7.8

Grindhouse

2007, USA

• Actors: Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Rebel Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, Bruce Willis, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt, Hung Nguyen, Cecilia Conti, Tommy Nix, Tom Savini, Carlos Gallardo, Skip Reissig, Electra Avellan, Elise Avellan, Michael Parks, Quentin Tarantino, Greg Kelly, Jerili Romeo, Troy Robinson, Derek Southers, Jason Douglas, Felix Sabates
• Genre: Action, Thriller
• Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. "Grindhouse" (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for "grinding out" non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. "Death Proof," is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while "Planet Terror" shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the '50s exploitation drive-in classics.

  6.0

Halloween

2006, USA

• Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Skyler Gisondo, Danny Trejo, Hanna Hall, Tom Towles, Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook, Steve Boyles, Brad Dourif, Richard Lynch, Clint Howard, Jenny Gregg Stewart, Lew Temple, Udo Kier, Adam Weisman, Sydnie Pitzer, Myla Pitzer, Stella Altman, Dee Wallace, Max Van Ville, Nick Mennell, Pat Skipper, Daryl Sabara
• Genre: Horror
• Director(s): Rob Zombie
• Available languages:
  • English English.

The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet... but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, a ten year old boy called Michael Myers brutally kills his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he escapes from the mental institution and makes his way back to his hometown intent on a murderous rampage pursued by Dr Sam Loomis who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows Michael's true evil. Elsewhere a shy teenager by the name of Laurie Strode is babysitting on the night Michael comes home... is it pure coincidence that she and her friends are being stalked by him?

  6.0

Miami Vice

2005, Germany, USA

• Actors: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux, Barry Shabaka Henley, Luis Tosar, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Domenick Lombardozzi, Eddie Marsan, Isaach De Bankolé, John Hawkes, Tom Towles, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Frankie J. Allison, Tony Curran, Stephan Jones, Rob Larson, Don Frye, Maxim Danilov, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Everlayn Borges, Juanita Billue, Patrick Michael Buckley, Marc Macaulay, Mike Pniewski, Vivienne Sendaydiego
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Michael Mann
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Ricardo Tubbs is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born Intel analyst Trudy, as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally, he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until - while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group - he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one - especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.

  6.8

The Devil's Rejects

2005, USA, Germany

• Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory, Leslie Easterbrook, Geoffrey Lewis, Priscilla Barnes, Dave Sheridan, Kate Norby, Lew Temple, Danny Trejo, Dallas Page, Brian Posehn, Elizabeth Daily, Tom Towles, Michael Berryman, P.J. Soles, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Ginger Lynn Allen, Jossara Jinaro, Chris Ellis, Mary Woronov, Daniel Roebuck, Duane Whitaker, Michael 'Red Bone' Alcott, Juanita Guzman, Sean Moran, Jordan Del Spina
• Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
• Director(s): Rob Zombie
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell.

  5.7

House of 1000 Corpses

2002, USA

• Actors: Chad Bannon, William Bassett, Karen Black, Erin Daniels, Joe Dobbs III, Judith Drake, Dennis Fimple, Gregg Gibbs, Walton Goggins, Sid Haig, Chris Hardwick, Ken Johnson, Jennifer Jostyn, Irwin Keyes, Matthew McGrory, Jake McKinnon, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Irvin Mosley Jr., Robert Allen Mukes, Walter Phelan, Michael J. Pollard, David Reynolds, Tom Towles, Rainn Wilson, Harrison Young, Samantha Larsen, Bob Pepper, Freddy Waff
• Genre: Horror
• Director(s): Rob Zombie
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In "House of 1000 Corpses", two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.

  5.2

Doctor Dolittle

1998, USA

• Actors: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff, Kristen Wilson, Jeffrey Tambor, Kyla Pratt, Raven-Symoné, Steven Gilborn, Erik Dellums, June Christopher, Cherie Franklin, Mark Adair-Rios, Don Calfa, Arnold F. Turner, Kay Yamamoto, Kellye Nakahara, Beth Grant, Yule Caise, Brian Kwan, L. Peter Callender, Charles Branklyn, Cliff McLaughlin, Richard Penn, John Lafayette, Raymond Matthew Mason, Dari Gerard Smith, Karl T. Wright, Stan Sellers
• Genre: Comedy, Family
• Director(s): Betty Thomas
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells "bonehead" and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: To communicate with animals. Unfortunately, the word of Dolittle's ability is spreading quickly. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. But his colleagues suspect he's going mad, and as the clinic Dolittle used to work for is about to being taken over for a huge amount of money, many decisions have to be made. Believe him? Put him into a mental institution? Sell the clinic? But also his family is close to breaking apart. Until a circus tiger falls seriously ill.

  6.9

Gridlock'd

1997, USA

• Actors: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Charles Fleischer, Howard Hesseman, James Pickens Jr., John Sayles, Eric Payne, Tom Towles, Tom Wright, James Shanta, Jim O'Malley, George Poulos, Debbie Zaricor, Mik Scriba, Lucy Liu, Richmond Arquette, Billie Neal, Debra Wilson, Rusty Schwimmer, Elizabeth Peña, Joey Dente, Darryl Jones, Jasen Govine, Tim Truby, Venessia Valentino, Ron Cummins, Brad Spencer, Rory J. Shoaf, Tracy Vilar
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
• Director(s): Vondie Curtis-Hall
• Available languages:
  • English English.

