The Dismembered Ghost (1968)
Género : Terror
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 11M
Director : Kin'ya Ogawa
Escritor : Kyôichi Tsugawa
Sinopsis
Masako, the young lady of the family estate, returning from overseas following the death of her diplomat father. She had originally left in opposition to his second marriage to the avaricious Tomoko, who now parades her new lover Goro around the house as if it were her own. When the family lawyer informs the gathered masses that it is Masako who is the legal inheritor of the entire estate, her elder sister Sumie and fiance Shinjiro join Tomoko and Goro in hacking up the unfortunate heiress with an axe. It is not long before the assorted pieces of Masako begin cropping up to drive them all insane, followed by her apparition in the traditional white smock with eyes peering wildly through straggly black hair.
A group of young adults decide to spend the holidays hiking through Greenland's picturesque islands, but their trip takes a bloody turn when they begin to fall prey to an unseen foe. A transgressive journey into the world of Greenlandic genre cinema.
La película trata sobre una famosa leyenda del estanque Yashaga, en la que un hombre busca a un amigo desaparecido misteriosamente, un cuento mágico en el que aparecen criaturas extrañas, una princesa desconsolada, y un pacto que no se puede romper. Los conflictos entre la fe y el escepticismo, y entre la obligación social y un dinamismo deseo personal de la narrativa hacia una conclusión dramática en el mundo de lo real y lo surreal, chocan inevitablemente.
Two screwballs get mixed up with monsters, mad scientists and vampires.
Maria embarks on a one-night stand with Lothar. Lothar proves to be a ruthless seducer and when Maria becomes pregnant, she sinks into a nightmare from which there seems to be no escape.
This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.
Una joven llamada Melissa está convencida de haber cometido un terrible crimen en sueños. Su familia angustiada reclama la presencia del doctor Orloff para que la ayude. Pero éste no quiere más que consumar una antigua venganza, por lo que someterá a Melissa a unos retorcidos tratamientos.
Late Bloomer is the story of Sumida-san, a severely handicapped man, and his downward spiral into hell.
Emma sufre un terrible accidente de tráfico, que afecta gravemente a su cerebro, por lo que debe recibir atención psiquiátrica. Cuando regresa a casa, su carácter se ha vuelto tan agresivo, provoca tantas discusiones que sus padres deciden lrse de vacaciones. La idea de que la dejen desencadena en ella una furia tan salvaje que acaba asesinando a los que la rodean.
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, King Boy D and Rockman Rock, try to find and gain access to the mystical White Room. They leave a party at their house and drive in their 1968 US Cop Car through night-time London and the dusty plains of the Sierra Nevada region of Spain. There they face judgement: will they be allowed to enter the White Room? Meanwhile their lawyer David Franks tries to find a loophole to free them from their contract with Eternity.
A notable opera singer tries to commit suicide because of a emotional breakdown. While hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic, her daughter cautiously approaches the man she considers to be the blame for the state of her mother in order to gain her revenge.
'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.
Luca and Otilia,two young people just beginning their lives, move in the big city, helped by their childhood friend, Vlad. They rent a flat in an old building, in which only one old man lives, Felix. The flat has a peculiar past: a former tenant, Irina, disappeared mysteriously 6 months ago. One night, after a big fight, Luca falls asleep in the living room and leaves Otilia alone in the bedroom. During the night, Luca hears the scream of his wife coming from the bedroom. Scared, Luca goes to the room where he had heard the scream from. He notices that his wife has disappeared, just like the previous tenant, without any warning. A crazy game begins: Luca has to find out what happened to his wife and face the accusations that others bring on him, especially to Vlad's, who was in love with Otilia.
Young Chinese-American filmmaker Wei-ming travels from New York to his childhood home on Lamma Island to make a video documentary about the imminent opening of a Disneyland theme park in Hong Kong. While doing research for the project, he meets Larry, a dancer/choreographer.
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.
Una variación del clásico de Kim The Housemaid (1960). Las vidas de un compositor y su esposa, que viven en una granja de pollos, se tornan confusas cuando una femme fatale se une a su hogar.
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
