Category Archives: Mystery

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Release 2021

Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery

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Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Writers: Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger
Stars: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Dan Petronijevic
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10342730/

A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw.

Seance

Release 2021

Genre Horror, Mystery

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Director: Simon Barrett
Writer: Simon Barrett
Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Madisen Beaty, Inanna Sarkis, Ella-Rae Smith, Megan Best
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11188624/

Camille, a young woman who arrives at the Fairfield Academy following one of the student's untimely and violent death.

I Am All Girls

Release 2021

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Donovan Marsh
Writers: Wayne Fitzjohn, Marcell Greeff, Emile Leuvennink
Stars: Deon Lotz, Erica Wessels, Masasa Mbangeni, Israel Matseke-Zulu, Brendon Daniels
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9013182/

A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.

The Woman in the Window

Release 2021

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Tracy Letts, A.J. Finn
Stars: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6111574/

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

Initiation

Release 2020

Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery

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Director: John Berardo
Writers: John Berardo, Brian Frager, Lindsay LaVanchy
Stars: Froy Gutierrez, Lochlyn Munro, Yancy Butler, Jon Huertas, Gattlin Griffith
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7397098/

Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.

Things Heard & Seen

Release 2021

Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery

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Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Writers: Elizabeth Brundage, Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Stars: James Norton, Ana Sophia Heger, Amanda Seyfried, Charlotte Maier, Kristin Griffith
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10962368/

An artist relocates to the Hudson Valley and begins to suspect that her marriage has a sinister darkness, one that rivals her new home's history.

Held

Release 2020

Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing
Writers: Jill Awbrey
Stars: Jill Awbrey, Bart Johnson, Rez Kempton, Zack Gold, Jener Dasilva
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10713340/

A couple's ailing marriage is put to the test when they are held hostage in an isolated vacation rental by an unseen Voice that commands their every move.

The Dry

Release 2020

Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Robert Connolly
Writers: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Martin Dingle Wall, Keir O'Donnell, Bruce Spence
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

The Winter Lake

Release 2020

Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Phil Sheerin
Writers: David Turpin
Stars: Anson Boon, Charlie Murphy, Emma Mackey, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9778348/

When Holly's dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.

Dreamcatcher

Release 2021

Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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Director: Jacob Johnston
Writer: Jacob Johnston
Stars: Niki Koss, Travis Burns, Blaine Kern III
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9382172/

The film centers on two estranged sisters who, along with their friends, become entrenched in a 48 hour whirlwind of violence after a traumatic experience at an underground music festival.