1,因驾驶失误,富商爱德华(Bruce Payne 饰)的妻子爱玛(Denice D. Lewis 饰)不幸死于车祸,极度伤心和内疚的爱德华通过《死亡之书》的帮助,使爱玛复活。然而事情的发展却出乎他的意料……
2,疯狂科学家迈登博士(David Warner 饰)躲在寒冷的实验室里,潜心进行他的长寿研究。百年的岁月流逝,他和女助手日久生情,然一场突如其来的火灾摧毁了一切……
3,夫妻警察在追捕罪犯时走失,莎拉(Signy Coleman 饰)为寻找丈夫保罗(Obba Babatundé 饰)走入一间布满残肢断体的恐怖房间,她的噩梦从此开始……
本片根据魔幻小说的创始人美国作家霍华德?菲利浦?勒夫卡夫特的作品《死亡之书》中的几则短篇故事改编,并荣获1994年意大利罗马奇幻电影节最佳特效奖、1994年葡萄牙奇幻电影节国际奇幻电影奖最佳特效奖。
Fleeing from their violent father, siblings Luci?a and Adria?n take refuge in a remote mansion. With the help of a hidden micro-camera on a cat, Luci?a uncovers a terrifying secret: their neighbors are part of a criminal network that kidnaps teenage girls to make snuff films, and they intend to get rid of the siblings. As Lucía fights to protect her brother, she must face a dark family curse that follows them into their newfound sanctuary.
When, at the beginning of Deus Irae, Father Javier stares at a crucifix, his expressions and his hands suggest that the nerves are consuming him. A flashback reveals that this priest devotes his life to visiting families that claim to have seen things that do not belong to this world and cleansing their homes from the demons that try to possess them. But, upon returning to those houses, he notices that the evidence is always destroyed. This way, he discovers that a clan is after him, and must decide whether to hide from them or join them. In times when horror cinema tends to fall into the hands of directors that seek to build narratives that are introspective and close to reality, Pedro Cristiani goes back to old-school horror, where gore and the physical experience are above any other kind of feeling. A cinema that places the camera in front of the faces of the bloodiest demons and, instead of giving logic to them, chooses to face them whatever the cost.
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.