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- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsCatherine DeneuveIan HendryJohn FraserA sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.(Iszonyat)
HORROR (Cult Classic)
-Roman Polanski-
arthouse / giallo / grindhouse / psychological
*independent, surreal*
CHAR: nun
LOC: convent
PACE: slow burner
INT: gore
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
SITU: confined, downward spiral, invasion of privacy, isolation, obsession, solitude
AIM: revenge
PSY: claustrophobia, hysteria, mental illness
MENT: nightmare
PERS: introversion
ROM: adultery, seduction
SEX: fear of sex, sexual repression - DirectorJulian JarroldStarsAndrew GarfieldDavid MorrisseyJohn HenshawRookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to find the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions.AKA Red Riding: 1974
CRIME
CHAR: missing person
INT: torture
CRIME: abduction, sexual abuse
EVENT: investigation
AIM: quest
DEV: deception, false confession
MENT: nightmare
PERS: perversion
SOC: police brutality - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.(Rosemary gyermeke)
HORROR
-Roman Polanski-
psychological / religious / supernatural
*surreal*
CHAR: creepy neighbor, priest
ENT: incubus, mutant
LOC: old house
MOT: superstition, witchcraft
INT: gore
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
EVENT: mysterious death, ritual
SITU: downward spiral, drugged, mislaid trust
DEV: betrayal, conspiracy
OB: spiked drink
PSY: paranoia
MENT: dream
PERS: eccentricity, timidity
EMO: suspicion
FAM: pregnancy
MED: loss of eyesight, medication
REL: antichrist, cult, demon, demonic rape, devil, possession, satanism
END: evil wins, surprise - DirectorBrett RatnerStarsAnthony HopkinsEdward NortonRalph FiennesA retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.(A vörös sárkány)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
neo noir / psychological
CHAR: child in jeopardy, serial killer, tragic villain
INT: cannibalism
EVENT: investigation
SITU: race against time
DEV: manipulation
PSY: mental illness
MED: blindness - DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsColin O'DonoghueAnthony HopkinsCiarán HindsAmerican seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.(A rítus)
HORROR
religious / supernatural
CHAR: priest
LOC: hospital, mortuary
PACE: slow burner
EVENT: accidental death, car accident, funeral, investigation, ritual
MENT: hearing voices
EMO: skepticism
REL: confession, crisis of faith, demon, exorcism, last rites, possession - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsEthan HawkeDavid ThewlisEmma WatsonA detective and a psychoanalyst uncover evidence of a satanic cult while investigating a young woman's terrifying past.THRILLER (Crime, Horror, True Crime)
-Alejandro Amenabar-
psychological / religious
CHAR: priest
LOC: cemetery, hospital
PACE: slow burner
INT: self-mutilation
CRIME: false accusation
EVENT: investigation, ritual
PSY: hypnosis, mental illness, repressed memory
MENT: dream, nightmare
FAM: dysfunctional family
REL: cult, satanism - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.(A kör)
HORROR
grindhouse / supernatural
CHAR: creepy kid, mysterious child
MOT: urban legend
EVENT: investigation, mysterious death, telephone terror
SITU: race against time
AIM: revenge, survival
SUP: cursed, ghost, haunted, message from the grave, undead - DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.HORROR
disaster drama / found footage / grindhouse / medical / mockumentary
ENT: zombie
LOC: attic, dark house
PACE: wild ride
EVENT: siege
SITU: confined, trapped
MED: epidemic, infection, quarantine, virus
REL: demon, possession - DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsChristopher LambertMike AnscombeJeff J.J. AuthorsChicago homicide detectives Prudhome and Hollingsworth are assigned to investigate a murder. Both become entangled in the plot of a serial killer whose goal is to recreate the body of Christ.(Feltámadás)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
neo noir / religious
*independent*
CHAR: impostor, serial killer
LOC: hospital
INT: dismemberment, gore, splatter, torture
CRIME: murder
EVENT: investigation
SITU: race against time
PSY: personality disorder
MENT: mind game
EMO: grief
FAM: loss of child
REL: crisis of faith - DirectorGiles DaoustStarsPascal DuquenneMaximilien Jouret-MaronJoe LewisWhen a strange door appears in a troubled family's house, they will have to face their darkest secrets.(A végzet előszobája)
THRILLER (Horror)
psychological
CHAR: missing person
LOC: mysterious door
SITU: hostility, isolation, loss of control, maltreatment, trapped
DEV: mistreatment
PSY: anxiety, hysteria, nervous breakdown, psychological torture, trauma
