Total Therapy (1997)
Género : Suspense, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 2H 5M
Director : Christian Frosch
Sinopsis
Nine persons sign up for a self-awareness course at an isolated country estate. Dr. Romero, a charismatic therapist, and his assistants confront the patients with their problems. Cut off from the rest of the world, the participants are increasingly drawn into the therapy's spell.
Kathryn y Sebastian son dos hermanastros que viven Manhattan, estudiantes de bachillerato en un elitista instituto de Nueva York. Cada uno es más manipulador y más perverso que el otro, así que harán una singular apuesta. Sebastian debe cortejar a una chica virgen que ha encandilado al novio de Kathryn. Si Sebastian pierde, Kathryn se quedará con su Jaguar, pero si gana... la tendrá a ella.
Thriller sobrenatural ambientado en Alaska en el que una mujer investiga una serie de misteriosas desapariciones ocurridas en el lugar durante los últimos 40 años. A finales del año 2000, los pacientes de la terapeuta Abbey Tyler, bajo hipnosis, reflejaron comportamientos que sugerían encuentros con seres no humanos. Antes de dormir, todos ellos aseguraban haber visto un búho que les observaba desde fuera de la ventana. Y despertaban completamente paralizados, escuchando ruidos terroríficos que provenían de fuera de la habitación. Los recuerdos posteriores se sumían en la oscuridad. La doctora prosiguió con sus investigaciones, descubriendo que la desaparición de personas y sucesos extraños en la región se remontaba a los años 60.
A primera vista, Tim es un veinteañero normal y corriente. Tiene un trabajo aceptable y avanza con rapidez en su relación con su novia Jessica. Pero un miedo intenso que le ha estado atemorizando desde su niñez, lo atormenta. Y aumenta día a día... Cuando Tim tenía ocho años ocurrió algo tremendo. Todas las noches, su padre le contaba un cuento al acostarlo. Muchas de aquellas historias estaban al borde del terror, para disgusto de su madre, pero Tim y su padre se aseguraban de que el dormitorio estuviera seguro antes de apagar la luz. Hasta aquella fatídica noche. Mientras Tim observaba desde la cama, paralizado por el miedo, su padre fue violentamente absorbido por el armario y ya nunca más volvieron a verlo ni a saber de él...
Cinco veinteañeros de Los Ángeles viven en los márgenes de la industria del cine. Christian, un auténtico hijo de papá, pone el dinero para rodar una película de terror de bajo presupuesto en la cual la productora es su asistente Gina y el actor protagonista es el novio de esta última, Ryan. Christian vive con Tara, una exmodelo que tiene una relación con Ryan. Christian, entretanto, se está beneficiando a Cynthia, quien a su vez hizo lo propio con Ryan. Las complicaciones no se harán esperar…
El terror invade un remoto psiquiátrico cuando Laura, atormentada por su miedo a "El hombre del saco", se convierte en una de los muchos pacientes prisioneros de sus propias fobias. Pero lo que parece ser un refugio tranquilo, pronto se convierte en el asilo de los condenados cuando "El hombre del saco" vuelve, atrapándolos a todos dentro y comenzando su cacería de nuevas víctimas...
Harto de perseguir asesinos en serie, el agente del FBI Joel Campbell decide retirarse: pide la baja voluntaria y se traslada a vivir a Chicago. Cuando un año más tarde, una mujer aparece asesinada en su edificio, Campbell reconoce el estilo de David Allen Griffin, un peligroso psicópata al que persiguió durante cinco años. Ahora parece que quiere ponerlo a prueba, enviándole pistas sobre sus próximas víctimas. Campbell no tendrá más remedio que encontrarlas antes que el asesino si quiere salvarles la vida. (FILMAFFINITY)
Un fotógrafo de una revista masculina se siente perturbado por un sueño recurrente en el que mata a sus modelos. Descubre, después, que la ciudad está aterrorizada por un asesino en serie de jóvenes muchachas. Empieza a pensar que él mismo puede ser el asesino.
Álex es una chica segura de sí misma, con una fuerte personalidad y gran tenacidad. Está muy unida a su mejor amigo Abraham, a quien brinda constante ayuda y apoyo, ya que Abraham es un chico tímido, retraído e inseguro, principalmente debido a la compleja relación con sus padres. Pero todo cambia cuando Daniel, el padre de Abraham, muere en un extraño accidente, cuya causa no está clara. A partir de este momento, Álex caerá en un viaje alucinatorio que la llevará a un descenso al infierno, donde la línea entre la realidad y la pesadilla se volverá borrosa hasta el punto en el que Álex comenzará a cuestionar los fundamentos de su propia existencia.
Alex, Fedja, Timo and Lara are four troubled teens for whom the upcoming Christmas eve isn't a time of peace and joy: Since they all have a history of escalating family conflicts, they'll be spending the holidays not at home, but in a psychiatric ward. The utterly different adolescents not only have to adjust to one another, but also have to confront themselves in exhausting therapy sessions. Yet thanks to the unorthodox psychiatrist Dr. Wolf, the sessions take a turn for the unexpected - and the four experience a Christmas which they will never forget.
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A comedy centered on a sexually adventurous young woman who is trying to be the perfect wife, mother, and lover.
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A member of a therapy group is found dead. A prosecutor and a police officer try to solve the mystery of his death.
