC: politics
REL: cult, satanism
SUP: Baphomet, occult
ROM: adultery - DirectorDasha NekrasovaStarsMadeline QuinnBetsey BrownStephen GurewitzTwo roommates' lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.HORROR (Comedy)
cyber horror / giallo / psychological / supernatural
CHAR: stalker
INT: pedophilia
CRIME: abuse, human trafficking
SITU: conspiracy theory, obsession, role playing
AIM: quest
DEV: drug use
OB: tarot cards
PSY: mental illness, trauma
PAST: dark secret
SOC: abuse of power
REL: possession
SUP: cursed, occult - DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsAaron EckhartBen KingsleyCarrie-Anne MossA mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.(Zéró gyanúsított)
CRIME (Horror)
neo noir / psychological
*independent*
CHAR: serial killer, stalker, vigilante
LOC: desert, motel, orphanage
MOT: macabre
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: investigation
PSY: mental illness, psychological warfare
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: loss of family member - DirectorAbel FerraraStarsWillem DafoeDounia SichovSimon McBurneyAn exploration into the language of dreams.DRAMA (Horror)
psychological
LOC: desert, woods
INT: execution
SITU: isolation
MENT: dream - DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsCarolyn HennesyHannah FiermanCourtney HalversonIn the 1950s in small-town Georgia, a pregnant young woman named Agatha seeks refuge in a convent.HORROR
psychological / religious
CHAR: con artist, faceless person, nun, priest
LOC: convent
INT: creative kills, mutilation, torture
CRIME: abduction, domestic abuse
EVENT: accidental death
SITU: code of silence, confined, humiliation
AIM: revenge
DEV: wow of silence
MENT: nightmare
PAST: dark secret
FAM: pregnancy
MED: fracture
REL: satanic - DirectorMichael VenusStarsGro Swantje KohlhofSandra HüllerAugust SchmölzerMarlene, a woman plagued by horrific dreams, suffers a breakdown in a remote village. As her daughter Mona follows, she comes upon a well-kept family secret and an old curse that ultimately threatens her life - a never-ending nightmare.Sleep
HORROR
psychological / supernatural
LOC: asylum, hotel, remote, rural, woods
INT: suicide
CRIME: murder
OB: spiked drink
PSY: catatonia, nervous breakdown
MENT: nightmare
PAST: dark past
FAM: family secret
REL: demon
SUP: cursed, ghost, haunted - DirectorBen CrescimanStarsSarah HaganSara Malakul LaneBarbara CramptonJanie's just trying to get well.HORROR
*avant-garde*
CHAR: nanny, voyeur
CRIME: murder
SITU: obsession
PSY: mental illness, psychosis
FAM: loss of family member
MED: holistic medicine - DirectorAntti-Jussi AnnilaStarsVille VirtanenTommi EronenViktor KlimenkoAs a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.(Szauna)
HORROR (Action, Period)
folk horror / religious / supernatural
*gothic, mythological*
CHAR: serial killer
LOC: marsh, rural, woods
THEME: redemption
PACE: slow burner
EVENT: fire, journey
SITU: atonement
AIM: revenge
DEV: mistreatment
PERS: cynicism
EMO: remorse
SOC: war
REL: exorcism, orthodox church, possession
SUP: ghost - DirectorPupi AvatiStarsGabriel Lo GiudiceFilippo FranchiniCesare CremoniniItaly, 1952. The young official Furio Momenté is sent to Veneto region, near Polesine, to investigate a shocking and mysterious case: a minor has in fact killed one of his peers claiming to have killed the devil himself.HORROR
religious / supernatural
*gothic*
CHAR: creepy kid, priest
LOC: rural
PACE: slow burner
CRIME: murder
EVENT: investigation
REL: devil, exorcism, satanic - DirectorTennyson BardwellStarsTim DalyTom ArnoldZoe SaldanaA lawyer who doesn't believe in ghosts is haunted after moving into a family mansion.HORROR
haunted house
CHAR: priest, psychic
LOC: mansion
CRIME: child abuse
EVENT: mysterious death
OB: doll
MENT: hearing voices
EMO: skepticism
PAST: dark secret
SUP: paranormal - DirectorMichael SteinerStarsRoxane MesquidaNicholas OfczarekAndrea ZoggThree lonely herdsmen starved of female companionship creates the girl of their dreams, from a broom, some straw and a few rags. The creation - Sennentuntschi, lives and breathe to cook, clean and look after the three.AKA Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
(Az Alpok átka)
MYSTERY (Horror)
psychological / religious
CHAR: femme fatale, priest
LOC: cabin in the woods
PACE: slow burner
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: funeral
