Get Out
(2017) 104 Min.
Rated: R (Gore)
Country: USA
Director: Jordan Peele
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Kathrine Keener, Stephen Root
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Rating: ★★★★★
An African American man has growing hesitation when meeting his white girlfriend’s parents.
Suicide Club AKA Jisatsu Circle (自殺サークル)
(2001) 99 Min.
Rated: R (Gore)
Country: Japan
Director: Sion Sono (園 子温)
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
After a group of Japanese school girls kill themselves, a mysterious rash of suicides plague Japan.
God Told Me To
(1976) 91 Min.
Rated: R (Nudity)
Country: USA
Director: Larry Cohen
Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
After a rash of mass killings, a detective investigates the cause and finds that they are connected by one phrase: “God told me to”.
Cannibal Holocaust
(1980) 95 Min.
Rated: Unrated. (nudity, excessive gore, sex, rape, genuine cruelty to animals*)
Country: Italy
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Starring: Robert Kerman, Luca Barbareschi
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
One of the first “found footage” films and also one of the most controversial. Documentary filmmakers set off to explore and antagonize the jungle.
* Real animal deaths on screen: A coatimundi, a turtle, a tarantula, a snake, a monkey, a pig, fish.
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Martyrs
(2008) 99 Min.
Rated: R (Gore, torture, nudity)
Country: France / Canada
Director: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï
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Rating: ★★★☆☆
A girl who withstood torture tries to calm her demon by killing her torturers, but involves her girlfriend during her quest.
