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After her husband dies of mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.Read More »
Horror
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Wes Craven – Deadly Blessing (1981)
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Ti West – The Roost (2005)
2001-2010CultHorrorTi WestUSAQuote:
Creatures of the night find new prey on the scariest night of the year in this horror story. It’s Halloween night, and four friends — Allison (Vanessa Horneff), Elliott (Wil Horneff), Trevor (Karl Jacob), and Brian (Sean Reid) — are on a road trip en route to a friend’s wedding when their car breaks down after running into something. Looking for help, the four happen upon the farmhouse of an elderly couple, Elvin (Richard Little) and May (Barbara Wilhide), which is located next to a huge barn. Elvin and May have already become lost in the darkness of the barn, and soon two of the lost travelers are suffering the same fate as they search for friendly strangers. However, while they can barely see a hand in front of their face, they discover they’re not alone in the barn, which has become home to a huge swarm of bloodthirsty bats. The Roost is framed by an introduction and postscript from a television horror show host, played by Tom Noonan. ~ Mark Deming, RoviRead More » -
Peter Brunner – Luzifer (2021)
2021-2030AustriaDramaHorrorPeter BrunnerQuote:
A man with the mental faculties of a child must save his mother, thereby becoming god and devil.Read More » -
Gonzalo Calzada – Nocturna: Lado B – Donde los elefantes van a morir (2021)
2021-2030ArgentinaDramaGonzalo CalzadaHorrorSynopsis:
A woman narrates the final night on earth of a 100-year old man, whom fights for redemption from his life’s misdeeds.Read More » -
Gonzalo Calzada – Nocturna: La noche del hombre grande AKA Nocturna: Side a – The Great Old Man’s Night (2021)
ArgentinaDramaGonzalo CalzadaHorrorSynopsis:
Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man, battling for redemption on his last night on earth. Faced with imminent death, he is forced to rethink his past, his present and his take on reality.Read More » -
Masaru Tsushima – Otsuyu: Kaidan botan aka the haunted lantern (1998)
1991-2000FantasyHorrorJapanMasaru TsushimaThe traditional nature of this kaidan, or Japanese ghost story, is underscored by the fact that it is based on a tale by Encho Sanyutei (1839-1900) — an author and performer of the late Edo-early Meiji period. His popular story “Botan Doro” has been the subject of some 18 film adaptations, this one being the first of the “modern” period. Sanyutei’s story was itself an adaptation of a traditional Chinese folktale that has a long history of re-telling and performance, especially in the form of kabuki theatre. It entered Japanese culture in the 1600s and became one of that country’s most loved kaidan, fusing romance, sexual politics and terror into an emotionally potent drama.Read More »
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Ki-young Kim – Iodo AKA Io Island (1977)
1971-1980HorrorKi-young KimMysterySouth KoreaA company is studying the possibility to open a spa hotel named after a mythical island, Ieodo. The island is inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the location of the hotel lost a journalist under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors go to Ieodo’s neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the disappearance.Read More »
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Roman Polanski – Repulsion (1965)
1961-1970DramaHorrorRoman PolanskiUnited KingdomQuote:
The first in Roman Polanski’s “Apartment Trilogy” (preceding Rosemary’s Baby and The Tenant), Repulsion is a landmark psychological horror film, whose influence can be seen from Fat Girl to Black Swan.Carol (Catherine Deneuve) is a meek young woman working in a London beauty salon and living with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux). Carol is classically beautiful, nearly mute, seemingly terrified of men, and progressively suffering from some sort of internal trauma. When Helen and her married lover Michael (Ian Hendry) leave for a holiday, Carol’s issues become violently externalized.Read More »
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Jonathan Miller – Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968)
1961-1970BBCHorrorJonathan MillerTVUnited KingdomSynopsis:
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during a vacation to a remote coastal village in Norfolk, he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on a beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding.Read More »