SITU: loneliness
AIM: revenge
PSY: mental illness
REL: possession
SEX: sexual tension - DirectorMickey ReeceStarsMary BussAudrey LeCroneJacob Ryan SnovelNewlyweds David and Madeline Middleston have just purchased a historic hotel near the town where Madeline's estranged mother Dianne resides. When Dianne comes to visit she brings with her an uninvited guest.HORROR
LOC: hotel
FAM: estrangement - DirectorA.D. CalvoStarsQuinn ShephardSusan KellermannJonathan HoltzmanSoon after moving in with her aging aunt Dora, Adele meets Beth, seductive and mysterious, who tests the limits of Adele's moral ground and sends her spiraling down a psychologically unstable and phantasmagoric path.HORROR
haunted house / psychological / religious
*gothic*
PACE: slow burner
SITU: downward spiral
PSY: mental illness
MENT: phantasmagoria
REL: possession - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.(Sweeny Todd - A Fleet Street démoni borbélya)
MUSICAL (Dark Comedy, Horror, Period)
-Tim Burton-
social satire
*gothic, postmodern*
CHAR: beggar, child in jeopardy, maniac, serial killer
LOC: asylum, cellar, secret door
MOT: legend, melodrama
INT: burned alive, cannibalism, dismemberment, mutilation, rampage
HUM: campy
CRIME: blackmail, false accusation, murder, poisoning, reckless endangerment, sexual abuse, trial, uxoricide, wrongful conviction
EVENT: accidental killing
SITU: isolation, persecution
AIM: revenge
DEV: betrayal, confession, deception
PSY: depression, personality disorder
PERS: arrogance, cowardice, greed, misanthropy, perversion
EMO: envy, grief, jealousy
FAM: loss of family
SOC: abuse of power, corruption, social injustice
MORT: death threat, presumed dead
ROM: love at first sight, unrequited love
END: surprise - DirectorSebastian NiemannStarsNick BrimbleZdenek MaryskaRich GoldA grieving woman suffers terrifying visions of her own demise after she and her husband move into a country mansion.HORROR
haunted house / psychological
LOC: mansion, old dark house, rural
EVENT: hit by car
SITU: writer’s block
AIM: survival
PSY: nervous breakdown, personality disorder
MENT: nightmare, premonition
PERS: sarcasm
EMO: grief
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of child
MED: medication - DirectorPaco PlazaStarsErica PriorTrae HoulihanDenis RafterAfter the suicide of her beloved father, the biologist Daniella Logan visits her catatonic mother in a mental institution to tell the tragic event and her mother calls her "Josephine". Daniella goes to the cemetery and finds that her father's grave had been opened and his corpse was profaned. She decides to investigate, and receives a message of a diabetic priest, Father Elias, who tells her about an ancient fanatic religious sect of followers of Abraham that kills the first child. Later, she meets a weird man, Toby Harris, who claims to be his legitimate father. Daniella continues seeking the truth about her origins and discloses very dark secrets about her family and friends.Second Name
HORROR
psychological / supernatural
CHAR: priest
LOC: asylum, cemetery
INT: suicide
EVENT: funeral, investigation, ritual
DEV: grave desecration
PSY: catatonia, mental illness
PAST: dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member
MED: diabetes
REL: fanatism, sect
SUP: occult - DirectorJustin KurzelStarsLucas PittawayDaniel HenshallLouise HarrisBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.AKA The Snowtown Murders
(A Snowtown-i gyilkosságok)
DRAMA (Biopic, Crime, Horror, True Crime)
mockumentary / psychological
CHAR: anti-hero, cross dresser, missing person, serial killer
THEME: self-justice
MOT: nihilism
INT: creative kills, pedophilia, sadism, torture
CRIME: child abuse, fratricide, incest, murder, sexual abuse
SITU: forced to kill, hopelessness, malice, trapped
AIM: revenge
DEV: drug use
PSY: personality disorder
PERS: bigotry
EMO: suspicion
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member
SOC: working class - DirectorJohn HarriganStarsAnnalisa AstaritaRachael BlythJohn HarriganA writer, possessed by a terrifying story hunts for its secret heart in a mysterious landscape. He journeys into unknown, dreamlike places, haunted by the infamous Hum emitted from a strange factory.HORROR
folk horror / psychological / supernatural
LOC: remote
EVENT: fire
SITU: writer’s block
DEV: pact
PSY: mental illness
