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Theme: Imprisonment Thrillers


This refers to thrillers where someone is held prisoner by a captor. There have been a number of films about people imprisoned by psychos, serial killers and backwoods hicks. The drama of the story centers around their attempts to escape from confinement. A popular variant came during the Torture Porn fad where people were imprisoned and forced to participate in cruel and sadistic games.

Of more recent has been the Conceptual Containment Thriller, which seeks to confine a person or persons in as small a place as possible – a coffin, an elevator, a tree, a tent, a phone booth – for the duration of the show.


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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

19 March 201618 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Trapped in a Survival Shelter/Mysterious Catastrophe

Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Actors: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr
Category: Science Fiction

100 Feet (2008)

23 September 201519 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Woman Confined on Home Detention in a Haunted Apartment

Director: Eric Red
Actors: Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick, Michael Paré, …
Category: Horror

1BR (2019)

14 August 202014 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Sinister Apartment Complex

Director: David Marmor
Actors: Nicole Brydon Bloom, Taylor Nichols, Giles Matthey, Susan Davis, …
Category: Horror

200 Degrees (2017)

6 November 201724 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Man Locked in a Room as the Temperature is Turned Up

Director: Giorgio Serafini
Actors: Eric Balfour, Joe Grisaffi, Kristin Cochell, LaDon Drummond
Category: Horror

247°F (2011)

9 July 202026 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Characters Trapped Inside a Sauna

Director: Levan Bakhia, Beqa Jguburia
Actors: Scout Taylor-Compton, Travis Van Winkle, Michael Copon, Tyler Mane, …
Category: Horror

47 Meters Down (2017)

12 June 20179 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Trapped on the Ocean Floor in a Shark Cage

Director: Johannes Roberts
Actors: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine, Yani Gellman, …
Category: Horror

Amnesiac (2014)

12 November 201924 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisonment Thriller

Director: Michael Polish
Actors: Wes Bentley, Kate Bosworth, Shashawnee Hall, Richard Riehl, …
Category: Horror

Antebellum (2020)

26 September 202026 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

The Brutalities of Slavery/Reality Twister

Director: Gerard Bush, Christopher Benz
Actors: Janelle Monae, Tongayi Chirisa, Gabourey Sidibe, Eric Lange, …
Category: Horror

ATM (2012)

1 June 20139 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Three People Trapped in an ATM Booth by a Psycho

Director: David Brooks
Actors: Brian Geraghty, Josh Peck, Alice Eve
Category: Horror

Await Further Instructions (2018)

26 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisoned in a House with Instructions from the TV

Director: Johnny Kevorkian
Actors: Sam Gittins, Grant Masters, Holly Weston, David Bradley
Category: Science Fiction

Awaiting (2015)

18 October 201717 October 2019

Rating: ★★

British Backwoods Brutality

Director: Mark Murphy
Actors: Tony Curran, Rupert Hill, Diana Vickers, Peter Woodward, …
Category: Horror

Bad Guy (2001)

2 July 200524 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Sexual Humiliation and Degradation

Director: Kim Ki-Duk
Actors: Cho Je-Hyun, Seo Won, Kim Yoon-Tae, Choi Duk-Moon, …
Category: Horror

The Beast in the Cellar (1970)

26 August 20017 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Deformed Family Secrets

Director: James Kelly
Actors: Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, Tessa Wyatt, John Hamill, …
Category: Horror

The Beguiled (1971)

8 August 20008 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Southern Gothic

Director: Donald Siegel
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris, …
Category: Horror

The Beguiled (2017)

8 October 20178 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Southern Gothic

Director: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, …
Category: Horror

The Belko Experiment (2016)

17 June 20179 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Office Employees Trapped in a Deadly Elimination Game

Director: Greg McLean
Actors: John Gallagher Jr, Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, …
Category: Horror

Beneath (2013)

31 October 201310 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Teens Trapped in a Sinking Boat by a Giant Fish

Director: Larry Fessenden
Actors: Johnny Orsini, Daniel Zovatto, Chris Conroy, Bonnie Dennison, …
Category: Horror

