Strictly Business (2023)

A dark and violent murder involving a couple and an estranged ex-boyfriend.

Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.

A man tries to enjoy a quiet movie night, but then he enters a world of confusion when an unexpected visitor knocks on his door.

A man is stalked by an ominous masked photographer.

A quick look to the creative mind of an artist...

Alex is a broke college student whose family is under constant financial strain due to his late mother's medical bills. So, when his friend tells him about a group of guys with a supply of ecstasy, Alex decides to steal it in hopes to sell it all in a huge one-time deal.

A young man finds himself alone in his hotel room with a full bottle of vodka when his repressed memories begin to resurface and take control.

After the death of her husband, a woman acquires a machine that will bring him back to life. But the machine operates on blood and her husband's resurrections are lasting for shorter and shorter periods of time.

Two murderous hillbillies underestimate the stabbing ability of a girl camping with friends at night.

After being phased out of his job, a dangerously unstable man’s life spirals out of control when the prescription pills he takes start to have a side effect: they allow him to see the parasitic beings that have long been puppeteering our world from the shadows.

A very wealthy, but lonely woman is stalked in her home by a violent serial killer.

The film is a series of images, shown in short takes (anywhere from a few frames to 30 seconds), of more or less fetishistic imagery (something Bouyxou was particularly fond of). After a credit and title sequence written on naked human flesh, the viewer sees the brilliant Molinier standing sanctimoniously in front of a screen. Soon he is joined by a woman, and he fondles her breasts while retaining his signature grin. Molinier seems to almost be the 'ringmaster' of the incidents, with almost every minute episode cutting back to him. His presence is one thing that makes this film remarkable; the same sort of aura that exists in Moliniers famous self-portraits and cut-ups is present here, on screen. (esotika.blogspot.com)

After being harassed by a couple of punks, a young woman picks up an old lady standing at the roadside in the rain.

Light years from home, floating aimlessly through space, Flight Engineer Matthew Spencer and his crew battle isolation and despair aboard a failing escape pod. While attempting to regain satellite contact with Earth, Spencer struggles to fight against not only his imminent demise, but the demons inside of him that are beginning to take hold of his sanity.

A girl looks down at her food to see what she's really eating.

A once in lifetime heist brings together four mismatched thieves whose personalities collide with each other. Set against the backdrop of the Australian outback, the thieves are forced into a series of unforgiving events.

A teenager goes to talk with his friend about a mysterious dream he had, only to realize that it may never have been a dream at all...

Nicky's whole world revolves around fitness, with the goal of getting bigger and stronger. By constantly monitoring his food consumption and weight, he seems to have his body and entire life under control. But when hidden childhood memories emerge, Nicky starts losing control and his body obsession sets off to an unhealthy direction.

CIA agent John Jessup lives a seemingly normal life in the busy capitol of Berlin. He is in one of CIA’s most important sleeper cells in Europe, but on his last mission in Italy, he made a terrible mistake, putting not only himself in danger, but also the very existence of the CIA in Europe. The past is now about to catch up with him…