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51. Party Line (1988)
R | 91 min | Thriller
A rich brother and sister are crazed killers. She lures men into her bed, and he attacks them and murders them. A detective is assigned to find the killers and bring them in.
Director: William Webb | Stars: Richard Hatch, Shawn Weatherly, Leif Garrett, Greta Blackburn
Votes: 682 | Gross: $0.15M
52. Hellhole (1985)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A young woman becomes amnesiac after an attack by a hired killer. She's admitted to a mental asylum run by a ruthless doctor who experiments on her patients with a lethal drug, and her attacker just got employed there.
Directors: Pierre De Moro, Tom DeSimone | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Marjoe Gortner, Richard Cox
Votes: 1,049
53. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.
Director: Lee Harry | Stars: Eric Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jean Miller
Votes: 9,077 | Gross: $0.15M
54. Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A left-for-dead nun forced into prostitution embarks on a deadly revenge mission to do the Lord's work, punishing sinners in a strictly personal vigilante Holy War.
Director: Joseph Guzman | Stars: Asun Ortega, David Castro, Perry D'Marco, Maxie Santillan Jr.
Votes: 6,295
55. Art School Confidential (2006)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 17,734 | Gross: $3.30M
56. Dark Places (1974)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
After the original owner dies in a mental asylum, a man moves into an abandoned mansion with a sordid history. Meanwhile, a few locals conspire to steal a large amount of money, said to be hidden somewhere on the premises.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin
Votes: 1,180
57. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
Votes: 2,704
58. Alleluia (2014)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
Fervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.
Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Lola Dueñas, Laurent Lucas, Héléna Noguerra, Édith Le Merdy
Votes: 3,348 | Gross: $0.01M
59. Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran terrorizes the young women of Los Angeles and taunts a radio psychologist with descriptions of his grisly crimes.
Director: Robert Hammer | Stars: James Westmoreland, Ben Frank, Flo Lawrence, Nicholas Worth
Votes: 2,164
60. Whirlpool (1950)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her. Soon afterwards, she's found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford
Votes: 4,808
61. Black Angel (1946)
Passed | 81 min | Adventure, Crime, Film-Noir
When Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent...aided by the victim's ex-husband.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 3,964
62. Relentless (1989)
R | 92 min | Crime, Thriller
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster
Votes: 1,870 | Gross: $6.99M
63. Het Geheugenspel (2023)
107 min | Thriller
The body of Nathalie, who disappeared 25 years ago, is found on the Deridder family estate. The event reveals a long-hidden crime, and when secrets are brought forth, the present is overshadowed by the past.
Directors: Jan Verheyen, Lien Willaert | Stars: Anna Drijver, Gert Winckelmans, Vic de Wachter, Gilda De Bal
Votes: 1,483
64. The Good Time Girls (1960)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams but often find real-life to be inescapable.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Clotilde Joano, Stéphane Audran, Lucile Saint-Simon
Votes: 3,190 | Gross: $0.01M
65. Massage Parlor Murders! (1973)
R | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A deranged, ferocious killer terrorizes the red-light district of Times Square in New York City by savagely bumping off the lovely young ladies who work at massage parlors located ... See full summary »
Directors: Chester Fox, Alex Stevens | Stars: George Spencer, Sandra Peabody, John Moser, Anne Gaybis
Votes: 558 | Gross: $1.05M
66. Angel of Destruction (1994)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When a controversial rock star is stalked by a psychotic fan, undercover cop Brit Alwood is called in to help. But when Brit's kid sister Jo finds out about the crime, she sets out for ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Philip Moore | Stars: Maria Ford, Charlie Spradling, Jessica Mark, Antonio Bacci
Votes: 423
67. Dog Day (1984)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fugitive on the run from the law, and carrying several million dollars, hides out in the home of a farm family. The tables turn when the family proves to be even more criminally oriented ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux
Votes: 1,203
68. No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 2,572
69. The Confessional (1976)
R | 104 min | Horror
The story follows a young woman, who seeks out his church. There, she is manipulated into giving confession to Father Xavier Meldrum. Meldrum uses his status and crazed persistence to work his way into Jenny's life by any means necessary.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley
Votes: 1,244
70. Dead of Winter (1987)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ
Votes: 4,685 | Gross: $2.41M
71. Motherland Hotel (1987)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lonely proprietor of a small hotel in a provincial Turkish town develops a passion for a departed guest and the reality of routine everyday-life starts crumbling into pieces.
