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Subgenre Sampler

 
When Strangers AppearWhen Strangers Appear (Shearer's Breakfast) (2001)
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Barry Watson, Kevin Anderson
A piquant little thriller set at a lonely country rest–stop – Foxton standing in for Oregon – with dir. Reynold’s (HEAVEN, THE…
Harry, He's Here to HelpHarry, He's Here to Help (With a Friend Like Harry,Who Needs Enemies?) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Dominik Moll
Feat. Sergi Lopez, Laurent Lucas
French festival–hit that invokes the delicious menace of Alfred Hitchcock with its insidious central character, Harry (Sergi Lopez) who invites…
Tell Me SomethingTell Me Something (2000) Recommended
Dir. Chang Yoon-Hyung
Feat. Han Suk-gyu, Shim Eun-ha
A fine slice of Korean “giallo”, this is detective pulp of the lacquered–black, rain–drenched variety, with perverse/macabre…
PsychoPsycho (1998)
Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore
Colour remake of Hitchcock's most famous film closely follows the original but never comes close to being anything other than a cheap gimmick. The…
FearFear (1996)
Dir. James Foley
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano
Thriller from the Hollywood cookie–cutter about a chaste Daddy's girl who gets involved with creep Mark Wahlberg, who just gets creepier by…
SevenSeven (Se7en) (1995) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director David Fincher imbues the hackneyed serial–killer genre with astonishing directorial flair, while bringing an influential 'underground'…
Jack Be NimbleJack Be Nimble (1993)
Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Alexis Arquette
Alexis Arquette gets his American tongue around a Kiwi accent to portray an abused twin who finally reunites with his estranged sister. Though this…
SliverSliver (1993)
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger
Sharon Stone rents an apartment which has not only hosted a number of in–house murders, but is also under constant surveillance by a perverted…
Vanishing, TheVanishing, The (1993)
Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis
The director remakes his classic Dutch thriller for subtitle–phobes. Keifer Sutherland anguishes while Jeff Bridges hams it up as the eccentric…
Hand That Rocks the Cradle, TheHand That Rocks the Cradle, The (1992)
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, Julianne Moore
Scheming psycho–nanny Rebecca De Mornay dismantles the idyllic homelife of Annabella Sciorra, to compensate her own miscarriage. Slick suspense…

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