PERS: perversion
EMO: despair, frustration, grudge
PAST: dark past, dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family, family crisis, pregnancy
MED: Down syndrome - DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.(A szoba)
DRAMA (Thriller)
psychological
LOC: hospital
CRIME: abduction, child abuse, sexual abuse
SITU: confined, isolation, trapped
FAM: divorce
MORT: faked death - DirectorNatalie Erika JamesStarsRobyn NevinEmily MortimerBella HeathcoteA daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.(Relikvia)
HORROR
haunted house / psychological
CHAR: missing person
LOC: cabin in the woods, derelict, maze, old house, retirement home, rural
INT: self-harm
PSY: dementia
MENT: dream
FAM: dysfunctional family - DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsRafe SpallArsher AliRobert James-CollierA group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.(A rítus)
HORROR
creature feature / eco horror / folk horror / religious / supernatural
ENT: monster
LOC: abandoned house, cabin in the woods
THEME: sacrifice, vacation gone wrong
MOT: idol, witchcraft
INT: gore
CRIME: ritual killing, robbery
EVENT: hiking, ritual
SITU: lost
AIM: survival
MENT: dream, loss of reality, nightmare
EMO: grief, guilt
REL: cult, evil god, paganism - DirectorAntti J. JokinenStarsHilary SwankJeffrey Dean MorganLee PaceWhen a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.(Pokoli albérlet)
THRILLER (Crime, Horror)
found footage / home invasion / psychological
*independent*
CHAR: creepy landlord, stalker, uninvited guest, voyeur
LOC: hospital, old building, secret passageway
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse
SITU: drugged, loneliness, obsession
AIM: revenge, survival
PERS: intrusiveness
EMO: suspicion
ROM: breakup, lovesick, rejection - DirectorJon StevensonStarsBrian Landis FolkinsWil WheatonKathleen Brady1990: David, 40, looks after his dementia mom. He uses a video dating service to no avail. He buys a "Rent-A-Pal" video tape and things change.THRILLER (Horror)
psychological
LOC: basement
CRIME: murder
SITU: loneliness, obsession
PSY: dementia, mental illness
EMO: despair, resentment - DirectorChristian VolckmanStarsOlga KurylenkoKevin JanssensJoshua WilsonMatt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they long for the most is a child.(A szoba)
MYSTERY (Horror, Sci-Fi)
CHAR: impostor, problem child
LOC: asylum, mansion, old house, secluded, secret room
MOT: atomism
CRIME: abduction, incest, sexual abuse
SITU: wish fulfillment
FAM: pregnancy
SOC: liberalism
MED: miscarriage - DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsPeter CilellaVinny CurranEmily MontagueA man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.(Feloldozás)
HORROR (Sci-Fi)
alternate reality / supernatural
*Lovecraftian*
LOC: cabin in the woods, secluded
PACE: slow burner
INT: mind bender
SITU: confined
DEV: drug use, manipulation
OB: found footage
MED: amputation - DirectorAneesh ChagantyStarsSarah PaulsonKiera AllenSara SohnChloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.(Fuss)
MYSTERY (Horror)
medical / psychological
LOC: hospital
INT: creative kills
CRIME: abduction, murder, poisoning
SITU: drugged, isolation
AIM: revenge, survival
PSY: Munchausen syndrome by proxy
EMO: despair, suspicion
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of child
MED: medication
END: surprise - DirectorBen WheatleyStarsLily JamesArmie HammerKristin Scott ThomasA young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.(A Manderley-ház asszonya)
ROMANCE (Thriller)
domestic drama / psychological
CHAR: orphan
LOC: hotel, mansion
INT: suicide
CRIME: blackmail, incest
EVENT: investigation
DEV: manipulation
FAM: family secret
ROM: love triangle - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.(A Manderley-ház asszonya)
THRILLER (Romance)
-Alfred Hitchcock-
film noir / psychological
*gothic*
LOC: cabin, castle, hotel, mansion, rural
INT: burned alive, suicide
CRIME: arson, blackmail, murder
EVENT: accidental death, fire, investigation
SITU: animosity, insecurity, obsession
DEV: betrayal, confession, deception
PSY: inferiority complex, mental illness, psychological abuse
MENT: dream
PERS: shyness
EMO: devotion, jealousy
PAST: dark past, haunted by the past
FAM: family secret, loss of family member, pregnancy, unhappy marriage
SOC: aristocracy, class differences, haute monde
MED: cancer, terminal illness
MORT: death obsession
ROM: adultery, seduction, unrequited love - DirectorDave FrancoStarsDan StevensAlison BrieSheila VandTwo couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away.(A titkok háza)
HORROR
home invasion / psychological
*independent*
CHAR: mysterious man, serial killer, stalker, voyeur
LOC: cabin in the woods, locked room, remote
