H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer

Oct 26, 2004

1h 4m

★ 6.2

The Castle. The Murder. The Monster.

Overview

Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.

Genres

Crime

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Waterfront Productions

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Tony Jay

H.H. Holmes

Willy Laszlo

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

6.2

A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

Sep 13, 1972

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is writing a thesis on criminal women, so he visits Camille Bliss in prison for an interview. Accused of murdering her husband and her lover, Camille recounts her life and love affairs.

7.3

The Ladykillers

Dec 8, 1955

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

7.0

I Am Johnnie

Jul 19, 1994

A documentary about three men in the criminal environment of Amsterdam as they deal with unemployment, probation, and divorce.

5.7

State Property: Blood on the Streets

Apr 13, 2005

Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.

3.0

ECCO

Aug 9, 2019

A former covert assassin seeks redemption by hunting the people responsible for his sinful past.

7.3

Chapter & Verse

Feb 3, 2017

Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired in jail, Lance is forced to accept a position delivering meals for a local food bank. It is here that he befriends Ms. Maddy, 75, a past beauty with a irreverent and hardened shell to whom he delivers dinners. Through her, Lance finds hope, relearning the joys of life and living despite the outwardly bedeviled society in which they find themselves.

6.2

Face

Sep 26, 1997

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.

5.4

American Buffalo

Sep 13, 1996

Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.

3.6

Played

May 19, 2006

An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.

6.7

Rageaholic

Aug 26, 2022

No overview available.

2.7

Jonny's Sweet Revenge

Apr 7, 2017

Rick and Reni came to California in search of a new lease on life. Unfortunately, all they found was each other... In a last ditch effort to save their struggling relationship, the duo twist their couples' counseling therapy into a plot that would see them turning back into their Texas low-life roots as petty criminals. As has been the case throughout the history of Rick and Reni's calamity plagued relationship, their haphazard scheme to hold up a dive bar goes horribly wrong. When a diverse cast of bar patrons gets caught up in their failed plot, Rick and Reni begin to not only wonder if they'll survive the day, but if they can survive one another.

7.1

The Chase

Feb 18, 1966

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

5.6

Baby Take a Bow

Jun 30, 1934

Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight, and Eddie and Kay have a beautiful little girl named Shirley. However, Welch has kept a close eye on them for years. He believes in "once a criminal, always a criminal." Then, when Eddie's employer's wife's pearls go missing, it comes out that Eddie and Larry both spent time in prison, and they're fired. Welch suspects that Eddie and Larry have something to do with the theft of the pearls. Will Welch prove that Eddie and Larry had something to do with the theft, or will the truth prevail?

6.2

Running Wild

Jan 13, 2006

A homicide detective joins forces with a prosecutor to avenged the murder of his half-brother. The aggressive detective and the by-the-book prosecutor must put aside their differences in order to find the killer.

7.1

Logorama

May 16, 2009

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

6.6

City War

Dec 21, 1988

Two partnered cops who are also best friends find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.

5.1

The Driftless Area

Apr 18, 2015

Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal, and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. A contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.

6.0

Soror

Oct 31, 2021

In 1946, in Soror city, three different stories intersect amid macabre events. While detectives Thomas and Carlos work in the unsolved cases of the mysterious body found in a tree and Serena Caires disappearance, those three stories get together suggesting the motivations of those respective crimes.

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