Director: Ömer Kavur | Stars: Macit Koper, Sahika Tekand, Serra Yilmaz, Osman Alyanak
Votes: 4,631
72. Strangled (2016)
121 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
True story of a serial killer in 1950-60s Hungary.
Director: Árpád Sopsits | Stars: Károly Hajduk, Gábor Jászberényi, Zsolt Anger, Péter Bárnai
Votes: 6,506
73. The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
Approved | 84 min | Horror
Relatives gather in an old house for the reading of a will, but the "dead" man comes back to life and starts killing.
Director: Del Tenney | Stars: Roy Scheider, Helen Waren, Robert Milli, Margot Hartman
Votes: 844
74. Night of 1000 Cats (1972)
R | 63 min | Horror
A wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Hugo Stiglitz, Zulma Faiad, Christa Linder
Votes: 879
75. Molly and the Ghost (1991)
87 min | Horror
Conniving and duplicitous tramp Susan tries to have her older sister Molly killed so she can have Molly's hunky husband Jeff all to herself. Things go awry when hired assassin John bumps ... See full summary »
Director: Don Jones | Stars: Ena O'Rourke, Lee Darling, Ron Moriarty, Daniel Martine
Votes: 125
76. It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007)
74 min | Drama
An autobiographical, psycho-sexual, fantastical retelling of Steven C. Stewart's point-of-view of life.
Directors: David Brothers, Crispin Glover | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Steven C. Stewart, Carrie Szlasa, Jami Ferrell
Votes: 441
77. Craze (1974)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A nutty antiques dealer starts to sacrifice women to an African idol.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans
Votes: 698
78. Five the Hard Way (1969)
M | 82 min | Action, Sport
Motorcycle racer Rommel seeks vengeance against JC, a madman who murdered the sidehacker's fiancee.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Ross Hagen, Diane McBain, Michael Pataki, Richard Merrifield
Votes: 2,079
79. Impulse (1974)
PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A paranoid, leisure-suit-wearing conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an ... See full summary »
Director: William Grefé | Stars: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Jennifer Bishop, Kim Nicholas
Votes: 672 | Gross: $0.08M
80. Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Unrated | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
Teenage Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined after the shock she suffered from her glamorous socialite mother Jessica's fiery death. Her father has a new wife,... See full summary »
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Susan Gordon, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 731
81. The Strangler (1964)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Victor Buono, David McLean, Diane Sayer, Davey Davison
Votes: 1,097
82. Estigma (1980)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older ... See full summary »
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Christian Borromeo, Alexandra Bastedo, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Berta Cabré
Votes: 283
83. The Patience Stone (2012)
R | 102 min | Drama, War
In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.
Director: Atiq Rahimi | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat
Votes: 5,497 | Gross: $0.15M
84. Die Watching (1993)
R | 88 min | Romance, Thriller
A serial killer who makes his living as an adult video maker/editor, becomes involved with an artist neighbour. He tries to keep his secret from her, but the police are slowly closing in on him.
Director: Charles Davis | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Vali Ashton, Mike Jacobs Jr., Tim Thomerson
Votes: 294
85. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Unrated | 54 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A defecting Soviet scientist is hit by a nuclear explosion near Yucca Flats and roams around as a beast.
