Our favorite day of the week returns and this Bluray Tuesday is filled with some exciting titles. First up is Rampage, based on the 80's arcade game and starring The Rock. All of The Rock's films are starting to look alike lately but this one caught my attention because I remember playing the game as a kid. Best Buy will carry an exclusive Steelbook edition of this including a 4K copy of the movie. Blumhouse's Truth or Dare is also released today with an alternate ending in a all new Unrated cut. Arrow Video releases Doom Asylum this week and I'm loving the cover for it. I haven't heard of this film but I definitely wanna check it out in the near future. You Were Never Really Here has gotten amazing reviews from its run in select theaters earlier this year and is one I have been wanting to check out as well. Rounding out the week is Traffik, I Feel Pretty and Isle of Dogs. So what will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week!
Olivia, Lucas and a group of their college friends travel to
Mexico for one last getaway before graduation. While there, a stranger
convinces one of the students to play a seemingly harmless game of truth
or dare with the others. Once the game starts, it awakens something
evil -- a demon which forces the friends to share
dark secrets and confront their deepest fears. The rules are simple but
wicked -- tell the truth or die, do the dare or die, and if you stop
playing, you die.
A missing teenage girl. A brutal and tormented enforcer on a rescue
mission. Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that
may lead to his awakening.
A demented coroner uses autopsy equipment to kill off the teenagers who
trespass on the long-abandoned asylum he inhabits. Filmed on location in
an actual abandoned asylum.
Fired for their previous shenanigans, former Vermont Highway
Patrol officers Thorny, Farva, Rabbit, Foster and Mac get a shot at
redemption from Capt. O'Hagan and Gov. Jessan. The wacky quintet must
provide law enforcement for a French Canadian town that's transitioning
to U.S. sovereignty. Their unconventional methods
soon get put to the test when they encounter a smarmy mayor, mischievous
Mounties, a smuggling ring and a 1,300-pound bear.
Primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance, shares
an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent
silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue
genetic experiment mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of
enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are
other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators
tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye
teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote,
fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a
global catastrophe but also to save the fearsome creature who was once
his friend.
A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish home after the death of her rabbi
father and stirs up controversy when she shows an interest in an old
childhood friend.
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a
bike gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves
against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City
are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari
sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the
river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance
of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.
This is the first well rounded week of movies we've had in weeks and I'm excited about it! We start off light-hearted, with Balboa's AniMonday screening of Spirited Away. I love the creatures in this family friendly fantasy movie. From there, things get darker as Terror Tuesday presents The Sentinel at the Alamo Drafthouse. I've actually never seen this one, so I'm very excited! Every still I've ever seen from this film looks insane. Wednesday is the busiest day surprisingly! Not only is Rewind Wednesday happening at the Balboa, and Weird Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse, it's also the Sleaze Apocalypse at the Roxie Theatre! This is a one night event, curated and hosted by Joel Shepard, who was the guest on the Overlook Hour a couple weeks ago. And the cherry on top is one that I've been waiting for for months... Unfriended 2: Dark Web! Several of the Overlook's creatures were lucky enough to check this one out at an advanced screening last week and, well.. we recommend it!
Opening This Week
Unfriended 2: Dark Web (2018)
Early Screenings Thursday 19th (1hr 28min)
Opens Friday 20th
Horror (Rotten Tomatoes)
When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.
In the wake of such Satanic-themed thrillers as Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and The Omen comes The Sentinel. When New York fashion model (Cristina Raines) splits with her fiance (Chris Sarandon) and moves into an old brownstone, she soon discovers she has more than she bargained for in the lease. As luck would have it, a mysterious blind priest (John Carradine) who lives upstairs happens to be guarding the doorway to Hell, and she has been chosen as his replacement. Incidentally, when the door is finally opened, out spills an assortment of deformed humans whom director Michael Winner hand-picked from hospital wards and circus sideshows.
