Cobblers' Lot (2018)Very loosely based on a traditional Hungarian fairy tale, Peter Strickland's contribution to the omnibus film The Field Guide to Evil, this is an abstract retelling of a folktale about two shoemaker brothers battling for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Specimens (1982)Considered to be one of the most ambitious short films made by the Spence Brothers, this stone-age alien extravaganza has everything a true sci-fi fan needs in spades. The mission is simple: aliens must capture and record living specimens from earth. However a violent earthquake forces the ship to take off whilst a giant robot, used to collect specimens, is swallowed up in the eruption. During quarry excavations in the present day the robot is re-animated, and the mission is still on.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996)Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
Nessuna copertinaThe Terminal Game (1982)A computer programmer invesigates a colleague's death in this ominously prescient tale of big corporations and new technology
Blood on the Bleachers (2025)A psychology instructor and her senior class investigate a string of unsolved murders targeting staff and students at their high school over two years, trying to identify the masked killer.
Nessuna copertinaThe Life of Percy (1982)Low budget amateur horror film, made in 1982, produced and directed by Gordon Louch.
I'll Break Your Face, Baby! (1982)A clumsy investigator works in society with his dog and investigates a series of murders.
Captain Planet with Don Cheadle (2011)Don Cheadle is obviously the best person to play Captain Planet in the movie version of the popular cartoon, hopefully they make his character a nicer guy.
Nessuna copertinaThe Bed (1982)The Bed opens with Jamie, a young man, looking round an old, deserted country house. Through flashback we see Jamie as a boy, scared out of his wits when his older sister and her boyfriend, left alone in the house to babysit Jamie for the evening, play cruel tricks on him. His sister makes believe she’s been sucked under Jamie's bed by a monster and her boyfriend pretends he’s been stabbed. Jamie has his revenge at the end when the couple, laughing at scaring Jamie half to death and frolicking on The Bed, are suffocated by its sheets and consumed by it. We come back to present day; Jamie looks at the empty room where the bed once stood then is called by someone outside: an ambulance driver beckons him down in a friendly voice. We assume it’s Jamie's day out from the mental asylum. The final shot is of the lighter part of flooring where the bed once stood disappearing once Jamie has left the room.
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1982)1982. 15'50". A French black and white experimental film. Bloody, violent, and disturbing. Full production credits unconfirmed.
Rabbit Trap (2025)When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
Deep Trap (2015)A man invites a young couple to vacation on a remote island to help reignite their faltering relationship. He initially seems to be a good host but the couple starts to suspect that his true intentions are much more sinister.
Nessuna copertinaMonster in Salzburg (1982)A giant Monster comes to the city of Salzburg, destroys cars, kills the father of the director (Freud!) and finally meets fate (God!).
Sana: Let Me Hear (2024)During the summer vacation period, temporary teacher Honoka Kimijima is in charge of a supplementary class. One day, a female student suddenly jumps off from the school rooftop and dies in front of Honoka Kimijima. Then she notices a mystery student who is not supposed to be there.
Nessuna copertinaMr. Dobermind (1982)"Mr. Dobermind" is a short horror movie that tells the tale of a young girl who is stalked by a creepy taxidermist.
Lo Scorpione a Due Code (1982)Joan Mulligan is waiting in vain for her husband, Arthur Blanc, an Etruscologist who has traveled to Tuscany in search of materials for an exhibition. The woman, who suffers from metapsychic disturbances, "sees" in a nightmare the cave her husband has discovered, where Arthur is mysteriously murdered. She then departs for Italy herself, determined to shed light on her husband's death, and finds herself entangled in a series of other murders that have taken place in the same cemetery—all of which share one same macabre detail. Mike, a secret agent who has fallen in love with her, must uncover the truth behind the intricate mystery. (extended version of Assassinio al Cimitero Etrusco)
The Monster's Christmas (1981)On Christmas Eve, a nameless little girl reads 'The Monster's Christmas' storybook to her teddy bear, as something sneaks around in the trees outside her window. She hears a noise in the other room, and thinking that it's Father Christmas, she goes to investigate. She finds one of the monsters, who has come seeking help to defeat an evil witch that has stolen all the monsters' voices.
Il grande ruggito (1981)L'etologo Hank si è ritirato in Africa a studiare i felini e vive in una casa nella foresta in perfetta armonia con fiere di varie dimensioni. L'arrivo dall'America della sua famiglia, che ignora la situazione, crea inizialmente non pochi problemi di adattamento sia agli uomini che alle belve, peraltro animate da intenzioni tutt'altro che bellicose.
The Rick Sloane Fake Trailers (1981)Filmmaker Rick Sloane cultivated his taste for pulp satire by producing fake trailers for non-existent Grindhouse style films such as Chainsaw Chicks, Amputee Hookers, Nightmare of the Lost Whores and Clown Whores of Hollywood.