REL: cult
SUP: haunted, occult - DirectorErik MattiStarsRhed BustamanteNeil Ryan SeseRonnie AlonteIn 1947, those aspiring to be priests are sent to a remote monastery to live in seclusion (Seklusyon) on the last day of their training. The purpose is to shield them from evil of the world. The plot thickens when a mysterious young girl arrives there, but the challenge that awaits the candidates is whether she was really sent by God or by the Devil.AKA Seclusion
HORROR
religious
CHAR: creepy kid, mysterious child, nun, priest
LOC: monastery, remote
SITU: isolation
REL: devil - DirectorKristian Sejrbo LidegaardStarsEmma Sehested HøegAnders MosslingCharlotte MunckIn one single hot summer day an ancient Danish myth changes the life of three women. An art house thriller set in the dramatic landscape of an island of chalk about lost friendship and the need of spirituality to cope with grief.THRILLER (Horror)
arthouse
LOC: island, woods
MOT: myth, spirituality
SITU: obsession
EMO: grief - DirectorAdam UryniakStarsMarcin SiankoMalgorzata KowalskaTadeusz LomnickiA lawyer, Jozef Szamota, tries to reveal the secret of mysterious woman that he met in abandoned mansion.CRIME, HORROR
CHAR: mysterious woman
LOC: abandoned, mansion - DirectorBilly Ray BrewtonStarsBen HethcoatCorsica WilsonBarak HardleyHe came to let go. Something won't let him.HORROR
supernatural
LOC: cabin in the woods
SITU: desolate
EMO: grief - DirectorMichael CohnStarsSigourney WeaverSam NeillGil BellowsIn this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.(Hófehérke - A terror meséje)
HORROR (Adventure, Period)
dark fantasy / folk horror / psychological / supernatural
*fairy tale, gothic, independent*
CHAR: magician, stepparent
LOC: cabin in the woods
MOT: urban legend, witchcraft
PACE: slow burner
INT: creative kills
CRIME: sexual abuse
SITU: lost
AIM: revenge, survival
EMO: hate
FAM: loss of family member, pregnancy
SOC: class differences, nobility
SUP: cursed, magic, necromancy - DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsFlorian Koerner von GustorfMonika M.Micha BrendelAs serial killer Lothar Schramm lies dying in his own blood, horrific memories of his miserable life of paranoia, self-harm and rejection flash before his eyes. A tragic look into the mind of a serial killer.AKA Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer
HORROR
dark fantasy / psychological
CHAR: loner, serial killer
INT: creative kills, gore, mind bender, sadism, self-harm
CRIME: murder
SITU: drugged, prostitution, rejected
PSY: mental illness
PERS: misogyny, shyness
MORT: dying
SEX: sexual aberration, sexual cruelty, sexual desire, sexual fantasy, sexual perversion, sexual repression, sexual sadism, sexual torture, sexual violence - DirectorChristian TafdrupStarsMorten BurianSidsel Siem KochFedja van HuêtA Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.(A látogatás)
HORROR
psychological
CHAR: maniac
LOC: farm
THEME: vacation gone wrong
PACE: slow burner
INT: bullying, mutilation
CRIME: murder
EVENT: car accident
SITU: confined
PSY: mental illness
PERS: passive aggressiveness
FAM: dysfunctional family
MED: muteness
END: evil wins - DirectorParker FinnStarsSosie BaconJessie T. UsherKyle GallnerAfter witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.(Mosolyogj)
HORROR
medical / psychological / religious / supernatural
*symbolistic*
CHAR: impostor
ENT: monster
LOC: abandoned house, asylum, hospital, woods
PACE: slow burner
INT: forced suicide, self-immolation, suicide
CRIME: murder
EVENT: return home
SITU: race against time
DEV: shapeshifting
PSY: mental illness, PTSD, trauma
PAST: confronting the past, haunted by the past
FAM: childhood trauma, loss of family member
MED: overdose
REL: demon, possession
SUP: cursed, spirit
END: evil wins - DirectorKyle Edward BallStarsLucas PaulDali Rose TetreaultRoss PaulTwo children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.HORROR
analog horror / chamber drama/ home invasion / psychological / supernatural
*experimental, surreal*
CHAR: missing person
PACE: wild ride
INT: mind bender, self-mutilation
SITU: confined
MENT: nightmare - DirectorJill GevargizianStarsNajarra TownsendBrea GrantJennifer SewardA lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.HORROR
body horror / psychological / slasher
CHAR: maniac, serial killer
PACE: slow burner
CRIME: murder
