A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.
A crime novelist receives a vital clue to the whereabouts of his long-missing fiancée.
A portrait of the masterful author whose novels were adapted into the classics 'The Birds,' 'Jamaica Inn,' and 'Rebecca."
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
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.
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
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.
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
En kriminalforfatter lejer et gammelt hus i Zenith af den lokale bankmand, John Fleming. Men der går rygter om, at huset er hjemsøgt. En seriemorder kaldet Flagermusen, er vendt hjem. Snart begås der nye mord, men hvem er manden bag masken - og hvad er han ude efter?
Den altid fremragende Maria Bello spiller Tess Thorne, en berømt forfatter, der kører hjem en sen aften efter et foredrag. Hendes dæk punkterer, og dér står hun så helt alene på en mørk vej midt i New England. Men så stopper en anden bil for at hjælpe hende. Tror hun, for chaufføren viser sig at være en psykopatisk morder. Han overfalder hende og smider liget væk bagefter. Men Tess er ikke død. Og nu vil hun have hævn.
Owen Lift har verdens mest dominerende mor. Han begynder på et skrivekursus, hvor professoren Larry Donner opfordrer ham til at se Hitchcocks klassiker 'Farligt møde' som inspiration. Owen bliver så inspireret, at han kopierer plottet og forslår Larry, at han skal myrde Owens mor. Til gengæld vil Owen skaffe Larry af med han irriterende ex-kone.
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.
Klassisk sci fi-gyser hvor indbyggerne i en lille by i Californien begynder at opføre sig mærkeligt. Dr. Miles Bennell opdager, at flere begynder at tro, at personer i deres omgivelser er blevet erstattet af følelsesløse kopier. Inden længe gør han en uhyggelig opdagelse - men hvem kan han stole på?
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.