Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special(2014)

Hello(en)

In a digital world, can analogue find true love? It is the wise old gramaphone who has the answers for a lovesick loner.

The King's Daughter(en)

King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.

The Price We Pay(en)

After a pawn shop robbery goes askew, two criminals take refuge at a remote farmhouse to try to let the heat die down, but find something much more menacing.

There Are No Saints(en)

A man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hashira Meeting Arc(ja)

A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 22–26, with new footage and special end credits. Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko have been apprehended by the Demon Slayer Hashira, a group of extremely skilled swordfighters. Tanjiro undergoes trial for violating the Demon Slayer code, specifically smuggling Nezuko, a Demon, onto Mt. Natagumo.

It's a Wonderful Binge(en)

Like the original film, the sequel is set in a near future where all drinking and drugs are banned except for on one glorious day known as The Binge. This year, that day happens to miraculously land on Christmas.

1-Ichi(ja)

We follow Ichi during his high school years. Mr. Dai is the best fighter in school... whenever he fights Ichi is there and has a huge smile on his face. Mr. Dai thinks that Ichi is laughing at him but in fact he enjoys watching the violence that goes through the fights. Everyone is bullying, taunting and making fun of Ichi... even little kids from his karate class. Yet Ichi refuses to let go of his anger and fight others. Just when Mr. Dai is about to get Ichi, a new transfer student starts to make his own laws... by beating up everyone and breaking their bones! In a fight with the new student, Mr. Dai ends up on the ground, beaten and broken up from almost everywhere. It seems like this new guy wants to fight Ichi because supposedly he is the only one that could give him some challenge.

Hello(en)

The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc(ja)

A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 15–21, with new footage and special end credits. Tanjiro, now a registered Demon Slayer, teams up with fellow slayers Zenitsu and Inosuke to investigate missing person cases on the mountain Natagumo. After the group is split up during a fight with possessed swordfighters, they slowly begin to realize the entire mountain is being controlled by a family of Demon spider creatures.

Diabolik - Ginko Attacks(it)

Diabolik narrowly escapes Inspector Ginko's latest trap, leaving his partner in crime Eva Kant behind. Furious, Eva offers Ginko her help in capturing him, but the former has to face first the return of an old flame of his, noblewoman Altea.

Hello(en)

Hello explores changes in two people’s working lives: a Mexican trash picker who separates and collects recyclable materials from landfills to sell by the kilo, and a German freelance computer-animation designer working for the advertising industry in Berlin. The double interview is controlled and manipulated by a computer-generated severed hand which Maria describes as an object once discovered in the trash while working in the violent northern town of Mexicali. This CGI hand was in turn produced by Max, who was born with no arms, and sought refuge in computer-imaging as a means to operate and manipulate a digital reality.

1(en)

Set in the golden era of Grand Prix Racing '1' tells the story of a generation of charismatic drivers who raced on the edge, risking their lives during Formula 1's deadliest period, and the men who stood up and changed the sport forever.

The School for Good and Evil(en)

Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.

Endangered Species(en)

Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes(en)

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.

America: The Motion Picture(en)

A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.

Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu(ja)

With help from Meme Oshino, the apparition specialist, Koyomi defeats the three powerful vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. Koyomi takes back all the limbs of Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade in order to become a human again.

Fear Street: 1666(en)

In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.

Hello(ta)

Chandru's friends make fun of him as he does not have a girlfriend. He points out at a girl claiming that she is his girlfriend, due to which a number of unfortunate events take place in her life.

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time(en)

As the Twelfth Doctor nears regeneration, he stumbles on his first incarnation, also refusing to change. It takes a captain, a glass avatar and a familiar face to convince the Doctors the universe still needs them.

Count Vim's Last Exercise(en)

The Man in the Black Suit(en)

A young boy has a terrible encounter with a strange man while fishing in the woods. From the award winning story by Stephen King.

