The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult. Ator battles giant spiders, swordsmen cloaked in shadow, re-animated dead warriors, and horribly hideous witches.Read More »
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Joe D’Amato – Ator l’invincibile AKA Ator the Fighting Eagle (1982)
Joe D'Amato1981-1990AdventureFantasyItaly -
Oleg Teptsov – Gospodin oformitel AKA Mister Designer (1987)
1981-1990FantasyHorrorOleg TeptsovUSSRIn this surreal take on Pygmalion set in 1900s St. Petersburg, Russia, a time known in art as Russian Decadence, a famous artist and decorator, Platon Andreevich, strives to find the secret to eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates, and his latest masterpiece, more perfect in his hubristic mind than anything that God had ever created, is based on a young dying girl. However, years later, he meets the wife of a rich merchant, who looks just like the now supposedly long time dead girl he used as model for his perfect mannequin. The artist becomes obsessed with uncovering the woman’s mysterious past, which puts him in grave danger.Read More »
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Nina Paley – Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
2001-2010AnimationFantasyNina PaleyQueer Cinema(s)USAAn animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.Read More »
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Hayao Miyazaki – Gake no ue no Ponyo AKA Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008)
Hayao Miyazaki2001-2010AnimationFantasyJapanA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.Read More »
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Takashi Miike – Nintama Rantarô AKA Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
Takashi Miike2011-2020ComedyFantasyJapanPlot
Rantaro was born into a low class ninja family. His parents hope he can one day become an elite ninja to make his family proud. Rantaro, bearing his parents’ expectations, enters the Ninja Academy. At the academy, he becomes friends with Shinbe (Futa Kimura), the son of a wealthy merchant family and Kirimaru (Roi Hayashi ), who lost his father in the war. The students at the Ninja Academy are called Nintama – which means future ninjas. Rantaro has a fun time at school, but Rantaro, Shinbe and Kirimaru have difficulties with their studies.Read More » -
Marcell Jankovics – Ének a csodaszarvasról AKA Song of the Miraculous Hind (2002)
2001-2010AnimationFantasyHungaryMarcell Jankovics

Divided into four sections, “Song” is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear.Read More »
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Adolfo Arrieta – Grenouilles (1983)
Adolfo Arrieta1981-1990ArthouseFantasyFranceGrenouilles (Frogs) is perhaps his strangest film. Anne Wiazemsky plays a beautiful Russian spy, Nora, who arrives on an island in the middle of the ocean, to avenge the betrayal of her lover, the artist Tibor. Other characters include a spy from UNESCO, a mysterious stranger who is plotting the end of the world, and a gang of thieves disguised as frogmen….Read More »
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Wei Lo, Huang Tang, Tian-lin Wang, Chia-hsiang Wu, Wen Yi – Bao lian deng AKA The Magic Lamp (1964)
Wei Lo1961-1970Chia-Hsiang WuFantasyHong KongHuang TangMusicalTian-lin WangWen Yi

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Adapted from one of China’s most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives birth to a baby son, Chenxiang. When Chenxiang grows up, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother whom he has never met.Read More » -
Stavros Tornes – Balamos (1982)
Stavros Tornes1981-1990ArthouseFantasyGreece

In order to buy a horse, a man wanders in the bazaars of Thessaly. His journey will take him further than he imagines, as old prophets, forgotten witches and vampire princes will find himself on his way.Read More »





