A rich fantasy and extraordinary visual film based on Angela Carter's novels (changing traditional fairytales to dark tales of sexuality and seduction). A young girl dreams of a magical world where she confronts her fears of sex and death, and is pursued by a handsome werewolf. Convincing and excellently done.
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CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE (1997)
Certification18 Our Rating
A shop clerk fixates on a TV news reader while constructing a machine to masturbate himself, the newsreader has her own sexual fantasy involving a large carp, another woman makes dough balls, which she grotesquely ingests before bed, need we go on? A strange and cerebral outing for those that really should get out more, did we say out, perhaps stay in would be a better idea. This said there is plenty of material here to discuss with friends and psychiatrists. Oh, did I mention the voodoo-chicken
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CRONOS (1994)
Certification18 Our Rating
An inquisitive antiques dealer becomes obsessed with an amulet which he finds that holds the key to eternal life, the Cronos device. As he turns younger a ruthless millionaire comes looking for the elixir, but both find that there are higher authorities to answer to in the bloody climax. An original and intriguing variation on the vampire myth.
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DER GOLEM WIE ER IN DIE WELT KAM (1920)
CertificationPG Our Rating
This classic piece of early silent cinema is noted not merely for its dramatic camerawork and cast of thousands but also for its contribution as a cinematic template, particularly in the genre of horror. Set in 16th Century Prague, a monstrous creature of Jewish myth is unleashed by a Rabbi to save his people from anti-Semitic legislation; unfortunately for all concerned The Golem's taste for destruction is not sated by the demands of his master, and so begins an unstoppable rampage.
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DON'T LOOK NOW (1973)
Certification15 Our Rating
A father is haunted by the death of his young child. Omens point to disaster and hallucinations predict the future as this wonderful atmospheric film moves to its disturbing climax. Shot in the beautiful city of Venice and based on the book by Daphne du Maurier.
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DUST DEVIL (1992)
Certification18 Our Rating
Murder, magic and South African politics mix in a nightmarish world of mysticism and ritual slaughter. Drawn to the drought-ridden town of Bethany by the smell of death, shape-shifting 'Hitcher with No Name' (Burke) kills and dismembers a lonely young woman who picks him up. While the hitcher feeds off the despair of others, including fugitive wife Field, local policeman Mokae enlists the help of a half-mad, half-blind cinema projectionist in his search for a suspected serial killer. The non-lin
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EPIDEMIC (1987)
Certification15 Our Rating
Previously unreleased in the UK, this is a truly experimental film with echoes of the director's later work; The Idiots and Dogville. Starring the director as the lead and using no camera crew, the story follows a doctor attempting to stop the spread of a plague who only succeeds in spreading it further.
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ERASERHEAD (1980)
Certification18 Our Rating
One of the strangest films ever made. A monochrome nightmare that launched David Lynch to stardom; inspired Twin Peaks and was the first step, some might say, on his voyage up his own back passage. Extraordinarily disturbing and fantastic.Why doesn't he make them like this any more? Twisted genius.
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EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1959)
Certification18 Our Rating
Stunningly filmed in black and white, this classic slice of surrealist cinema is both touching and terrifying. A doctor, tortured beyond sanity after disfiguring his only daughter, sets out to give her back what he has taken away, at the expense of a succession of suitable young donors. A darkly disturbing marvellous movie.
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