Bad Magic
Magic can enchant and enthral audiences of all ages. Which is nice. But, in 'Bad Magic', illusion and wizardry brings forth terror, bloodshed and even some brutal beatdowns. So, hit play on one of these bewitching bangers and let's all say the magic word together: "Abracadabr-ARGH!".
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Prague Nights
1969 • Czech Republic • Directed by Jiří Brdečka
In the vein of horror anthologies like Mario Bava's BLACK SABBATH, the long-unseen PRAGUE NIGHTS is a gorgeous and supernatural vision of ancient and modern Prague: caught between Mod Sixties fashions and nightmarish Medieval catacombs, and filled...
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Something Weird
1967 • United States • Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
An extraordinary journey into the unknown awaits you. The unimaginably weird, dark universe of ESP—extra-sensory perception—crashes into the mysterious depths of black witchcraft in a strange and mysterious motion picture unlike any you'v...
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The Wizard of Gore
Behold, the great Montag the Magnificent! His fiendish magic tricks will make you shiver with fear and recoil in disgust. But are his gruesome on-stage antics - which entail the graphic slicing-and-dicing of nubile young woman with various implements - really just simple sleight-of-hand, or is so...
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Five Fighters from Shaolin
1984 • Taiwan • Directed by Shih Hao Ko
Five disciples, each a grand master in a particular style of kung fu, are banded together by a wise old drunken monk. He leads the band of fighters on a mission to catch a group of evil martial arts experts and white-haired wizards from China.
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Running Out of Time II
1999 • Hong Kong • Directed by Johnnie To
Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.
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To Sleep So As to Dream
1986 • Japan • Directed by Kaizô Hayashi
Two private detectives hunt for an actress trapped within the reel of a silent ninja film in the dreamlike debut of Kaizo Hayashi (Circus Boys, Zipang), a magical double-handed cinephilic homage to the movie worlds of the 1910s and 1950s. When private eye...
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The End of Man
1971 • Brazil • Directed by José Mojica Marins
Diverging from horror toward satirical black comedy, The End of Man sees a naked stranger (played by Marins) emerge from the sea to perform miracles in a nearby town and become a modern messiah whose deeds will affect the whole world, but things are...
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The Boxer's Omen (Cantonese version)
1983 • Hong Kong • Directed by Kuei Chih-Hung
After suffering an injury in the ring, embattled boxer Zhen Wei enlists the aid of his brother, Zhen Xiong, to avenge him and find the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. Black wizards, Taoist monks, rampaging monster...