Explanation is the Death of Horror

Angel Heart (1987): adapted by Alan Parker from the William Hjortsberg novel Falling Ange l; directed by Alan Parker; starring Mickey Rou...

Shadow of a Doubt : adapted by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville from a story by Gordon McDonell; directed by Alfred Hit...

A Walk Among the Tombstones : adapted by Scott Frank from the novel by Lawrence Block; directed by Scott Frank; starring Liam Neeson (Matt S...

Get Carter : written and directed by Mike Hodges, based on the novel Jack's Return Home by Ted Lewis; starring Michael Caine (Jack Carte...

Dark Passage , written and directed by Delmer Daves, based on the novel by David Goodis, starring Humphrey Bogart (Vincent Parry), Lauren Ba...

In a Lonely Place , written by Andrew Solt and Edmund North, based on the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, starring Humphrey Bogart (Dixon Steele...

Harper , based on The Moving Target by Ross MacDonald, screenplay by William Goldman, starring Paul Newman (Harper), Lauren Bacall (Mrs. Sa...

The Two Jakes , written by Robert Towne, directed by Jack Nicholson, starring Jack Nicholson (J.J. "Jake" Gittes), Harvey Keitel (...

Darkness at Dawn: Early Suspense Classics by Cornell Woolrich , edited by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. and Martin H. Greenberg (1934-35; collected...

Ministry of Fear , written by Seton I. Miller, based on the novel by Graham Greene, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Ray Milland, Marjorie R...