Joe Pingue
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Canadian born character actor known for Book of Eli, Pacific Rim, Room, Blindness, Anon, Pompeii, The Glass Castle and The Boondock Saints.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: January 01, 1976
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Gender: Male
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The Book of Eli
Overview: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-14
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Repo Men
Overview: In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-18
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Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Overview: A New York City oil company troubleshooter is brought to a remote B.C. lake to look for some lost machinery. Cancelling a trip to Disney World with his son, he decides to bring the boy along. They both end up experiencing more excitement than Mickey could ever conjure in Orlando, when they meet up with bad guys and a legendary creature
Genres: Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-14
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See for Me
Overview: When blind former Olympic skier Sophie Scott cat-sits in a secluded mansion, she gets caught in the crossfire of a home invasion scheme. She must rely on a sighted Army veteran via the See for Me app to help her survive the night.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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The Rats
Overview: A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-17
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Suck
Overview: The film follows a petty rock band called the Winners, consisting of vocalist Joey Winner, bassist Jennifer, guitarist Tyler, drummer Sam, and French-Canadian roadie Hugo, along with their sleazy manager Jeff, as they tour across Canada and the USA after Jennifer is turned into a vampire by Queeny. Meanwhile, a vampire hunter who is afraid of the dark named Eddie Van Helsing quickly chases them down.
Genres: Comedy Horror Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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The Big Heist
Overview: Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film: "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" from 1991.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-10
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Drive Time Murders
Overview: A Chicago attorney and his gossip columnist host a popular morning radio show. Their search to locate a mysterious woman leads them to the Chicago Art Museum, a network of thieves and a rich family.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Gotti
Overview: John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-17
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A Cure For Terminal Loneliness
Overview: An urban fairy tale about a man who discovers he may be afflicted with a new epidemic that’s a threat to the public.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-07
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Antiviral
Overview: Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-19
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An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman
Overview: William Bowman is a small town boy with small town dreams. And like any average teenager, when approached with the subject of his future, Bowman would often retreat into the safe recesses of his mind. When a concussion seemingly sends William to an uncertain future, what follows is a series of hilarious capers from William’s status as an average teenager to a nationwide media phenomenon. Is William a product of bad luck? Good luck? Or is his future subject to miracles and unlikely circumstances?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-01
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Still Mine
Overview: Craig, a fiercely determined New Brunswick farmer, sets out to build a more suitable house for his ailing wife, Irene, despite their children's concerns. As he starts building, he is blindsided by the bureaucratic codes and officials. As Irene becomes increasingly ill, Craig fights back. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-10
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The Nut Job
Overview: Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-17
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Bait
Overview: Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-15
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Pompeii
Overview: In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
Genres: Action Adventure History Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-18
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The Art of the Steal
Overview: Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-20
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The Don's Analyst
Overview: Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead in a minute. So he decides to go legit, which convinces everyone that he must be completely off the deep end. To preserve their cushy lives, his dysfuntional family conspires to get him some psycho-therepy. So his boys kidnap a "piasan" shrink and order him to "fix" their father. This film, which premired on Showtime, pre-dated the very similarly plotted "Analyze This" by over a year.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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The Switch
Overview: A sniper returns home from Afghanistan to his small Northern Ontario town. Confronted with the mundane reality of everyday life he longs for the release provided by shooting. Slowly his need for regimented military discipline takes over leading to violent confrontation.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-11-09
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Blindness
Overview: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-14
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Maps to the Stars
Overview: Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-21
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One Christmas Eve
Overview: A series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-30
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Hidden in America
Overview: Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will survive. After hitting brick wall after brick wall comes a glimmer of hope.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-01
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The Burning Season
Overview: Alena and her husband spend a summer up at Luna Lake Resort. JB runs the place. He and Alena begin a dangerous and passionate secret affair. Summers only. That's the rule. Until they break it. A sexy and tragic love story - told backwards.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-10
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Harvard Man
Overview: College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Guilty Hearts
Overview: Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. Someone kills Carrow's wife after she learns of the affair between Jenny and her husband. The murderer is caught and confesses, but that confession leads to new lies which tear apart Jenny Moran's life.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-10
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Balls Up
Overview: Jenny, a clever script assistant, lives with Geoff, recently returned to Toronto from Hollywood to direct a televised lottery show. Jenny comes up with a scheme for beating the lottery, which involves the seduction of Byron, an accountant who was hired to keep the lottery honest after the previous accountant dropped dead during the show. As the scheme proceeds, difficulties arise. A cleaning man, originally from India, is suspicious when he sees the lottery - supposedly live - being pre-taped; and the person chosen to buy the winning ticket is pursued by a loan shark. As the scheme unwinds, more and more people in Toronto - and India - learn the winning numbers of the upcoming draw. Meanwhile, Jenny and the accountant start falling in love. Her determined efforts ultimately turn an imminent disaster into a financial and romantic success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-31
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Thomas & Friends: The Great Bubbly Build
Overview: When Sandy and Carly set out to make an art project together, Sandy focuses on its form and Carly focuses on its function. But when their ideas clash and the project fails, they learn that it needs the right mix of both of their ideas to succeed.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-20
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Ice Bound
Overview: Physician Jerri Nielsen finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Though there is at first little love lost between the somewhat aloof Nielsen and her more down-to-earth colleagues, a strong bond develops among them as the extreme winter progresses.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-20
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Cybermutt
Overview: When Rex, a good-natured Golden Retriever, is given bionic super powers by an eccentric scientist, he becomes the target of an evil genius determined to possess the new technology at any cost.
