Dog Eat Dog. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Dog Eat Dog
Edward Bunker, 1995
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Paul Schrader, 2016

Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life. Troy, an aloof mastermind, seeks an uncomplicated, clean life but cannot get away from his hatred for the system. Troy constructs the perfect crime and they pull it off, but in the aftermath, they keep finding the law surrounding them wherever they go.


Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1972 comic book, Ghost Rider
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Ghost Rider
Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, Mike Ploog, 1972
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Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, 2011

In Romania, an alcoholic French monk named Moreau warns a monastery about an impending attack by the devil’s forces to obtain a boy named Danny. In the attack, Moreau tries to help the boy and his mother Nadya escape, but the distrusting Nadya shoots at Moreau and flees with her son. Believing that only the Ghost Rider can protect the boy, Moreau seeks the Rider’s help.


The Wicker Man. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1967 book, Ritual
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Ritual
David Pinner, 1967
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Neil LaBute, 2006

Policeman Edward Malus receives news from his ex-fiancée, Willow Woodward, that her daughter Rowan is missing. The island is led by Sister Summersisle, an elderly woman who supposedly represents the Goddess they worship. The island’s economy relies on the production of local honey, which Edward learns has declined recently.


Left Behind. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Left Behind
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, 1995
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Vic Armstrong, 2014

Commercial airline pilot Ray Steele struggles to keep his passengers calm and his plane afloat after the Biblical Rapture strikes mid-flight. Meanwhile, GWN reporter Cameron “Buck” Williams becomes Ray’s reluctant co-pilot, and Ray’s terrified daughter Chloe braves the chaos of the city streets in search of her brother and mother..


Jiu Jitsu. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2017 book
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Jiu Jitsu
Dimitri Logothetis, Jim McGrath, 2017
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Dimitri Logothetis, 2020

Every six years, an ancient order of expert Jiu Jitsu fighters faces a vicious race of alien invaders in a battle for Earth. For thousands of years the invaders have lost to Earth’s defenders, up until now. Earth’s future is in jeopardy. In a jungle in Burma, Asia, Jake Barnes, a celebrated war hero, is running away from flying stars under the command of Brax, the powerful invader leader.