
Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
La sombra vengadora vs. La mano negra (1956)

The “Black Hand” looks for a formula to create synthetic drugs, so he kidnaps the daughter of Doctor Fuentes who is the creator. Read More »
Crime of Passion (1957) Gerd Oswald

Kathy is a smart and tough 1950’s advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. Read More »
Lucky Boots / Kalosze szczescia (1958)

Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to give to the most deserving person in the city of Kraków. Read More »
Live Fast, Die Young (1958) Paul Henreid

Two sisters live in a dysfunctional family in a California town. The elder, “nice” Kim, was sexually abused and hates men. Read More »
Rumpelstiltskin (1955) Rumpelstilzchen

A goblin helps a miller’s daughter spin straw into gold, asking in return for her first child, in this amusing ‘teaching play’ about greed, envy and helpfulness. Read More »
Appointment with Venus (1951) Ralph Thomas

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. Read More »
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love (1958) Afrodite, dea dell’amore

Year 67 A.D. the ruler of Corinth is a fan of Nero. Fails to set fire to his hometown, dedicated to the worship of Aphrodite, goddess of love Read More »
Johnny Guitar (1954) Nicholas Ray, Joan Crawford

Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. Read More »
Days of Love (1954) Giorni d’amore

Two young peasants, Angela and Pasquale, promised for several years, are postponing marriage for financial reasons. Read More »