The Rabbits
Summary: Winner of the Children’s Book Council Children’s Picture Book of the Year (1999). A dramatically moving allegory of colonisation told from the viewpoint of native Australian animals. This stunning […]
Tag Archives: Period piece
Catch-22
Synopsis: Mike Nichols superbly directed this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller’s scathing black comedy about a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, […]
Imogène McCarthery
Synopsis: Scottish-born Imogène McCarthery is working as the Secretary to the Admiralty in London, where she lives and pines for her native land. To her surprise and delight, she is […]
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Synopsis: Come and play While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion’s period interiors, Alex’s young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) can […]
The Haunting in Connecticut
Synopsis: Based on a chilling true story, The Haunting In Connecticut charts one family’s terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to […]
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Synopsis: What happened over the next 28 days have never been explained. From Michael Bay, the producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, comes the true story of Amityville. In November […]
Trail of the Pink Panther
Synopsis: Inspector Clouseau, the lovable buffoon with a knack for mispronunciation, is MIA! The terrifically talented Peter Sellers “induces gales of tonic laughter” (The Hollywood Reporter) in this wild adventure […]
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Synopsis: Evil Loves To Party One night in the house, one million bucks, no questions asked. But there is a catch for anyone who accepts the offer. Murder is a […]
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Synopsis: An Ages-Old Evil Returns For Another Round. Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair) four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can […]
Exorcist: The Beginning
Synopsis: The prequel to The Exorcist. The scariest movie of all time. Having abandoned his faith in God, Father Merrin (Stellan Skarsgard) joins a British archaeological excavation in Kenya, where […]
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Synopsis: Now Hear The Ghost’s Story, In Her Own Words. A prequel to the hit Stephen King’s Rose Red, The Diary Of Ellen Rimbauer unveils a story of the twisted […]
Rose Red
Synopsis: Every House Has A Story To Tell… This One Will Kill You. The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis), an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team […]
Army of Darkness
Synopsis: Trapped In Time. Surrounded By Evil. Low On Gas. Bound in human flesh, inked in blood – and amazingly hard to pronounce – the ancient “Necronomicon” (Book of the […]
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