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Three over-looked and under-laid young women, a box of matches and some sage; can the cult leader rid the coven of their sins before it's too late?

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Elizabeth Sankey’s deeply personal documentary examines the relationship between the cinematic portrayals of witches and the all-too-real experiences of postpartum depression by utilizing footage that spans the entirety of film history alongside heartrending personal testimony.

Princess was born into witchcraft, initiated at a very tender age. When she falls in love with Desmond, she ignores the instruction of the witch council to remain celibate all her life. She goes on with her wedding and they decide to punish her.

When a witch in a close-knit coven finds something better to do on a Saturday night, old resentments bubble to the surface.

As violence erupts over accusations of black magic, a pesantren becomes the center of terror. As teachers and students are killed one by one, Satrio fights to survive and protect his parents—while uncovering the dark force behind the chaos.

The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena, who's on trial for murdering a hunter. She claims she's a witch and acted on behalf of the devil.

The year is 1939 - it was then that the Neuroi appeared. Nobody knows where they came from or what their ultimate agenda is, but the fact remains that their attacks drove people out of their towns and cities. In order to take arms against them, humanity develops a new anti-Neuroi weapon called the "Striker Unit." Using the power of magic to fight against the monsters, this new device enhances and amplifies the power of female magic-wielders. To use this device, young witches from all over the world have been brought together to form an elite task force unit called the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, commonly known as the "Strike Witches."

The deceased owner of a medieval castle stipulated the following in his will: The heir to his mighty estate would be the elder of the two stepsisters, Katharina and Margrit von Kronberg, namely Margrit, if she married Heinz Wagner, a cousin who had just returned from captivity. When Margrit observed Katharina and Heinz rendezvousing at a nearby lake, Margrit demanded that her husband leave the castle immediately, before she, the elder sister, and Heinz were married. Furious, Katharina then plotted to poison Margrit. Only when Katharina dreamed that the village youth would avenge Margrit's violent death according to ancient tradition and that she, Katharina, would be burned on a pyre like witches in the Middle Ages, did she, after awakening from this nightmare, abandon her bloody plan. Her change of will is rewarded: Heinz has decided to marry Katharina and not Margrit.

An interstellar expedition is sent to study a strange planet. Despite the fact that creatures from various Earth time periods inhabit the world, the natives possess metal swords, even though they should have no knowledge of such weaponry.

Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro Shiba, who decides to join the high school boxing club. Adapted from Toshio's Nobe manga, with the same title.

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.

In 1880, an inexperienced prosecutor must indict a group of people accused of witchcraft and murder on the island of Chiloé. Meanwhile, a young peasant girl, to save her grandfather from the condemnation of the state, must be initiated into witchcraft.

Greek television horror movie from 1988.

The creatures are out for a feast.

Something strange is going on in Dolores' apartment house--or is it mainly in Dolores' head that the strangeness lies... When her best friend Eva is murdered on her doorstep, and her husband begins to have violent nightmares, it appears that there is definately something amiss in the world of delusional Dolores.

District inspector Pavel Khrapuntsov is “monitoring” a sect with a mystical bent in his neighborhood. The signals received by the police describe the actions of a certain Clementine, who knows how to turn people into animals and plants... A convinced materialist, Khrapuntsov does not immediately understand the complex world of Clementine and her friends.

We follow the daily life of Yulia, a “Night Witch” aviator, and the one of her friends. In between the moments of glory of the regiment and the most tragic events, we’ll see that Yulia’s fascination and passion for aviation is deadly linked to the horrors of war.

After the 501st is disbanded, Miyafuji spends her days at home, slacking off and doing nothing. But when she gets the call to go back to Europe, it's time to bring the whole gang together again!

A documentary studying the archetype of the witch in Hollywood cinema from the 1930s to the present and shows, between the lines, how it is linked to the social history of female power.

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

In the 17th century, long before modern science and in a time of great fear of the unknown, the villagers of a small coastal community find themselves drawn to, and suspicious of, Morag, a remarkable but mysterious woman who is uniquely connected to the nature that surrounds her. Survival is a daily and all-consuming struggle that is thinly forged from an inclement sea and pushed to the edge of the land by merciless feudal landowners. But it is Morag's passionate relationship with John Tullock, who is unwittingly pledged to marry Sinéad, that threatens to tear the community apart.

Willow and her witch friends are furious: Valentina has to move to Australia with her mother! To stop Valentina's mother from doing this, the witch friends want to use a magic love potion. But the potion accidentally falls into the wrong hands! And then three boys turn up and build a tree house in their forest!