Virginia City, NV, is home to the Comstock Lode, a mine that struck big in the latter half of the 19th century. One hundred years later and the city looks very much the same, thanks to the efforts of Mayor Charles Silverdale (Stuart Lancaster), who has bought up most of the property and restored the town to its historical state. When a representative for an Eastern mining concern (Christopher Brooks) comes around trying to buy up shares in the Comstock, Silverdale and his henchmen must go to some extreme lengths to discredit him, framing him as a dog-killer and even attempting a secret lynching. Meanwhile, anthropology professor Dr. Cyrus Clemens (Kerrigan E. Prescott) and a local sheep rancher named Eddie (Richard Marion) have made an astonishing discovery: One of Eddie's flock has given birth to a mutated embryo that could prove a cellular realignment theory that the doctor has been working on in his secret laboratory.
In this animated feature by noted Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, 10-year-old Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi) and her parents (Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi) stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku (Miyu Irino), who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents.
Originally a skit on "Saturday Night Live" during the late '80s and early '90s, "Wayne's World" is about two teenage dudes who host a public access TV show, which is mainly about rock, babes and people who live in the area. One day Wayne and Garth go to a rock concert, and Wayne falls in love with a bass guitarist named Cassandra Wong. Wayne spends the rest of the movie trying to get Casandra to fall in love with him. He also struggles with a network executive who wants to buy the rights to his show.
They don’t exist anymore, but there used to be disreputable movie theaters in all major cities that showed double and triple features of low-budget genre films. These theaters could be spooky and intense places, catering mostly to emotionally damaged solitary men. Strange things happened in these decrepit, dark spaces, which served as anarchic dream palaces for freaks of all stripes. Curator Joel Shepard has been collecting grindhouse horror, softcore sex, and action movie trailers from the 70s and early 80s for decades. Many of these films could never be made today. Tonight he presents a rollicking and sometimes disturbing program of the best of the best.
All killer, no filler, and everything on real celluloid 35mm film!
Curated and hosted by Joel Sheppard Double Feature
Considered fairly gruesome in its day, the original 1958 The Fly looks like Mister Rogers' Neighborhood compared to this 1986 remake. Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis star as Seth Brundle, a self-involved research scientist, and Veronica Quaife, a science-magazine reporter. Inviting Veronica to his lab, Seth prepares to demonstrate his "telepod," which can theoretically transfer matter through space. As they grow closer over the next few weeks, she inadvertently goads Seth into experimenting with human beings rather than inanimate objects. Seth himself enters the telepod, preparing to transmit himself through the ether -- but he doesn't know that he is sharing the telepod with a tiny housefly.
In this madcap comedy, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). At the Curl Up and Dye beauty salon where she works, Valerie enlists the help of her boss, Candy Pink (Julie Brown), for some style advice to try and win back Ted's affections. After undergoing a brand-new hairstyle, Valerie learns that Ted is having an affair and she kicks him out of the house. Soon, while lounging around in her bikini, a spaceship from the planet Jhazzalan crash-lands in her swimming pool. Curious, Valerie befriends the ship's inhabitants -- three horny aliens covered in fur named Mac (Jeff Goldblum), Whiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans). Introducing her new friends to Candy, the aliens get a shave and a total makeover transformation into hot, available dates. They all go out dancing at L.A. nightclubs and party.
The very first thing that the adventurous audience attending the Unnamed Footage Festival saw was science gone wrong in the fast paced short The Rage. Following the point of view of a head mounted GoPro, The Rage was nearly ten full minutes of chaos, culminating in an uncertain end. But now, the story continues in... THE RAGE 2! Written, produced, and directed by Joshua Cleave, this will be a direct continuation of part one, and it has some high goals to reach. The film's fearless leader wants to raise £4,000 (about $5,300) to make the "biggest, bloodiest, 1st person horror film ever to come out of the United Kingdom". I'm in! In order to get this sequel off the ground, Joshua has set up an Indiegogo campaign with some pretty cool perks. For 20 GPD (about 26 bucks) the digital download of The Rage 2 is all yours. But if you're willing to spend a bit more, the download will also come with signed postcards with art from both the first and second movie. But the perk I have my eye on is the one that's 100 GPD (around $132 according to Google conversion) because it comes with both the film, and signed postcards but it also includes props from the movie. And I can't help but giggle at the thought of prosthetic limbs and crazy stuff coming shipping to me from the other side of the planet. Check out what else is available at the Indiegogo campaign page!
