Torture Chamber
"torture chamber" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Pit and the Pendulum
Synopsis:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Barbara Steele,
Luana Anders
#2
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Synopsis:
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously b…
Starring:
Michel Simon,
Maria Falconetti,
Eugène Silvain
#3
The Dead Zone
Synopsis:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Nicholas Campbell,
Christopher Walken
#4
The Cell
Synopsis:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez,
Vincent D'Onofrio,
Vince Vaughn
Plot:
serial killer,
race against time,
coma,
subconscious,
virtual reality,
intestines,
sadomasochism,
gore,
masochism,
horse
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#5
Häxan
Synopsis:
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
Starring:
Benjamin Christensen,
Ella La Cour,
Emmy Schønfeld
Plot:
witchcraft,
witch trial,
devil worship,
witch,
middle ages,
hysteria,
devil,
torture chamber,
torture,
torture device
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#6
Maleficarum
Synopsis:
Maria Francisca, a wealthy young heiress and her friend Mariana De Castro, a young protestant widow, are accused of witchcraft and taken before the Inquisition of Lima, Peru .
Starring:
Amy Hesketh,
Mila Joya,
Roberto Lopez
#7
The Call
Synopsis:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the…
Starring:
Morris Chestnut,
Michael Imperioli,
Michael Eklund
#8
The Cabin in the Woods
Synopsis:
Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Starring:
Brian J. White,
Chris Hemsworth,
Sigourney Weaver
#9
The Amityville Horror
Synopsis:
This hair-raising remake of the 1979 horror hit depicts the ordeal of the Lutz clan, whose new home has a gory past and a legacy of demons. Before long, the family patriarch is plagued by nightmares and his daughter is seeing phantoms.
Starring:
Chloë Grace Moretz,
Ryan Reynolds,
Rachel Nichols
Plot:
murder,
basement,
haunted house,
priest,
paranoia,
wood chopping,
axe,
supernatural horror,
supernatural power,
accidental killing
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#10
Sleepy Hollow
Synopsis:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. Locals believe the culprit to be none other than the legendary Headless Horseman.
Starring:
Jeffrey Jones,
Christina Ricci,
Johnny Depp
Plot:
headless horseman,
investigation,
sword,
legend,
beheading,
murder,
gothic horror,
tree,
based on legend,
horseback riding
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#11
Shutter Island
Synopsis:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Jackie Earle Haley,
Ben Kingsley
Plot:
surprise ending,
neo noir,
mental asylum,
cave,
memory,
filicide,
plot twist,
psycho thriller,
delusion,
containment
...
#12
Red Sparrow
Synopsis:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abiliti…
Starring:
Plot:
seduction,
spy,
female nudity,
secret agent,
sex scene,
torture,
femme fatale,
assassin,
secret mission,
intelligence agency
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#13
Prisoners
Synopsis:
Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but …
Starring:
Wayne Duvall,
Maria Bello,
Viola Davis
Plot:
child abduction,
police,
vigilante justice,
child kidnapping,
whistle,
torture,
dog,
revenge,
sex offender,
detective
...
#14
Polar
Synopsis:
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
Starring:
Matt Lucas,
Ruby O. Fee,
Vanessa Hudgens
#15
Hostel: Part II
Synopsis:
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
Starring:
Lauren German,
Richard Burgi,
Roger Bart
Plot:
breasts,
sadism,
torture,
erect nipples,
tied feet,
sadistic horror,
severed penis,
dog,
castration,
eaten alive
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#16
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Synopsis:
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a …
Starring:
Ryan Reynolds,
Morgan Freeman,
Samuel L. Jackson
Plot:
sequel,
buddy comedy,
wisecrack humor,
marriage,
hitman,
bodyguard,
italy,
billionaire,
interpol,
interpol agent
...
#17
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Synopsis:
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
Starring:
Sienna Miller,
Channing Tatum,
Christopher Eccleston
#18
Bordello of Blood
Synopsis:
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.
Starring:
Dennis Miller,
Erika Eleniak,
Angie Everhart
Plot:
female frontal nudity,
vampire,
gore,
bar,
black comedy,
prostitute,
hospital,
seduction,
cameo appearance,
violence
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