Black Water (2007)

25 August 20093 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Crocodile

Director: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki
Actors: Maeve Dermody, Diana Glenn, Andy Rodoreda
Category: Horror

Blind Alley (2011)

28 July 202028 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Woman Trapped in a Laundromat by a Stalker

Director: Antonio Trashorras
Actors: Ana de Armas, Diego Cadavid, Leonor Varela, Judith Diakhate, …
Category: Horror

Books of Blood (2020)

17 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Clive Barker Anthology

Director: Brannon Braga
Actors: Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Nicholas Campbell, Paige Turco, …
Category: Horror

Bound to Vengeance (2015)

7 August 201726 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisoned Girl Seeks Revenge

Director: J.M. Cravioto
Actors: Tina Ivlev, Richard Tyson, Bianca Malinowski
Category: Horror

Boxing Helena (1993)

26 January 20001 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sexual Obsession and Amputation

Director: Jennifer Lynch
Actors: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Art Garfunkel, Bill Paxton, …
Category: Horror

Broken (2006)

25 May 20089 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Abduction and Torture

Director: Simon Boyes, Adam Mason
Actors: Nadja Brand, Eric Colvin
Category: Horror

Buried (2010)

17 November 201019 February 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Man Buried in a Coffin

Director: Rodrigo Cortes
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, …
Category: Horror

Buried Alive (1990)

14 January 202014 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Burial Alive and Revenge Scheme

Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton, Hoyt Axton
Category: Horror

Burning Bright (2010)

27 April 201716 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Trapped Inside a House with a Tiger

Director: Carlos Brooks
Actors: Briana Evigan, Garret Dillahunt, Charlie Tahan, Meat Loaf, …
Category: Horror

Captivity (2007)

13 February 200912 November 2020

Rating: ★

Imprisonment Thriller

Director: Roland Joffe
Actors: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, …
Category: Horror

Cassadaga (2011)

2 October 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Medium Tracks Serial Killer

Director: Anthony DiBlasi
Actors: Kelen Coleman, Kevin Alejandro, Louise Fletcher, Rus Blackwell, …
Category: Horror

Cell Count (2012)

10 March 20169 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Medical Experiment/Bizarre Meltdowns

Director: Todd E. Freeman
Actors: Robert McKeehen, Haley Talbot, Ted Rooney, Sean McGrath, …
Category: Science Fiction

Chained (2012)

30 June 201311 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Serial Killer and His Young Companion

Director: Jennifer Lynch
Actors: Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Julia Ormond, Jake Weber, …
Category: Horror

The Clinic (2010)

23 August 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Pregnant Woman Forced to Fight to Death

Director: James Rabbitts
Actors: Tabrett Bethell, Andy Whitfield, Freya Stafford, Clare Bowen, …
Category: Horror

The Collection (2012)

20 March 20134 May 2020

Rating: ★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Marcus Dunstan
Actors: Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzgerald, Lee Tergesen, Randall Archer, …
Category: Horror

The Collector (1965)

3 April 20014 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Obsession and Abduction/Comedy-Thriller

Director: William Wyler
Actors: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar
Category: Horror

The Collector (2009)

14 November 200913 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Marcus Dunstan
Actors: Josh Stewart, Madeline Zima, Michael Reilly Burke, Juan Fernandez, …
Category: Horror

Containment (2015)

13 May 201610 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Plague Outbreak

Director: Neil McEnery-West
Actors: Lee Ross, Andrew Leung, Sheila Reid, William Postlethwaite, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cube (1997)

21 March 200118 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller
Category: Science Fiction

Cube2: Hypercube (2002)

22 February 200531 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Hyper-Dimensional Labyrinth

Director: Andrzej Sekula
Actors: Geraint Wyn Davies, Kari Matchett
Category: Science Fiction

Cube Zero (2004)

21 March 201010 May 2020

Rating: ★

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Actors: Zachary Bennett, Michael Riley, Martin Roach, Terri Hawkes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Curve (2015)

