A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
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Author Archives: rarefilm
99 Women (1969) Jesús Franco, Maria Schell, Luciana Paluzzi, Mercedes McCambridge, Crime, Drama, Adult
New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women’s sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape and lesbianism.
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Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake / Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee (2013) Leander Haußmann, Sven Regener, Henry Hübchen, Michael Gwisdek, Uwe Dag Berlin
Up to now Snake Müller (Uwe Dag Berlin) has been a shark hunter in Hawaii – even though his name suggests something entirely different. Unlike – lets say: Crocodile Dundee (in a 1986 film directed by Peter Faiman), Snake Müller actually has a ’bitten off limb’ to show for the dangers of his job.
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Tessera Mavra Kostoumia / 4 Black Suits (2010) Jenny Diagoupi, Renos Haralambidis, Eleana Karandinou, Comedy
Four bankrupt gravediggers organize their final funeral that will give them the opportunity to change their lives by leaving the profession – which they originally started out as a temporary gainful solution, but stayed in this for life.
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Frightmare (1974) Pete Walker, Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax, Horror
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates (Keith and Rupert Davies) were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes.
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Season for Assassins / Il tempo degli assassini (1975) Marcello Andrei, Joe Dallesandro, Martin Balsam, Magali Noël, Action, Crime, Drama
As a gang of youths terrorizes a city, the weary chief of police finds himself caught between the citizens who cry for blood and a catholic priest who believes the boys will respond to kindness.
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The Devils Wedding Night / Il plenilunio delle vergini (1973) Luigi Batzella, Joe D’Amato, Mark Damon, Rosalba Neri, Esmeralda Barros, Horror
The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he’s found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It’s at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him.
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Samurai From Somewhere / Zoku Dojo Yaburi: Mondo Muyo (1964) Yasushi Kikuchi, Kôki Matsuno, Isamu Nagato, Tetsurô Tanba, Haruko Wanibuchi, Drama
Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to believe that he has gone insane with blood-lust.
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Robber In Baling / Baling qiezei (1987) Yi Wang, Honglin Dong, Junfeng Li, Action
Former Taiping general Liu Hedong lives in Baling with his daughter, running a small sculpture shop. One day, a wealthy businessman named Yang invites him to his boat, and pleads for him to copy the famous Yueyanglou plaques.
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Mr. Stitch (1995) Roger Avary, Rutger Hauer, Wil Wheaton, Stevo Polyi, Sci-Fi
Doctor Rue Wakeman and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and women. The creature (Lazarus) reads a lot of books and learns all about the humans. But when he meets fascinating doctor Elizabeth English his life changes: he decides to escape from the laboratory.
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