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

  5.5

The Prophecy II

1997, USA

• Actors: Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brittany Murphy, Eric Roberts, Glenn Danzig, Steve Hytner, Bruce Abbott, William Prael, Renee Victor, Elizabeth Dennehy, J.G. Hertzler, Nicki Micheaux, Tom Towles, Danny Strong, David Lea, Jenna Rose, Stephen Earnhart, Jake Eberle, James Krieg, Jim White, Ethan Embry, Donald Kavin, Stephen Ramsey, Gary Paul, Michael Jimenez, Gil Zuniga, Alma Collins, Leonard O. Turner, Guri Weinberg
• Genre: Horror, Thriller
• Director(s): Greg Spence
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Gabriel returns to Earth to prevent the birth of a child conceived by one of his kind (the Angel Daniel) and one of God's "monkeys" (a human woman - Valerie). The coming of this child has been prophecised by a monk, Thomas. When the Angel Daniel kills members of Gabriel's army of angels, Gabriel instead employs the assistance of a teenage girl (Izzy) who has just committed suicide. Gabriel keeps her alive to assist him in his war against Daniel and the other angels which climaxes in a battle in Eden.

  7.3

The Rock

1996, USA

• Actors: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, Vanessa Marcil, John C. McGinley, Gregory Sporleder, Tony Todd, Bokeem Woodbine, Jim Maniaci, Greg Collins, Brendan Kelly, Steve Harris, Danny Nucci, Claire Forlani, Celeste Weaver, Todd Louiso, David Bowe, Raquel Krelle, Dennis Chalker, Marshall R. Teague, Duffy Gaver, Steve Decker, Joseph Hawes, Mike Mahrer, Carlos Sandoval, Rick Toms
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
• Director(s): Michael Bay
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick Mason, who has been in prison for the past 30 years without a trial because he was accused of stealing the private files of J. Edgar Hoover. In 1962, John became the only inmate ever to escape from Alcatraz, and he stayed out of Alcatraz long enough to father a daughter named Jade Angelou. Despite his extreme hatred of the FBI, John agrees to help Stanley. When John and Stanley are sent into Alcatraz with a Navy SEAL team, General Hummel's men kill the entire SEAL team, leaving Stanley and John to work on their own to rescue the hostages.

  6.2

Mad Dog and Glory

1992, USA

• Actors: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Mike Starr, Tom Towles, Kathy Baker, Derek Annunciation, Doug Hara, Evan Lionel, Anthony Cannata, J.J. Johnston, Guy Van Swearingen, Jack Wallace, Richard Belzer, Clem Caserta, Fred Squillo, Chuck Parello, Anthony Fitzpatrick, Eric Young, Bruce Jarchow, Bob Rice, William King, Kevin Hurley, Richard Price, John Polce, Dick Sollenberger, Paula Killen, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., Suzy Brack
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): John McNaughton
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Wayne Dobie is a shy police photographer who saves the life of crime boss Frank Milo. Greatful, Milo insists on being Wayne's friend, offering him the companionship of "Glory", one of his employees. Wayne is thus in a difficult situation: he can't be seen to be fraternising with criminals, and he's unsure about how to deal with Glory.

  6.1

The Pit and the Pendulum

1991, USA

• Actors: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William J. Norris, Mark Margolis, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Barbara Bocci, Benito Stefanelli, Jeffrey Combs, Tom Towles, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller, Geoffrey Copleston, Larry Dolgin, Tunny Piras, Fabio Carfora, Frances Bay, Fabrizio Fontana, Oliver Reed
• Genre: Horror
• Director(s): Stuart Gordon
• Available languages:
  • English English.

It is the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Maria does not like what is going on during the "Auto De Fe". When she speaks out, she is arrested and accused of being a witch. Torquemada has plans for her! He orders her tortured, and her tongue to be cut out. Her husband attempts to free her...

  6.7

Night of the Living Dead

1989, USA

• Actors: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler, Katie Finneran, Bill Moseley, Heather Mazur, David W. Butler, Zachary Mott, Pat Reese, William Cameron, Pat Logan, Berle Ellis, Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille, Greg Funk, Tim Carrier, John Hamilton, Dyrk Ashton, Jordan Berlant, Albert Shellhammer, Jay McDowell, Walter Berry, Kendal Kraft, David Grace, Stacie Foster, Charles Crawley, Declan Baldwin, John D. Bert, Don Brockett
• Genre: Horror
• Director(s): Tom Savini
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In this remake of the original classic film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them for food.

  8.1

Dog Day Afternoon

1975, USA

• Actors: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Carol Kane, Beulah Garrick, Sandra Kazan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Amy Levitt, John Marriott, Estelle Omens, Gary Springer, Lance Henriksen, Judith Malina, Dominic Chianese, Marcia Haufrecht, Susan Peretz, Floyd Levine, Carmine Foresta, William Bogert, Ron Cummins, Jay Gerber, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Chu Chu Malave, Lionel Pina, Dick Anthony Williams, Frank Piazza
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director(s): Sidney Lumet
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was held siege by a gay bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Brooklyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety.