Posts Tagged ‘supernatural’

Suspiria (1977)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy
Actors: Harper, Jessica | Casini, Stefania | Bucci, Flavio | Miguel Bosé | Magnolfi, Barbara | Javicoli, Susanna | Axén, Eva | Schündler, Rudolf | Kier, Udo | Valli, Alida | Bennett, Joan | Horowitz, Margherita | Mariani, Jacopo | Mingozzi, Fulvio | Scagnetti, Franca
Directors: Argento, Dario
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A young American dancer travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. As she arrives, the camera turns to another young woman, who appears to be fleeing from the school. She returns to her apartment where she is gruesomely murdered by a hideous creature. Meanwhile, the young American is trying to settle in at the ballet school, but hears strange noises and is troubled by bizarre occurrences. She eventually discovers that the school is merely a front for a much more sinister organization.

Crow: Wicked Prayer, The (2005)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Okumoto, Yuji | Chong, Marcus | Ortiz, Tito | Reid, Tara | Boreanaz, David | Salgado, Rosemberg | Furlong, Edward | Chriqui, Emmanuelle | Trejo, Danny | Baez, Dave | Lea, David | Cumba, Richard
Directors: Mungia, Lance
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Set in the Southwest, “Prayer” tells the story of ex-con Jimmy Cuervo (Furlong) and his girlfriend, Lily (Chriqui), who are murdered by Luc Crash (Boreanaz) and his satanic gang Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as part of a ritual for Crash to become an immortal demon.

Haunting of M., The (1981)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Gilbey, Sheelagh | Pitt, Nini | Garratt, Evie | Hay, Alan | Matthews, Jo Scott | Bryan, William | Austin, Peter | Bale, Ernest | Cazelet, Isolde | Pepper, Varvara | Stenson, Peter | Greenaway, Jenny | Williams, Gwen | Melvin, Ruby | Payne, Willie
Directors: Thomas, Anna
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This ghost story, set at the turn of the century, centers on the plight of elderly dowager Marianna (Sheelagh Gilbey), who is tormented by the alleged specter of a young man roaming the corridors of her mansion. After spotting a face in an old photograph that seems to match the old woman’s description of the “visitor”, Marianna’s sister (Nina Pitt) decides to check things out and see if any of this is for real.

Three Lives of Thomasina, The (1964)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: McGoohan, Patrick | Hampshire, Susan | Naismith, Laurence | Anderson, Jean | Brambell, Wilfrid | Currie, Finlay | Winter, Vincent | Gilmore, Denis | Carson, Charles | Roberts, Ewan | Johnston, Oliver | De Wolff, Francis | Nicholson, Nora | Stewart, Jack | Dotrice, Karen
Directors: Chaffey, Don
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A young Scottish girl’s cat, Thomasina, apparently dies at the hands of her widowed veterinarian father. The strained relationship between the girl and her father is eventually repaired with the return of Thomasina and the aid of a beautiful and mysterious “witch” who seems to have powers to revive and heal animals.

Field of Dreams (1989)

Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Madigan, Amy | Hoffmann, Gaby | Liotta, Ray | Busfield, Timothy | Jones, James Earl | Lancaster, Burt | Whaley, Frank | Brown, Dwier | Andelin, James | Kean, Mary Anne | Persons, Fern | Coffield, Kelly | Milhoan, Michael | Eastin, Steve
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.

Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)

Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Elfman, Danny | Sarandon, Chris | O'Hara, Catherine | Hickey, William | Shadix, Glenn | Reubens, Paul | Page, Ken | Ivory, Ed | McBride, Susan | Durst, Debi | Proops, Greg | Katz, Kerry | Crenshaw, Randy | Ball, Sherwood | Twillie, Carmen
Directors: Selick, Henry
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Bored and unhappy with the life of being “The Pumpkin King” Jack Skellington of Halloween Town, Jack sets out to find something exciting. Jack discovers “Christmas Town” and takes it upon himself to take over the duties of Santa to deliver toys across the world to children.

Objective, The (2008)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War
Countries: Morocco | USA
Actors: Huertas, Jon | Anderson, Matthew R. | Ball, Jonas | Hunter, Sam | Miller, P. David | Prewett, Jeff | Taylor, Kenny | Williams, Michael C. | Zinoune, Chems-Eddine | Harris, Jacqueline | Johansson, Vanessa
Directors: Myrick, Daniel
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A group of Special Ops Reservists on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan find themselves lost in a Middle Eastern “Bermuda Triangle” of ancient evil.

One Magic Christmas (1985)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Family | Fantasy
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Steenburgen, Mary | Basaraba, Gary | Stanton, Harry Dean | Hill, Arthur | Harnois, Elisabeth | Magwood, Robbie | Meyrink, Michelle | Koteas, Elias | Robson, Wayne | Rubes, Jan | Polley, Sarah | Jarvis, Graham | Webber, Timothy | Thompson, Joy | Friesen, John
Directors: Borsos, Phillip
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Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), a Christmas angel, is sent, by Santa, to help Ginny Grainger (Mary Steenburgen). Ginny is a cynic, and she hates Christmas. She and her family (husband, Jack and two kids, Caleb and Abbie) have fallen on hard times, making it even harder to believe in anything that can’t be seen. With help from Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois), and a trip to see Santa Claus himself, can Gideon find a way to make Ginny believe again?

Gate, The (1987)

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Dorff, Stephen | Denton, Christa | Tripp, Louis | Rowan, Kelly | Irwin, Jennifer | Grover, Deborah | Denton, Scot | Veninger, Ingrid | Fagan, Sean | Goranson, Linda | Kraines, Carl | Gunn, Andrew | Nuggette, Mic
Directors: Takács, Tibor
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The boy Glen (Stephen Dorff) and his best fried Terry (Louis Tripp) accidentally open a gate to hell when a rotten tree is removed from the backyard of Glen’s house. When his dog die and a friend of Glen’s sister, the teenager Alexandra (Christa Denton), buries the animal in the hole, demons from an ancient civilization are released, seeking for two human sacrifices to dominate the world. Glen, Al and Terry, who are spending the weekend alone in the house, fight to save their lives and close the hole.

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Russell, Kurt | Cattrall, Kim | Dun, Dennis | Hong, James | Wong, Victor | Burton, Kate | Li, Donald | Wong, Carter | Kwong, Peter | Pax, James | Pai, Suzee | Chi, Chao Li | Imada, Jeff | Mor, Rummel | Ng, Craig
Directors: Carpenter, John
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Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…