Synopsis:
When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein’s title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!Read More »
Animation
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Jules Bass – Mad Monster Party? (1967)
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Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske – Pinocchio (1940)
1931-1940AnimationBen SharpsteenFantasyHamilton LuskeUSA“Pinocchio” is a parable for children, and generations have grown up remembering the words “Let your conscience be your guide” and “A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as plain as the nose on your face.” The power of the film is generated, I think, because it is really about something. It isn’t just a concocted fable or a silly fairy tale, but a narrative with deep archetypal reverberations. (“Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King” share that quality, and so do the scenes involving Dumbo and his mother.)Read More »
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Pierre Kast & Chris Marker – La Brûlure de mille soleils AKA The Heat of a Thousand Suns (1965)
1961-1970AnimationChris MarkerFrancePierre KastSci-FiThis ultimate masterpiece is set in the far future where a young man, bored by his surroundings, blasts off into space with only his cat and some robots for company. On a distant planet he discovers a serene, tranquil culture and falls in love with a girl. The story follows his problems adjusting to their sociological standards and customs where family units are comprised of sexual groups of eight people.Read More »
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Adolf Born & Jaroslav Doubrava & Milos Macourek – Mindrák AKA Inferiority Complex (1981)
1981-1990Adolf BornAnimationComedyCzech RepublicJaroslav DoubravaMilos MacourekQuote:
A humorous criminal story about a dog that knew how to read, appreciated classical music and spoke a foreign language. His primitive master hates his dog’s superiority and tries to liquidate it physically. In the end he pays for it himself.Read More » -
Adolf Born & Jaroslav Doubrava & Milos Macourek – O vodovodu ktery zpival v opere AKA About the tap who sang at the opera (1990)
1981-1990Adolf BornAnimationCzech RepublicJaroslav DoubravaMilos MacourekMusicalStory about a hard way to the stage.
Our hero gives up his job in a restaurant to find fame on fortune at the opera. will he succeed?Read More »
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Adolf Born & Jaroslav Doubrava & Milos Macourek – O chlapeckovi, který se stal kredencí AKA The Boy who became a Cupboard (1989)
1981-1990Adolf BornAnimationComedyCzech RepublicJaroslav DoubravaMilos MacourekParents of all children around the world held a congress to discuss how to deal with their misbehaving. All parents came together, only one was missing, parents of Silvester, the best boy in the world. The congress decided to go see him so he could lead the other children by example. Silvester was truly an exceptional child, but his “being good at all times and under all circumstances” somewhat got out of hand …Read More »
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Seijun Suzuki & Shigetsugu Yoshida – Rupan sansei: Babiron no Ogon densetsu AKA Lupin III: The Golden Legend of Babylon (1985)
1981-1990AdventureAnimationJapanSeijun SuzukiShigetsugu YoshidaSynopsis:
Several stone tablets have been unearthed in New York City and tell the tale of an ancient treasure. Thousands of years ago, a god demanded that all of the gold in Babylon be collected so it could be hidden. Lupin is naturally looking to make this horde of gold his own but must contend with two Mafia families that are after it as well.Read More » -
Aleksandr Petrov – Son smeshnogo cheloveka AKA The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
1991-2000Aleksandr PetrovAnimationRussiaShort FilmAlexander Petrov`s short animationRead More »
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Aleksandr Petrov – Rusalka (Mermaid) (1997)
1991-2000Aleksandr PetrovAnimationRussiaShort Filma wonderful painted animation about boy and a mermaid.Read More »