The kind of film that makes you cancel tomorrow.
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
Compulsive watching isn't an accident. These films are engineered to make stopping feel wrong.
Tension and unresolved dread make stopping almost impossible.
Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
The end of each scene makes the next one feel necessary. That's the mechanism.
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Once it has you, it keeps you. Plan accordingly.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.