Director: Coleman Francis | Stars: Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, Larry Aten
Votes: 10,436
86. Women Behind Bars (1975)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Thriller
A small-time hood brings the attention of the law with an insurance scam and diamond theft, but things become even more interesting when his moll murders him and is slammed behind bars ... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Martine Stedil, Nathalie Chape, Roger Darton
Votes: 751
87. Bummer (1973)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A touring small-time rock band called The Group picks up a couple of groupies. One night, the band's drunken, hulking bass player goes nuts and rapes the girls. The band refuses to believe that he's trouble, which leads to more tragedy.
Director: William Allen Castleman | Stars: Kipp Whitman, Dennis Burkley, Connie Strickland, Carol Speed
Votes: 317
88. The Haunted Strangler (1958)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch, Dorothy Gordon
Votes: 2,051
89. The Doorway (2000)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
An easy paying job turns into a fight to the death, when college students realize that the house they're cleaning is a portal to Hell.
Director: Michael B. Druxman | Stars: Roy Scheider, Lauren Woodland, Christian Harmony, Suzanne Bridgham
Votes: 503
90. The Astral Factor (1978)
PG | 85 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A convicted strangler, studying the paranormal in his jail cell, learns to make himself invisible. As an invisible man, he escapes from prison to stalk and strangle the five women who ... See full summary »
Directors: John Florea, Gene Fowler Jr., Arthur C. Pierce | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Sue Lyon, Mark Slade
Votes: 866
91. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of their S&M games ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Celia, Marina Ninchi, Michel Bouquet, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 2,273
92. The Amazing Transplant (1970)
R | 77 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Arthur undergoes a penis transplant and his donor penis unknowingly came from a serial rapist. Arthur soon goes berserk and he beings to rape any woman wearing gold earrings -- the favorite target of the dead rapist.
Director: Doris Wishman | Stars: João Fernandes, Linda Southern, Larry Hunter, Olive Denneccio
Votes: 455
93. Terror Night (1989)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror
Lance Hayward, a silent movie star, appears as various characters, killing quite a handful of unfortunates, using various weapons.
Directors: Nick Marino, André De Toth | Stars: John Ireland, Cameron Mitchell, Alan Hale Jr., Staci Greason
Votes: 381
94. The Monster Walks (1932)
Passed | 57 min | Horror, Mystery
People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds
Votes: 1,089
95. Violentadores de Meninas Virgens (1983)
82 min | Crime
Director: Francisco Cavalcanti | Stars: Salvador Amaral, Francisco Cavalcanti, Suely Conti, Pinho Delmar
Votes: 109
96. The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher (1979)
R | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Hollywood Strangler ("Johnathan Click") kills young models... Skid Row Slasher kills winos ... What will happen when they meet?
Director: Ray Dennis Steckler | Stars: Pierre Agostino, Carolyn Brandt, Chuck Alford, Jim Parker
Votes: 556
97. Evil Come Evil Go (1972)
66 min | Horror
A religious fanatic murders people who are engaging in sex.
Director: Walt Davis | Stars: Cleo O'Hara, Sandra Henderson, Jane Tsentas, Rick Cassidy
Votes: 481
98. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Romance
It's time for hockey! There's no telling what will happen when the Winnipeg Maroons' own star player Guy becomes embroiled in the twisted lives of Meta, a vengeful Chinoise, and her ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Darcy Fehr, Melissa Dionisio, Amy Stewart, Tara Birtwhistle
Votes: 1,480 | Gross: $0.02M
99. The Baby Doll Murders (1993)
R | 90 min | Thriller
Someone is killing off young women in LA, leaving a baby doll with each of the bodies. Convinced a recently released criminal is responsible, the detective pushes hard on the ex-con, who ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Leder | Stars: Jeff Kober, John Saxon, Melanie Smith, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 157
100. Video Murders (1988 Video)
88 min | Thriller
David Lee Shepherd, who desperately wants work in the video business, is luring hookers into his hotel room so that he can videotape himself strangling them. The police conclude that a ... See full summary »
Director: Jim McCullough Sr. | Stars: Eric Brown, Virginia Loridans, John P. Fertitta, Frank Baggett
Votes: 91