Mystery Movies

Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special

2006

***Kyouko-san (Miss Kyouko) A young therapist at a hospital investigates when a spirit appears and kills people who say "Kyouko-san, Kyouko-san, please make me pretty" to the bathroom mirror. ***Buchou OL (Manager-OL) [office lady] An OL and her boss switch bodies. ***Kinou Kouen (Yesterday at the park) Domoto Koichi plays a man who loses his friend due to a freak accident. He then finds that through a time slip, he can return to the previous day and save his friend. ***Neko ga Ongaeshi (Cat Repays a Favor) Kashiwagi Emi (Uchiyama Rina) is unable to get over her grandmother's death. Her cat Kuro decides he will cure her loneliness. ***Kazoku Kaigi (Family Meeting) A family of three meet with a car accident, but strangely wake up in their home the next morning. They are then told that they have to sacrifice one of them so two may live.

El Silbido

2024

Laura and Mari are meeting with a medium in the candlelit living room of their new house. The woman asks them about the reason for their call and the girls put her in context. They then begin to explain to her the paranormal events they have experienced since moving into the house: they hear a hissing sound through electrical appliances, a sound they believe to be coming from a hostile and threatening spirit, as they have already suffered attacks from the entity. The woman listens to them attentively before conducting a séance to contact the spirits and find out what is happening in that place.
star 6

Twins in Crime

2023

Twins in Crime

2023

star 6
What do you do if you look like the girl in the nude photo? Exactly one year after the sudden death of her twin sister Sara, Ines's life is turned upside down again when she receives an email containing a nude photo of Sara. Sender: A blackmailer who plays the game hard. In one evening Ines will discover the dark secrets of her twin sister.
star 5.5

Assassin for Hire

1951

Assassin for Hire

1951

star 5.5
Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the expenses of Giuseppe's concert debut he accepts a further job, but his decision to do so provides Detective Inspector Carson, who has long hoped to ensnare Tony, with an opportunity that might now enable him to bring about his downfall.
star 5.3

Quand sort la recluse

2019

Quand sort la recluse

2019

star 5.3
After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears.
star 4

Beg

2010

Beg

2010

star 4
Jack Fox, a burnt out detective, is being forced into early retirement, as the worst serial killer since the Boston Strangler begins a killing spree through the streets of Salem. When detective Steve Ryan moves to town with his family, Jack is torn between a life of retirement and sanity or helping rookie detective Ryan in his quest to solve these killings that are haunting the people of Salem.

Shadowed

1946

Shadowed

1946

Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.

River Gang

1945

An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.

The Pigs

2005

The Pigs

2005

A group of middle-aged men want out of their marriages, so they hire an ex-mercenary to do the dirty work. Before long, everyone wants in on the action, and the wives of a sleepy coastal town find themselves on the endangered gender list.
star 4

Dreamkill

2023

Dreamkill

2023

star 4
The short follows a teenager as he starts to dream up horrific murders that tape themselves onto a VCR.
star 8

Byomkesh Gotro

2018

Byomkesh Gotro

2018

star 8
Convinced that his life is in jeopardy, Satyakam, the son of a business magnate hailing from Mussoorie, approaches Byomkesh with a plea for help. The legendary detective soon heads to Mussoorie, where he finds out that the youngsters worst fears have come true. Can Byomkesh unravel the mystery shrouding Satyakam's murder before it is too late?

Laughing at Danger

1940

Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon ran by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter. She had been shot just before she was to give Detective Dan Haggerty information about a blackmail gang. Since Mary Baker, Frankie's girl friend saw her last, she is suspected, and Frankie determines to clear her using his own sleuthing methods. He has hardy begun when Pierre, another member of the staff, and Florence's fiancée is found dead.
star 5.2

Half Sisters

2023

Half Sisters

2023

star 5.2
Two half-sisters who bitterly hate each other become trapped in a farmhouse during a storm, as a couple of murderous intruders terrorize them from outside as they look for their $1M inheritance check.
star 5.3

Tantiram

2023

Tantiram

2023

star 5.3
Balachandran avoids interaction with women, preferring to seek time alone due to a traumatic past with his mother. Everything changes when he meets the beautiful Alagini, who changes him into a jovial and loving person. However, wedded bliss doesn't last when a tricky supernatural entity enters Balachandran's life.
star 6.2

Double Deal

1950

Double Deal

1950

star 6.2
An oil engineer surrounded by foul play helps an heiress bring in a well.
star 5.7

Shadow Animals

2017

Shadow Animals

2017

star 5.7
A young girl follows her parents to a party where she experiences assorted grown-up rituals. As the evening progresses she finds the adults' behavior increasingly strange. Everyone tries to fit in, but not everyone succeeds.

Girls School Screamers

1986

star 5.6
Seven girls from the local Catholic school are chosen to go inventory the Wells estate. It sounds like a fun weekend until the girls hold a séance to try and contact Jennifer Wells, a 20-year-old who died mysteriously on the grounds in 1939. Their weekend gets even stranger when it is revealed one of the girls, Jackie, is a dead ringer for the deceased.
star 3.7

Silence of the Grave

1976

Silence of the Grave

1976

star 3.7
The film resembles a Ten Little Indians plot, with the crew of a Western film in post-production (who are staying as guests on an island retreat) cropping up as corpses one by one after the mysterious and inexplicable kidnapping of a child. The film plays up its traditional mystery angle, with each of the guests being as likely a suspect as the next, in scenes such as one in which all of the guests sit around in the parlor and cast dramatic, accusatory glances at one another.

Inspector Mom: Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps

2007

star 6
A woman goes undercover at a dance studio to save her best friend from a kidnapper.