In de jaren 60 is de doodstraf nog altijd in werking in Spanje. Aangezien het uitvoeren van zo'n straf nou niet echt een leuk baantje is, probeert 'beul' José met pensioen te gaan. Dit is nog niet zo makkelijk aangezien hij zijn appartement van de staat heeft gekregen als onderpand voor zijn werk.
School is boring, family life unbearable, and Harold and his high school friends have turned Central Park into their 'spot'. Unbeknownst to them, a revenge-seeking executioner prepares to kill them off one by one to pay for the sins of the father.
Het workaholic hoofd van de compliance-afdeling van een New Yorkse bank vliegt naar Monaco om ongebruikelijke deposito's van een offshore bank te onderzoeken en ontmoet een ongelukkige internationale filmster die verwikkeld is geraakt in criminele activiteiten.
In 1933 treedt Albert Pierrepoint in de voetsporen van zijn vader en groeit uit tot de meest gevreesde, maar ook de meest gewaardeerde executeur van het land.
Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.
When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to become the hangman's apprentice is not only professional but born of an unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him.
During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.
An executioner beheads his 1000th criminal, and unleashes a demon army headed by an evil witch called the Blood Lotus
Deze biografische film gaat over Chavoret Jaruboon, de laatste beul van Thailand. Hij is aan zijn familie en zijn werk gehecht, maar is ook een gepassioneerde musicus.
Harald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He becomes the leader of a band of highwaymen and they start dealing with the evil bailiff. However, the bailiff will stop at nothing to catch Handfaste and show the people who is in charge. He even attempts to marry Handfaste's beloved Karin, and when she refuses to subdue, the bailiff decides to execute both her, her father and a monk who has been helping them.
After a life full of guilt for having been an executioner, Abel Carbajal receives a visit from Ángela, a young woman seeking revenge against him. Unknowingly, both will find their own redemption.
This documentary, filmed clandestinely, is based on several interviews with the executioners who worked in Spain during the early 1970s, as well as families of people executed by them.
The executioner Xie Qi, who is in charge of the ghost-headed knife, will encounter the ghost of a woman who is back for revenge because he killed the female prisoner during the taboo of three quarters of noon. The people of the town were very angry and blamed Xie Qi for all the inauspicious things that happened. Xie Qi wants to use the old method of stitching up the human head back to its body and subsequently burn it to pacify the female ghost, but unexpectedly the human head was stolen, and the body sewer was killed. The case of the town’s wealthy merchants grave moving and the girl’s disappearance, things start coming together, and Xie Qi is now in grave danger…
A cowardly samurai is sent as an official executioner targeting the clan's former sword instructor, a man whose sword and spear skills are second to none.
A lonely Singaporean death row guard tries to help a young Australian convicted of drug trafficking accept her fate despite a bizarre contradiction - he is her executioner.
"Executions" is a documentary showing real footage of the many different methods humanity has used through-out history for capital punishment. During the film, the makers point out how unjustifiable the death penalty is in every situation, so they do take a staunch stance against what they're presenting. Footage from live executions are shown in detail.
In July 2015, four teenagers disappeared while signing a documentary. Three months later... his recording was found.
A film depicting the shooting of Dr. Jose Rizal, consisting of a single scene worth 500 feet of film.
After he is murdered by The Executioner, Abadiah T. Drip gets the help of God to get revenge on The Executioner. The Executioner gets the help of Satan and other residents of Hell for help. The two groups meet and a battle ensues.
After the universal abolition of the death penalty, an executioner is assailed by murderous impulses. He then discovers that against all expectations, he has taken a liking to his profession.