Fantasy

The Guardian

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 by Vomitron

The Guardian   guardian postercr 89x119 fantasyDirector: Andrea Ricca
Writer: Andrea Ricca
Release year: 2009

An short adventure on the smallest scale

An archeologist discovers an ancient goblet at a Medieval castle setting. Upon removing it, he awakens its guardian who wants it back.

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The Redeemer: Son of Satan!

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 by Perfesser Deviant

The Redeemer: Son of Satan!   The Redeemer Son of Satan poster 85x120 fantasyDirector: Constantine S. Gochis
Writer
: William Vernick
Release Year
: 1978
Aka title:
Class Reunion Massacre

By the doubling of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.

From a dark lake filling the bottom of an abandoned quarry rises a little boy (Christopher Flint) who then catches a bus. This startling scene, though almost disconnected from the bulk of the film, show us that we’re in for something unusual. While a group of jerkoffs at a high-school reunion getting bumped off isn’t entirely original, this one tries to be something different by having the killer be something far from the norm…. (more…)

Valerie and her Week of Wonders

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Perfesser Deviant

Valerie and her Week of Wonders   valerie and her week of wonders poster 2 83x120 fantasyDirector: Jaromil Jires
Writers
: Jaromil Jires & Ester Krumbachová with additional dialog by Jirí Musil and based on a novel by Vítezslav Nezval
Release Year
: 1970
Czech title:
Valerie a týden divu

Bleed little girl, bleed.

Thirteen year old Valerie (Jaroslava Schallerová) – who looks like a young Britt Ekland – lives with her grandmother (Helena Anýzová) in a large house. One day, missionary / actor-player / complete weirdo Tchor-konstábl (Jirí Prýmek) appears in the town with Orlík (Petr Kopriva) – who may have already been there – and quickly becomes interested in grandmother and Valerie. There’s much more to it than that as the film unfolds like a fever dream story of incest, lesbianism, sexual-awaking, molestation, sexuality, marriage as well as vampires, weasels and religion….

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What Dreams May Come

Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Perfesser Deviant

What Dreams May Come   whatdreamsmaycome 80x120 dramaDirector: Vincent Ward
Writer: Ronald Bass based on a book by Richard Matheson
Release Year: 1998

Hell is Robin Williams.

Annie Collins-Nielsen (Annabella Sciorra) goes crazy when her kids, Ian (Josh Paddock) and Marie (Jessica Brooks Grant), are killed in a car accident. Only the antics of her husband Chris (Robin Williams) are able to draw her back to some sense of normality, but then he’s killed too in another car accident. She doesn’t cope well, but that’s the least of the problems in this film….

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Wristcutters: A Love Story

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 by Perfesser Deviant

Wristcutters: A Love Story   wristcutters poster 2 81x120 comedyDirector: Goran Dukic
Writer: Goran Dukic based on a novella by Etgar Keret
Release Year: 2006

Suicide just makes things worse.

Zia (Patrick Fugit) killed himself because his girlfriend left him. Eugene (Shea Whigham) killed himself because he was sick of being a laughingstock. When Zia discovers that his ex-girlfriend Desiree (Leslie Bibb) also killed herself, he gets Eugene to go on a road trip to find her.

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