A cry for help

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows a cry for help

poster The Little Match Seller
The Little Match Seller
3mn - Drama
A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She lights matches for some light and warmth. There are vis…
poster Cohen’s Fire Sale
Cohen’s Fire Sale
13mn - Comedy, Crime
A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
poster Uncle Josh's Nightmare
Uncle Josh's Nightmare
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy, Horror
Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedevilled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing film using a stationary camera much more valuable for i…
poster An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
16mn - Drama
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores…
poster Ghost Webcam
Ghost Webcam
(2.8/5)
60mn - Horror
Trapped under house arrest, a young man witnesses his virtual date's horrifying death through a mysterious webcam feed from a haunted house. Unable to leave home without risking arrest, he must rely on hi…
poster This Is Not a Test
This Is Not a Test
(2.7/5)
73mn - Drama, Action, Thriller
Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack o…
poster The Shattering
The Shattering
76mn - Thriller
When a desperate boyfriend leads his cancer-stricken girlfriend and friends to meet a mysterious healer in the woods, they discover too late that they've been set up as bait for deadly creatures and param…
poster Don't Say Its Name
Don't Say Its Name
84mn - Horror, Thriller
After environmental activist Kharis Redwater is called back to the living world by her mother Mary Lynn after a questionable “accident” that cost Kharis her life, an ancient spirit is reborn outside of a …
poster A Lamb in a Jam
A Lamb in a Jam
(2.9/5)
7mn - Animation, Comedy
Blackie the black lamb is chased by a wolf trying to shear Blackie's wool for a winter coat.
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster A Victim of Misfortune
A Victim of Misfortune
4mn - Comedy
Painter pursued by policeman, laundress, milkman, etc.
poster Noisy Noises
Noisy Noises
(3.3/5)
19mn - Comedy
Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying. Every effort to calm Rupert is undone by an immediate commotion to wake him up. Joe …
poster Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls
(3.5/5)
91mn - Horror, Mystery
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh …
poster Cry for Happy
Cry for Happy
(2.9/5)
110mn - Romance, Comedy
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
poster Legend of a Ghost
Legend of a Ghost
15mn - Fantasy, Horror
A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He explains to the …
poster Hunting Day
Hunting Day
71mn - Horror, Thriller
In the depths of a menacing forest, Sarah tracks down the ruthless hunter who murdered her sister, transforming from grieving victim to determined predator. With no words spoken between them, the two enga…
poster Say Your Prayers... and Dig Your Grave!
Say Your Prayers... and Dig Your Grave!
(2.8/5)
86mn - Western
After years of self-imposed exile in Texas, Fernando returns to his Mexican homeland seeking vengeance for his murdered siblings. What begins as a personal vendetta soon transforms into a revolutionary st…
poster Boys Beware
Boys Beware
10mn - Drama, Documentary
This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
poster For His Son
For His Son
15mn - Drama
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a suc…
poster Felix All Puzzled
Felix All Puzzled
(3.1/5)
4mn - Animation
Felix is hungry, but his owner won't feed him until he's finished his crossword puzzle! Only one word left -- a 7-letter "chiefly found in Russia." Felix goes all the way to Russia to find the answer, but…
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