Also known as 'Material Obsession', this made-for-T. V. Lifetime premiere drama about a young career woman who lives with her heavily overbearing mother manages to evoke hints of suspense without becoming too creepy or violent. Be warned though that the acting by the woman who plays the mother is not gonna win any Oscars.
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In the Shadows
(2001)
In The Shadows
6 August 2021
A New York City mob boss sends a convict as a hitman to Miami, FL. To kill a stunt coordinator who the mob boss blames for his son's accidental death during a filming sequence. The hitman however, ends up falling in love with the coordinator's daughter and therefore befriends her dad as well, which makes him question how far he should go with his intended mission. Meanwhile, another team of mobsters working for the same boss try to track down a stash of cash hidden by the daughter's ex-boyfriend (the stuntman who was killed). If this plot sounds rather complicated, that's because it is!
My Daughter's Secret Life
(2001 TV Movie)
Lucky Girl
6 August 2021
Suspense drama about a young innocent high school girl (though she still tends to be a rather smart-a$$ throughout the whole film) from a middle-class family, who causes friction for the rest of her family and classmates by developing an increasingly obsessive gambling habit, and eventually winds up in the clutches of a rather sadistic loan shark....not bad for a made-for-T. V., which was produced in Canada.
Grandview, U.S.A.
(1984)
Grandview USA
6 August 2021
Americana-style comedy-drama about a county commissioner who tries to run the local demolition derby out of business so he and his investors can build a country club on its property. The commissioner's son falls in love with the woman owner of the derby, thereby creating an obvious rift with his dad. The feature has gotten mixed reviews over the years, though it does have its entertaining moments.
Slayground
(1983)
Slayground
6 August 2021
Roughly based on one of Donald Westlake's crime novels, a businessman hires a hitman to track down and kill a trio of robbers responsible for killing his daughter in a hit-and-run accident during an escape from one of their heists. Stylized cinematography but short on plausibility, which is typical of these 1980s low-budgets.
The Osterman Weekend
(1983)
The Osterman Weekend
6 August 2021
A government agency suspects that a popular journalist's old college buddies are secretly working for the KGB and as such, together with cooperation of the journalist, the agency organizes a weekend-long 'reunion party' at his home so they can conduct surveillance on them to find out for sure. This film was well-known for being infamous director Sam Peckinpah's last.
Sky Riders
(1976)
Sky Riders
6 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A team of amateur mercenaries on hang-gliders travel to a remote abandoned monastery in a Greek mountain range to rescue a wealthy industrialist's family, who are being held for ransom by a band of radical political activists.
Poor Albert & Little Annie
(1972)
I Dismember Mama
6 August 2021
A young mental patient with a seemingly distrust for women in general and a rape fetish escapes his institution, plots revenge against his mother who he claims had him committed, and befriends one of his victim's daughters while on the run. Despite it's lurid title (a parody of 'I Remember Mama'), there's actually no graphic violence, though there's plenty of other violence and nudity. It's become somewhat of a cult classic over the years, though the sound and film quality is on the murky side. Some sources erroneously give the release date as 1974.
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