The Mask of Sarnath (1981)A finalist for the 1980 Student Academy Awards, Neil Ruttenberg's The Mask of Sarnath is structured as an entry in the horror film genre. The theme of 'Evil Never Dies' dominates the narrative backed by a hauntingly eerie soundtrack recorded by Throbbing Gristle.
+18The Book of Sijjin & Illiyyin (2025)As a child, Yuli witnessed her parents die at the hands of a mysterious force after her mother became possessed. Branded a cursed and unwanted child, she survived and grew up under the roof of her father's other wife Ambar and her daughter Laras, enduring constant humiliation. Fueled by vengeance, Yuli performs a forbidden ritual. As the dark magic takes root, the world around her begins to unravel.
江戸川乱歩の美女シリーズ 白い乳房の美女 江戸川乱歩の「地獄の道化師」 (1981)Kogoro approaches the true face of a bloody clown who attacks beautiful women one after another!
Killer Talent (2025)A struggling actress lets her desperation get the better of her with deadly consequences.
Shogun's Harem: The Mansion of Evil Spirits (1981)In the era of the ninth shogun, Ieshige, the Ooku of Edo Castle was a world of only women, with Tokiwa at the head and numbering up to a thousand. The town girl Otoshi catches the eye of Oitsu-no-kata and is brought into the Ooku. Oitsu receives the favor of Ieshige and is blessed with an heir, but Oko-no-kata resents Oitsu to the point of wanting to curse her to death. At that time, rumors of an evil spirit in the unopened room spread throughout the Ooku.
Sredni Vashtar (1981)Sredni Vashtar is a 1981 short film, written, produced and directed by Andrew Birkin, based on the short story of the same name written by Hector Hugh Munro. The story concerns a slowly dying ten-year-old boy named Conradin, who lives with his strict cousin and guardian, Mrs. De Ropp. Conradin rebels against her and invents a new religion for himself, which centres on idolising a polecat-ferret he calls Sredni Vashtar; a vengeful, merciless god. The film won the BAFTA award for Best Short Film, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Monster Cat Saga Riot (1981)A big deal that shakes up the Saga domain of 350,000 koku. A plot for power, the end of the desires of men and women, and a daughter's pet cat, which meets a tragic end, turns into a monster cat and takes out the grudge of its master.
Kyoto Yokai Map 2: A 400-Year-Old Ice Woman Living on Kirara Slope (1981)The frozen corpse of a young apprentice monk is found near Kirara Hill in Rakuhoku. Detective Hayakawa from the Kyoto Prefectural Police grows suspicious of the fact that someone froze to death in the middle of summer and visits his nephew Saburo, who works at a cryogenics research institute. Shortly after, the frozen body of Saburo’s father, Takayoshi, is also discovered. Recently, Takayoshi had been closely involved with a designer named Saori.
Two Strange Women (1981)Uma história repleta de suspense e toques de erotismo, marcada pela referência a duas fortes figuras femininas: Eva, a primeira de todas as mulheres; e Diana, deusa romana da caça.
Sundel Bolong (1981)A newly-married woman and former prostitute whose husband, a ship's captain, has gone to sea, is pressured into returning to her old profession. When she refuses, she is violently gang-raped and left pregnant and despondent. She kills herself while attempting to abort the fetus but returns as a vengeful Sundel Bolong, a ghost with a putrid, rotting hole in her back. When the rapists and conspirers start turning up dead, her husband and the police try to put a stop to the violence, once and for all.
A Trip of Terror (1981)Nadia arrives at the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown due to her husband's treatment, and Dr. Medhat takes over her treatment. Kamal gets angry at his father and Heba for the actions of his uncle Youssef, who took over his brother's business and made Heba live in his service. One night, Youssef Helmy tries to assault Rasha, Nadia's younger sister, and when she calls for help, Heba rushes to her and Youssef is killed.
The Dream of Another (1981)A young student is visited by a mysterious and wealthy philosopher with an offer to make the student his heir .
Fréwaka (2025)Shoo, un'assistente domiciliare, viene mandata in un villaggio isolato per prendersi cura di una donna agorafobica che teme i vicini tanto quanto teme i Na Sídhe, entità sinistre che crede l'abbiano rapita decenni prima. Man mano che le due sviluppano un legame sempre più profondo, Shoo viene coinvolta nei rituali dell'anziana donna e si fa influenzare dalle sue superstizioni, finché, consumata dalla paranoia, non è costretta a confrontarsi con gli orrori del proprio passato.
La mano indemoniata (1981)To win a duel, a merchant makes a dangerous pact with an inscrutable spellcaster.
Beast of War (2025)When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
The Last Motel (1981)A group of strangers arrive at an isolated mountain motel, only to be subjected to unspeakable horrors.
