Documentary filmmakers Andre and Remy have found an ideal subject in Ben. He is witty, sophisticated, intelligent, well-liked -- and a serial killer. As Andre and Remy record Ben's routines, they become increasingly entwined in his vicious program, sacrificing both their objectivity and their morality. Controversial winner of the International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, Man Bites Dog stunned audiences worldwide with its unflinching imagery and biting satire of media violence.
Filmed simultaneously with the English language version, the Spanish version of Dracula is a completely different, yet equally ominous vision of the horror classic. Utilizing the same sets and identical script, cinematographer George Robinson and a vibrant cast including Carlos Villarias and Lupita Toward deliver this chilling and evocative tale.
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Picking up where Dracula left off, Dr. Von Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), thinking he has rid London of all vampires, is instead arrested for murder. Meanwhile, the beautiful and mysterious Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden) appears in London seeking the understanding Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger), Von Helsing's psychiatrist. A mysterious sequence of events leads Von Helsing and Garth to set off to Transylvania after the elusive countess and to rescue Garth's beautiful fianc (Marguerite Churchill) in this classic thriller.
Son of Dracula (1943)
Lon Chaney Jr. dons a cape as Count Alucard (that's Dracula spelled backward), the bloodthirsty son of the famous Transylvanian vampire. And when a beautiful Southern girl, Katherine (Louise Allbritton), invites him to the U.S., they both set out to satisfy their unquenchable thirst for human blood with nocturnal killings of unsuspecting neighbors and relatives. Despite the heroic efforts of her fianc? Robert Paige, Katherine falls under the spell of the evil Count in Son of Dracula, director Robert Siodmak's excursion into the horror genre.
House of Dracula(1945)
House of Dracula is one of the greatest feats for monster-lovers ever created! They're all here - The Wolf Man, Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, angry Villagers, even a hunchback assistant! And they all have momentous plans of their own in this entertaining frightmare treat.
1979年，名不見經傳的小導演森．雷米（Sam Raimi）聯合幾個大學同學，從投資商手中籌集了大約37萬美元，耗時三個月拍成了《屍變》，最初定名為「Book Of Dead」，但後來改成了「Evil Dead」。影片通過對屍體千變萬化後變成魔鬼玩弄人的描述，將一幕幕毛骨悚然的場面充斥觀眾的眼前，1981年在美國上映時出人意料地獲得青少年追捧，並在康城影展中獲得很高的評價，成為新一代Cult電影代表作。看過的人卻絕對忘不了劇中男主角Ash一手帶著鏈鋸、另一手持霰彈槍，殺入群魔亂舞的敵陣中萬鬼莫敵的勇猛模樣。
Seijun Suzuki's last film for Nikkatsu, Branded to Kill is the wildly perverse story of the yakuza's rice-sniffing "Number Three Killer." Sleazy yet elegant, Branded to Kill deconstructs gangster cliches and eluded censorship by the Japanese film board with its inventive use of framing and mattes. From a cookie-cutter studio script, Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious and visually inspired masterpiece--and was promptly fired.
Meet the diabolical Dr. Krast, a sadistic female Nazi scientist who makes Ilsa The She Wolf look like Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman! She creates a barbaric, sex-crazed Neanderthal beast that feeds upon the beautiful women tossed into its cage! The demented dive doctor will stop at nothing to further her series of shocking and depraved experiments on human guinea pigs. Can the partisan forces fight the Nazis, liberate the prison camp and put an end to the doctor's scientific atrocities in time to save the beast's next human meal?
The unnaturalness of war for humans, who are toilers and creators, is demonstrated through the life story of and old peasant wine-grower from Georgia. Georgy Makharashvili is on his way to see his son, a wounded soldier staying in the hospital. But before the father makes it to the hospital, the son has already left for the front. However, Georgy cannot go back to his village. Together with the Soviet Army, he goes all the way to Berlin, to the victory over Fascism.
From Sergei Paradjanov (The Legend Of Suram Fortess, Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors) one of the most acclaimed and experimental directors of the Soviet cinema, comes Ashik Kerib, a 19th century romantic tale evocatively brought to life.
Lermontov's famous fable tells of Ashik Kerib, the wandering minstrel who is trying to earn enough money to marry the girl he loves. But when the father of his beloved spurns him, Ashik is foced to roam the land for 1,001 nights. In recounting the story, Paradjanov boldly dispenses with conventional storytelling decives. Ashik Kerib is a series of glorious tableaux, exquisitely composed, choreographed and photographed. In addition, Paradjanov combines intertitles with images of early Russian artwork, which are then overlaid with a haunting blend of traditional and contemporary musical forms.
Ashik Kerib was Paradjanov's last completed feature film, and it was dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky, the director's close personal friend, who had died just two years earlier. Stylistically stunning, it is a unique and unforgettable cinematic experience.
建築師 John Baxtar (當奴蘇打蘭飾 ) 和妻子 Laura (茱莉姬絲蒂飾 )一同到威尼斯工作旅行以圖抹去喪女之痛。John 在那兒找到一份修葺古老教堂的工作，而 Laura 則遇上一對神秘的年老姊妹。自此一連串靈異事件連隨發生。姊妹自稱能和他們死去的女兒通靈，Laura 為此極度沉迷。John 覺得妻子心理狀況有異，懷疑姊妹倆弄虛作假，旨在蠱惑人心。直至他看到一個穿紅色雨衣、類似小孩的「物體」之後，便深受這個影像困擾，不能自拔...最後導致可怖的悲慘結局...
Inspired by an ancient Russian folk tale and adapted from the novella by Daniel Chongadze, The Legend Of Suram Fortress is a dazzling film by visionary director Sergei Paradjanov (Ashik Kerib, Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors).
As the story opens, repeated efforts by the Georgian people to construct a defensive stronghold continually fail. The building they are laboring to complete collapses, but then a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy: In order for the fortress to stand, the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up inside the structure - alive. The young man is faced with the prospect of sacrificing himself to save his homeland.
Filled with vivid and unforgettable imagery, The Legend Of Suram Fortress is a surreal ode to the Georgian warriors throughout the ages who died for their country.
