Category Archives: Mystery
Replicas
Release 2018
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Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Writers: Chad St. John, Stephen Hamel
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154916/
A scientist becomes obsessed with bringing back his family members who died in a traffic accident.
Bad Times at the El Royale
Release 2018
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Director: Drew Goddard
Writer: Drew Goddard
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6628394/
Circa 1969, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one night, everyone will show their true colors - before everything goes to hell.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Eric Kripke, John Bellairs
Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119543/
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
The Little Stranger
Release 2018
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Writers: Lucinda Coxon, Sarah Waters
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6859762/
After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.
The Nun
Release 2018
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Corin Hardy
Writers: Gary Dauberman, James Wan
Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5814060/
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Papillon
Release 2017
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Director: Michael Noer
Writers: Aaron Guzikowski, Henri Charrière, Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Stars: Rami Malek, Charlie Hunnam, Tommy Flanagan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5093026/
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
The Dark
Release 2018
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Justin P. Lange
Writer: Justin P. Lange
Stars: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6832388/
An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.
Slender Man
Release 2018
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Sylvain White
Writers: David Birke, Victor Surge
Stars: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5690360/
In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
Searching
Release 2018
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Writers: Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian
Stars: John Cho, Sara Sohn, Alex Jayne Go
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7668870/
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.
Between Worlds
Release 2018
Genre Action, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Maria Pulera
Writer: Maria Pulera
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Mitchell, Franka Potente
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7295450/
The story follows Joe, (Cage), a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child. He meets Julie (Potente), a spiritually gifted woman who enlists Joe in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter, Billie (Mitchell). But the spirit of Joe's dead wife Mary proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body and determined to settle her unfinished business with the living.