Fantasy

  • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (2025)

    2021-2030DramaFantasyGuillermo del ToroMexico

    Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.Read More »

  • Ben Hopkins – Simon Magus (1999)

    Ben HopkinsDramaFantasyUnited Kingdom

    synopsis – AMG:
    Director of award-winning short films Ben Hopkins embarked on this ambitious feature project with Robert Jones, the producer of The Usual Suspects. The screenplay is inspired by Central European folklore, spaghetti Westerns and industrial history. But the film, which runs like a fable, has its roots in folktales rather than history. It is the end of the 19th century and progress has arrived in Silesia. Travelers do not stop at the town anymore because the railway track is laid past the small settlement. Incomes have dropped, and so has the number of inhabitants. Noah Taylor plays Simon, a ‘holy fool’ of sorts, persecuted by fellow villagers who hold him responsible for everything from the failure of the crops to the milk going sour. Read More »

  • Agustí Villaronga – El niño de la luna AKA Moon Child (1989)

    1981-1990Agustí VillarongaFantasyMysterySpain

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    Since ancient times, a tribe on the African continent has been prophesying that a white boy will arrive to be their god: the Son of the Moon. David, a 12-year-old orphan who lives in Europe, learns about the prophecy and believes that he is the chosen child and that destiny must be fulfilled at any cost. Before David can fulfill his prophecy he must escape the heavily guarded scientific organization that has adopted him. David’s strange behavior and the fact that he possesses extrasensory perception, has attracted the attention of an organization researching so-called “prodigious beings” in the occult tradition.Read More »

  • Masaaki Yuasa – Yoake tsugeru Rû no uta AKA Lu Over the Wall (2017)

    2011-2020AnimationFantasyJapanMasaaki Yuasa

    Kai is talented but adrift, spending his days sulking in a small fishing village after his family moves from Tokyo. His only joy is uploading songs he writes to the internet. When his classmates invite him to play keyboard in their band, their practice sessions bring an unexpected guest: Lu, a young mermaid whose fins turn to feet when she hears the beats, and whose singing causes humans to compulsively dance – whether they want to or not. As Kai spends more time with Lu, he finds he is able to tell her what he is really thinking, and a bond begins to form. But since ancient times, the people in the village have believed that mermaids bring disaster and soon there is trouble between Lu and the townspeople, putting the town in grave danger.Read More »

  • Ray Davies – Return to Waterloo (1984)

    1981-1990FantasyMusicalRay DaviesUnited Kingdom

    An unnamed Traveler boards the Guildford-Waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers.Read More »

  • Wojciech Has – Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera AKA The Tribulations Of Balthazar Kober (1988)

    1981-1990ArthouseFantasyPolandWojciech Has

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    An adaptation of the novel by French writer Frédérick Tristan. The work is structurally similar to the famous “The Saragossa Manuscript”. It is an oneiric tale of a teenage Balthazar who, escaping the Inquisition, travels to Jerusalem accompanied by companions from the earthly and otherworldly worlds.Read More »

  • Richard Williams – The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)

    1991-2000AnimationFantasyRichard WilliamsUSA

    A lonely princess and a poor cobbler fall in love while trying to retrieve three magical orbs that were stolen by a bumbling thief, all while outwitting a powerful sorcerer as adventure and comedic pop culture references abound.

    Quote:
    Acclaimed master animator Richard Williams spent the better part of three decades working on what was to be his masterpiece, The Thief and the Cobbler.Read More »

  • Jenõ Hódi – Metamorphosis (2007)

    2001-2010FantasyGermanyHorrorJenõ Hódi

    In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in the Carpathian Mountains faces the evil Countess Elizabeth Bathory, accused of drinking and bathing in blood of virgin women. Count Thurzo imprisons the Countess in the tower of a monastery and brings her daughter to live with him. In the present days, Keith is writing a book about Countess Elizabeth Bathory and traveling through Hungary with his friends J.J. and Kim researching her life. While trying to find the monastery, he meets the gorgeous and seductive Elizabeth, who guides the trio to the place. Keith and Elizabeth fall in love for each other, and after a car accident, they have a supernatural journey with revelations and fatalities.Read More »

  • David Wheatley – The Magic Toyshop (1987)

    USA1981-1990David WheatleyFantasyHorror

    After her parents are killed in a plane crash over the Grand Canyon, Melanie, a teenager girl and her younger brother and sister are sent to London to live with their uncle, Philip. There, she meets his mute wife Margaret, who is mistreated by and terrified of her husband and only converses through notes. She also meets Margaret’s younger brothers Francie, a fiddler, and the rakish Finn. Her uncle is a toy maker, secretly has the power to make his toys come to life, but he also maintains dictatorial control over his family and intends to exercise the same control over the new arrival.Read More »

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