William Friedkin
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
He was a maverick of American cinema in the late 60s and 70s, one of the leading auteurs of the New Hollywood whose groundbreaking films include 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection.' Now, the Academy Award-winning director looks back at his life, his career, and important films.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The frightening and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity, her mother's frantic resolve to save her, and two priests, one doubt-ridden, the other a rock of faith, joined in battling ultimate evil. The extended director's cut includes over ten minutes of footage deleted before the film's 1973 release.
3) Killer Joe
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
'Killer Joe' Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid.
Series
Language
English
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Description
Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the twelve members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a solitary, sweltering room, one juror (Henry Fonda, The Ox-Bow Incident) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate...
5) The exorcist
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
8) Cruising
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A New York City cop goes underground to lure a killer who preys on homosexuals. The real mystery begins when officer Burns thinks that he has found the murderer.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Colonel Terry Childers is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of breaking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges, a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives"--Container.
11) Bug
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Agnes has finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss, who has recently been released from state prison. Agnes is a lonely waitress with a tragic past who moves into a sleazy, run-down Oklahoma motel room with her lesbian co-worker R.C. She, in turn, introduces Agnes to Gulf War veteran, Peter, a peculiar, paranoiac drifter and they begin a tentative romance. However, things don't always seem as they appear and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic...
12) The hunted
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Aaron Hallam is one of the U.S. military's most skilled hand-to-hand combat operatives. Plagued by traumatic flashbacks of death and destruction, he regresses into a feral, survivalist state in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. There, he deliberately and elaborately hunts and kills poachers who happen to cross his path. When the FBI investigates the murders, they call in the man who taught Hallam everything he knows: retiree L.T. Bonham. As the...
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Federal agent Richard Chance has a score to settle, and he's through playing by the rules, whether that means blackmailing a beautiful parolee, disobeying direct orders or hurtling the wrong way down a crowded freeway, he vows to take down a murderous counterfeiter by any means necessary. But as the stakes grow higher, will Chance's obsession with vengeance ultimately destroy him?"--Container.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game unleashes dormant and unspoken emotions.
15) Killer Joe
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
'Killer' Joe Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hitman with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid.
16) Sorcerer
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four men who, for various reasons, cannot return to their own countries end up in a dismal South American town where an American oil company is seeking out courageous drivers willing to haul nitroglycerin over miles of treacherous terrain. The four men have nothing to lose; and, besides, they'll be paid 10,000 dollars apiece, and be granted legal citizenship, if they survive.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An updated version of Rod Serling's 1960's TV series, each weekly installment presents an episode about some unusual situation that turns out to be even more unusual than initially suspected. Whether the tone of the story is horror, suspense or humor, there is always a surprise twist at the end.
19) M
Series
Criterion collection volume 30
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down. The story is based on the Düsseldorf child murders of 1929.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Federal Agent Richard Chance has a score to settle, and he's through playing by the rules. Whether that means blackmailing a beautiful parolee, disobeying direct orders or hurtling the wrong way down a crowded freeway, he vows to take down a murderous counterfeiter.