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Exhibit A (2007)

Thriller, found footage film

Judith King lives with her father Andy, mother Sheila, and brother Joe in Yorkshire. She uses the camcorder gifted to her by her father to document her everyday life and her family. Judith is a lesbian and has not yet come out to her family, and she has a crush on Claire, a teenage girl in the house next door.

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House of Usher (1960)

Drama, Gothic film, Horror, Thriller, gothic horror film, horror film

120px|left|thumb|Advertisement from 1960 Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) travels to the House of Usher, a desolate mansion surrounded by a murky swamp, to see his fiancée Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey). Madeline's brother Roderick (Vincent Price) opposes Philip's intentions, telling the young man that the Usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which has driven all their ancestors to madness and even affected the mansion itself, causing the surrounding countryside to become desolate. Roderick foresees the family evils being propagated into future generations with a marriage to Madeline and vehemently discourages the union.

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Swimfan (2002)

Erotic Thriller, erotic thriller, female buddy film, teen film

Ben Cronin is a star on his high school's swim team. His coach informs him that Stanford University scouts will appear at next week's swim meet. Ben and his girlfriend Amy discuss their plans.

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13 Sins (2014)

Horror, Horror comedy, Thriller, comedy horror, thriller film

Elliot Brindle, a meek salesman, loses his job despite his debt and the people who depend on him: Michael, his mentally disabled brother; Shelby, his pregnant fiancée; and Samson, his abusive father. Elliot receives a mysterious phone call that offers him $1,000 to assertively kill a fly that has been harassing him. After Elliot checks his bank account online and sees that he has been credited, he accepts the next challenge: to eat the dead fly, for which he receives $3,622, the outstanding balance on Shelby's credit card.

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Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

Action, action film, crime film

J.D. Dawes (Chuck Norris), a trucker from California, returns from the road to learn that an old friend was assaulted and paralyzed by Sergeant Strode (Don Gentry), a policeman in Texas City, California. He makes inquiries and learns that Strode and Deputy Boles (Ron Cedillos) have a history of "trapping" truckers for a corrupt judge named Joshua Trimmings.

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Adventure, Horror, Thriller, drama film, horror film

A luxury yacht is sailing through a channel off the north-eastern coast of South America. Among the passengers is big game hunter and author Robert "Bob" Rainsford. In discussing the sport with other passengers, Rainsford is asked if he would exchange places with the animals he hunts.

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Fatal Instinct (1993)

Crime Comedy, Thriller, comedy film, crime film, parody film

Ned Ravine, who is both a police officer and lawyer (who often defends the people he arrests), believes that he knows everything about women, and says that he will throw away his badge if anyone ever proves him wrong. While on a stakeout, he encounters a seductive woman named Lola Cain; the next day, Lola shows up at his law office, saying that she needs him to look over some papers she has come across. Meanwhile, Max Shady, who was just released from prison after seven years, starts stalking Ned, planning to kill him for failing to successfully defend Max in court.

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Hour of Lead (2020)

Psychological Thriller, psychological film, thriller film

Paul and Wendy Michaelson take their RV to a remote lakeside campsite with their daughter Taylor and pug Lucky. Paul meets Miranda, an attractive woman in the neighboring campsite, while Wendy is getting supplies. However, when Wendy returns, they discover Taylor has disappeared.

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The Sacrament (2013)

Horror, Thriller, found footage film, horror film

Patrick, a fashion photographer, receives a letter from his sister, a recovering addict named Caroline, that invites him to visit Eden Parish, a utopian, drug-free community founded by a religious leader. When Patrick investigates, he discovers that they have moved to a secluded compound only accessible by helicopter, located in what Patrick's coworker Sam calls "a remote part of the world". Intrigued by the mystery, Patrick and Sam, along with cameraman Jake, suggest a feature documentary on the topic.

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Chek law dak gung (2002)

Action, Thriller, action film, girls with guns, martial arts film, thriller film

The movie opens with the assassination of a man of unknown identity. A team of three CIA officers, including rookie Jack Chen (Daniel Wu), watch through surveillance as an assassin named Fiona Birch (Marit Thoresen) enters the man's heavily guarded apartment suite and, after having sex with him, kills him by breaking his spine with her bare hands during a massage. As she makes her escape, Fiona's car is hit by a rocket.

