Category Archives: Thriller

The Vanishing

Release 2018

Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Kristoffer Nyholm
Writers: Joe Bone, Celyn Jones
Stars: Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4131496/

Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flannan Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance.

The Oath

Release 2018

Genre Comedy, Thriller

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Director: Ike Barinholtz
Writer: Ike Barinholtz
Stars: Billy Magnussen, Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7461200/

In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.

Hunter Killer

Release 2018

Genre Action, Thriller

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Director: Donovan Marsh
Writers: Arne Schmidt, Jamie Moss, George Wallace, Don Keith
Stars: Ethan Baird, Jacob Scipio, Dempsey Bovell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1846589/

An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.

Halloween

Release 2018

Genre Horror, Thriller

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Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502407/

Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

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.

Peppermint

Release 2018

Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Chad St. John
Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6850820/

Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.

River Runs Red

Release 2018

Genre Thriller

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Director: Wes Miller
Writer: Wes Miller
Stars: Taye Diggs, John Cusack, George Lopez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5843780/

When the son of a successful judge (Taye Diggs) is killed by two police officers (Luke Hemsworth/Gianni Capaldi) and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective (John Cusack) finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father (George Lopez) to take the law into his own hands.

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.

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.

Galveston

Release 2018

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Mélanie Laurent
Writers: Jim Hammett, Nic Pizzolatto
Stars: Lili Reinhart, Elle Fanning, Ben Foster
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2315596/

After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.