Angels and Insects
Synopsis: Taken in by a wealthy family after a failed expedition to the Amazon, biologist William Adamson Rylance) wins the hand of his benefactor’s daughter (Kensit) and believes his dreams of […]
Tag Archives: Period piece
Bel Ami (2012)
Synopsis: Based on Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel, this tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy’s (Robert Pattinson) rise to power from his meager beginnings as a penniless ex-soldier […]
Midnight Movie Massacre
Synopsis: ATTACK FROM MARS tells the terrifying story of a handful of people that fight off a fearsome vampire creature from the planet Mars when it invades the local movie […]
I coltelli del vendicatore
Synopsis: In their third and final collaboration, Cameron Mitchell stars for Mario Bava as a Viking drifter torn between guilt, vengeance and his love for a peasant woman and her […]
L’ostie d’chat, tome 1
Summary: Jean-Sébastien and Jasmin share the custody of Legolas, the ever-underfoot cat. One is a recently unemployed pickup artist, the other a wannabe rocker who has just been fired from […]
Borderline
Synopsis: An erotic drama about a woman facing her 30th birthday who looks back at her life growing-up with her grandmother, crazy mother and her over-indulgence with men, sex and […]
Lady Chatterley
Synopsis: From Ken Russell, the incendiary director of Women in Love and Altered States, comes a retelling of the literary classic that spawned the most celebrated obscenity trial of the […]
I tre volti della paura
Synopsis: Boris Karloff is your host for Bava’s 1963 classic triptych of terror in which The Maestro again set new standards in the deviant sexuality, graphic violence and spellbinding horror. […]
From a Whisper to a Scream
Synopsis: Prepare to be shocked out of your skin with four grisly tales of terror in one small town! Legendary king of horror Vincent Price “gives his fullest, most sepulchral […]
Diary of a Madman
Synopsis: Vincent Price turns in a classic performance as a sculptor, possessed by an evil spirit, who hires a model (Nancy Kovack) to pose for him – then learns thereafter […]
Ercole al centro della terra
Synopsis: Hercules (Reg Park) mus fight a monster made of stone, retrieve a golden apple from the tree of Hesperides, and brave the horrors of Hades to rescue his beloved […]
La maschera del demonio
Synopsis: Mario Bava’s 1960 directorial debut stands alone as one of the most influential and startling chillers of all time. British actress Barbara Steele became an international icon in this […]
Punk Rock Jesus
Summary: J2 causes both outrage and adulation. Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members of the scientific community […]
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