You can also get updates on the film Facebook and Twitter! 💀💀💀
We first found out about Joshua Cleave's The Rage from our extended horror family in the UK, the Liverpool Horror Club and have since gotten to know the movie and the man behind it very well. He played a big part in getting the word out about the Unnamed Footage Festival, and has kept in contact since. And when he told us about the ambitious sequel he was working to being into the world, we had to hear more. So Joshua came onto episode 98 of the Overlook Hour to spill behind the scenes secrets about The Rage and tease the upcoming The Rage 2.
It's like the unofficial non-Halloween horror celebration where everyone dawns their Jason Voorhees shirts and smiles. It's also the day that Song of Solomon enjoys its L.A. premiere at the Downtown Independent! Get the necessary details on the event page on Facebook.
But if you're bound to the Northern bay area for the weekend, there are still several titles of note that you should check out. the Castro Theatre will be presenting a creepy kids double feature tonight, and following it up with a fantasy duo on Sunday. The New Parkway is showing one of the better Friday the 13th's, the Final Chapter, and the Roxie teamed up with CineMas to present Santo vs. the Evil Brain, with a special guest, this Saturday!
And if you're in a shut in kind of mood, there are a couple of titles on VOD that are not to be missed!
Young Patty McCormack received an Oscar nomination for her performance as a murderous child in this chilling dramatic horror classic. Shocking at the time of its release in 1956, The Bad Seed remains unsettling to this day as a single mother discovers that within her seemingly angelic daughter beats the heart of a cold-blooded serial murderer.
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The Omen (1976)
Friday 13th @ 9:20pm (1hr 51min)
Horror (IMDB)
The young son of an American diplomat and his wife, living in London, turns out to be marked with the sign of Satan, the infamous "666". It soon becomes apparent that he could be the Anti-Christ incarnate and possesses the evil powers to stop anyone who stands in his way.
Double Feature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Sunday 15th @ 1:30pm (2hrs 7min)
Adventure/ Drama/ Family (IMDB)
This 1954 Disney version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea represented the studio's costliest and most elaborate American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with scientist Paul Lukas and diver Peter Lorre, Douglas sets sail to investigate--and is promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo (James Mason), who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine. The film's special effects, including a giant squid, were impressive enough in 1954 to win an Academy Award.
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Sunday 15th @ 3:50pm (1hr 44min)
Adventure/ Family/ Fantasy (IMDB)
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the finest men in Greece, including Hercules. They are under the protection of Hera, queen of the gods. Their voyage is replete with battles against harpies, a giant bronze Talos, a hydra, and an animated skeleton army.
A carefree lakeside vacation is interrupted by the re-emergence of killer Jason Voorhees (Ted White). After he escapes from a morgue, leaving bodies in his wake, Jason travels to Camp Crystal Lake where a group of friends is staying. The teens meet some locals: Tommy (Corey Feldman) and Trish (Kimberly Beck), as well as secretive hiker Rob (Erich Anderson). As the group of teenagers engages in drunken debauchery, their numbers begin to dwindle, and pieces of the past resurface.
This Cuban-Mexican co-production marked the feature-film debut of the beloved masked wrestler Santo (Rodolfo Guzman Huerta), who would continue to battle monsters, aliens, and evildoers of all stripes in dozens of films over more than two decades. Here, Santo and El Incognito (co-writer Fernando Oses) foil the plot of a mad scientist to create a zombie army by zapping his innocent victims with electric shocks. Joaquin Cordero and Norma Suarez got top billing in this film co-written by wrestler Enrique J. Zambrano, who also directed the fight sequences and plays a small role. Santo returned in the same year's Santo contra Hombres Infernales.
