Encore Suspense (Pacific) TV Schedule
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Time Show -
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When a Stranger CallsA teenager, babysitting for a family living in a remote lakeside house, is terrorised by mysterious threatening phone calls. She soon discovers the caller is ringing from inside the house and realises her and the children's lives are in danger. With Katie Cassidy and Tessa Thompson. Every 90 minutes from 6.00am
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- 8:20am
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Soul Survivors
A student, traumatised by the car crash that killed her boyfriend, believes she is being haunted by his spirit - claims which naturally give her acquaintances cause for concern. Horror with little original to add to the genre, starring Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson and Eliza Dushku
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- 9:50am
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Presumed Innocent
A high-flying lawyer (Harrison Ford, giving a powerful performance) is drawn into an affair with a seductive colleague, who has big plans for the legal eagle. However, when she's found dead, he falls under suspicion of sexually assaulting and murdering her - and as a wealth of evidence piles up, he struggles to clear his name. Formidable mystery thriller, co-starring Greta Scacchi, Raul Julia, Brian Dennehy and Bonnie Bedelia
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- 12:00pm
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In the Shadows
A hit man falls for the daughter of the man he is supposed to kill for a mobster.
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- 1:50pm
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Torn Curtain
An American scientist working as a double agent pretends to defect to East Germany, hoping to learn vital information about activities behind the Iron Curtain. However, his dangerous mission is jeopardised when his unsuspecting fiancee decides to follow him - and unwittingly draws attention to them both. Compelling Cold War thriller, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring the late Paul Newman alongside Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova and David Opatoshu
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- 4:05pm
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Striking Distance
Bruce Willis stars as a cop whose father is murdered by a serial killer. But when he refuses to accept the suspect convicted of the crime is the real perpetrator, he finds his career derailed as he is demoted to river patrol. Naturally, the hero's instincts prove accurate as the villain resurfaces, hurling him into a race to save other innocent lives. Brainless action thriller, with Sarah Jessica Parker adding a touch of much-needed glamour to proceedings, alongside Dennis Farina and Tom Sizemore
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- 5:50pm
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Evil Under the Sun
Hercule Poirot braves the heat and sand to investigate the murder of a glamorous stage star on an idyllic Adriatic holiday island - but it becomes clear many people had reason to want the temperamental actress dead and the Belgian sleuth's little grey cells are soon hard at work figuring out which of her many enemies eventually managed to dispatch her. Competent all-star mystery, with Peter Ustinov, Diana Rigg, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Jane Birkin and Roddy McDowall
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- 7:50pm
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Darkman
A scientist working on synthetic skin is horribly disfigured and left for dead by a criminal gang. Now unable to feel pain, he continues his research, creating artificial faces that will last for only a short time. He uses these disguises to aid him in taking revenge on those who mutilated him - while also using a mask of his own face to see the girlfriend who thinks he died. Thriller, starring Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand
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- 9:35pm
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Fear
Edge-of-the-seat thriller, with Mark Wahlberg on impressive form. He's worryingly convincing in his portrayal of a nasty piece of work who seduces naive teenage girl Reese Witherspoon - only to embark on a terrifying campaign of violent vengeance after she dumps him. Amy Brenneman and William Petersen play the innocent youngster's concerned mum and dad, alongside co-stars Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gray and Tracy Fraim
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- 11:15pm
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Striking Distance
Bruce Willis stars as a cop whose father is murdered by a serial killer. But when he refuses to accept the suspect convicted of the crime is the real perpetrator, he finds his career derailed as he is demoted to river patrol. Naturally, the hero's instincts prove accurate as the villain resurfaces, hurling him into a race to save other innocent lives. Brainless action thriller, with Sarah Jessica Parker adding a touch of much-needed glamour to proceedings, alongside Dennis Farina and Tom Sizemore