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Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Hysteria explores issues surrounding women's emotions and sexuality, and their social manifestations.

After being assaulted in public, the budding love between Daja (21) and Robin (23) is put to a test as they are forced to confront their ideological differences while struggling to move on.

A rock ‘n’ roll road movie, an absurd comedy and a modern love story between the Finn Sam and the Estonian Mari taking place in the newly independent, poetically nightmarish Baltic countries.

Hye-ju returns from the hospital and reunites with her father, Jung-hyeok, who raised her in a loving family.

Nationwide panic spreads as a deadly fog rises. Hannele is safe in her car, but her friend is stuck outside. What will she do?

A film shoot takes a dark turn when the burning of a Quran throws the crew into turmoil. Caught in accusations, intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.

Tired of being dismissed, chronically ill and undiagnosed patient Cassandra takes matters into her own hands, murders most of her doctors, and blows up an insurance company. A dark comedy/medical revenge inspired by the writer/director's own battle with autoimmune disease & the US healthcare system. This short film was created during Covid-19 lockdown - mostly remotely - with backgrounds added in post.

A group of Salem Witch Trial re-enactors find themselves at the center of a modern-day witch hunt.

A young woman finds herself lured by her own dreams and, in a desperate search for escapism, she has to choose between reality and fantasy.

Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has connected his inmates into a group mind where they share each other's psychoses, dreams and sexuality with all the scary and titillating implications imaginable! Like his highly acclaimed cult classic MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH, director Rene Daalders provocative excursion into sci fi-horror filmmaking looks at first glance like a classic grindhouse movie, but it is up to much more. In addition to its operatic mayhem, HYSTERIA is a mind-expanding reflection on individual vs. group consciousness, power, control, and freedom.

A documentary following five actresses through Santa Catarina roads as they perform the play of the title.

An essay film about a woman who does not fulfill her supposed biological purpose, thus seeking to redefine herself through a journey through her doubts, aspirations and insecurities.

Between subway rides and afternoons in the park, a young man and a young woman share simple moments of a seemingly ordinary routine. Gestures, glances, and brief encounters silently reveal a relationship defined by affection and longing.

An American wakes in an English hospital, unable to remember anything prior to a recent car accident. With only a magazine photograph as a guide, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel what increasingly looks like a bizarre murder.

After Theo Caputo and Jared Radcliffe’s Dads both die in a motorcycle crash- following a rest stop robbery gone wrong- all the pair are left with is the burden of responsibility. Responsibility towards their family, friends, and their community. Jared, wishing to recreate the cult of personality that surrounded his father, founds the Angels of Radcliffe- a youth biker movement hell bent on reclaiming their diesel fueled “birthright”. Theo, wanting nothing more than the return of the family he’d once known, decides to join. All of this changes as Theo’s childhood best friend, Kian, moves back to town (following his mother’s victory in hard-fought custody battle). Theo & Kian’s connection goes deeper than just friends, but Theo- being afraid of what might happen to Kian if the Angels found out- keeps the true nature of their “connection” between the two of them.

A shy and feeble architect is victim of a violent and abusing surrounding. The pressure builds up until he is pushed to the limit of his own humanity.

In a surreal clinic where women's grief is diagnosed, categorized, and prescribed, two patients — one after miscarriage, one after hysterectomy — confront the absurd rituals of institutional care and begin to reclaim their rage.

Zain, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Music, lives with his mother, his brother Ramzi and his sister Houria, who suffers from living conditions after the death of their father 15 years ago, and while the family refuses to marry the neighbor of their neighbor, Rizk, Zain welcomes his belief that they love each other sincerely. Poor physical condition and his desperate attempts to work on the subway as a singer in front of passers-by or working with a submerged orchestra, Fawzia bint Radwan Pasha is in love with Zain but her rich father refuses to marry Zain poor.

Sena, a teenager with Arithmomania, is obsessed with the number 50, unable to escape its suffocating grip on her life. Each day is a battle of counting and arranging, trying to maintain a sense of control in a world that feels increasingly chaotic. But her family and friends dismiss her struggle as nothing more than a quirky fixation. Alone and misunderstood, Sena spirals deeper into her obsession, questioning if anyone will ever see the truth of her pain. As she confronts the terrifying possibility of never finding peace, the question remains: can she break free from the number that controls her?

In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of sexually depraved Sister Jeanne's accusations of witchcraft, which corrupt officials of church and state are all too happy to exploit.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.

Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.

After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.

In a suburban community, moms and dads, one after the other, mysteriously feel the irresistible impulse to attack and kill their own offspring.

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

While filming in Transylvania, a crew unearths celluloid images of a woman’s murder and unleashes the wrath of evil spirits.

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.

After the death of her parents, young Justine is sent to live in a convent, where she meets and falls in love with the mysterious and macabre Alucarda. However, Alucarda has friends in low places... very low places. And a blood pact has just granted them entry to the church.

A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.

A wrestler, a madman with a super-powered metal glove and a female psychic with a furry sidekick all clash.