Christmas Evil (1980)
Better Watch Out... Better Not Cry... Or You May DIE!
ジャンル : ホラー, スリラー
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Lewis Jackson
シノプシス
A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
エドワードは、発明家の博士によって生み出された人造人間。だが、完成直前に博士が急死してしまった為、彼は両手がハサミのままこの世に残されてしまう。その後、ゴースト屋敷のような丘の上の家で、顔が傷だらけで孤独な日々を送っていた彼の元にある日、化粧品のセールス・ウーマンのペグが訪ねて来た。心優しい彼女は、そんな彼の姿に同情し、自分の家に連れて帰る。そうして家の中へ通された彼は、写真に写っているペグの娘キムに心奪われ、彼女に恋してしまう。
ニューヨークの駅構内。不審な行動を見咎められ警察に連行される謎の男プロート。彼は自らを遥か1,000光年彼方のK－PAX星からやって来た異星人だと名乗り精神病院に送られる。プロートの治療に当たるのは精神科のパウエル医師。初めのうちは単なる妄想か虚言と高を括っていたパウエルだったが、その落ち着き払った言動や理路整然とした説明にかすかな疑問を抱き始める。さらに、プロートの存在は他の患者たちにも強い影響を与え、パウエルが治せずにいる患者たちがみるみる回復していく。
動物愛護活動家が医療科学研究所を襲撃した。研究員はチンパンジーが危険な感染症にかかっていると警告するが活動家は耳を貸そうとしない。檻から出した途端、チンパンジーは研究員や活動家に襲いかかった。28日後。交通事故で昏睡状態に陥っていたバイク・メッセンジャーのジムは、ロンドン市内の病院の集中治療室で意識を取り戻す。ベッドから起き廊下をさまようジムだったが院内にはまったく人の気配がなかった。人の影を求めて街へ飛び出したジムは、そこで驚くべき光景を目にする。
老朽化したバスルームで対角線上に倒れていたふたりの男ゴードンとアダム。その間には自殺死体が。足を鎖でつながれた男たちに与えられたのは、テープレコーダー、一発の弾、タバコ2本、着信用携帯電話、2本のノコギリ。犯人から告げられたメッセージは「6時間以内に相手を殺すか、自分が死ぬか」。犯人は警察に追われている連続殺人鬼ジグゾウだった。
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
マサチューセッツ州の某大学の脳外科医ヒルの研究室で助手を務めるハーバート・ウェストはある日、死体を蘇生させる血清の発明に成功する。 ハーバートは血清の信用性を確かめるため、同僚のダンと共に死体置場で実験を試みるが、ゾンビとなって暴れだす死体の噂を聞きつけてやって来た学長のホルジーを殺してしまう。ハーバートとダンが血清でホルジーを生き返らせたところ、彼は狂暴なゾンビと化す。 さらに、ハーバートの血清の技術を奪おうとして彼に殺され、実験台にされていたヒルもゾンビと化して暴れ出したため、事態は混乱していく。
Jesus Camp follows children at a Christian summer camp as they hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled in how to "take back America for Christ." The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future.
Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter...
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now they're back – long-dead mariners who've waited a century for their revenge.
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ at the village church. After experiencing an "acoustic wonder", his eye color changes and he can hear even the most subtle sounds.
80代の男性として誕生し、そこから徐々に若返っていく運命のもとに生まれた男ベンジャミン・バトン。時間の流れを止められず、誰とも違う数奇な人生を歩まなくてはならない彼は、愛する人との出会いと別れを経験し、人生の喜びや死の悲しみを知りながら、時間を刻んでいくが……。＜F・スコット・フィッツジェラルドの短編小説をデヴィッド・フィンチャーが映画化した感動巨編。第一次世界大戦時から21世紀に至るまでのニューオリンズを舞台に、80代で生まれ、徐々に若返っていく男の数奇な運命が描かれる。主人公のベンジャミン・バトンを演じるのはフィンチャー監督作に3度目の主演となるブラッド・ピット。共演はケイト・ブランシェット。誰とも違う人生の旅路を歩む、ベンジャミン・バトンの運命の行方に注目。＞
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.
A holiday celebration with the extended family gets stretched to the breaking point in this comedy from Germany. Sara is happily married to Jan, though this wasn't always the case -- Sara is Jan's second wife, while Sara has three ex-husbands, Gunnar, Andi and Erich, and she and Jan are raising children from each of their previous marriages. Jan is less than thrilled with the prospect of spending the holidays with Sara's mother, but things get worse when he learns his wife has planned a surprise for Christmas eve -- they'll be joined by Gunnar, Andi and Erich, as well as Erich's new wife Pauline, Andi's current spouse Rita and his own ex-wife, Eva. To call the atmosphere uncomfortable is an understatement, and things only get worse when Sara announces she's pregnant, which is quite troubling for Jan since he's been waiting for the right time to tell her he had a vasectomy several months before.
Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge.
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