SITU: loneliness, obsession
AIM: revenge
PSY: mental illness - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsBirgit DollDieter BernerLeni TanzerA European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.The Seventh Continent
(A hetedik kontinens)
DRAMA
-Michael Haneke-
*postmodern*
MOT: nihilism
SITU: pessimism, self-destruction
DEV: apology, vandalism
PERS: misanthropy
FAM: dysfunctional family - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.The Seventh Seal
(A hetedik pecsét)
DRAMA, FANTASY (Period)
-Ingmar Bergman-
apocalyptic / psychological / religious
*allegorical, existentialist, mythological, surreal*
CHAR: scapegoat
ENT: grim reaper
LOC: rural, woods
THEME: morality
MOT: superstition, witchcraft
INT: burned alive, self-harm
EMO: despair, doubt
MED: plague
MORT: fear of dying
REL: confession, corporeal mortification, crisis of faith, holy vision
ROM: adultery, forbidden love - DirectorRussell OwenStarsTom HughesKate DickieGreta ScacchiA young Scottish shepherd, following the death of his unfaithful wife, fights to maintain his own sanity when the past catches up to him.HORROR
psychological / supernatural
LOC: island, woods
EVENT: mysterious death
SITU: downward spiral, isolation, trapped
PSY: mental illness
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: loss of family member
ROM: adultery - DirectorJeremiah KippStarsAugust MaturoMike ManningLibe BarerA boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster rumored to live in the woods.HORROR
creature feature / domestic drama / supernatural
*independent*
CHAR: loner, orphan
ENT: monster
LOC: hospital, rundown, woods
MOT: witchcraft
INT: bullying, carnage
CRIME: murder
AIM: revenge
PSY: depression, trauma
EMO: grief
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member - DirectorAmy SeimetzStarsKate Lyn SheilJane AdamsKentucker AudleyA woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.DRAMA (Horror)
psychological
*surreal*
SITU: downward spiral
PSY: depression, paranoia
MENT: despair
EMO: despair, skepticism
MED: bacteria, infection
MORT: dying, preparing to die
END: ambiguous - DirectorJonathan HopkinsStarsMaggie QWill KempSophia WisemanA sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.HORROR
haunted house / medical / psychological / religious
PACE: slow burner
INT: mutilation
EVENT: falling to death, investigation
PSY: mental illness
MENT: dream, nightmare
PERS: eccentricity
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: loss of family member
MED: medication
REL: demon, possession
SUP: paranormal, spirit - DirectorGustavo HernándezStarsFlorencia ColucciAbel TripaldiGustavo AlonsoA young woman becomes trapped inside a house and is unable to contact the outside world as mysterious forces haunt it.The Silent House
HORROR
grindhouse / haunted house
CHAR: intruder
LOC: cabin, rural, woods
PACE: slow burner
EVENT: home invasion
SITU: trapped
PAST: dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member
MED: miscarriage
SUP: ghost - DirectorHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsKlaus TangeUrsula BedenaJoe KoenerReturning home from a business trip to discover his wife missing, a man delves deeper and deeper into a surreal kaleidoscope of half-baked leads, seduction, deceit, and murder. Does anyone in the building know something?The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
(Színes könnyek)
THRILLER (Horror)
arthouse / giallo / psychological
*art deco, avant-garde, experimental, surreal*
CHAR: missing person, mysterious neighbor
PACE: slow burner, wild ride
INT: gore
CRIME: murder
EVENT: cryptic message, return home
DEV: deception
PSY: anxiety
FAM: dysfunctional family
ROM: seduction
SEX: sensuality - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsÅke GrönbergHarriet AnderssonHasse EkmanThe complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.Sawdust and Tinsel
(Fűrészpor és ragyogás)
DRAMA
-Ingmar Bergman-
*existentialist*
EVENT: journey
SITU: loneliness, public humiliation
EMO: disillusionment, jealousy
FAM: estrangement
SOC: decadence, poverty
ROM: adultery, rejection, seduction - DirectorSebastián SchindelStarsJoaquín FurrielMartina GusmánLuciano CáceresLorenzo, a 50 y.o. painter, is having a child with his new wife, Sigrid. She gets stranger and stranger - or he does. He claims, the baby's been switched.The Son
THRILLER
