The Hard Life of an Adventurer

The Mad Magician

May 1954 •English

Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

Throw Momma from the Train

December 1987 •English

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

Blithe Spirit

April 1945 •English

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

Buscando a Perico

March 1982 •Spanish

The Bat

August 1959 •English

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

April 1936 •English

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

A Night to Remember

December 1942 •English

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.

Big Driver

October 2014 •English

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.

Whistling in the Dark

January 1933 •English

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.

Mad Holiday

November 1936 •English

A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

February 1956 •English

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

The Black Cat

May 1934 •English

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Daphne du Maurier: In Rebecca's Footsteps

February 2017 •French

A portrait of the masterful author whose novels were adapted into the classics 'The Birds,' 'Jamaica Inn,' and 'Rebecca."

The Vanished Elephant

October 2014 •Spanish

A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.

Agatha

February 1979 •English

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

Edgar Allan Poe - Amerikas abgründiger Pop-Poet

November 2024 •German

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American authors. And probably the most abysmal. In his texts, he deals with the dark side of humanity like no other. And was himself scarred by this throughout his life. The writer not only shaped the genres of horror literature and science fiction novels, but today seems more popular than ever.

A Talent for Murder

December 1983 •English

A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

Season 666

July 2024 •English

In this horror-comedy where the dialogue was completely improvised, a reality game show pits contestants against a superhuman serial killer inside a high-stakes arena, as they compete for a one-million dollar grand prize. The show is in it's sixth season, and so far, no one has ever won...