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Bathory: Countess Of Blood Bathory: Countess Of Blood (2008)
Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory...

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The Premature Burial The Premature Burial (1962)
Emily Gault arrives at the Carrell mansion determined to rekindle an old relationship with Guy Carrell, despite the disapproval of his sister, Kate. Guy overcomes his all-consuming fear of being...

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La Chimera La Chimera (2023)
Just out of jail and still searching for his late beloved Beniamina, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices - a happy-go-lucky collective of...

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Gracie Gracie (2007)
Meet Gracie Bowen, she's your average, ordinary 15-year-old girl, except for one thing: she's determined to play varsity soccer... on the boys' team! But when her school forbids her to play and...

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Elvis Elvis (2005)
A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley, from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.

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Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)
As Abraham Lincoln labors over the Gettysburg address, the importance of which he is fully aware, he learns that a menace from his past has returned, threatening to tear the already fractured...

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Mother Joan Of The Angels Mother Joan Of The Angels (1961)
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.

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Mandingo Mandingo (1975)
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a...

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Hairspray Live! Hairspray Live! (2016)
Set in 1962, Tracy Turnblad becomes an overnight sensation after appearing on a Baltimore TV dance show. With her newfound popularity, she twists and shakes her hometown, teaching them a thing or...

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Mr. Malcolm's List Mr. Malcolm's List (2022)
When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London's most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm. Feeling humiliated and determined to exact...

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A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop (2009)
At boss Wang's traditional Chinese noodle shop, a colourful and exotic Persian trader of arms introduces the shop owner's wife to the weapons of the West, and consequently, to mankind's greatest...

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Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd (2006)
A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 18th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.

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Alice Alice (2022)
Alice yearns for freedom as an enslaved person on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul. After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and...

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The Huntress: Rune Of The Dead The Huntress: Rune Of The Dead (2019)
811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the...

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American Traitor: The Trial Of Axis Sally American Traitor: The Trial Of Axis Sally (2021)
An American woman named Mildred Gillars broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War II. She was dubbed Axis Sally by the American GIs who simultaneously loved and hated her. The story plunges the...

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Roots: The Next Generations Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
This series continues the story of Alex Haley's family line from the Post American Civil War era to Alex Haley's genealogical search to discover his roots.

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Monstrum Monstrum (2018)
It's the 22nd year of Jung Jong. The plague has taken over Joseon, and fear runs rampant in the streets. When rumors of a vicious beast roaming Mount Inwangsan - called "Monstrum" by terrified...

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The Sandlot: Heading Home The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007)
Successful, arrogant baseball superstar Tommy "Santa" Santorelli travels back in time to 1976 and relives his boyhood days on the sandlot baseball team, and has the chance to this time choose...

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Freud's Last Session Freud's Last Session (2023)
Set on the eve of WWII and towards the end of his life, Freud's Last Session sees Freud invite iconic author C.S. Lewis for a debate over the existence of God. Exploring Freud's unique relationship...

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Marquis de Sade's Justine Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969)
Left without a family and a few crowns each, cloistered sisters Juliette and her innocent chaste sibling Justine are forced to leave the nunnery's protection, and for the first time in their life,...

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The Legend Of Lizzie Borden The Legend Of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Elizabeth Montgomery stars as Lizzie Borden, a 19th-century Massachusetts woman who is put on trial for the brutal slaughter of her father and stepmother in their family home. She is accused of...

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Goodbye Uncle Tom Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
It was advertised as "The first motion picture based on historical facts about the rise and revolt of slavery in America." It became one of the most reviled and misunderstood films of its time....

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The Last Thing Mary Saw The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)
Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.

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An American Christmas Carol An American Christmas Carol (1979)
In Depression-era New England, miserly businessman Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment on Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the...

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Lost Colony: The Legend Of Roanoke Lost Colony: The Legend Of Roanoke (2007)
English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort built years before deserted. Soon after members of the colony begin to die in horrible ways. Leader Before returning to England...

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Mudhoney Mudhoney (1965)
In this Depression-era tale, Calef is traveling from Michigan to California and stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs. Calef gets involved with Lute's niece, Hannah. But she...