SITU: hostility, obsession
FAM: dysfunctional family, pregnancy - DirectorSion SonoStarsMasumi MiyazakiIssei IshidaRie KuwanaThe erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.Strange Circus
HORROR
alternate reality / psychological
*allegorical, extreme, surreal*
CHAR: cross dresser, nun
PACE: slow burner, wild ride
INT: creative kills, mind bender, mutilation, self-mutilation
CRIME: child abuse, domestic abuse, incest, murder, sexual abuse
SITU: prostitution
AIM: mission, revenge
OB: guillotine
PSY: mental illness
PERS: perversion
EMO: jealousy
ID: identity crisis
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member
MED: amputation, fake illness, nosebleed, paralysis
END: surprise - DirectorBaran bo OdarStarsUlrich ThomsenClaudia MichelsenWotan Wilke Möhring13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.The Silence
(Néma csönd)
DRAMA (Crime)
CHAR: missing person
INT: pedophilia
CRIME: cold case, murder, sexual abuse, staged crime scene
EVENT: investigation
SITU: obsession
DEV: apology
EMO: shame, guilt, regret, suspicion
FAM: loss of family member, pregnancy - DirectorJaume BalagueróStarsLuis TosarMarta EturaAlberto San JuanCesar, a miserable man who works as an apartment concierge, takes a special interest in an attractive woman who lives there. He goes to great lengths to trouble her.Sleep Tight
(Amíg alszol)
HORROR (Crime, Dark Comedy)
home invasion / psychological
CHAR: creepy kid, maniac, stalker
PACE: slow burner
CRIME: blackmail, murder
SITU: hiding
AIM: mission
PSY: personality disorder, phobia
FAM: pregnancy
MED: allergy
END: evil wins - DirectorJuanfer AndrésEsteban RoelStarsMacarena GómezNadia de SantiagoHugo Silva1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.Shrew’s Nest
HORROR
psychological
CHAR: hostage, maniac
PACE: slow burner
INT: dismemberment
CRIME: domestic abuse, incest, murder, patricide, poisoning, sexual abuse
SITU: confined, drugged
OB: spiked drink
PSY: agoraphobia, mental illness
FAM: dysfunctional family, pregnancy
MED: fracture, head injury - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasElena AnayaJan CornetA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.The Skin I Live In
(A bőr, amelyben élek)
DRAMA (Horror)
-Pedro Almodovar-
erotica / medical / psychological
CHAR: missing person, mysterious woman
INT: self-mutilation, suicide
CRIME: abduction, fratricide, murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: accidental death, car accident, funeral, human experiment
SITU: confined, isolation, obsession
AIM: revenge
PSY: psychological torture
PAST: haunted by the past
FAM: loss of family member
MED: cryochamber, face transplant
ROM: lovesick, seduction - DirectorJoko AnwarStarsTara BasroBront PalaraeDimas AdityaAfter dying from a strange illness that she suffered for 3 years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.Satan’s Slaves
HORROR
haunted house / psychological / religious
LOC: cemetery, old house, rural
INT: creative kills
EVENT: accidental death, funeral
EMO: skepticism
FAM: loss of family member
SOC: poverty
MED: infertility, muteness
REL: cult, Muslim, satanism
SUP: ghost, living dead - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid ThulinGunnel LindblomBirger MalmstenTwo estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.The Silence
(Csend)
DRAMA
-Ingmar Bergman-
psychological
*existentialist, gothic, surreal*
CHAR: cross dresser, mysterious man, psychic, voyeur
LOC: hotel
MOT: nihilism
INT: pedophilia
CRIME: child abuse, domestic abuse, incest, sexual abuse
EVENT: journey
SITU: existential crisis, loneliness, love-hate, pessimism
OB: child’s drawing
MENT: nightmare
EMO: contempt, despair, indifference, jealousy
FAM: child neglect, dysfunctional family, estrangement, sibling rivalry
SOC: decadence, war
ROM: adultery
SEX: sensuality, sexual tension - DirectorMauricio ChernovetzkyMark DevendorfStarsStephen ReaEleanor TomlinsonJulia PietruchaDepicts the intense and fractured relationship between a lonely teenager and a beautiful stranger.AKA The Curse of Styria
HORROR
psychological / supernatural
*gothic*
CHAR: mysterious stranger
ENT: vampire
LOC: castle, decrepit, rural, woods
MOT: witchcraft
INT: dismemberment, suicide
EVENT: car accident, funeral
SITU: isolation, loneliness
PSY: hysteria, mental illness
FAM: dysfunctional family, estrangement
SOC: war