THEME: vacation gone wrong
PACE: slow burner
INT: mind bender
CRIME: cover-up, DUI, murder, murder plot
EVENT: accidental killing, car accident, chase, hiking
SITU: hiding, isolation, keeping a secret
AIM: survival
DEV: apology, drug use
OB: hidden camera
PSY: personality disorder
EMO: guilt, suspicion
SOC: discrimination, racism
ROM: adultery, infidelity
SEX: philandering
END: evil wins - DirectorAnand TuckerStarsDavid MorrisseyLisa HowardChris WalkerWhen another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.AKA Red Riding: 1983
CRIME
CHAR: missing person, psychic, serial killer
LOC: castle, prison
INT: torture
CRIME: murder, sexual abuse, wrongful conviction
EVENT: fire, investigation
SITU: injustice
DEV: false confession
PSY: mental illness
SOC: corruption, police brutality - DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsWillem DafoePaul BettanyMarián AguileraA priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.(Ördögi Színjáték - A Pap, a Várúr és a Boszorkány)
MSYTERY (Crime, Period)
religious
*independent*
CHAR: fugitive, monk, priest
LOC: rural
THEME: justice, redemption, sacrifice
MOT: morality play, witchcraft
INT: execution
CRIME: capital punishment, murder
EVENT: journey
EMO: hope, mourning, trust, wrath
MED: deaf mutism
REL: mortal sin, renouncing priesthood - DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKate DickieTony CurranMartin CompstonJackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.DRAMA (Thriller)
CHAR: voyeur
CRIME: false accusation
PAST: haunted by the past - DirectorErlingur ThoroddsenStarsBjörn StefánssonSigurður Þór ÓskarssonGuðmundur ÓlafssonTwo men's broken relationship is tested as they are haunted by a supernatural entity awakened by their grief.Rift
HORROR
supernatural
LOC: cabin, secluded
EMO: grief
SUP: ghost, haunted
ROM: breakup - DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsSergey DreydenMariya KuznetsovaLeonid MozgovoyA 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.Russian Ark
(Orosz bárka)
DRAMA (Fantasy, Mystery, Period)
epic history
*avant-garde, experimental, independent, surreal, symbolistic*
CHAR: mysterious man
LOC: palace
TIME: time travel
PSY: amnesia
SOC: aristocracy, revolution - DirectorJennifer SheridanStarsSophie RundleOlive GrayMatt StokoeGripped by a violent, terrifying illness, Rose lives in seclusion with her husband, but the arrival of a stranger shatters the fragile refuge they have built.AKA Rose: A Love Story
(Rose: Egy szerelmi történet)
HORROR (Romance)
chamber drama / medical / psychological / tragic romance
CHAR: vigilante
ENT: vampire
LOC: cabin in the woods
PACE: slow burner
SITU: exile, isolation
FAM: loss of family member, teen pregnancy, unwed pregnancy
MED: fracture, virus
ROM: lovesick - DirectorTommy StovallStarsLin ShayeOliver RayonValeska MillerLonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.THRILLER (Crime, Dark Comedy, Horror)
psychological
CHAR: orphan
EVENT: funeral
SITU: loneliness, obsession
PSY: personality disorder
FAM: childless marriage, loss of family member
SOC: social isolation - DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsSandra HüllerBurghart KlaußnerImogen KoggeA young woman with epilepsy suffers a breakdown during her first year at university, then decides to seek help from a priest in battling the troubles associated with her strict upbringing.(Requiem egy lányért)
HORROR
medical / psychological / religious
CHAR: priest
LOC: rural, sorority house
PACE: slow burner
SITU: torment
PSY: eating disorder, mental illness
FAM: dysfunctional family
MED: epilepsy, medication
REL: atheism, exorcism - DirectorAndrew David BarkerStarsLeslie SimpsonAxelle CarolynDaniel TeeThe story of a lone man, trapped in a barren, desolate landscape, and his only companions: a village of straw people. They are his friends and neighbours; he teaches straw children at the local school. Yet, this anchor, this way of habitual living, is about to become unravelled in frightening and disturbing ways. Leading the way to A RECKONING.HORROR
arthouse / post-apocalyptic / psychological / supernatural
*Tarkovskyesque*
LOC: desolate, prison
THEME: meaning of life
SITU: isolation, loneliness, trapped
AIM: survival
PSY: mental illness
MENT: inner demon
REL: dark angel, demon
SUP: ghost, haunted - DirectorGonzalo CalzadaStarsPatricio ContrerasMartín SlipakVando VillamilA young priest travels to Buenos Aires in order to help sick people during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic.Resurrection
HORROR (Period)
grindhouse
*gothic*
CHAR: priest
MED: epidemic, yellow fever - DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsNicole KidmanAaron EckhartDianne WiestLife for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.(Engedd el!)