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A worker drone, David Blunt undergoes psychotherapy sessions and through this comes to face the meaning of his own existence. His life is allegorically represented and visually juxtaposed to that of a worker bee (a 'drone'), dealing with issues of existentialism and individualism in a modern neo-liberalist society. An M&B Arts Productions film.
As part of his final psychotherapy treatment, a mental patient is allowed to return to the basement of his deserted childhood home, so he can finally face his fears involving the death of his younger brother.
A sexually confused zombie seeks therapy and adventures through West Hollywood.
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This compelling film represents a rare record of an original genius. In Jung on Film, the pioneering psychologist tells us about his collaboration with Sigmund Freud, about the insights he gained from listening to his patients' dreams, and about the fascinating turns his own life has taken. Dr. Richard I. Evans, a Presidential Medal of Freedom nominee, interviews Jung, giving us a unique understanding of Jung's many complex theories, while depicting Jung as a sensitive and highly personable human being.
Little Maurice Dumont lives with his mother in a village in the mountains. His twin brother Jacques died at birth. But Maurice told that he could speak with Jacques. The doctor, Dr. Prevost and her husband, who teaches at the local school, are of the opinion that his mother's strict upbringing is not good for Maurice. One day, they discover strange injuries on him. At the same time some women of the village plan to use Maurice's ability to communicate with the dead to contact their dead relatives. But this is not a good idea ...
Grace es una mujer invidente que hereda varias deudas de su padre. Con esta situación decide alquilar parte de su casa pero entra vivir Ward, un ser despreciable que le hace la vida imposible con sus juergas nocturnas. (FILMAFFINITY)
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When a group of hikers take off for a weekend of fun and adventure in remote mountain region, they unwittingly stumble across the Staunton family - for whom the hill is named - and find themselves at the mercy of a depraved, diabolical brood that will stop at nothing to rid their property of these "trespassers." The only law on Staunton's Hill is the law of the Stauntons...and, in this case, the penalty for defying that law is death.
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A crew of young, small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a shipping container of Chinese silk for a Rasta gang, they also come away with two and a half kilos of heroin belonging to the Latvian mafia. A friend of theirs, Jens (Kim Bodnia), a plainclothes cop, tries to mediate, but instead all barrels are turned on him. The Latvians and the Chinese want him. Jamaican dope growers, ice-cold Serbian heroin dealers and Polish human smugglers are gunning for him. And to top it all off, he also has to dodge his fellow officers, backed by the scuba corps and elite-forces soldiers, to save his young friends.
The three young immigrant boys Wasim, Riaz and Munawar are growing up in the east end of Oslo, Norway. They find school extremely boring and become attracted to the hard boiled gang East Side Crew, which is run by the brothers Sadiq and Khalid. Petty theft soon develops into drug dealing, violence and murder.
A woman unable to conceive a child with her husband, despite years of trying, makes the drunken mistake of sleeping with a young stranger. The stranger then goes to terrifying lengths to prove his paternity.
Back in the early 1970s, at a mental institution near the Russian border, a crazed doctor, Dr. Anderson assumed the persona of "the Auteur," and began murdering his patients while filming the atrocities. Thirty years later, an American film crew has arrived at the hospital to shoot a horror film based on those awful events. The director, Steven, is determined to make the film as realistic as possible, a goal that doesn't seem too far-fetched when his Finnish sound men discover a hidden room in the hospital basement. There, perfectly preserved, are the original snuff films shot by "the Auteur". As Steven's obsession grows, his cast and crew begin to fear for his sanity. But this is only the beginning, because when Steven discovers actual camera used by "the Auteur", he assumes the role of the murderous doctor and the real slaughter begins.
Un soldado regresa a casa de la guerra de Irak solo para ser perseguido por visiones de los muertos.
Un asesino se convierte en el blanco cuando se niega a matar a una famosa cantante, al descubrir que su hermano es el guardaespaldas de la artista.
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El agente del departamento especial "Piraña" Kirill Mazur y su colega Olga van al norte con la misión de liquidar un laboratorio de armas secretas submarinas bajo la apariencia de unas vacaciones. De repente, se encuentran en el mundo donde las leyes de la civilización se olvidan, y las mortales armas son guardadas por unos gángsters que son controlados por un nuevo "maestro de la taiga": Prohor, cuyo tiempo libre se dedica a la caza de humanos.
Un médico estadounidense, que se encuentra en Chechenia por motivos laborales, es testigo de un asalto y ayuda a la joven víctima, una misteriosa mujer, a huir. Desde ese momento, su vida está en peligro y deberá buscarse la vida para sobrevivir en un país en el que no puede acudir a nadie en busca de su ayuda.
La historia nos presenta a un mundo devastado por una pandemia causada por un virus que convierte a los humanos en criaturas primitivas y sedientas de sangre. Ahí, Marco y Sonia inician una travesía por encontrar una base secreta para escapar de estos “mutantes”, pero no logran escapar del todo ilesos ya que Marco es infectado. Poco a poco, él comienza a sufrir los mismos cambios, mientras Sonia, que está embarazada, debe batallar a su peor enemigo, el hombre que ama.
Roshan, an NRI, arrives in Old Delhi with his ailing grandmother and starts to rediscover himself before getting caught in a religious dispute that shakes the once peaceful neighborhood.