25 May 20179 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Trapped in an Overturned SUV, Taunted By a Psycho

Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Julianne Hough, Teddy Sears, Penelope Mitchell
Category: Horror

Demon Seed (1977)

15 February 200022 July 2020

Rating: ★

Computer Wants to Have Sex

Director: Donald Cammell
Actors: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Robert Vaughn, Gerrit Graham
Category: Science Fiction

The Devil’s Honey (1986)

6 October 20206 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Erotic Thriller/Torture and Imprisonment

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Brett Halsey, Blanca Marsillach, Corinne Clery
Category: Horror

The Divide (2011)

7 July 201216 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Survivors of a Nuclear Holocaust in a Cellar

Director: Xavier Gens
Actors: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Rosanna Arquette, Milo Ventimiglia, …
Category: Science Fiction

Don’t Breathe (2016)

3 September 201622 March 2020

Rating: ★★

House Breakers Stalked by a Blind Man

Director: Fede Alvarez
Actors: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang, Daniel Zovatto
Category: Horror

Dread (2009)

31 August 201416 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Clive Barker Adaptation/Experiment in Fear

Director: Anthony DiBlasi
Actors: Shaun Evans, Jackson Rathbone, Hanne Steen
Category: Horror

Elizabeth Harvest (2018)

23 August 201923 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cloned Woman

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Actors: Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds, Matthew Beard, Carla Gugino, …
Category: Science Fiction

Escape Room (2017)

12 December 201825 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Group Trapped in an Escape Room with a Demonic Force

Director: Peter Dukes
Actors: Skeet Ulrich, Christine Donlon, Randy Wayne, Matt McVay, …
Category: Horror

Escape Room (2019)

21 April 2019

Rating: ★★½

Escape Room of Death Traps

Director: Adam Robitel
Actors: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis, Deborah Ann Woll, …
Category: Horror

Estranged (2015)

18 October 201724 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisonment Thriller

Director: Adam Levins
Actors: Amy Manson, James Cosmo, Craig Conway, James Lance, …
Category: Horror

Exam (2009)

13 July 201426 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Torturous Existential Job Interview

Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Actors: Luke Mably, Jimi Mistry, Pollyanna McIntosh, Colin Salmon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Excess Flesh (2015)

1 October 20188 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisoned by a Disturbed Roommate

Director: Patrick Kennelly
Actors: Bethany Orr, Mary Loveless, Kristin Minter
Category: Horror

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

28 June 200226 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Surrealism

Director: Luis Buñuel
Category: Fantasy

The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

26 October 201610 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Psychopathically Disturbed Woman

Director: Nicolas Pesce
Actors: Kika Magalhaes, Diana Agostini, Flora Diaz
Category: Horror

The Factory (2012)

24 July 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Morgan O'Neill
Actors: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Dallas Roberts, Mae Whitman, …
Category: Horror

Flashburn (2017)

19 January 202119 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Amnesiac Scientist Imprisoned/Reality Bender

Director: Giorgio Serafini
Actors: Sean Patrick Flanery, Cameron Richardson, LaDon Dummond, Jordann Kimley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Flowers in the Attic (1987)

18 June 200115 December 2020

Rating: 0­

Twisted Family Melodrama

Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Actors: Kristy Swanson, Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant
Category: Horror

Flowers in the Attic (2014)

24 March 201425 November 2019

Rating: ★

Twisted Family Melodrama

Director: Deborah Chow
Actors: Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn, Kiernan Shipka, Maxwell Kovach
Category: Horror

The Follower (2016)

14 August 201715 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Singer Imprisoned by a Psycho Fan

Director: Damian Romay
Actors: Erika Christensen, Bethany Lauren James, Val Lauren, Jason Kirkpatrick, …
Category: Horror

Frozen (2010)

21 March 20109 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Trapped on a Ski Chairlift

Director: Adam Green
Actors: Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, Emma Bell, Ed Ackerman, …
Category: Horror

Gerald’s Game (2017)

15 October 201730 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Woman Handuffed to a Bed/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken, …
Category: Horror

Glass House: The Good Mother (2006)

