

Storyline: El Monstruo Resucitado 1953 The first major medical scifi movie in Mexico, loosely based on the Frankenstein story but injecting gory surgical motifs into it, laying the foundations of the genres that came to dominate Hispanic Science Fictionin the 60s and 70s, as exempified by the work of Jesus Franco from Gritos en la Noche 1962 onwards Set in the Balkans, this story concerns a bored journalist, Nora miroslava who is ordered by her boss Wagner to follow up a mysterious advertisement placed by Dr Ling Linares Rivas Ling turns out to be a misshapen creature who, rejected by his peers, has become the stereotypical mad scientist, here specializing in plastic surgery He falls in love with Nora but fearing she will betray him he resuscitates a young man who committed suicide, Ariel Navarro by transplanting a new brain into him, and order him to fetch Nora so that he can kill her However, Nora and Ariel fall in love, and the zombiesque youth rebels against the orders of his master, turning on him and kill him, whereupon Wagner saves Nora from the beautiful young zombie
Demented (1980)
After being gang raped and institutionalized, a woman suffers nightmares while under the care of her unfaithful husband, and finally snaps when a group of masked youths decide to invade her house
What Lies Upstream (2017)
In this scandalous political thriller, an investigation into a chemical spill spirals into an indictment of the entire system meant to protect drinking water, revealing cover ups at the highest levels of government
Bámbola (1996)
Her name is Mina, but she is called Bambola doll Upon the death of her mother, she and her homosexual brother, Flavio, open a pizzeria A man named Ugo loans Bambola the money, but is then killed in a fight with another one of her
Needful Things (1993)
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected
The Land of the Sons (2021)
The end of civilization has arrived A Father and his Son are among the survivors When the Father dies, the Son decides to undertake a journey along a river, in search of someone who can read his journal
The Bowmakers (2019)
The story of the silent servant of the musical world the Bow Starting from the workshops of five master bowmakers in the Pacific Northwest, journey to the fascinating origin of the bow In France, and to Brazil, home to the im
The New Frontier (1935)
In 1889, pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide open towns In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self appointed rule of gambler Ace Holmes, only to have him shot in the back B
Angelique (2013)
In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply
Parallel (2018)
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a multiverse, but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences
Bird People (2014)
In an airport hotel on the outskirts of Paris, a Silicon Valley engineer abruptly chucks his job, breaks things off with his wife, and holes up in his room Soon, fate draws him and a young French maid together
Love Struck (2014)
A love story with unpredictable twists and turns between perception and reality, love and its complications and the faults of human nature, Apo Erota Lovestruck is a romantic tale with a twist
Selma (2014)
A chronicle of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965
Clown (2020)
Follows a little toy clown, thrown away with a load of old discarded toys, as he goes on a journey to find a new loving home for himself and his friends
Psychonautics A Comics Exploration Of Psychedelics (2018)
Comedian Shane Mauss goes on a series of adventures to deepen his understanding of psychedelics With moments of both confusion and clarity, this documentary is an honest account of the experiences of a genuine Psychonaut