ART DARK

pessimistic... unsettling... harsh...

American Psycho (Unrated Version) (DVD) • 2000
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Brett Easton Ellis' infamous 1991 novel is turned into a darkly humorous horror show that slyly skewers 1980s values. Director Mary Harron ("I Shot Andy Warhol") casts Christian Bale as the slick, sick Wall Street player who doubles as seri... (See full description)

Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf (DVD) • 2001
Panik House DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
 DVD $16.98 SALE $8.49
BANNED FOR TWO YEARS! LEGENDARY DIRECTOR TERUO ISHII’S FINAL DISTURBING MASTERPIECE! "When prolific Japanese Cult Director Teruo Ishii passed away in 2005, BLIND BEAST VS. KILER DWARF (Môjû tai Issunbôshi) became his epitaph. This film st... (See full description)

Bully (Unrated Version) (DVD) • 2001
Trimark DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Directed by Larry Clark. There is no point watching this film except in this unrated form. The R-rated edit just doesn't pack the same punch. Clark seems to be the real deal. KIDS was powerful, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE was superb, and BULL... (See full description)

Extremities (DVD) • 1986
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Harrowing Farrah Fawcett rape-revenge flick. Farrah Fawcett repeats her hit stage role in this gripping drama about a woman who captures a would-be rapist, then must decide with her roommates whether to turn him over to the police and tru... (See full description)

Fail Safe (Special Edition DVD) • 1964
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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A tale of two movies: FAIL SAFE and DR. STRANGELOVE, both released in 1964, are about an un-ordered American bomber strike on the USSR. The two films are so similar, even in small plot details, that both projects could have started from the... (See full description)

Flavia The Heretic (DVD) • 1974
Synapse DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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This semi-feminist Euro-trash historical film is notorious for tasteless gore but is a fairly interesting and serious attempt at telling this true story. "The controversial Euro-cult classic finally comes to DVD in this exciting re-master... (See full description)

Hardcore (DVD) • 1979
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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"Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!" That famous sound bite is, of course, devoutly religious father Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) hollering at a man projecting a porn loop starring his daughter. Writer and director Schrader revisited themes from ... (See full description)

Hitcher, The (DVD) • 1986
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Directed by Robert Harmon. Effective horror thriller. A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and relentless serial killer who eventually frames the driver for a string of murders. Rutger Hauer... (See full description)

Honeymoon Killers, The - Criterion Collection (DVD) • 1970
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Highly recommended! A great film, IMO, andthe apogee of crime exploitation films. Sleazy, creepy and eerily realistic luminous B&W film based upon the true story of American serial killers pretty-boy Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) and ... (See full description)

I Spit On Your Grave (DVD) • 1978
Day of the Woman; aka I Hate Your Guts; Rape and Revenge of Jennifer Hill
Elite Entertainment DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Directed by Meir Zarchi. This haunting, disturbing movie with (primitive) feminist overtones is one of the finest exploitation films ever made. "This woman has just cut, chopped, broken and burned five men beyond recognition... but no jur... (See full description)

Irreversible (DVD) • 2002
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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When debuted at the Cannes film festival people walked out in outrage, and I can see their point. Other people think it's a great film, and I can see their point too. It's a violent film in every way; violent in content and violently made, ... (See full description)

Manhunter (DVD) • 1986
Anchor Bay DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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First and best film version of Thomas Harris' book RED DRAGON, the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter. (The second filming, RED DRAGON is a bit more faithful to the book but an inferior movie.) Michael Mann is an under-rated guy because ... (See full description)

Sadist, The (Arch Hall Jr) (DVD-R) • 1963
DVDR / All Regions / Mastered from film
 
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Directed by JAMES LANDIS with ARCH HALL JR, HELEN HOVEY, MARILYN MANNING *Recommended* A truly wonderful film by any measure. Belongs alongside other sick early 1960s B&W thrillers like LADY IN A CAGE, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? And TH... (See full description)

Spider (DVD) • 2002
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
 
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Cronenberg's most impressive movie in YEARS. Really good. "A brilliant and powerful psychological thriller about a deeply disturbed boy, Spider, who ‘sees’ his father brutally murder his mother and replace her with a pr... (See full description)