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- A horror anthology comprised of four distinct segments that feature a raucous combination of satirical humor, horror, gore, and enough surprises to satisfy film enthusiasts and horror fans alike.
- Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin tells the story of one of Eurocult cinema's most singular voices. Deeply misunderstood and widely misrepresented, during his decades-long career as a film director (1958-2009), Rollin's work received absolutely no recognition in his native country of France, and was completely unknown anywhere else. In the nineties, because of home video, Rollin attained a marginal cult status in niche English speaking genre circles. Otherwise he has remained completely obscure. Rollin was raised within the bosom of some of France's most influential and intellectual elites, thanks to his mother Denise's friendship with figures such as Maurice Blanchot, George Bataille, Jean Cocteau, as well as Jacques and Pierre Prévert.Similarly his father was a director in avant garde theatre, exposing Jean to some of France's most interesting aspects of culture. It is perhaps not surprising that when it came to making his films, Jean Rollin's were unlike anything else on the scene. Once you dig into the director's life and passions, what emerges is a strong connection to the French surrealists, to symbolist art, to the poetry of TristanCorbière, to the French anarchist scene in the sixties, and counterculture. Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin sets out to tell this story in an attempt to elevate the director's work by exploring it in depth alongside these major influences, as well as other key themes such as the tradition of the French Fantastique. The film also looks at his frustrations, the way in which he had to constantly grapple and scramble for funding as one of the only filmmakers predominantly working within the horror genre through the sixties and seventies. Most importantly, it examines his singular vision, one that ran completely counter to other western traditions in genre film. The project began life on more modest terms, but after working very closely with Jean's family, including his surviving son Serge, and close family friend Véronique D-Travers, it became apparent there was a far deeper and richer story to tell. A story of struggle that led to the filmmaker falling into poverty and ill health in his later years, one in which he was never understood or given the credit he was due during his own lifetime, where he was forced to constantly battle to make the films he wanted to make. Filmmakers Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger hope to change that in presenting Jean's story as never seen before, with the help of some of his key collaborators, close friends, and experts in both film and cultural history, as well as those responsible for ensuring his work never completely fell out of sight.
- Although he was only 25 when he died Michael Reeves opened up genre cinema to new possibilities. Now considered one of the forefathers of folk horror for his groundbreaking masterpiece Witchfinder General (1968) Reeves certainly left his mark as a director. The fact he wasn't around long enough to expand on his legacy, let alone celebrate it, is one of the biggest tragedies of British film history.
- An in-depth examination of Roger Corman's fourth Edgar Allan Poe film, Tales of Terror (1962), the actors who appeared in it, and the historical context in which it came into being.
- A 45-minute behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Hammer's Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), featuring all new interviews with film historians and with some of the people who made Taste the Blood of Dracula.
- The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films.
- The Birth of Hammer Horror is a 45 minute-long documentary that digs deep into Hammer's first Gothic horror sequel, The Revenge of Frankenstein, which changed the course for the company, and gave birth to the "Hammer Horror" brand. The documentary features new exclusive interview footage with filmmaker Joe Dante, and film historians who specialize in Gothic horror.
- A study into the scripts and treatments of the Hammer films that never made it to the screen between 1968 and 1974.
- This video essay is about the Hammer film, Revenge of Frankenstein. It examines its origins, its meaning, and significance within a broader cultural and historical context.
- A new 40-minute critical behind-the-scenes documentary for the 2018 German Blu-ray release of Dracula A.D. 1972, from Anolis Entertainment, featuring all new interviews with film historians and actors who made the film.
- An hour-long documentary that digs deep into Hammer Horror's gender-bending cult classic Frankenstein Created Woman.
- A new 40-minute documentary and a critical look at Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, for the 2018 German Blu-ray release from Anolis Entertainment, featuring all new interviews with film historians and actors who made the film.