22 March 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Evil Foster Parents Psycho-Thriller

Director: Steve Antin
Actors: Angie Harmon, Joel Gretsch, Jordan Hinson, Jason London, …
Category: Horror

The Glass House (2001)

16 September 20017 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Foster Parents Psycho-Thriller

Director: Daniel Sackheim
Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgård, Diane Lane, Trevor Morgan, …
Category: Horror

Goodnight Mommy (2014)

2 November 20159 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Boys Believe Their Mother Has Been Replaced

Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Category: Horror

Greta (2018)

2 June 201912 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller/Stalker Widow

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, …
Category: Horror

Happy Birthday! (2016)

21 May 201819 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Tourists in Mexico Taken Prisoner

Director: Casey Tebo
Actors: Matt Bush, Riley Litman, Britne Oldford, Vanessa Lengies, …
Category: Horror

Headgame (2018)

19 June 201919 June 2019

Rating: ★

Deadly Elimination Game

Director: Steven Paul Judd
Actors: Jamie Hill, Chris Hayes, Liv von Oelreich, Hannah Marie Hines, …
Category: Horror

The Hoarder (2015)

24 July 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Creature Unleashed in a Storage Facility

Director: Matt Winn
Actors: Mischa Barton, Robert Knepper, Andrew Buckley, Emily Atack, …
Category: Horror

The Hole (2001)

1 November 200218 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Imprisonment and Subjective Truth Psycho-Thriller

Director: Nick Hamm
Actors: Thora Birch, Keira Knightley, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, …
Category: Horror

Hollow Creek (2016)

12 October 201729 September 2018

Rating: ★★

Abducted Woman Thriller

Director: Guisela Moro
Actors: Guisela Moro, Burt Reynolds, Steve Daron, Earleen Carey, …
Category: Horror

Hounds of Love (2016)

23 June 20172 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Couple Abduct and Imprison a Teenage Girl

Director: Ben Young
Actors: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, John White, Susie Porter, …
Category: Horror

The House of Usher (1989)

20 May 201414 January 2020

Rating: ★

Modernised Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Director: Alan Birkinshaw
Actors: Oliver Reed, Romy Windsor, Donald Pleasence
Category: Horror

House of Whipcord (1974)

3 February 200730 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Penny Irving, Sheila Keith, Barbara Wakeham, Ann Michelle, …
Category: Horror

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015)

13 July 20159 August 2020

Rating: ★

Prison Warden Surgically Connects Prisoners’ Bodies

Director: Tom Six
Actors: Dieter Laser, Laurence R. Harvey, Eric Roberts, Bree Olson, …
Category: Horror

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

14 September 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Mad Surgeon Connects Human Bodies

Director: Tom Six
Actors: Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura, …
Category: Horror

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)

11 February 201223 February 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Madman Surgically Connects Human Bodies

Director: Tom Six
Actors: Laurence R. Harvey, Vivien Bridson, Lee Harris, Ashlyn Yennie, …
Category: Horror

In the Tall Grass (2019)

18 October 201930 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Trapped in a Sea of Grass/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, …
Category: Horror

It’s Alive! (1969)

19 June 200120 February 2019

Rating: ★★½

Backwoods Sadist/Prehistoric Creature

Director: Larry Buchanan
Actors: Tommy Kirk, Corveth Ousterhouse, Annabelle Macadams, Shirley Bonne, …
Category: Horror

Jigsaw (2017)

20 January 201815 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Saw Sequel

Director: The Spierig Brothers
Actors: Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Tobin Bell, Hannah Emily Anderson, …
Category: Horror

Kill Theory (2009)

11 April 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

People Imprisoned in an Elimination Game

Director: Chris Moore
Actors: Teddy Dunn, Agnes Bruckner, Patrick Flueger, Ryanne Duzich, …
Category: Horror

Landmine Goes Click (2015)

3 January 20169 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Character Trapped Standing on a Landmine

Director: Levan Bakhia
Actors: Sterling Knight, Spencer Locke, Kote Tolordava, Dean Geyer, …
Category: Horror

The Lesson (2015)

