The Forbidden

A Materialaktion (an art performance/happening in which objects are used to create an art piece) by Viennese Aktionist Otto Muehl. The setting is a solemn Christmas celebration.

This is a film about a man without a face. His arms and legs, bound with ropes, the disabled man is still without even a shudder in a white room. A series of unusual scenes in this room expresses what lies between memories, nightmares, and violent images.

On a quiet night, a young couple find themselves caught up in a nightmarish ordeal after they witness a murderer disposing of a body in this claustrophobic thriller.

A doctor must remove a parasite infestation from within a patient's breast.

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost.

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost. In this black comedy scene, the bottom falls out of a coffin, the corpse tumble out, and is jolted back to life. Short sequences like this, as well as street scenes and dancing geisha girls were the main subjects of early Nippon cinema, pioneered by Shiro Asano and Shibata Tsunekichi from 1897 onwards. In creating dramatic, scenes, film-makers naturally chose the most striking or bizarre. Another undocumented film, recalled by cameraman Shiro Asano.

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

During a game of hide and seek, a new bride hides in a chest and remains undiscovered until a strange visitation thirty years later.

A sinister montage intimates the hellish void facing a man emptying bottles by the river. Sandy Fisher’s densely reverberating electronic score provides strong support for Lloyd Williams’ cultic collage of skulls, chess boards and fire.

An alcohol/drug abuser re-examines his life until he nearly dies from an overdose. Then a friend convinces him to join a self-help group which turns out to be demonic.

A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.

Simon is a little boy that has to deal with his babysitter, Sonia, a total nuisance. But that same night Simon will receive and unexpected visitor, Timothy, the main character of Simon's favourite show, a visit he will never forget.

A knight returns home from the Crusades to find his village devastated by disease and his family gone. He roams the forest searching for them, until he finds a mysterious maiden who is being held prisoner by a black knight. In order to free her, he must confront her captor.

A group of people is having a barbecue party when two Krishnas appear at their doorstep, both of which transform into hideous monsters and start killing everybody in gory ways. The survivors retreat to a friend's house and realize something bigger is going on...

As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster he made famous. A lost film.

A woman swimming in her pool at night is watched by a shadowy figure.

This is a portrait of a man at the bottom, struggling to find an answer, when the wrong things happened at the wrong time. This is a story of loss.

A man and a woman hit it off at a bar and decide to go back to her place. The man soon realizes that she is more than he bargained for.

A young woman is losing patience while waiting for a meeting, but things may not be what they seem.

A small town's religious beliefs have pushed them back to the dark ages. Halloween has morphed into a modern-day witch hunt, victims sold like fireworks for the public to dispose of. Prepare for Exodus.