Filmmaker/archivist, and granddaughter of the film’s producer Jorge Garcia Besné, Viviana Garcia Besné IN PERSON for post-screening Q&A to discuss her journey to restore the film, moderated by Peter Conheim/Cinema Preservation Alliance.
In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
Art House/ International/ Drama/ Horror (Rotten Tomatoes)
After waking up in an apartment the night after a raging party, Sam comes face to face with his new reality: an army of zombies have invaded the streets of Paris and he is one of the lone survivors. Petrified with fear, he barricades himself inside the building to survive. He wonders how long can he last in silence and solitude, and the answer comes when he learns that he's not all alone after all.
Creature reviews have been minimally altered in an attempt to maintain their voice:
The Berkeley Blazer - "The Purge films have always come across to me like the marketing team for 7-11 decided to make a politically relevant horror movie i.e. too dumb to take seriously, too self-serious to enjoy, as well as expressing a neck-beard nihilistic take on human nature. Before buying a ticket, I was torn between the fun of reviewing a film with the Overlook crew and financially supporting cultural poison. The First Purge (FP) reverses everything I hated about this franchise, and in the process gives us an diverting (if lesser) tonal blend of They Live and The Wire. FP eschews neckbesrdism and opts for a relatively optimistic view of the underclass. It unsubtly employs Trumpism and alt-right culture as the unambiguous antagonist, and in doing so subverts the series trademark Manichaeist populism into a conflict that is actually palatable to take sides in. Y’lan Noel (from HBOs Insecure) and Lex Scott Davis give us compelling co-protagonists who’s survival we have a stake in. Refreshingly, all the protagonists are people of color who have distinct personalities, while still adhering to fun sense of bravura (for instance, the wild card character is a slender-manic addict named Skeletor who stalks the streets with Loganesque syringes and facial scar tattoos). So why only a 3.5? It’s simply not as good or memorable as the above-mentioned titles. Lorde B. and I were discussing how at one point the film loses its voice and feel like a different (albeit still fun) movie. Diverting yet forgettable, FP will hopefully be a sign of what’s to come for this franchise." - 3.5 Stars
Lord Battle - "Who knew that The First Purge would be my clear favorite of the franchise? Or that the Staten Island projects would house a microcosm that I would later compare to David Simon's The Wire, both in approach and in use of characters? And I know no one expected that halfway through the film we'd hit a pop-culture/taboo climax that would break the film and send our Omar Little, re-dubbed Skeletor, armed like wolverine, flourishing like Freddy into the shadows and focus solely on Trump America being taken down one Rammstein singer at a time, by John Mclane using gunkata... The First Purge was fun until it wasn't and WTF is a Purge party anyway?" - 3.5 Stars Math Mage - "I wanted the evil guy to say (instead of "we have a situation") "we have a Mclane". I would expect professional evil minions to have a protocol for this likely currance in the fantasy world of the Purge. I say fantasy world because mute ninja sidekicks, gunkata and bombproof mattresses (Slowest. Explosion. Ever.) are not part of any sensible reality. Gun drones and video contacts maybe, but C4 specifically doesn't explode when shot. The urban fantasy of the Purge always got a pass from me since they only explain its origins in the broadest terms, now forced to get specific (by painting themselves into a corner) the film suffers from trying to impose a rational explanation of an inherently ridiculous premise. The ridiculousness also gets in the way of the movie trying to say something. Yes, the system encourages poor people to kill each other but even if it does do so because of a secret cabal of racists, those racists gain nothing by making it more explicit. The NFFA (... Huh, they didn't have an acronym before...) claims that they tried other options but plainly the Purge was their goal the whole time (if the viral human sacrifice theory in the 3 past movies is still canon). Also I thought the New Founding Fathers were a military cosplay based on the first 3 merging. Other issues, a movie about racism doesn't mention race even once (not even officially, a comment about the invaders being "demographically unrepresentative" would have worked). A franchise where the US military has been explicit enemy twice goes out of its way to say the invaders are foreign mercenaries [Why do you feel it's important to say that?]