• Izzy Lee – Innsmouth (2015)

    USA2011-2020Izzy LeeMysteryShort Film

    Detective Diana Olmstead arrives on the scene of a body with a mysterious egg sac. A clue leads her to Innsmouth, where she meets a seductive and horrific fate in the form of Alice Marsh.Read More »

  • John Rawlins – Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

    USA1941-1950CrimeJohn RawlinsMystery

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    Combines elements of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, ‘His Last Bow’ and loosely parallels the real-life activities of Lord Haw-haw. Horror film “scream queen” Evelyn Ankers appears as leading lady.

    England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. The warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defence Committee call in Holmes.Read More »

  • Yôichi Sai – Soo (2007)

    2001-2010ActionDramaSouth KoreaYôichi Sai

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    A legendary assassin and a renowned problem solver, Soo has been searching for the twin brother he has not seen since their days in an orphanage. But his brother is murdered when he turns against a vicious gang to become a police officer. In order to get revenge, Soo has no choice but to take on his brother’s identity and use it to lure the gang into a trap.Read More »

  • Jean Rollin – Hard Penetration (1977)

    1971-1980ComedyEroticaFranceJean Rollin

    Servien and Marbeuf are two crooks who try to get some hired girls to keep a rich prince busy whilst they want to steal his jewels. They engage a girl (skinny) but have not much confidence in her. She engages two servants to help her with her heavy duties. (One is Cathy Castel, the other one is blackhaired and a Veronique Cousteau lookalike; she might be XNK0354.) Together they amuse the prince and his assistant, mostly in the swimming pool inside the villa and in various beds. For some reason the two crooks put Castel in bondage, but she manages to escape. However the crooks have been fooled because the diamonds were fake. All ends well.
    Typical Rollin approach to adult film making: lovemaking in a joyous environment. Cathy Castel has swollen tits. It looks as if she recently had a baby. Much underwater filming (following Félicia by Max Pécas?). It’s all very gigglish, and it looks as if a bunch of friends sit together by the fire and the water and have some sex.Read More »

  • Tex Avery – Screwball Squirrel (1944)

    1941-1950AnimationShort FilmTex AveryUSA

    Tex Avery’s first cartoon with Screwy Squirrel, a psychotic character that he would come to hate and kill off after only five cartoons. The first cartoon is generally considered the best of the bunch.Read More »

  • Atef El-Taieb – Sawak al-utubis AKA The Bus Driver (1982)

    1981-1990Atef El-TaiebDramaEgypt

    Arguably the best film of the Egyptian neorealist school of the eighties, exemplified by Daoud Abd El-Sayed, Khairy Bishara, and Mohamed Khan. depicting the devastating effects of global trade on the simple lives on the inhabitants.
    Directed by Atef El-Tayeb, one of the boldest names in Egyptian cinema, who died prematurely and worked on the issues concerning the poor and the voiceless throughout his short but important career.Read More »

  • Pushpendra Singh – Lajwanti (2014)

    Drama2011-2020IndiaPushpendra Singh

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    Based on a folk tale by legendary writer Vijaydan Detha, this love story is set in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert. A group of conservative women on their daily long trek to collect water enjoy their brief parole from scrutiny by doffing their veils reciting songs and talking of hidden desires. But hidebound Lajwanti keeps her veil and as the others mock her, she follows but at a distance. When a strange man crosses their path, Lajwanti is struck by his silent commitment to collecting doves. This encounter starts Lajwanti on a startling journey of self-discovery. GeetaRead More »

  • Fred F. Sears – The 49th Man (1953)

    1951-1960CrimeFred F. SearsThrillerUSA

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    U.S. security agent John Ireland suspects that someone is smuggling atomic devices into America. When he makes his report, Ireland is assured by his superiors that nothing untoward is going on. In fact, the higher-ups have had the wool pulled over their eyes by a clever Communist saboteur, who is assembling a super-bomb, with plans to detonate the doomsday weapon somewhere in the States. If we had to have cold-war thrillers, replete with Commie bad guys wearing baggy suits and calling everyone “Comrade”, it’s too bad that all of these films weren’t as entertaining as Columbia’s The 49th Man. The original story was written by Ivan Tors, later the producer of such classic TV series as Science Fiction Theater and Sea Hunt. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideRead More »

  • Jean Rollin – La vampire nue AKA The Nude Vampire (1970)

    1961-1970EroticaFranceHorrorJean Rollin

    A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she’s being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she’s a vampire.Read More »

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