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Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus (1967)
Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out...

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The Murders In The Rue Morgue The Murders In The Rue Morgue (1986)
The mysterious and grisly murders of a mother and daughter leave police investigators puzzled. Few clues were left behind. The killer could not have fled via the windows as they were nailed shut....

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Pulgasari Pulgasari (1985)
In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he may...

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Fort Saganne Fort Saganne (1984)
In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh. Saganne...

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Drum Drum (1976)
A mid-19th-century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

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Salem Witch Trials Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Rev. Parris, spiritual leader of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, needs a unifying issue to end the intramural squabbling between the town's Puritans. When the daughters of Ann and Thomas Putnam...

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The Hanging Woman The Hanging Woman (1973)
Paul Naschy plays a supporting role as a deranged gravedigger in this zombie movie, set in a small village in the Balkans in the 19th century, where a stranger's arrival to claim an inheritance is...

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Colour From The Dark Colour From The Dark (2008)
Pietro and Lucia live on an isolated farm with Alice, Lucia's younger sister. Poor farmers, they live tilling the soil. Pietro is a good worker and a strong man who, unlike his three brothers, is...

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Carmilla Carmilla (2019)
Lara lives with her father and her strict governess, Miss Fontaine, in total isolation, and is struggling to find an outlet for her curiosity and burgeoning sexuality. When a carriage crash nearby...

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The Feast Of All Saints The Feast Of All Saints (2001)
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black...

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The Joy Of Torture 2: Oxen Split Torturing The Joy Of Torture 2: Oxen Split Torturing (1976)
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured...

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The Blood Queen The Blood Queen (2015)
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.

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Roots: The Gift Roots: The Gift (1988)
In December 1775, Kunta Kinte and Fiddler accompany their owner to another plantation at Christmas time and they learn that the son of the owner helps slaves escape, and the two of them try to help...

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Emma Emma (1972)
This BBC production, set in the small town of Highbury depicts the often hilarious attempts of Miss Emma Woodhouse to make proper marital matches for all of her friends. Though often mistaken in...

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Shogun's Joy Of Torture Shogun's Joy Of Torture (1968)
The Joy of Torture is an anthology that is made up of three separate stories that all intersect: The first segment is about Shinza who was hurt while working when a log hit him on the head, and now...

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Inferno Of Torture Inferno Of Torture (1969)
Unable to repay a local lender, Yumi takes up an offer to serve as a geisha for two years with a promise of freedom once her debt is repaid. She quickly realizes that this is less a house of...

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Orgies Of Edo Orgies Of Edo (1969)
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan's prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun's Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral...

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A Recipe For Seduction A Recipe For Seduction (2020)
A young heiress contends with the affections of a handpicked suitor. When a handsome chef, Harland Sanders, arrives with a secret fried chicken recipe and a dream, he sets in motion a series of...

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Pocahontas: The Legend Pocahontas: The Legend (1995)
Englishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious about their "firesticks" and strange customs. One Englishman, John Smith, is captured by the natives,...

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Justine De Sade Justine De Sade (1972)
Justine is a poor serving girl who tries to maintain her virtue and her standards. Unfortunately, she is victimized by everyone she encounters. She is sent to jail by an early employer because she...

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Street Survivors: The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash Street Survivors: The True Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash (2020)
The biopic recreates the story about the ill-fated flight through the eyes of former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle (who narrates the film), who not only survived the plane crash that claimed...

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Vice And Virtue Vice And Virtue (1963)
Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of France, Vice And Virtue is a stylized retelling of the Marquis de Sade's Justine, as envisioned by one of cinema's most provocative filmmakers...

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Charlotte Charlotte (2021)
Charlotte is an animated drama that tells the true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and...

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Creatures From The Pink Lagoon Creatures From The Pink Lagoon (2006)
In a small town in 1967, plucky young sissy Phillip is about to celebrate his birthday at the beach cottage owned by his best friend Stan. All of Phillip's friends are gathered for the festivities,...

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