Genres: Family Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-26
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Room
Overview: Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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Drive
Overview: Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-15
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The Apprentice
Overview: A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-09
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Pacific Rim
Overview: Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-11
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Star Trek: Section 31
Overview: Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-15
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The Town Christmas Forgot
Overview: An urban family that can’t seem to get along gets stranded in a remote, impoverished lumber town two days before Christmas. When they become involved in the town’s home-grown Christmas pageant, they not only help solve the town’s problems but learn to connect with each other just in time for the holidays.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-25
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The Glass Castle
Overview: A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-11
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Anon
Overview: Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-03
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Knockaround Guys
Overview: Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-30
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Maximum Risk
Overview: Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-13
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Dream House
Overview: Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-29
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Fahrenheit 451
Overview: In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-12
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The Thin Blue Lie
Overview: Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-13
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Miss Sloane
Overview: An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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The Boondock Saints
Overview: Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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The Twelve Trees of Christmas
Overview: Cheri Jamison rallies the residents of her beloved Manhattan neighborhood to participate in a Christmas tree contest when her cherished local library is abruptly set for demolition. Cheri finds herself up against an ambitious developer Tony Shaughnessy, who hires Cordelia, a professional decorator, to win the contest for him. The competition is on, but as Cheri works to save the library she discovers that Tony is more than the heartless man she thought. Will her dedication to the beloved library drive Tony away...and with it a chance at true love?
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Jack and Jill vs. The World
Overview: Jack and Jill's Manifesto of Rules to Live By Rule 1 Be honest Rule 2 Believe in fairy tales Rule 3 Accept time as our friend Rule 4 Make sure the nooky is good Rule 5 Promote beauty. Wage a sustained campaign against ugliness Rule 6 Abandon the pursuit of happiness and its false promise Rule 7 Show compassion, except to pirates Rule 8 Less TV Rule 9 Always be willing to admit when you're wrong
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-04
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Highwaymen
Overview: James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country looking for Fargo's 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, which the now-disabled killer has turned into a rolling death trap. James' search is helped by a state traffic officer and a singer with her own agenda.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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Bloodwork
Overview: A couple of college students decide to sign up for pharmaceutical testing of a new allergy drug to make some extra cash for their spring break trip. They quickly discover their two week stay will not be as easy as they first believed and fight to save themselves from the grips of the facility.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-10
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Phantom of the Megaplex
Overview: Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture, with a number of Hollywood celebrities in attendance. However, when the big night comes, Pete has to contend with disappearing staff, malfunctioning equipment, and a broken popcorn machine.
Genres: Action Comedy Family Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-10
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Direct Action
Overview: Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-25
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PAW Patrol: The Movie
Overview: Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-09
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The Killer Is Calling
Overview: When a mysterious killer targets her remote island town over the course of one long night, veteran 911 operator Faye must uncover his motives and try to save her community, one emergency call at a time.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-19
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Shadow Zone: The Undead Express
Overview: A teen obsessed with horror films befriends a vampire who leads him to a whole coven of vampires that hide beneath the New York subways.
Genres: Fantasy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-27
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