Fantasy

  • Peter Plummer – The Owl Service (1969)

    1961-1970FantasyPeter PlummerTVUnited Kingdom
    The Owl Service (1969)
    The Owl Service (1969)

    All eight episodes of the late-sixties TV series about a girl, holidaying with her family in a remote Welsh valley, who stumbles upon ancient magical forces. Alison (Gillian Hills), along with step-brother Roger (Francis Wallis), are spending a few weeks of the summer in Wales, at a house formerly owned by Alison’s late father. After discovering a set of dinner plates in the attic, Alison traces the plates’ flower pattern onto paper, discovering that they fold in turn into owls. Soon, the house starts to reveal hidden secrets, compelling Alison to experience an ancient legend brought back to life.Read More »

  • King Hu – Shan zhong zhuan qi AKA Legend of the Mountain (1979)

    King Hu1971-1980FantasyHorrorTaiwan
    Shan zhong zhuan qi (1979)
    Shan zhong zhuan qi (1979)

    Quote:
    King Hu while revered for a number of unique films in the 1960’s was outside the HK studio system by the 1970’s and only produced three films in that decade. In 1979 his made two “Mountain” films concurrently. This one being a ghost story in the tradition of Japanese ghosts films like Ugetsu or Black Cat from the Grove.Read More »

  • Henri Pachard – The Devil in Miss Jones Part II (1982)

    Henri Pachard1981-1990EroticaFantasyUSA
    The Devil in Miss Jones Part II (1982)
    The Devil in Miss Jones Part II (1982)

    Quote:
    Justine Jones, in a continuation of The Devil in Miss Jones, Part 1 (1973), is frustrated in hell. She makes a sexual deal with the Devil himself to earn a return to earth as an immortal human. However, in earning her escape, Lucifer falls in love with her. He doesn’t want her to go but can’t admit it because he’s the Devil. The story gets underway as he tries to place her soul in nubile bodies on earth that are increasingly removed from opportunities for sex, in order to jealously deny her the one thing she craves. He finally tries the body of a nun, but this brings him into conflict with HIM, resulting in a humorous finale.Read More »

  • Phil Joanou – Three O’Clock High (1987)

    1981-1990ComedyFantasyPhil JoanouUSA
    Three O'Clock High (1987)
    Three O’Clock High (1987)

    A nerd gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the day’s end.Read More »

  • Jean Epstein – Le tempestaire AKA The Tempest (1947)

    Jean Epstein1941-1950FantasyFranceShort Film
    Le tempestaire (1947)
    Le tempestaire (1947)

    In a village in Brittany, a young maid and an old woman are spinning while the wind blows threateningly outdoors. In spite of the bad omen, the young maid’s boyfriend decides to sail away. Worried, the young maid ask for help to a mysterious old man and his magical crystal ball in order to calm down the rough seas.Read More »

  • Jean Rollin – Les Deux orphelines vampires AKA Two Orphan Vampires (1997)

    Jean Rollin1991-2000FantasyFranceHorror
    Les Deux orphelines vampires (1997)
    Les Deux orphelines vampires (1997)

    Condemned to see only when the night falls, the abandoned blind sisters with the untraceable past, Louise and Henriette, share a horrible secret. Their days are black, their nights are blue, and their insatiable thirst for warm, bright-red blood compels the orphaned predators to roam the ill-lit streets of Paris in search of unsuspecting victims to sustain their unholy existence on Earth. However, danger lurks everywhere, and the city’s sad, memory-laden cemeteries can only provide temporary refuge. Indeed, blood begets blood. Is there an end to the blood-stained sisters’ tyranny?Read More »

  • Siegfried Hartmann – Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot AKA Snow White and Rose Red (1979)

    1971-1980FantasyGermanySiegfried Hartmann
    Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (1979)
    Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (1979)

    In an enchanted forest, the princely brothers Michael and Andreas get lost and are transformed, by a mountain spirit who jealously guards his underground treasure, into animals until the unlikely event of sincere love from a human. The only persons who may be able to give such love are the local commoner sisters Snowwhite and Rose-red, who are kind and helpful by nature and stand to harvest unimagined rewards.Read More »

  • Gregory Dark – New Wave Hookers 3 (1993)

    Gregory Dark1991-2000EroticaFantasyUSA
    New Wave Hookers 3 (1993)
    New Wave Hookers 3 (1993)

    Quote:
    A man takes his frigid wife to an institute where technology that arouses people through music had been developed. However, she gets turned into a hooker and the headmistress of the institute develops personal interest in her.Read More »

  • Gregory Dark – Sex Freaks (1996)

    Gregory Dark1991-2000EroticaFantasyUSA
    Sex Freaks (1996)
    Sex Freaks (1996)

    Quote:
    To enter the Dark World is to plunge into the most total excess of a demented universe where the most unheard-of perversions and the most hallucinatory situations follow one another at a dizzying pace. Black magic and sex come together in a breathtaking firework display of demonic pleasures. A revolutionary and innovative film.Read More »

Back to top button