Ånga om sommaren(sv)

A trip on the Swedish lake Mälaren by a 115-year-old steamboat. The journey between Stockholm and Mariefred takes 3,5 hours. The steamboat Mariefred was manufactured over a hundred years ago and is one of the last steam-powered vessels on the lake. The steam whistle sounds when Maja, as she is called in Mariefred, steers into the bay towards the small town. A fanfare for the summer!

Normal Porn for Normal People(en)

"Normal Porn for Normal People" is an appropriated media piece that explores our societal need to consume violence for entertainment. The film offers a satirical commentary on the romanticizing and normalization of violent imagery, while observing the link to commercial consumerism that exploits human sexuality, while simultaneously demonizing it. Interview segments echo our endless need to devour salacious content by venerating both real and fictional violence. Sexuality and sexual images remain a convenient scapegoat that facilitate a continued avoidance regarding the impact that the glorification of violence has within American culture.

Howl from Beyond the Fog(ja)

Set during the Meiji reformation era in a small village in Kyushu, Japan. The story revolves around a young boy named Izana and a blind woman named Takiri, the two encounter the large monster Nebula who since ancient times was feared as the god of lake Amenosagiri. Theme of the film focuses on the Japanese concept of light and darkness, as told by puppetry and model miniaturization of the films’ world with practical special effects by Keizo Murase.

Blinking In Childhood(en)

An ambient piece created to preserve the memory of the director's childhood home prior to renovations. The film itself is shot from the perspective of a child wandering around their home and simply observing all of what is inside of it.

The Blair Bitch Project(en)

Three student filmmakers run into trouble in the woods as they set out to make a documentary about the Blair Witch. This is a short parody of "The Blair Witch Project".

How to Disappear(en)

Nina Moyse decides to completely exclude herself from society. However, everything changes when she discovers that she feels a desire for some form of human interaction.

The Portal(en)

A dimension-traveling wizard gets stuck in the 21st century because cell-phone radiation interferes with his magic. With his home world on the brink of war, he seeks help from a jaded travel agent who he mistakes for a great sorceress. Without his powers to prove his identity, she has trouble taking him seriously, but finally agrees to reveal the secrets of our world in exchange for a lunch date.

Hive(en)

A teenage babysitter loses the young girl she’s taking care of at an idyllic playground and is forced to confront an insidious entity hidden among the children.

The Discovery of Alan Hindley(en)

A HAM radio enthusiast discovers a mysterious object in his backyard that might be a window into another world.

Ice Man(en)

In a frozen, post-apocalyptic world, a man unwittingly rescues a woman from cannibals. (Screamfest)

Young Liars(en)

In hopes of breaking a lucrative story, a young journalist tests out an experimental psychic technology only find himself trapped inside someone else’s nightmare. (Screamfest)

The Teachers(en)

A new elementary school teacher is just trying to fit in. He's about to learn just how dark he'll have to go to join the cool crowd. (Screamfest)

Clean(en)

A man living peacefully in self quarantine discovers a troubling spot. (Screamfest)

A Wake(en)

Three sisters struggle to hide how their father's death haunts them. (Screamfest)

One-Eyed Likho(ru)

The plot is the embodiment of everyday belief about the impact of a certain evil force on a person. The action develops in a peasant environment.

Good Night(sk)

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, a couple is looking for a room to spend the night. The guests are rather weird. Their hosts are very tempted by the black suitcase. Something of tremendous powers is to be unleashed upon this world. (Screamfest)

Demons in the Dark(en)

After being brutally raped by three men at the age of seventeen, a troubled prostitute makes it her life work to punish any men who treats her wrong. As tables turn and the hunters become the hunted, what she becomes is more terrifying than any predator could ever be. (Screamfest)

The Cask(en)

A short film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "Cask of Amontillado," in which a man recounts taking revenge upon an old friend by using the lure of a rare wine. It is a dark thriller exploring the shift in power between friends.