Tag Archives: based on short story

The Canterville Ghost
5.9

The Canterville Ghost

Jan. 01, 1985

The Canterville Ghost

The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the ...
Three Wishes for Cinderella
7.6

Three Wishes for Cinderella

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother’s house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When ...
The Long Game
6.4

The Long Game

Feb. 10, 2024

The Long Game

Ambitious young actress Holly Sloan agrees to help her boyfriend Richard Metzger scam Hollywood legend Mariah McKay, but the two women strike up ...
Requiem for the Damned
4.4

Requiem for the Damned

Edgar Allan Poe. For nearly two hundred years his stories of the macabre have shocked and terrified audiences. And now, inspired by five of ...
Light and the Sufferer
4.6

Light and the Sufferer

Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem’s genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows two estranged brothers as they try to ...
The Door
7.6

The Door

Oct. 12, 2012

The Door

A man of incredible wealth and power is haunted by a childhood memory.
Sometimes Always Never
6.3

Sometimes Always Never

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out ...
Le semeur
6.5

Le semeur

Oct. 26, 2017

Le semeur

In 1852, the mountain village in Provence where Violette lives is brutally deprived of all its men after the repression of the republicans ...
Kinder des Zorns
3.7

Kinder des Zorns

Oct. 23, 2020

Kinder des Zorns

A psychopathic twelve-year-old girl in a small town in Nebraska recruits all the other children and goes on a bloody rampage, killing the corrupt ...
Lot No. 249
5.9

Lot No. 249

Dec. 24, 2023

Lot No. 249

It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. Abercrombie Smith is a model of Victorian manhood, clean of limb ...
Cat Person
6

Cat Person

Oct. 06, 2023

Cat Person

When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been ...
A Christmas Tale
6.3

A Christmas Tale

Nov. 12, 2021

A Christmas Tale

A tale of a boy from a wealthy family who during his work at the post office steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people ...
The Green Room
6.9

The Green Room

Apr. 05, 1978

The Green Room

A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.
False as Water
6.1

False as Water

Nov. 08, 1985

False as Water

John is the owner of a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara and falls in love with her. A movie about jealousy and death.
Don’t Cry, Mr. Ogre
6.5

Don’t Cry, Mr. Ogre

Jun. 14, 2019

Don’t Cry, Mr. Ogre

What was once a superlative varsity baseball coach is now a jaded middle-aged man. He and a former student meet and the older man discovers that ...
Riding the Bullet
5.2

Riding the Bullet

Oct. 15, 2004

Riding the Bullet

In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he ...
Borderline
5.7

Borderline

Mar. 02, 2011

Borderline

An attorney stumbles upon a suitcase filled with cocaine.
The Killers
7

The Killers

Jul. 07, 1964

The Killers

A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
The Demon
7.4

The Demon

Oct. 07, 1978

The Demon

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the ...
The Beast in the Jungle
5.5

The Beast in the Jungle

The club as a place of endless (im)possibilities. A man and a woman wait here together for 25 years for a mysterious, all-changing event to ...
Lost Hearts
6.8

Lost Hearts

Dec. 25, 1973

Lost Hearts

A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences ...
Bethlehem Light
5.6

Bethlehem Light

Mar. 10, 2022

Bethlehem Light

A well-known writer now aged 75 is aware of his increasing age and the risk that his literary style will grow worn. His everyday existence is ...
Ten Nights of Dreams
6.3

Ten Nights of Dreams

Jan. 27, 2007

Ten Nights of Dreams

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki’s same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream ...
Trilogy of Terror II
5.6

Trilogy of Terror II

Oct. 30, 1996

Trilogy of Terror II

Three tales of terror: in “The Graveyard Rats” lovers murder the woman’s older husband and encounter horror when they attempt ...
The Snow Woman
7.2

The Snow Woman

Apr. 20, 1968

The Snow Woman

A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. ...
Leonora addio
6.3

Leonora addio

Feb. 17, 2022

Leonora addio

A tale of the three funerals for the ashes of Italian writer Luigi Pirandello intertwined with a murder committed by a young Sicilian immigrant ...