BUTCHER BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981)

 

Directed By: William Asher  Written By: Stephen Breimer, Alan Jay Glueckman & Boon Collins  Cinematography: Robbie Greenberg  Editor: Ted Nicolaou 

Cast: Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrell, Bo Svenson, Julia Duffy, Bill Paxton, Britt Leach, Steve Eastin

Since the death of his parents fourteen years ago, Billy Lynch has been raised by his overprotective aunt Cheryl. But once he turns seventeen, he is soon set on planning his life...without her. He's planning on going on to college and is dating local girl Julie. None of which sits well for his aunt, who's lost everyone else in her life and now with her nephew ready to leave, ensures she starts on a campaign to keep him with her...forever. But as her plans misfire she becomes swept up in a cycle of psychosis and frenzied violence all being blamed on Billy by everyone else...including a homophobic detective, whose anti-gay prejudice is steadily reaching its zenith...leading to an unforeseeable outcome.

THE NAME OF THE GAME IS... KILL (1968)

 

Directed By: Gunnar Hellstron  Written By: Gary Crutcher  Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond Editor: Lou Lombardo

Cast: Jack Lord, Susan Strasberg, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Tisha Sterling, T.C. Jones, Mort Mills, Marc Desmond 

A desert family offers a traveling stranger its hospitality, but the stranger doesn't realize exactly what they have in store for him.

FATALE (2020)

 

Directed By: Deon Taylor  Written By: David Loughery  Cinematography: Dante Spinotti  Editor: Eric L. Beason & Peck Prior 

Cast: Hillary Swank, Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, Damaris Lewis, Tyrin Turner, Danny Pino, Geoffrey Owens, David Holpin, Sam Daly 

After a one-night stand, a successful married man finds himself entangled in a cunning police detective's latest investigation.

THE HOT SPOT (1990)

 Directed By: Dennis Hopper Written By: Nona Tyson & Charles Williams  Based on The book “ HELL HATH NO FURY” by: Charles Williams  Cinematography: Ueli Steiger  Editor: Wende Phifer Mate

Cast: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connolly, Willam Sadler, Barry Corbin, Charles Martin Smith, Leon Rippy, Jack Nance, Jerry Hardin, Virgil Frye 

Upon arriving at a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities - and the local women - after he robs a bank.

ALPHABET CITY (1984)

 

Directed By: Amos Poe Written By: Amos Poe & Gregory K. Heller Story By: Gregory K. Heller Cinematography: Oliver Wood  Editor: Grahame Weinbran 

Cast: Vincent Spano, Kate Vernon, Michael Winslow, Jami Gertz, Clifton Powell, Ray Serra, Daniel Jordano, Zohra Lempert, Tom Mardirosian, Tom Wright 

A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.

GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE (2021)

 

Directed By: Navot Papushado  Written By: Navot Papushado & Ehud Lavski Cinematography: Michael Seresin Editor: Nicolas De Toth

Cast: Karen Gillian, Lena Headey, Paul Giamatti, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Ralph Ineson, Michael Smiley, Adam Negaitis 

Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)

 

Written & Directed: Emerald Fennell  Cinematography: Benjamin Kracun  Editor: Frederic Thoraval 

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Adam Brody, Sam Richardson, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverene Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon, Loren Paul, Christopher Lowell, Steve Monroe

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.