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1) Rellik
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An original six-part thriller, about an obsessive and disfigured UK police detective, the drama is told in reverse.
2) M
Series
Criterion collection volume 30
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1931
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, want to see him brought down.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lizzie has been accused of murdering her husband, and her death by hanging seems all but inevitable. That is until Detective Inspector John Kildare is assigned to the case of a serial killer who murders innocent victims while leaving his distinctive signature in blood.
4) Watcher
Publisher
IFC Midnight
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As a serial killer stalks the city murdering young women, an actress who just moved to Bucharest with her boyfriend notices a mysterious stranger constantly watching her from across the street. In a foreign country where she does not speak the language and under the scrutiny of this stalker, her life quickly becomes tense and insufferable, but she finds no one to believe her.
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
[2018?]
Language
English
Description
Best friends Sadie and McKayla are on a mission to boost their social media fandom as amateur crime reporters hot on the trail of a deranged local serial killer. After they manage to capture the killer and secretly hold him hostage, they realize the best way to get scoops on future victims would be to, you know, murder people themselves. As the @TragedyGirls become an overnight sensation and panic grips their small town, can their friendship survive...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The streets of Whitechapel are awash with blood. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. The locals live in fear and the police remain clueless, with no motive, no evidence, and no hope of catching this barbaric killer. Assigned to the case is fast-tracked DI Chandler, a novice in the business of murder, an expert in the politics of policing and three-day courses.
7) Scream 2
Series
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[c2000?]
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Scream, Sidney Prescott thought she'd put the murders that shattered her life behind her, until a copy cat killer begins acting out a real life sequel.
8) Frenzy
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
In modern-day London, a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer has the police on alert; and in typical Hitchcock fashion, their trail is leading to an innocent man who must now elude the law and prove his innocence by finding the real murderer.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Will Burton is a junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner, Will has never lost a case. His talents acquit serial killer Liam Foyle of murder, and it is only a matter of time until Foyle kills again.
10) Dark city
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When John Murdoch wakes with no memory at the scene of a grisly murder, he soon finds himself hunted by the police, a woman claiming to be his wife, and a mysterious group of pale men. Includes never-before-seen footage and commentary.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Korean
Description
A psychotic serial killer murders the daughter of a retired police captain and fiance of a special agent. Obsessed with tracking the killer down, the agent realizes he might become a monster himself as he loses his sense of good vs. evil.
12) Cover her face
Publisher
Lance Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005, p1987
Language
English
Description
Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh investigates the murder of a drug dealer found dead in the basement of a book club. His key witness is a single mother named Sally Jupp who had brought her eight-week-old son with her to the club to visit her former co-workers. The investigation leads Dalgliesh to the country home of the Maxie family, where the young woman is now employed. Mysterious deaths occur, and the detective must deal with a multitude of suspects,...
14) Scream 4
Publisher
[Distributed by] Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The newest installment in the acclaimed franchise that ushered in a new wave of horror in the 1990s. In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghost Face, putting her friends and the whole town of Woodsboro...
15) Kiss the girls
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Washington DC detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) travels to North Carolina to investigate the apparent kidnapping of his niece (Gina Ravera). Aided by escaped kidnapee Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), Cross hunts down the kidnapper, who operates under the pseudonym "Cassanova".
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Separated from his fiancee Ann and in a rocky relationship with his symbiote, Eddie Brock's life appears to be in a downward spiral until renowned serial-killer Cletus Kasady insists he conduct an exclusive interview. Afterwards, Cletus is sharing his body with Carnage, an especially violent red symbiote that may be more powerful than Venom, who has "broken up" with Eddie and is searching for a new host while Cletus tears across the city looking to...
19) Ticking clock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After his girlfriend is murdered, a reporter stumbles onto a serial killer's journal which contains the names of his intended victims, and as he investigates, all roads point to an impossible suspect.
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