. Our heroic noble gangster has no arguments (not even bad ones) when his ex calls him out for being a gangster. No one points out the obvious flaws in the purge system (to be fair the filmmakers don't seem to be aware of them). Despite my complaints I enjoyed the film, especially the third act where it goes totally DIE HARD (he even wears a wife beater to remove all doubt), though the curiously optimistic ending remains at odds with the world of the sequels (I expected the primary cast to be killed and a supporting character credited with their murder)." - 3.5 Stars The Impostor - "I've always had a love/ hate relationship with the Purge series. The Purge (2013) started it all, the premise alone intrigued me but I realized it was underwhelming considering there's so much that can happen but it took place in a home with one family. A year later the sequel subtitled Anarchy gave us a bit more of what I expected from the original and I enjoyed it probably the most of the series. 2016 gave us Election Year and I knew this series has run its course. The First Purge takes us back to how it all began and I actually enjoyed it. It's more of a real life horror than anything, with everything happening in society at the moment. There were a few stand out characters I was rooting for and hoping made it out of this event. I will say the film felt a bit uneven as it progressed, almost like it lost its vision. The first part of the film set up and rushed an action packed ending. One highlight for me was Skeletor. He creeped me out a bit and was insanely blood thirsty, which meant he's my kinda slasher for sure! Overall good prequel in a decent franchise. It kept me more entertained than I thought it would." - 3 Stars
Wandering Panda - "Finally!!! I've always said that the Purge film series has a great idea but poor execution, but The First Purge is leaps above its predecessor. The characters are more fleshed out and the choice of Staten Island, NY is perfect for the chaos. The racial tension is apparent but not in your face about it. My only negative is that I question Dmitri's abilities in combat, it got a little silly for me and broke my immersion. But all in all The first Purge is a step in the right direction. - 4 Stars
Huntress - "Although it was flawed and had several obnoxious scenes, this was easily my favorite of the Purge movies that I've seen (which is all but the second one). This was also the first time I realized how annoying the lack of division between church and state was, especially since they include a prayer in the message that initiates the Purge. I'd think that if you were trying to get people to partake in government-sanctioned chaos, religion would be the last thing you should incite. This movie made the strange decision to portray the low-income population of Staten Island as a close knit community, where the only violence is barely worse than college hazing. Then there's the drug kingpin/community basketball coach character we're supposed to believe is the same boy-next-door that he was in childhood and that he doesn't react a certain way when his ex-girlfriend physically punks him and his security guard out... I admit that most of my problems with The First Purge (as well as its predecessors) are in the writing and I cannot think of a scenario where I would be entirely happy with any of these movies. But I also will say that this was the most enjoyable, especially after Election Year, which I can't even say the name of without groaning. I particularly liked the glowing contact lenses that teased POV cinema and gave everyone participating in Purge Night an inhuman silhouette. This prequel wasn't as politically preachy as Election Year but is still inherently riddled with the kind of propaganda I don't want in my horror movies." - 3 Stars
The Overlook Theatre Final Rating*
(Below is for after you've seen the film)
Last year I ended up complaining about A24's It Comes At Night. The trailer promised horror but I walked out of the theater thinking political. I saw a post-apocalyptic film lacking monsters (other than the human kind) and because of the atmosphere of Trump dread in the bay area, I ended up projecting a political meaning onto the film (although I was not alone).
Why does any of this matter? Because I had a lot of fun at The First Purge screening. The Purge franchise always delivers on excellent lobby conversation! It seems absurd, but no matter how good, bad, or disinterested the creatures are before/after the film, everyone still talks about how they would have changed the movie. I don't mean as far as casting or directing, but pure story/character conversations. The Purge has such a large idea at its core that it's either too narrow a view (like the first film), to fantastical (the second), to political (the third), or disjointed (the 4th) to not discuss what we would have changed. It couldn't be a more interesting look at how friends would mold/construct a story with a huge sandbox premise like the Purge.
