Synopsis
Mild mannered Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) arrives for an interview at the luxurious Overlook Hotel in Colorado. General manager Mr. Ullman (Barry Nelson) explains his duties as caretaker will be to maintain the hotel when it shuts down for six months during the winter. Jack maintains that the isolation will give him […]
Entries Tagged as 'Psycho killer'
The Shining (1980)
September 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Father/son relationship · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy
Play Misty For Me (1971)
August 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Synopsis
Disc jockey Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) opens his show at jazz station KRML in Carmel by promising “a little verse, a little talk, and five hours of music to be very, very nice to each other by.” A regular female caller phones in and purrs, “Play ‘Misty’ for me.” Winding down at […]
Tags: Cult favorite · Femme fatale · Music · Psycho killer · Small town · Woman in jeopardy
Dressed to Kill (1980)
July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Synopsis
Resorting to a fantasy in which a stranger accosts her in the shower, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) gets through a thoroughly unsatisfying round of sex with her husband. Revealing this to her psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), she’s advised to think about where her anger is going and […]
Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Murder mystery · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Psychoanalysis · Rated X · Train · Woman in jeopardy
Dead Calm (1989)
June 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Synopsis
Following a tragic automobile accident, Royal Australian Navy captain John Ingram (Sam Neill) and his wife Rae (Nicole Kidman) isolate themselves aboard a yacht, the Saracen. Rae doubts she can get rid of the terrors in her head, […]
Tags: Based on novel · Psycho killer · Train · Woman in jeopardy