DRAMA
domestic drama
CHAR: troubled teen
EVENT: accidental death, car accident
MENT: fixation
EMO: grief, mourning
FAM: loss of child, pregnancy
REL: atheism - DirectorC.A. SmithStarsJamy GillespieRicky Lee BarnesRoss ComptonTwo skeptic researchers investigate a mother's claim that an unknown presence may be trying to communicate with her 7-year-old daughter.HORROR
haunted house
*independent*
ENT: mysterious being
EVENT: investigation
OB: doll, found footage
PSY: panic
EMO: skepticism
SUP: ghost, paranormal - DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsViggo MortensenLindsay DuncanJeremy CooperIn the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.(A bőr tükre)
HORROR
coming of age / psychological
*Lynchian, surreal*
CHAR: child in jeopardy, missing person
ENT: vampire
LOC: cemetery, farm, rural
MOT: urban legend
PACE: slow burner
INT: burned alive, self-immolation, splatter, suicide
CRIME: abduction, child abuse, domestic abuse, murder
EVENT: prank
FAM: dysfunctional family, loss of family member
MED: loss of hair, radiation sickness
SEX: psycho-sexual, sensuality - DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsAlicia VikanderMads MikkelsenMikkel Boe FølsgaardA young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.A Royal Affair
(Egy veszedelmes viszony)
ROMANCE (Biopic, Drama, Period)
CHAR: priest, stepparent
LOC: palace, prison
MOT: idealism
INT: dismemberment, execution, torture
CRIME: murder, spousal rape
SITU: misery, public humiliation
DEV: conspiracy
PSY: mental illness
FAM: dysfunctional family, pregnancy, unhappy marriage
SOC: aristocracy, coup, enlightenment, monarchy, nobility, politics, treason
MED: epidemic, smallpox
ROM: adultery, arranged marriage, love triangle, secret romance
SEX: sexual repression - DirectorJulia DucournauStarsGarance MarillierElla RumpfRabah Nait OufellaA young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.Raw (Nyers)
HORROR
body horror / coming of age / psychological
*extreme, independent*
LOC: morgue
PACE: slow burner
INT: cannibalism, gore, mutilation, splatter
CRIME: murder
EVENT: car accident, initiation rite
SITU: hiding, humiliation
DEV: mockery
PSY: mental illness
FAM: sibling rivalry
MED: allergy, examination, loss of teeth, skin rash
SEX: defloration, sex game - DirectorParis ZarcillaStarsEva-Jane WillisDavid HaymanLeanne BestAn undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a care-worker for a terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she's strived for and holds dear.THRILLER (Horror)
psychological
*independent*
LOC: mansion
MOT: philosophy
EVENT: fire
FAM: family conflict
SOC: immigration
MED: terminal illness - DirectorCristian MungiuStarsMarin GrigoreJudith StateMacrina BarladeanuA non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.DRAMA
domestic drama
CHAR: priest
LOC: farm, hospital, rural, woods
INT: suicide
EVENT: hitchhiking, return home
EMO: frustration
SOC: racism, xenophobia
END: open - DirectorMatt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler GillettStarsSamara WeavingAdam BrodyMark O'BrienA bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.(Aki bújt)
HORROR (Action, Dark Comedy)
grindhouse / religious / satire
CHAR: final girl, hostage
LOC: cellar, mansion
INT: gore, human sacrifice, splatter
CRIME: family massacre, murder
EVENT: fire, ritual
SITU: ambush, hiding, race against time
AIM: survival
DEV: betrayal, deception, double cross
MENT: nightmare
PERS: eccentricity, mercilessness, sarcasm
EMO: despair, skepticism
PAST: dark secret
FAM: dysfunctional family, family secret
MORT: death trap, near death experience
REL: cult, deal with the devil, satanism
SUP: cursed - DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsVladimir GarinIvan DobronravovKonstantin LavronenkoIn the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.The Return
(A visszatérés)
DRAMA (Thriller)
*independent, Tarkovskyesque*
LOC: island, lake, woods
CRIME: abuse, child abuse, contraband, domestic abuse
EVENT: hiking