Next time another Purge film comes out, or you're bored on a Saturday night. Grab a fellow movie monster and watch a Purge film. Then do what we do here at the Overlook every week and discuss what you did/didn't like and really dissect the film. We shouldn't do this with only films we like. Understanding what we don't like about cinema/storytelling in general is the only way we grow.
- Lord Battle
The Overlook Theatre materialized at Century Theatres for a screening on 7/5/2018
*Based on the star ratings turned in by character reviewers, others viewed and got to "Dislike" or "Like" but that does not affect the rating.
Bluray Tuesday returns once again. Slow month with its releases so far but a few interesting titles come out this week. First up is the intense horror, A Quiet Place. I really enjoyed this in theaters, I was on the edge of my seat the majority of the film! Best Buy will carry an exclusive steelbook for this as well as the 4K and DVD combo which you can order through Amazon. Post apocalyptic action thriller Future World hits shelves today from Lionsgate. This film stars James Franco, Milla Jovovich and Lucy Liu. Before Someone Gets Hurt has a interesting premise, and is one I can see being on an Amazon Prime list. I look forward to checking this one out. Arrow Video is releasing 60's foreign action drama Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards, for the first time on bluray wih new scan and features. Rounding out the week is HBO crime thriller miniseries Mosaic and SyFy series The Magicians Season 3 just in time to get caught up for the new season. What will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week!
Tim and his team are the rising stars of the ghost hunting game. One
thing they all like better than a good haunt is a great prank. When the
team arrives at a new investigation, they cannot figure if the
occurrences are part of some elaborate master prank or if the house is
actually haunted. Unfortunately, they don't find the answer until it is
far too late.
On a vacation away from their family, Tom (Lewis Fiander) and his
pregnant wife Evelyn (Prunella Ransome) sail to an island off the coast
of Spain that seems deserted... until its children emerge from the
shadows with the blood of their parents on their hands... and hatred in
their hearts for every adult. Unflinchingly horrific and
unapologetically downbeat, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's WHO CAN KILL A
CHILD? was heavily censored for its American release as ISLAND OF THE
DAMNED.
Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find
themselves unprepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely
in-the-crosshairs of a daring bank heist that is being carried out by a
fearless team of highly trained and heavily armed men.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards: Amazon - $29.99
Japanese director Seijun Suzuki solidified his growing cult following
with this offbeat adaptation of Haruhiko Ooyabu's crime novel. Jo
Shishido stars as Det. Tajima, a smug investigator who nabs a pair of
criminal gangs with flamboyant aplomb while the police remain baffled.
Suzuki treats the rather hoary plotline as an excuse for dark-humored
camp, and young audiences were delighted with his irreverent approach,
which made him one of the few distinctive names in the '60s
assembly-line of Nikkatsu Studios.
A large mutated sheep embryo is discovered by a rancher. The mutant is
whisked away to the secret lab of Dr. Clemens and his faithful
assistant, Mariposa. Dr. Clemens discovers that the old mine gives off
some strange phosphorus vapors that may be the cause of the mutation, as
well as being the origin for the old legend of a monster that once
haunted the area. Clemens puts the creature in an incubation chamber,
and it's not long before the mutant sheep has morphed into an 8-foot
monstrosity, which escapes and terrifies the town.
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath
of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young
campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920's,
where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand
shoots a white man in self defense and goes on the run as posse gathers
to hunt him down.
Mosaic is a mystery thriller that takes place in Park City, Utah.
Originally released as an interactive app, Mosaic allows the viewer to
experience different portions of the story from the perspective of
different characters in a non-linear fashion, providing a complex and
unique narrative form. The story itself involves a murder mystery,
cover-ups, conspiracies, high-end art, real estate, and the entangled
interests of the wealthy Park City elite.
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students
discover that the magic they read about as children is very real-and
more dangerous than they ever imagined.
