Fantasy

  • Jesús Franco – Necronomicon – Geträumte Sünden AKA Succubus (1968)

    1961-1970FantasyGermanyHorrorJesus Franco

    A nightclub performer whose act incorporates bizarre sadomasochistic elements begins to lose her grip on reality, and is plunged into a nightmarish mental landscape.Read More »

  • Enrique López Eguiluz – La marca del Hombre Lobo AKA Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (1968)

    1961-1970Enrique López EguiluzFantasyHorrorSpainSpanish cinema under Franco

    Despite the title, there ain’t no Victor Von Frankenstein nor his patchwork of a monster in this film! A man suffers from the curse of lyncanthropy and seeks out the aid of a German doctor and his wife who are experts in the occult. Unknowingly, the cursed man has summoned two vampires instead, who have plans of their own for the werewolf.Read More »

  • Paz Encina – EAMI (2022)

    2021-2030Ethnographic CinemaExperimentalFantasyParaguayPaz Encina

    Eami’s homeland is invaded by settlers. Embodying Asojá, the bird-god-woman, she falls into trance in which she walks slowly and stunned through her beloved forest as she prepares to leave it forever.Read More »

  • Jim Jarmusch – Dead Man (1995)

    Jim Jarmusch1991-2000DramaFantasyUSA

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    With Dead Man, his first period piece, Jim Jarmusch imagined the nineteenth-century American West as an existential wasteland, delivering a surreal reckoning with the ravages of industrialization, the country’s legacy of violence and prejudice, and the natural cycle of life and death. Accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) has hardly arrived in the godforsaken outpost of Machine before he’s caught in the middle of a fatal lovers’ quarrel. Wounded and on the lam, Blake falls under the watch of the outcast Nobody (Gary Farmer), who guides his companion on a spiritual journey, teaching him to dispense poetic justice along the way. Featuring austerely beautiful black-and-white photography by Robby Müller and a live-wire score by Neil Young, Dead Man is a profound and unique revision of the western genre.Read More »

  • Jinsei Tsuji – Tenshi no wakemae AKA Angel’s Share (1995)

    1991-2000DramaFantasyJapanJinsei Tsuji

    A strange duo, Minko and Hiroto, who believe themselves to be angels, throw out fashion massage leaflets called “Angel Dispatch” from the roof of a building on Christmas Day in order to save unfortunate people. The flyers were blown by the wind and fell into the city.Read More »

  • Pascal Abikanlou – Sous le signe du vaudou AKA Under the Sign of the Voodoo (1974)

    1971-1980African CinemaBeninDramaFantasyPascal Abikanlou

    A young man neglects the ritual offerings to the voodoo deities and invokes their anger. His family suffers the consequences: house burned, crops destroyed. He leaves for the city to try to help them, but finds himself caught up in drugs. He ends up meeting a young girl who encourages him to return to the village. They marry in the voodoo tradition and the curse is lifted.Read More »

  • Luigi Cozzi – Hercules (1983)

    1981-1990AdventureFantasyItalyLuigi CozziThe Cannon Group

    The strongest man on Earth … in a super-adventure odyssey.

    The incredible Lou Ferrigno steps into the sandals of the most durable demigod in myth and motion pictures: Hercules!

    With the strength of an army, our hero battles the forces of darkness in one unbelievable exploit after another. From bloodthirsty bears and loathsome reptiles to giant robots and laser beams, he stands tall against all who oppose him in his battle against the nefarious Minos (William Berger). But even the mighty Hercules himself may not be impervious to the bewitching charms of Sybil Danning in the role of the seductive and sultry Adriana (and can you blame him?).Read More »

  • Juliusz Machulski – Ile wazy kon trojanski? AKA How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? (2008)

    2001-2010FantasyJuliusz MachulskiPolandRomance

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    A happily-married woman wishes she had met her second husband earlier, so that she could avoid many mistakes of the past. When suddenly moved back in time to 1980s she realizes she has one goal: find her future love.Read More »

  • George Pal – 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

    1961-1970FantasyGeorge PalUSAWestern

    The movie is based on a novel called The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney about a mysterious, elderly Chinese gentleman who brings a rather unusual circus to a small Western town at the turn of the 20th century. The film opens as Dr. Lao (Tony Randall) rides into the town of Abalone on a donkey, pausing just long enough to light his pipe with a flame that sprouts from his thumb. He ignores the initial mockery of the locals and visits the newspaper office to place an advertisement about his circus coming to town. While there he overhears a conversation between the profiteering town bully, Clint Stark (Arthur O’Connell), and the plucky newspaper editor Edward Cunningham (John Ericson). Stark plans to buy out everyone in town for sinister (and capitalistic) purposes, and Ed is determined to prevent just that from happening. While the power struggle is established over the next 30 minutes, we are introduced to the rest of the cast including the widowed librarian, Angela Benedict (Barbara Eden), and a bevy of colorful town characters. Meanwhile, Dr. Lao has set up his circus just outside of town, where he will change the lives of the townsfolk forever.Read More »

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