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DIRECTED BY: Chris Morris FEATURING: Chris Morris, Mark Heap, Amelia Bullmore, David Cann, Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Roz McCutcheon PLOT: “Jam” was a six episode TV series that originally aired on UK TV Channel 4. Each 25 minute episode was aired without ad breaks or credits. The show featured various “sketches” and faux interviews . . . → Read More: TV CAPSULE: JAM (UK, 2000) DIRECTED BY: Dario Argento FEATURING: Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi, Alida Valli, Daria Nicolodi PLOT: The second in Argento’s “Three Mothers” trilogy, Inferno follows his masterpiece Suspiria. The earlier film is not referred to explicitly, and it’s not necessary to have seen Suspiria to enjoy Inferno—though it might get you in . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: INFERNO (1980) DIRECTED BY: Tony Krantz FEATURING: Tom Cavanagh, Kathleen York, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs PLOT: The day after his 40th birthday, George Grieves enters Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine colonoscopy. Waking after the procedure it rapidly becomes apparent that something has gone seriously wrong. George and his only ally, a nurse called Zoe, attempt to discover . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: SUBLIME (2007) DIRECTED BY: Kinji Fukasaku FEATURING: Takeshi “Beat” Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Chiaki Kuriyama PLOT: Intergenerational relations in Japan have broken down to such an extent that youngsters are rebelling by committing acts of violence and mass truancy. The situation has deteriorated so badly that the government reacts by passing the . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: BATTLE ROYALE [BATORU ROWAIARU] (2000) DIRECTED BY: Higuchinsky FEATURING: Eriko Hatsume, Fhi Fan PLOT: One by one the residents of a small Japanese village become “infected” with an obsession for spirals, leading them to neglect their normal day to day lives and eventually to their odd spiral-related deaths. Yes, you read right…spiral deaths! WHY IT SHOULD MAKE THE LIST: . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: SPIRAL [UZUMAKI] (2000) DIRECTED BY: Samuel Bayer FEATURING: Clancy Brown, Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara PLOT: A group of high school students share dreams of a burned, claw-handed man named Fred Krueger. As the students begin to die in dramatic ways, the survivors discover that they share a past of secret abuse at the hands . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010) DIRECTED BY: William Malone FEATURING: Dylan Purcell, Cherilyn Wilson, Jeffrey Combs PLOT: A young woman named Laura suffering from Klein-Levin Syndrome falls prey to the mental control of a mesmeric killer, Byron Volpe. A young man named Danny happens upon Laura at the hospital and kidnaps her to try and save her from . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: PARASOMNIA (2008) DIRECTED BY: Freddie Francis FEATURING: Ursula Howells, Vanessa Howard, Michael Bryant PLOT: The four titular characters form a dysfunctional family living in a large, isolated house amidst rambling grounds. Sonny and Girly regularly venture out to bring back lonely, homeless men as “friends” for the family. Each friend’s well being depends on his willingness . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: GIRLY [AKA MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY AND GIRLY] (1970) DIRECTED BY: Shozin Fukui FEATURING: Haji Suzuki, Onn-Chan PLOT: Pinocchio 964, a malfunctioning sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his dissatisfied owner. Without speech or memory he stumbles, literally, into the lap of an amnesiac woman, Himiko, who takes him home to care for him. As her memory returns she undergoes a . . . → Read More: BORDERLINE WEIRD: 964 PINOCCHIO (1991) DIRECTED BY: Pil-Sung Yim FEATURING: Jeong-Myeong Cheon, Hee-soon Park, Shim Eun-Kyung, Eun Won-Jae PLOT: Eun-Soo, a young man whose girlfriend has just told him she is pregnant, crashes his car on a lonely road and finds himself rescued by a young girl, who leads him to a strange cottage hidden in the depths of . . . → Read More: BORDERLINE WEIRD: HANSEL AND GRETEL (2007) |
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