The Sealed Room

Dungeon of Despair

January 1993 •English

While touring the countryside, Tina and Louise run into difficulty as their car breaks down just as a storm is approaching. As luck would have it, an old abandoned castle was nearby. That is, as bad luck would have it. The girls had no trouble entering the unlocked castle. Getting out is another matter entirely. They have just entered the lair of the Mad Monk of Bondania whose mission is to save the souls of wicked young ladies by subjecting them to the medieval tortures of his ancestral dungeon.

Cell 211

November 2009 •Spanish

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

Deadly Friend

October 1986 •English

When tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.

A Little Chaos

March 2015 •English

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

Stříbrná šestka

January 1971 •Czech

Handling the Undead

February 2024 •Norwegian

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?

Blue Rodeo

October 1996 •English

Maggie Yearwood moves to a new town to be near her son, Peter, who has gone deaf as the result of an accident and is now attending a special school. She moves into a small house next door to Owen Whister and soon falls in love with the cowboy, who harbors a dark secret...

Inu-Oh

May 2022 •Japanese

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.

Son of a Man

September 1980 •Korean

A detective searching for the cause of a young man's death uncovers a melodramatic story involving prostitutes and religion.

Dante's Inferno

March 1911 •

A two-reel adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Helios Film. It is less well-known than the five-reel feature produced the same year by Milano Films, but it was released earlier in 1911.

The Vicious Kind

December 2009 •English

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

Lucy

October 2018 •Spanish

A solitary Foley Artist secretly films his neighbor and reconstructs the sounds of her life, while creating an imaginary relationship that leads him to discover closely the true sound of his obsession: Lucy.

Deserted Palaces

January 1925 •

Lost film directed by Tito Strozzi.

Stockholm Marathon

July 1994 •Swedish

A gardener decides to exact revenge on the men he believes to be responsible for the death of his mentally disturbed wife.

Downhill Racer

November 1969 •English

An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.

Dodes'ka-den

October 1970 •Japanese

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.

Budapeste

May 2009 •Portuguese

José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects.

The Black Candle

January 1991 •English

Lily Whitmore is the heir to a crumbling factory that she's determined to restore to its former glory. Unfortunately, Lily must instead turn her attention to the conniving Lionel Filmore who's determined to marry into the family no matter what.

The Ax

March 2005 •French

A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

Magic

November 1978 •English

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.