Between the end of the Middle Ages and the late 18th century, over 50,000 Europeans were persecuted, tortured and executed on charges of witchcraft. The pogrom was triggered by the book 'Malleus Maleficarum', published in 1486. Its detailed instructions for persecuting and annihilating alleged witches triggered a mass hysteria.

Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

A pizza delivery girl discovers her neighbor is moving into a sorority house of vampires. It's a race against the clock to stop her crush from being sacrificed at midnight.

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigate witchcraft. In the trials, 80 people were sentenced to death at the stake. Between the 15th and 17th centuries, a total of between 40,000 and 60,000 people fell victim to such waves of persecution in Europe. How can this phenomenon be explained?

A father-to-be is trying to protect his young family from a strange entity and three dubious midwives.

Santo must battle an evil witch and the demons and evil spirits she brings up from Hell.

A priest has been sent to pray for a young girl whose soul lurks beneath the darkness of the four maledictions. Can faith ultimately save the life of a child when there is evil that lurks the house of the Pearson family?

When Arabella, daughter of a vicar falls pregnant out of wedlock, she seeks help from the notorious woman of the woods ‘Hawisia'- who is said to be a witch.

A witch from the 1850's is magically transported into the head of her descendant in modern Kansas City.

A group of witches gain power of one man's suffering through horrific nightmares.

A lonely girl starts hearing people talking behind her bedroom door, every night, when she goes to sleep. She starts obsessing over them because they are her only company. She wants to create a plan to join them.

When Callie Baxter inherits her recently deceased aunt's estate, she moves to Emerson Massachusetts, a small town bordering Salem. She soon finds herself in the middle of an investigation that spans centuries. With the help of her next-door neighbor Micah, Callie must uncover what a series of missing persons in an otherwise crime-free town, the Salem Witch Trials, and her own aunt have in common.

A visual essay about Benjamin Christensen's 1922 "Häxan," released as part of the Radiance Films limited edition Blu-ray on 11/11/2024.

A hungry cat left unattended goes begging the neighbors for food.

A short fantasy narrative film that delves into the complex interplay between power dynamics and the intricacies of human relationships. The film portrays the nuanced effects of power on friendships, romantic relationships, and one's own self-perception, offering a thought-provoking exploration of the transformative impact of power and its potential to both elevate and erode our most cherished connections.

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In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.

Insensate follows the unfolding of three eerily intertwining vignettes as a trio of damaged women, Carina, Rachel and Blair struggle to connect with transient newcomers in their lives.

Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams.

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.

After taking a magical picture, an elderly woman is transformed into a 20-year-old and decides to live the life she'd always dreamed of.

Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.

Real footage about a small group of teen punks and their daily criminal routine in Lisbon suburbs

Ulric's daughter unites with warrior Thane against evil Lord Khoura, who covets the knife of Aktar.

While sketching one day, 13 year old Jo encounters a mysterious art dealer who buys a few of her drawings and commissions her to do some more. Some time thereafter she reads a news story about a million dollar sale of some drawings of a young Vincent Van Gogh. She enlists the aid of some friends and heads to Amsterdam in search of the mystery man. Or, should she go to 19th century Arles in search of Vincent himself?

This is the life of Joe and his director Ker Nawamon after winning the Oscar.

A young man is trapped in a neverworld, a prisoner of lust.

Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and becomes the Governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.

A group of students discovers a mysterious phone number that grants their wishes. But they quickly learn their new-found luck has deadly consequences.

Somchai, a debt-ridden gambling addict, goes to the top of a building to commit suicide and finds a young woman, Go-go, standing on the ledge ready to do the same.

A group of high school students who dream of making films set out to make a short film based on the life of a classmate. However, they discover a secret that could change their vision of filmmaking forever.

Every year in the village of Mossis, customary chief throws a party in his kingdom called Rassandaga in Moore, the party of meetings. This year, young girls from the neighboring village decide to take part to the special event, to perhaps find Prince Charming that any Mossi girl of their age dream someday.

A slice of bi-cultural life in New Zealand - Hindu and Kiwi served up in the wine country environment of Hawke's Bay. The story revolves around the various cultural differences and serious matters of those differences being exposed and examined, mostly with a sense of humour. The Kiwis are introduced to various Hindu social conventions such as `mother in law rules' and the visiting Hindus are introduced to outspoken children, all while the Kiwi wife is about to have it out with the arrogant Hindu mother-in-law.

A boy who gets frustrated in love meets another boy who loses all of his memories and they find some ways to start a new life together.

Documentary about the 15th anniversary of SWR Barroselas Metal Fest, an Underground DIY Metal festival in Portugal.