Box: Metaphor

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt swor...

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Peter Webber

Cast

Gaspard Ulliel, Aaran Thomas, Gong Li

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Mary Harron

Cast

Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Stephen Kay

Cast

Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless