In 1944, na de zege van Franco, verhuizen de 12-jarige Ofelia en haar zwangere moeder naar een landelijk gebied in Noord-Spanje, waar ze bij Ofelia's strenge en keiharde stiefvader Kapitein Vidal komen wonen.
Nadat haar moeder vlak na haar geboorte omkwam in een tragisch ongeval, wordt de kleine Lilliana alleen door haar vader Friedrich en haar groottante opgevoed in hun ruime kasteel. Ze kent een zorgeloze jeugd, maar daar komt plots verandering in wanneer haar vader besluit te hertrouwen met Lady Claudia.
Bizarre fantasy over een grootmoeder die haar kleindochter allerlei sprookjes en andere folkloristische verhalen vertelt over weerwolven met doorlopende wenkbrauwen, verdwijnende geliefden en dergelijken. Uiteraard is het sprookje van Roodkapje er ook in verwerkt. In feite gaan alle verhalen over het verliezen van de onschuld en de angst voor en de honger naar seksualiteit.
Alex Whitaker and three other gifted psychics investigate rumors that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer, Andre Toulon, in the form of five killer puppets uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem.
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
A boy is thrown into the middle of an increasingly bizarre local disturbance.
A tyrannical landlady in Hemet, California lords it over her tenants, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.
Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.
Cinderella finds freedom from her wicked stepmother with the help of her fairy godmother. Only this time, they unleash a plan of bloody vengeance.
Leigh has lived a reclusive existence in a secluded old home on the outskirts of town for her entire adult life. You see, Leigh has excreted extremely potent pheromones.
"Described as 'Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut,' Rouge is a horror-tinted gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Set in California, the story explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry — as well as 'the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze.' Set to be published in September this year by Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books, Rouge is the latest novel from [Mona] Awad, behind All’s Well, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and Bunny, which was listed among the best book of 2019 by Time, Vogue and the New York Public Library." (THR)
Korte film: Geïnspireerd door het klassieke sprookje. Terwijl ze een kortere weg neemt naar het huis van haar grootmoeder, heeft Rose een schokkende ontmoeting met een overvaller. Haar tas wordt weggerukt en een vreemdeling schiet haar te hulp. Rose is dankbaar voor zijn tijdige hulp, maar pas op voor de vriendelijke wolf, want daar loert gevaar.
Simultaneously sumptuous and gorgeous, garish and grim, this is a re-working of Pinocchio for the neo-liberal era. Rachel Maclean’s dark fairytale, which represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale 2017, depicts a brash and baroque binary world of poverty and riches where the prospect of easy wealth tempts even good boys like Pic into bad ways. But if everyone believes the lie, what’s the problem?
Rhena's father tells a story about Atlas, a forest entity that whispers stories of the dead to its trees. That same night he disappears into this forest. Rhena does everything she can to get her father back.
Psychological Horror short film directed by Elena Coletta.
Robert spends his nights hunting people for execution with his anarchic gang. But when he falls in love with one of his victims, he sees a new life open up. Can he escape from his life as a trained killer in time to save her?
An experimental fairy tale about life, death, and spreading your wings. After Cecilia witnesses a bird smashing into her window, she begins to notice her body transforming. Her skin starts to peel and little feathers start to grow out of her back. Will she fly away or end up like that poor little bird?
A nameless scavenger finds a body in the swamp. Moss is set on fire. The horror of being alive leads to a loving embrace. We might be seeing the beginning of a new life or perhaps a nightmare that endlessly repeats itself. Starring Paul Soileau (aka Christeene, Rebecca Havemeyer) & Llywyn Máire. This dark fairy tale was filmed in glorious 16mm, in the late 1990s, and then remastered, with an original score by Curtis Heath, in 2019.