Category Archives: Mystery
Fractured
Release 2019
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Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Alan B. McElroy
Stars: Lily Rabe, Sam Worthington, Stephen Tobolowsky
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4332232/
Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Release 2019
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Alvin Schwartz
Stars: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Dean Norris
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3387520/
A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives.
10 Minutes Gone
Release 2019
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Director: Brian A. Miller
Writers: Kelvin Mao, Jeff Jingle
Stars: Bruce Willis, Michael Chiklis, Meadow Williams
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8809652/
A crime thriller that centers on a man whose memory has been lost due to a bank heist gone wrong. The character will need to piece together the missing 10 minutes from his memory in order to determine who sabotaged him.
In the Shadow of the Moon
Release 2019
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Director: Jim Mickle
Writers: Gregory Weidman, Geoffrey Tock
Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8110640/
A Philadelphia police officer struggles with a lifelong obsession to track down a mysterious serial killer whose crimes defy explanation.
The Wolf Hour
Release 2019
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Alistair Banks Griffin
Writer: Alistair Banks Griffin
Stars: Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Emory Cohen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5342950/
June was once a known counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It's the notorious "Summer of Sam" and June only has to look out of her window to see the violence escalating with the brutal summer heat. The city is on a knife's edge, a pressure-cooker about to explode into the incendiary 1977 New York blackout riots.
Midsommar
Release 2019
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Director: Ari Aster
Writer: Ari Aster
Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772262/
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Annabelle Comes Home
Release 2019
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Gary Dauberman
Writers: James Wan, Gary Dauberman
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8350360/
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Perfect
Release 2018
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Director: Eddie Alcazar
Writers: Eddie Alcazar, Ted Kupper
Stars: Abbie Cornish, Courtney Eaton, Rainey Qualley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6222286/
Garrett, an emotionally-troubled young man, is sent to a clinic, whispering soothing promises of perfection. By planting characteristics directly into his own body, he's relieved of his dark visions, but pays the price for purity of mind.
Into the Ashes
Release 2019
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Aaron Harvey
Writer: Aaron Harvey
Stars: Luke Grimes, Frank Grillo, Marguerite Moreau
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3138122/
With an honest job and a loving wife, Nick Brenner believed he had safely escaped his violent, criminal history. But his old crew hasn't forgotten about him or the money he stole, and when they take what Nick now values the most - his wife - he has nothing left to lose. Confronted by the town sheriff, who is also his father-in-law, Nick must decide if he will stay on his new path or indulge in his need for revenge and force his enemies to pay for what they have done.
The Intruder
Release 2019
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Director: Deon Taylor
Writer: David Loughery
Stars: Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid, Michael Ealy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6722030/
A young married couple buy a beautiful house on several acres of land only to find out that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.