30 July 201930 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Schoolteacher Tortures Pupils

Director: Ruth Platt
Actors: Robert Hands, Evan Bendall, Michaela Prchalova, Rory Coltart, …
Category: Horror

The Loved Ones (2009)

16 July 201331 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Australian Psycho Prom Date Black Comedy

Director: Sean Byrne
Actors: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Jessica McNamee
Category: Horror

The Maddening (1995)

1 June 20043 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Imprisonment Thriller

Director: Danny Huston
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, Mia Sara, Brian Wimmer, …
Category: Horror

Marian, Again (2005)

31 December 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Missing Woman Psycho-Thriller

Director: David Drury
Actors: Stephen Tompkinson, Owen Teale, Kelly Harrison, Samantha Beckinsale, …
Category: Horror

Martyrs (2008)

19 June 201010 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Pascal Laugier
Actors: Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoï, Catherine Begin, Patricia Tulasne, …
Category: Horror

Martyrs (2015)

28 February 201610 August 2019

Rating: 0­

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz
Actors: Troian Bellisario, Bailey Noble, Kate Burton, Caitlin Carmichael, …
Category: Horror

Michael (2011)

31 December 201131 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Paedophile and His Child Prisoner

Director: Markus Schleinzer
Actors: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Gisela Salcher, Christine Kain, …
Category: Horror

Moksha – Or The World and I, How Does That Work? (2012)

13 October 201224 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Man Chained Up/Existential Parable

Director: Koo Sungzoo
Actors: Jang Sukhyun, Min Kyungjin, Kim Jungsuk, Park Gilsu, …
Category: Fantasy

Mum & Dad (2008)

31 December 200830 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Imprisonment By a Perverse Family

Director: Steven Sheil
Actors: Olga Fedori, Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Ainsley Howard, …
Category: Horror

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1969)

23 June 201616 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Grown-Ups Play Deadly Children’s Games

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Michael Bryant, Vanessa Howard, Howard Trevor, Ursula Howells, …
Category: Horror

Oldboy (2003)

25 August 200420 January 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Imprisonment and Revenge

Director: Park Chan-Wook
Actors: Choi Min-sik, Gang Hye-jung, Yoo Ji-Tae
Category: Horror

Oldboy (2013)

29 November 201313 July 2019

Rating: ★

Imprisonment and Revenge

Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, …
Category: Horror

The Ordeal (2004)

24 July 200520 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Actors: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Jean-Luc Couchard, Philippe Nahon, …
Category: Horror

The Owners (2020)

13 December 202013 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Home Invasion/Sinister Occupants

Director: Julius Berg
Actors: Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham, Andrew Ellis, …
Category: Horror

P2 (2007)

2 April 200919 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Imprisonment Psycho-Thriller

Director: Franck Khalfoun
Actors: Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley, Simon Reynolds, Philip Akin, …
Category: Horror

Paradise Hills (2019)

1 December 201915 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Future Re-Education Facility

Director: Alice Waddington
Actors: Emma Roberts, Eiza Gonzalez, Milla Jovovich, Awkwafina, …
Category: Science Fiction

Paranoid (2000)

4 May 200125 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Imprisonment Psycho-Thriller

Director: John Duigan
Actors: Jessica Alba, Iain Glen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ewen Bremner, …
Category: Horror

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

7 February 200020 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Children Imprisoned in the Basement

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Everett McGill, Ving Rhames, Wendy Robie, Brandon Adams, …
Category: Horror

Perfect Skin (2018)

8 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Girl Imprisoned by a Psycho Tattooist

Director: Kevin Chicken
Actors: Richard Brake, Natalia Kostrzewa, Jo Woodcock, Sartaj Garewal, …
Category: Horror

Perfect Strangers (2003)

2 March 20041 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Abduction Thriller/Ambiguous Ghost

Director: Gaylene Preston
Actors: Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Toebeck
Category: Horror

Pet (2016)

11 March 201926 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Man Abducts the Girl He is Obsessed With

Director: Carles Torrens
Actors: Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Nathan Parsons, Janet Song
Category: Horror

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