In Lunacy, a young man gets himself admitted to a strange asylum where he is subjected to bizarre and sadistic treatments. As he navigates the twisted world of the madhouse, he begins to question his own sanity. The film combines elements of animation and live-action to create a unique and unsettling visual experience.
The Hand is a psychological horror short film from 1965. It follows the story of a hand that comes to life and starts causing destruction and violence. The hand is controlled by a sculptor who uses it as a means of expressing his frustration and anger against society. The film explores themes of free will, oppression, and individualism.
Happy End is a dark comedy crime movie with a unique reverse-chronology plot. It follows the story of a man who becomes a crime lord after accidentally killing a serial killer. The movie combines elements of surrealism, comedy, and tragedy, creating a captivating and unpredictable narrative. With its clever writing and unconventional storytelling, Happy End keeps the audience engaged from beginning to end.
Wild Flowers is a dark and eerie anthology film that takes place in the Czech countryside. It explores themes of folklore, fantasy, and horror through various short stories. The film delves into the ironies of fate, dark humor, and the struggles of relationships. With elements of magical realism and twisted fairy tales, Wild Flowers is a unique and captivating cinematic experience.
In this stop-motion animated film, the Pied Piper uses his magical pipe to rid a medieval town of its rat infestation, but when the town refuses to pay him, he seeks revenge by luring away all of the town's children.
In Little Otik, a married couple unable to conceive a child adopts a wooden log, which they believe is their baby. The log comes to life, turning into a mischievous and murderous creature. As the couple struggles to control their wooden child, chaos ensues in their lives.
After accidentally killing her estranged daughter, a woman discovers the truth about her absence and embarks on a journey of guilt and redemption. As she learns the truth, she becomes entangled in a web of lies and secrets, leading to a shocking climax. Set in a rural setting, this modern-day adaptation of a Czech literature explores themes of guilt, paranoia, and mother-daughter relationships.
In the winter of 1987, a group of teenagers on a snow adventure find themselves trapped in a secluded chalet. They soon discover that they are not alone as extraterrestrial creatures begin to attack them. With limited resources and the threat of an impending disaster, the teenagers must work together to survive and find a way to escape.
A military scientist successfully creates robot soldiers in the shape of crabs, which turn out to be deadly warriors, but soon he discovers that his ambitious invention evolves in unexpected ways.
The Fall of the House of Usher is a surreal horror movie based on the classic short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It follows a brother and sister who are cursed by their family's dark past and the supernatural events that unfold in their ancestral mansion.
A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde. In an abandoned cemetery, she tells him three tales involving black magic and erotic obsession. In "The Last Golem," a young rabbi struggles to fashion a massive, silent giant out of living clay — until he's distracted by a mute servant girl. In the second episode, "Bread Slippers," an 18th-century countess indulges her passion for sweet cakes, adulterous affairs, and secret kisses with pretty maids until a mysterious visitor whisks her away to an abandoned mansion, where Fate has a different kind of dance in store for her. And in the final story, "Poisoned Poisoner," a ravishing murderess in the Middle Ages dispatches lecherous merchants to the tune of upbeat '60s Czech pop songs.
A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums start to "terorize" their families because they were set up to ensure the mums exercise, the kids study etc. Apart from that they start causing problems to the other family ... cut ropes with hanging clothes, pierced tires, etc. Once they get to killing each other family's pets the parents get really worried about the safety of their kids. The grannys later destroy each other while fighting and the families decide that they'll be better off without any robots. (It's some time since I saw this so the details may be off.) Mainly thanks to the design of the robots it's rather a comedy than a horror. Unless you are ten. And a rather good comedy!
Johann Faust comes back to life. After centuries spent in darkness he unleashes a night of terror in Prague, with vampires, zombies and mutants. This time, Faust has a new obsession - to get even with his past life and his family. There is also the devil Mephistopheles, who controls everything like a puppeteer from afar. The film based on Goethe's iconic work and unpublished, short stories by F. Kotleta and K. Sněgoňová presenting bloody coctail of horror and fantasy.
The fact that the man succumbed one morning to an irresistible urge to sit down at the piano and play the entire Chopin Sonata in B Minor would not have been so strange if it had not been for the fact that he had never played the piano in his life and he himself had no idea that he could.
Sonya is the heiress to the riches of a Czech noble family—the Hajns. Petr, a social climber marries her, ignoring some shady goings-on—in particular, an insane uncle who prowls the mansion believing himself invisible, a peccadillo the family indulges. The uncle’s stalking every corner of the house, popping out of cupboards and out from behind curtains slowly takes its toll on the young bride.
Nightmares is a campy Czech psychotronic film featuring a female lead vampire. Set in Central Europe, it follows an episodic structure with a mix of horror and comedy. The film also incorporates European pop music from the 1960s.
Czech television production of Dracula that is very faithful to Bram Stoker's novel.
Within a relatively small framework this short cartoon tells us about two little cousins—a beautiful one and an ugly one—that prove that all that glitters is not gold, and even an embodied beauty can have the heart of a werewolf. From an artistic point of view, the message of the story is underlined by Salamoun's specific style.
Specialty of the House is a dark comedy that revolves around a restaurant that serves gourmet food, but with a sinister twist - they secretly serve human flesh to their unsuspecting customers. The story follows the unsettling events that unfold as a new employee discovers the horrifying truth about the specialty of the house.