Movies - Part II
Here is another list of all the movies that I feel are
very graphic and disturbing in their own way. These movies are very suspenseful and original for this type of genre.
All of the movies listed below are once again my own personal favourites, that have some sort of realism to them. I strongly
suggest you go out and see these movies if you have not already.
Top 10 Best Suspense/Thrillers:
10) The Devil's Rejects
Synopsis: Ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff
Wydell and a squad of armed men, the Firefly family wakes up one morning with guns blazing--yet only Otis and his sister,
Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed. Hiding out in a backwater motel, the wanted siblings wait to rendezvous
with their errant father, Captain Spaulding, killing whoever happens to stand in their way. But as the body count mounts higher,
Sheriff Wydell decides to take the law into his own hands.
Starring: Sid Haig,
Sheri Moon & Bill Moseley
Released: 2005
9) From Hell
Synopsis: Based upon the legendary serial killer
"Jack The Ripper", inspector Frederick Abberline investigates the mysterious murders of prostitutes within the Whitechapel
district of London. Also an adaption of the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore.
Starring: Johnny Depp & Heather Graham
Released: 2001
8) Taking Lives (Director's Cut)
Synopsis: When detectives handling a local homicide
investigation ask for an outsider’s help to get inside the head of a serial killer, top FBI profiler Illeana
Scott joins the case. She theorizes that the chameleon-like killer is "life-jacking", assuming the lives and identities
of his victims. Alone, with no one she can trust, Agent Scott finds herself on a twisted and
terrifying journey.
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Olivier
Martinez & Kiefer Sutherland
Released: 2004
7) Saw Series
Synopsis: A young man named Adam wakes to find
himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another
bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon. Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither
man knows why he has been abducted, but instructions left on a microcassette order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours.
If he fails to do so, then both men will die; Dr. Gordon’s wife, Alison, and his daughter will also be killed.
Starring: Cary Elwes,
Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover & Dina Meyer
Released: 2004
6) The Bone Collector
Synopsis: Lincoln Rhyme is a successful police
officer and author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except
for his index finger). Amelia Donaghy is a troubled cop who finds herself caught up in the investigation of a brutal
serial killer. With the help of the bed-ridden Rhyme, she enters a dangerous world that threatens to add her to the killer's
list.
Starring: Denzel Washington & Angelina Jolie
Released: 1999
5) Frailty
Synopsis: The story follows an FBI investigation
in present day. Fenton Meiks approaches an FBI investigator, claiming he knows the identity of a serial killer who calls himself
"God's Hands." Fenton reveals that the killer is his younger brother Adam. It all changed, the day his father awoke,
believing he had been visited by an angel and given a mission to destroy "demons" - seemingly normal looking people, who walked
this earth as pure evil.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey & Bill Paxton
Released: 2002
4) Resurrection
Synopsis: Christopher Lambert bring you this extremely
grisly serial killer yarn with a story by Lambert himself. When victims keep turning up with severed body parts, the New Orleans
police department suspects that there might be a connection between the murders. Can the detective who is on the case catch
the killer before he strikes again?
Starring: Christopher Lambert
Released: 1999
3) Seven
Synopsis: Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath,
pride, and lust, these are the seven deadly sins that are being punished with unimaginable cruelty and calculation by an enigmatic
killer. The film follows Somerset, a retiring police detective, as he experiences his final week on the job, reluctantly working
with assertive newcomer Mills. Somerset and Mills search to find the mysterious John Doe, who is responsible for these
methodical murders.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgn Freeman & Gwyneth
Paltrow
Released: 1995
2) Natural Born Killers (Director's Cut)
Synopsis: Mickey Knox and girlfriend-wife
Mallory Wilson commencing with the dual murder of Mallory's sexually abusive father and grossly negligent mother, the couple
take off on a three-week killing spree across the country, telling everyone who they are so that they get the credit for their
crimes. By the time they're finally arrested, they've become such huge media stars that the cops treat them more like celebrities
than criminals.
Starring: Woody Harrelson & Juliette
Lewis
Released: 1994
1) The Hannibal Lecter Series
Manhunter
Synopsis: Retired FBI
agent Will Graham returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind.
The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal Lecter took a tremendous psychic toll on Graham. With another
madman on the loose, Graham has no choice but to return to duty, though he knows that it might cost him his family and his
sanity.
Starring: William Petersen & Brian Cox
Released: 1986
Silence of the Lambs
Synopsis: An ambitious FBI agent, Clarice Starling enlists
the aid of a criminally insane ex-psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter to help track down a vicious serial killer, Buffalo Bill.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins
& Jodie Foster
Released: 1991
Hannibal
Synopsis: Set in Florence, Italy, a decade after
the events in which psychopath Hannibal Lecter was interviewed by FBI agent Clarice Starling while in the custody of
a maximum-security prison. Then he escaped. The deranged Lecter now free as a bird in Italy, and Starling still on his
trail. A terrifyingly horrific story based on the novel by Thomas Harris, the film takes viewers on a sickening journey through
Lecter's violent, cannibalistic mind.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore &
Ray Liotta
Released: 2001
Red Dragon
Synopsis: In this prequel to "The Silence of the
Lambs," the story of former FBI agent Will Graham, who was nearly killed by Hannibal Lecter, is told, and it includes the
initial capture of "The Cannibal." This is a some-what remake or redue of the orginal movie, Manhunter.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton &
Ralph Fiennes
Released: 2002
Honourable Mentions:
- Hostel
- Cry Wolf
- Suspect Zero
- Copycat
- In Dreams
- Psycho
- Cold Creek Manor
Worth A Look:
- Wolf Creek
- High Tension
- Mindhunters
- The Machinist
- Kalifornia
- Identity
- Kiss the Girls
- The Glass House
Movies - Part III
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