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Buried Alive (1990)

horror film, thriller

Clint Goodman is a successful contractor who lives with his wife Joanna. Joanna has been having an affair with local doctor Cortland van Owen. They conspire to kill Clint and sell his company and house, so that Joanna can buy a clinic in Beverly Hills.

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The Crossing Guard (1995)

Drama, Romance Film, crime film, drama film

Jewelry store owner Freddy Gale has been tormented for five years following the death of his daughter, Emily. Once a devoted husband and father, he is now an alcoholic who spends his nights in strip clubs, sleeping with strippers. When John Booth, the drunk driver who killed his daughter, is released from prison, Freddy visits his ex-wife Mary and reveals to her that he plans to kill Booth.

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Killing Zoe (1994)

Heist, Thriller, action film, heist film

Zed, a professional safe-cracker, comes to Paris to help a childhood friend, Eric, with a bank heist. While in the taxi on his way to the hotel, the cab driver offers to procure a sex worker for him in the evening. As Zed emerges from the shower, the sex worker, Zoe, arrives.

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The Paradine Case (1947)

Forensic, Thriller, drama film, film noir, mystery film, romance film, trial film

In London, Maddalena Anna Paradine is a very beautiful and enigmatic young Italian woman who is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband, a wealthy retired colonel. It is not clear whether she is a grateful and devoted wife who has been falsely charged or a calculating and ruthless femme fatale. Mrs.

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The Lodger (1927)

Thriller

thumb|thumbtime=15|The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) A young blonde woman screams. She is the seventh victim of a serial killer known as the Avenger, who targets young blonde women on Tuesday evenings. That night, blonde model Daisy Bunting is at a fashion show when she and the other showgirls hear the news.

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Elevator (2012)

Thriller, thriller film

Nine people board an elevator in a New York City skyscraper 52 stories tall: security guard Mohammed, television reporter Maureen and her fiance Don, comedian George, newly widowed Jane, overweight employee Martin, pregnant Celine, and the building owner Henry Barton with his spoiled ten-year-old granddaughter Madeline, who are on their way to a company party on the top floor. On the way up, George, a claustrophobe, panics and, on the 49th floor, Madeline hits the emergency stop button to torment him. Henry presses the lobby floor button, but the elevator only descends by a few feet and stops.

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Omen 4: The Awakening (1991)

Ghost-Movie, Horror, Psychological Thriller, horror film

Virginia congressman Gene York and his attorney wife Karen, after numerous failed attempts to have children, go to a nun-owned orphanage where they adopt a child that they name Delia from a nun named Sister Yvonne. At first, other than Delia scratching Karen and the later heart attack of the preacher overseeing her baptism, all seems normal. But seven years later, after the Yorks adopt a rottweiler that they name Ryder, Delia starts to display the traits and personality of an increasingly violent and manipulative sociopath.

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2 Days in the Valley (1996)

Super Hero, Thriller, drama film, neo-noir

Two hitmen, Lee Woods and mafioso Dosmo Pizzo, walk into a bedroom where a sleeping couple, Olympic athlete Becky Foxx and her ex-husband Roy Foxx, are in bed. Lee injects Becky with a tranquilizer and then shoots Roy in the head. Lee and Dosmo then drive to an abandoned area off Mulholland Drive, where Lee shoots Dosmo to set him up as the fall guy.

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The Octagon (1980)

Action, action film, martial arts film, ninja film, thriller film

The film opens at a secret military training camp led by Katsumoto, who warns his recruits that betrayal will mean death for them and their families. Soon after, members of the group assassinate a diplomat, revealing their reach and brutality. Scott James, a retired karate champion, attends a dance performance and meets Nancy, a dancer who blends martial arts into her routine.

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Chum (2026)

horror film, thriller film

Tina and Tom arrive in Malta for their destination wedding, hoping for a picturesque start to their marriage. However, the couple is already experiencing significant friction, driven by unaddressed secrets and Tom's lack of support for Tina's anxieties. Trying to keep up appearances, Tom's enthusiastic best man, Rick, organizes a post-wedding celebration: a three-hour private catamaran excursion on the Mediterranean Sea.

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